Date: September 28th, 2019!
Location: TBA.
Have fun!
Date: September 28th, 2019!
Location: TBA.
Have fun!
Welcome back! And for new students, welcome!
Please be reminded that the UH-Mānoa Academic Calendar for 2019–2020 can be found at the following link:
http://manoa.hawaii.edu/records/calendar/fall_2019.html
We look forward to seeing you at our annual SLS Fall Orientation:
Thursday, August 22, 2019
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
Click to see map:
http://www.hawaii.edu/sls/fall-orientation/
Immediately following the SLS Fall Orientation, there will be a Welcome “Cooler” (social gathering) sponsored by the Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) for our SLS ʻohana. This is a great chance to meet new students, continuing students, faculty, and administrators!
Please let me know if there are any questions. Best Wishes for a wonderful Fall semester.
Spring 2019 Welcome Cooler
Friday, January 18, 2019
5:00-7:00pm
NFLRC lanai
(just behind the Center for Korean Studies)
This will be a great chance to:
Everything and attendance are free; compliments of SLSSA.
Please go to the following link and RSVP. Your RSVP will help us plan for enough food and beverage in advance.
This event is made possible through your generous contributions to SLSSA! Mahalo!
Please reply to slssa@hawaii.edu with any questions.
Fall 2018 SLSSA GRADUATION COOLER
Friday, December 7th, 2018
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The graduation cooler is an SLS tradition where we come together to congratulate the students who have earned their degrees.
COST
Free for SLSSA members; free for graduates and their family members; free for faculty, staff, and their families; $5 for guests.
DIRECTIONS
The Bley-Vromans have kindly made their home available for this event. Please follow THESE DIRECTIONS carefully so that we don’t disturb their neighbors.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Lots of tasty food, a ceremony to honor our graduates, fun times and decompressing from the long semester!
QUESTIONS
We welcome your questions. Please contact us at slssa@hawaii.edu.
We look forward to seeing you there!
SLSSA November POTLUCK Cooler and Lawn Sale
Friday, November 16th from 4:30-6:30 PM
We look forward to seeing you all!
– The SLSSA Board
2018 LSH-SLSSA Halloween Party
Date: Tuesday October 30, 2018
Time: 6:00pm to about 9:00pm
Location: NFLRC Lanai
Google Forms RSVP by Friday October 26, 2018
Family (kids, humans and furry-friends alike) are welcome! We’ll do our best to offer a variety of gluten-free and vegan options, but please let us know if you have any specific allergies.
In addition to food, drinks, spooky movies, and great company, we will also be hosting…
Costume Contest & Baking Contest!
This year we will host a Costume Contest featuring prizes for the Spookiest costume, the Best Linguistic Pun, the Best Couple costume, the Best Overall, and the Best Improvised (=a costume made from our box of fun)!
Additionally, since we have a number of wonderful bakers in our departments this year… we would like to invite everyone to challenge their treat-making talents and bring some tasty morsels to share as part of our second annual Hlloween Baking Contest! The winner will receive a Ghould Food Award prize plus bragging rights.
IF you would like to donate materials/clothing for the improvised costume competition, please drop them off in the box by the computer in the reading room (and specify if you’d like them back after!).
IF you would like to participate in the bake-off, please bring a sweet treat on the day of event to possibly win a prize!
Fall 2018
CO-PRESIDENTS
Chau Truong
Hayley Cannizzo
ACADEMIC VICE PRESIDENTS
George Smith
Denis Melik Tangiyev
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Precious Arao
Takumi Aoki
Hitoshi Nishizawa
Leeseul Park
TREASURER VICE PRESIDENTS
Lin Wang
Eunsun Lee
COMMUNITY RELATIONS VICE PRESIDENTS
Jarrid Baldwin
Anna Mendoza
MEDIA VICE PRESIDENTS
Tian Wang
FUNDRAISING VICE PRESIDENTS
Kristin Urada
Robin Caselli
GSO REPRESENTATIVE
Kathleen Griffin
Les Black
DPPC REPRESENTATIVES
Masaki Eguchi
Jeff Otto
BA PATHWAY REPRESENTATIVE
Lena Petko
Dear SLS ‘Ohana,
We would like to invite you to this semester’s graduation cooler!
Fall 2017 SLSSA GRADUATION COOLER
Friday, December 8th, 2017
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The graduation cooler is an SLS tradition where we come together to congratulate the students who have earned their degrees.
COST
Free for SLSSA members; free for graduates and their family members; free for faculty, staff, and their families; $5 for guests.
DIRECTIONS
The Bley-Vromans have kindly made their home available for this event. Please follow THESE DIRECTIONS carefully so that we don’t disturb their neighbors.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Lots of tasty food, a ceremony to honor our graduates, fun times and decompressing from the long semester!
QUESTIONS
We welcome your questions. Please contact us at slssa@hawaii.edu.
We look forward to seeing you there!
-Your 2017 SLSSA Board
This event is made possible in part through funding from SAPFB. Mahalo!
Dear SLS ‘Ohana,
We would like to invite you to the:
Fall 2017 November Pizza & Board Games Cooler
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
5:00-6:00PM: “SLS graduate school life” informational panel and workshop for undergraduates.
6:00-8:00 PM: Board games and social time!
DESCRIPTION
The Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) is proud to host our first joint undergraduate-graduate cooler and introduction to graduate life. From 5:00pm to 6:00pm we will be having an informal Q&A session with current graduate students about the life of an SLS graduate student, as well as information about successfully applying to the graduate program. Following this, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, we will be having a social event where you can enjoy free pizza and board games courtesy of SLSSA! Come hang out with your SLS ‘Ohana!
COST
Free for SLSSA members and undergraduates; free for faculty, staff, and their families; $5 for non-SLS guests and non-SLSSA members.
DIRECTIONS
Go to the 4th floor of the
and turn right. The room is the last on the left.
WHAT TO EXPECT
A “SLS Graduate program information” workshop. Lots of tasty food, socialization, drinks, board games and snacks courtesy of SLSSA and SAPFB.
QUESTIONS
We welcome your questions. Please contact us at slssa@hawaii.edu.
We look forward to seeing you there!
This event is made possible in part through funding from SAPFB. Mahalo!
-Your Fall 2017 SLSSA Planning Committee