  {"id":13477,"date":"2024-08-26T11:18:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?p=13477"},"modified":"2024-08-26T11:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:18:56","slug":"welcome-to-sls-fall-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/welcome-to-sls-fall-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to SLS! 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Faculty, staff, and students were able to meet each other informally over food and drink, and were welcomed by a light M<span class=\"NA6bn BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u0101<\/span><\/span>noa rain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5717-1600x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5717-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5717-872x654.jpg 872w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5717-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5717-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5717-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe Department of Second Language Studies held its annual Department Orientation on Friday, August 23rd, which was followed by a Welcome Cooler hosted by the SLS Student Association. 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