{"id":4629,"date":"2023-09-17T09:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T05:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=4629"},"modified":"2023-09-25T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:45:09","slug":"cop28-adjustments-bring-sunday-sessions-shorter-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2023\/09\/17\/cop28-adjustments-bring-sunday-sessions-shorter-term\/","title":{"rendered":"COP28 adjustments bring Sunday sessions, shorter term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Salama Almahri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah\u2019s participation in the Conference of the Parties, a United Nations climate change conference, will bring the fall 2023 semester to an early end, requiring students to attend make-up classes on Sunday starting Sept. 17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to James Griffin, the vice provost for undergraduate affairs and instruction, when the Ministry of Education asked AUS to shorten the semester so students could take part in COP28.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Administrators discussed advantages and disadvantages, Griffin said, and we \u201cwe ultimately decided that it would be beneficial to give all students the opportunity to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griffin added that the main reason AUS agreed to the schedule changes was \u201cto support the event, to support the MOE, and to support students who wish to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the term, AUS will hold events and initiatives to prepare for COP 28.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClimate change is a very pressing concern for all of us,\u201d said Griffin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the COP28 and the university\u2019s involvement, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/info.aus.edu\/auscop28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/info.aus.edu\/auscop28<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Salama Almahri UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah\u2019s participation in the Conference of the Parties, a United Nations climate change conference, will bring the fall 2023 semester to an early end, requiring students to attend make-up classes on Sunday starting Sept. 17.&nbsp; According to James Griffin, the vice provost for undergraduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,17,27,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-4629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-aus","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-international","11":"tag-sharjah-uae"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}