{"id":28985,"date":"2025-01-13T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28985"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:28:48","slug":"join-and-promote-the-challenge-of-the-deans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/join-and-promote-the-challenge-of-the-deans\/","title":{"rendered":"Join and Promote the Challenge of the Deans"},"template":"","news_categories":[23,28,22,12,65,11,29],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-28985","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-admin-note","news_categories-asap","news_categories-extracurricular-engagement","news_categories-faculty-and-staff-news","news_categories-inside-ahs","news_categories-student-news","news_categories-student-recruitment"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>Dear AHS Faculty,<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Student Affairs is excited to invite you to join us in making the <strong>Challenge of the Deans<\/strong> one of our strongest AHS community events of the year. As we work toward building a set of meaningful, high-energy AHS traditions \u2014 including our Annual Paella Cookout, New Student Welcomes, and AHS Graduation &amp; Celebration Night \u2014 we would love your partnership in helping this event gain the same momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Please <strong>save the date<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=R80C4lZ6qkuZ4-O3Gnx33cX9h-gpuIlCtNUVP7cxJPpUMkg5UEFVWFZESFJXSVEwTUdJR0s4TFVCNC4u\">RSVP<\/a><\/strong> for the main event:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/events\/save-the-date-challenge-of-the-deans\/\">Challenge of the Deans Basketball Game &amp; Pregame Party<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, January 27, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\n6:00 PM Pregame Party<br \/>\n7:00 PM Game Tip-Off<br \/>\n~7:45 PM Halftime Challenge<\/p>\n<p>Join us for food, giveaways, and an AHS cheering section as we come together to support our Dean and engage with students, colleagues, and staff in a fun, spirited environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/eon556888ntldypcrk2usb9b0s68tue3\">Faculty Toolkit:<\/a> Support the Challenge of the Deans Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To help us generate excitement, we\u2019ve prepared a <a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/eon556888ntldypcrk2usb9b0s68tue3\"><strong>Faculty Toolkit<\/strong><\/a> that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flyers for all three lead-up activities<\/li>\n<li>Direct links to Inside AHS announcements<\/li>\n<li>Messaging you can share with students in class, on Blackboard\/Canvas, or via email<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AHS Activities Leading Up to the Main Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Free Throw Qualifier \u2013 Who Will Shoot With the Dean?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019re hosting a student free throw challenge to select the student who will compete alongside our Dean at halftime.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Dean&#8217;s Cheer Squad Poster-Making Party<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday, January 20 \u2022 12\u20132 PM \u2022 ASAP Center (PEB 356)<br \/>\nA fun drop-in event where students can make posters and show off their AHS spirit.<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong> Challenge of the Dean&#8217;s Game &amp; Pregame Party<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday, January 27 \u2022 Starting at 6 PM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Your enthusiasm and encouragement go a long way in building community and showing students that AHS is a place where they belong. We hope you\u2019ll join us, bring colleagues, and help spread the word so this year\u2019s Challenge of the Deans becomes our strongest showing yet.<\/p>\n<p>More details, RSVP information, and toolkit materials will be shared soon.<\/p>\n<p>With UIC and AHS pride,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office of Student Affairs<\/strong><br \/>\nCollege of Applied Health Sciences<br \/>\nUniversity of Illinois Chicago<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"Let\u2019s Rally AHS!","content_author":"Viviana Kabbabe-Thompson","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28988,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28985\/revisions\/28988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=28985"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=28985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}