{"id":2266,"date":"2010-11-17T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/stad\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:12:53","slug":"stad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/about-us\/what-we-do\/stad\/","title":{"rendered":"Community and Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>It&#8217;s about <i>COMMUNITY&#8230;<\/i><\/h2>\n<p>BioSTAR hosts monthly socials (free food) for our graduate student community. Past socials have included sushi, cupcake trees, fondue fountains, wine and cheese, BBQ, and more! These socials are a great opportunity to take a break from research and mingle with fellow grad students. And did we mention there was free food?<\/p>\n<p>In addition to serving our UNC research community, we oversee several programs that provide students with opportunities to serve the greater community. We encourage all students to get involved with <a href=\"https:\/\/ncdnaday.org\/\">Science Outreach<\/a> and share their passion for science and research with the citizens of North Carolina (and beyond)!<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s about <i>BELONGING&#8230;<\/i><\/h2>\n<p>An ideal learning environment contains a multitude of perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. BioSTAR coordinates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/prospective-students\/\">many programs<\/a> for scientists at different stages to gain the experience and skills they&#8217;ll need to build their careers. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels that they belong and that they can contribute to science and education. Though we are a large community, we create many opportunities for trainees to build connections with their peers and foster a network of mentors.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigms.nih.gov\/Training\/Mechanisms\/PREPAwards.htm\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s about <i>YOU&#8230;<\/i><\/h2>\n<p>Our staff is available to trainees to offer advice on navigating the twists and turns of academic science and graduate school. BioSTAR is here for <i>YOU<\/i>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s about COMMUNITY&#8230; BioSTAR hosts monthly socials (free food) for our graduate student community. Past socials have included sushi, cupcake trees, fondue fountains, wine and cheese, BBQ, and more! These socials are a great opportunity to take a break from research and mingle with fellow grad students. And did we mention there was free food? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/about-us\/what-we-do\/stad\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Community and Belonging\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1369,"featured_media":0,"parent":3418,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3628,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2266\/revisions\/3628"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}