{"id":32,"date":"2016-08-19T22:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T02:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2018-09-06T21:36:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T01:36:34","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/about\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our mission is to create opportunities for students, alumni, faculty, and associates in the Master of City Planning, Master of Urban Affairs, and Bachelor of Science in Urban Affairs programs to get to know each other, learn, and explore their chosen career paths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Our Action Statement\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Urban Planning Association hosts cross-cultural social, learning, and networking events meant to bolster the sense of community and to further participants\u2019 interests into the various fields within urban affairs and city planning. We take our love of all things urban out of the classroom and into casual conversation, the field, and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-hand for these events are current students, recognized professors, and many of the MCP\/UA graduates who can be found working at all levels of local and state government, town and regional planning councils, private firms, and not-for-profits. We also welcome anyone from BU and the Boston Consortium interested in city planning and urban affairs. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/upa\/files\/2016\/08\/IMG_6742-e1471668404709-636x356.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6742\" width=\"730\" height=\"409\" class=\" wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/files\/2016\/08\/IMG_6742-e1471668404709-636x356.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/files\/2016\/08\/IMG_6742-e1471668404709-1024x573.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All images \u00a9 Copyright 2018 Boston University Urban Planning Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mission is to create opportunities for students, alumni, faculty, and associates in the Master of City Planning, Master of Urban Affairs, and Bachelor of Science in Urban Affairs programs to get to know each other, learn, and explore their chosen career paths. Our Action Statement\u00a0 The Urban Planning Association hosts cross-cultural social, learning, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11703,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11703"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/437"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/upa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}