{"id":21286,"date":"2023-12-14T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/honors-college-ptk-and-psychology-club-students-help-make-friendsgiving-amazing-at-albany-international-school\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:45:44","slug":"honors-college-ptk-and-psychology-club-students-help-make-friendsgiving-amazing-at-albany-international-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/honors-college-ptk-and-psychology-club-students-help-make-friendsgiving-amazing-at-albany-international-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors College, PTK and Psychology Club students help make Friendsgiving amazing at Albany International School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-157670 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-2-1-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"HVCC students and primary school students do crafts together\" width=\"375\" height=\"240\" \/><strong>It takes a village!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Students from the Honors College, PTK and the Psychology Club at HVCC volunteered their time at the Albany International School\/ Dual Language Program to make a Memorable Friendsgiving!<\/p>\n<p>The Albany International School is a newcomer school. They work with students who have recently arrived in the United States, providing specialized instruction in English, as well as support for learning a whole new culture.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Friendsgiving is especially meaningful. For many students and their families, it is their first Thanksgiving celebration in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>HVCC volunteers made a difference, from set-up to clean-up, crafting with kids and serving food. I am thankful for the students&#8217; involvement and hope to see them all again next year!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157669\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-1-1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows 6 HVCC students wearing matching black Honors College shirts.\" width=\"350\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157672\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo3-1-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of HVCC volunteers\" width=\"350\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am often asked what makes someone a refugee and how they come to be in the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=goqE6TR_TnM&amp;t=17s\">This video is a great starting point for answering that question.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to learn more about Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), or how you can support resettlement in our community?<\/strong> Have more questions? Are you part of a club or teaching a class where a community project could be enriching? Please reach out to Catherine Willis, ECAR coordinator, at <a href=\"mailto:c.willis@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">c.willis@hvcc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157677 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ECAR-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:45:44 +0000 by\u00a0c.willis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It takes a village! Students from the Honors College, PTK and the Psychology Club at HVCC volunteered their time&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}