{"id":19572,"date":"2022-12-05T08:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/?page_id=19572"},"modified":"2022-12-05T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:29:16","slug":"spring-23-book-discussion-america-calling-a-foreign-student-in-a-country-of-possibility-by-rajika-bhandari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/spring-23-book-discussion-america-calling-a-foreign-student-in-a-country-of-possibility-by-rajika-bhandari\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 23 Book Discussion &#8211; &#8220;America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility&#8221; by Rajika Bhandari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Monday mornings from 11:00-12:00 pm starting February 6th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19573 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-418x650.png\" alt=\"A book cover with the words America Calling A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility in cursive above a dark haired female student in black cap and gown. \" width=\"174\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-418x650.png 418w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-659x1024.png 659w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-768x1193.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-90x140.png 90w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-317x493.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-423x657.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-634x985.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM-846x1315.png 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-05-at-8.47.01-AM.png 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility<\/em>\u00a0by Rajika Bhandari<\/p>\n<p>From the publisher<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An unflinching and insightful narrative that explores the global appeal of a Made in America education that is a bridge to America\u2019s successful past and to its future, America Calling is both a deeply personal story of Bhandari\u2019s search for her place and voice, and an incisive analysis of America\u2019s relationship with the rest of the world through the most powerful tool of diplomacy: education. At a time of growing nationalism, a turning inward, and fear of the \u201cother,\u201d <span class=\"a-text-italic\">America Calling<\/span> is ultimately a call to action to keep America\u2019s borders\u2014and minds\u2014open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd1j1trq4nNQbVuyTQV2z4plWqTvKlqOzZqZVqUc86E-3y3YQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Register here for this event<\/a> (opens in Google form). Registration will close after our first meeting.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday mornings from 11:00-12:00 pm starting February 6th.\u00a0\u00a0 Virtual\u00a0 America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility\u00a0by Rajika Bhandari From the publisher &#8220;An unflinching and insightful narrative that explores the global appeal of a Made in America education that is a bridge to America\u2019s successful past and to its future, America Calling is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19572","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"kpelletreau","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/author\/kpelletreau\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19572"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19597,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19572\/revisions\/19597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}