{"id":17060,"date":"2018-04-30T18:25:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=17060"},"modified":"2024-01-30T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:24:44","slug":"lunch-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/lunch-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for International Programs Lunch &amp; Learn: ASIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 24, the SPC Center for International Programs hosted an amazing Lunch &amp; Learn event, which focused on the culture of Asia. Some Asian inspired light snacks and drinks were offered to the students who attended the lunch &amp; learn event. Miss Angela Cole, International Student Representative, presented at the Clearwater Campus and Miss Madeline Ishmael, International Programs Representative,&nbsp; presented at the Tarpon Springs Campus. Each presented unique &#8220;fun facts&#8221; and cultural traditions about Asian countries: India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and China.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some facts that were shared during the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asia is the biggest continent in the world, and it includes 50 independent countries and occupies the eastern part of the single Eurasian landmass.<\/li>\n<li>Russia is the largest of the Asian countries, which occupies about 30% of the total territory of the continent.<\/li>\n<li>Maldives is the smallest of the independent states and it is an archipelago of islands famous for its beach resorts.<\/li>\n<li>Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometers, about 30% of Earth&#8217;s total land area and 8.7% of the Earth&#8217;s total surface area.<\/li>\n<li>Asia is notable for not its overall large size and population and its dense settlements.<\/li>\n<li>The continent&#8217;s&nbsp; 4.5 billion people constitutes roughly 60% of the world&#8217;s population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you know that you can travel to Japan or India with St. Petersburg College WHILE earning college credit? Please explore both opportunities below and as a reminder, scholarship opportunities will become available in July 2018!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/category\/Japan\/\">JAPAN&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/category\/india\/\">INDIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/24593\">APPLY NOW!&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong>&nbsp;Don\u2019t hesitate to contact us.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>We are here to help you!<\/p>\n<p>blog.spcollege.edu\/international | 727-341-4731 | studyabroad@spcollege.edu<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget to follow us on social media! We do our best to keep you updated so&nbsp; you don\u2019t miss our events!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEducational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations\u201d \u2013 J. William Fulbright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 24, the SPC Center for International Programs hosted an amazing Lunch &amp; Learn event, which focused on the culture of Asia. Some Asian inspired light snacks and drinks were offered to the students who attended the lunch &amp; learn event. Miss Angela Cole, International Student Representative, presented at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/lunch-learn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Center for International Programs Lunch &amp; Learn: ASIA<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1756,"featured_media":17225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[91,7,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-study-abroad","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17060"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18431,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17060\/revisions\/18431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}