{"id":22718,"date":"2020-08-19T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T22:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=22718"},"modified":"2020-08-19T15:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T22:47:33","slug":"ufvalumni-book-club-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2020\/08\/19\/ufvalumni-book-club-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UFVAlumni Book Club (online)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-22719\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2020\/08\/bench-blur-books-color-4597911-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2020\/08\/bench-blur-books-color-4597911-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2020\/08\/bench-blur-books-color-4597911-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2020\/08\/bench-blur-books-color-4597911-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The UFV Alumni Association is excited to announce the launch of the UFV Alumni Book Club.<\/p>\n<p>In this virtual community, alumni, faculty and staff will connect with each other to read and discuss books on a range of topics and member suggestions. There is no cost to participate \u2013 you only have to obtain a copy of the book to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still time to get caught up on chapter one. You can sign up at \/\/www.pbc.guru\/fraservalley or keep reading to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>How it works:<br \/>\nThe book club will connect through a private online forum where members can discuss the current book and network with each other. The group will spend approximately two months on each book, so you\u2019ll have plenty of time to read.<\/p>\n<p>Why should you join?<\/p>\n<p>1) Connect with your fellow peers<br \/>\n2) Be a part of a lifelong learning community<br \/>\n3) Indulge your passion for reading and reap the rewards! Reading is good for you!<\/p>\n<p>PBC Guru manages professional book clubs for companies, libraries and alumni associations. They will be moderating our book club to help make this program a great experience for all participants. Please email them at <a href=\"mailto:info@pbc.guru\">info@pbc.guru<\/a> with any questions or visit their website to learn more about what they do.<\/p>\n<p>You can also contact the Alumni Relations office with questions at any time (<a href=\"mailto:alumni@ufv.ca\">alumni@ufv.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>See you online!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbc.guru\/fraservalley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.pbc.guru\/fraservalley<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFV Alumni Association is excited to announce the launch of the UFV Alumni Book Club. In this virtual community, alumni, faculty and staff will connect with each other to read and discuss books on a range of topics and member suggestions. There is no cost to participate \u2013 you only have to obtain a &#8230; <a title=\"UFVAlumni Book Club (online)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2020\/08\/19\/ufvalumni-book-club-online\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":22719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunity","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22749,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions\/22749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}