{"id":1072,"date":"2017-08-03T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/aapaan\/?page_id=1072"},"modified":"2026-08-10T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:53:06","slug":"dear-aapaan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/dear-aapaan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear AAPAAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/dearaapaan\/\">Dear AAPAN is a blog<\/a> co-written by AAPAAN advice panelists. The scope of the blog, evoked by its title, is for students and alumni of the Asian American UVA community to write questions to the AAPAAN board, and for the board to provide answers, feedback, and advice to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/\">Asian and Asian Pacific American Alumni Network (AAPAAN)<\/a>\u00a0of the University of Virginia provides an alumni network that builds and supports connections with the University of Virginia community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1066 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/blog2.jpg\" alt=\"Image of laptop, notepad, and cup of coffee\" width=\"1117\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/blog2.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/blog2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/blog2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/blog2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear AAPAN is a blog co-written by AAPAAN advice panelists. 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