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# AWS Student Builders Group – Inauguration Event
Join us for the official inauguration of the AWS Student Builders Group at our campus!
This event marks the beginning of a new tech community focused on cloud computing, AWS technologies, innovation, and student collaboration. During the session, we will introduce the club, our core team members, and our vision for upcoming workshops, events, and opportunities.
Our Faculty Advisor will also address the students and share insights about the importance of cloud technologies in today’s industry.
## What You’ll Learn
* Introduction to AWS Student Builders Group
* Basics of Cloud Computing & AWS
* Upcoming plans, workshops, and community activities
* Opportunities for students in cloud and tech domains
## Special Interaction
We will also connect with student leaders and community members from different states through an online meet session, where they will share their experiences and insights with attendees.
## Event Format
Hybrid Event
* Offline: College Campus
* Online: Guest interaction through virtual meeting
Whether you are a beginner or already interested in cloud technologies, this event is a great opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with the community.
📅 Date: 2nd July
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Venue: Oriental College of Technology
We look forward to welcoming you to the community!
Welcome, readers!
Our July read is ***A Short Walk Through a Wide World*** *by Douglas Westerbeke*.
We'll follow a young woman bound by a mysterious condition that forces her to keep moving across the globe. As she journeys through vibrant cities, quiet landscapes, and centuries of time, each stop reveals new connections, fleeting relationships, and deeper questions about belonging. The novel blends adventure with introspection, exploring what it means to search for home when you can never stay in one place. It’s both a love letter to the vastness of the world and a poignant meditation on identity, memory, and human connection.
Looking forward to discussing with everyone
We will meet at Zaftig Brewing Co in their event room in the back. We are welcome to bring in our own food, but **drinks must be purchased at the bar**
Happy reading!
You might check out the [Columbus Book Festival](https://www.columbusbookfestival.org/) the weekend prior!
Celebrating Pride Month and Juneteenth
[Columbus library link to book](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3366564)
We're going some place new! (to us)
Location: [Tupelo Honey](https://tupelohoneycafe.com/)
1678 W. Lane Ave., · Columbus, US
[Menu](https://tupelohoneycafe.com/columbus/menu/)
Book summary:
A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence
Come join us to discuss our July pick "Tusk Love" by Thea Guanzon!
Book description:
A merchant’s daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars.
“A true delight of a book! Spicy and heartfelt—this one is a winner all around.”—Katee Robert, author of Neon Gods
As the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere’s path has been predetermined: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family’s station, and live quietly as a lordling’s obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations, for freedom and passion and adventure.
Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, the aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack.
Unlike Guinevere, Oskar’s path is not so set in stone. With his mother dead and his apprenticeship abandoned, all that’s left is a long, lonely walk to a land he’s never seen to find family he’s never met. The last thing he needs is a spoiled waif like Guinevere slowing him down—even if the spark between them sizzles with promise.
Despite his cold exterior, Oskar is brave and thoughtful and unlike anyone Guinevere has ever met. And while Guinevere may be sheltered, she brings out a softness in him that he has never dared to feel before. As the flames of their passion grow, they realize that soon they’ll need to choose between their expected destinations or their blossoming romance.
Written by New York Times bestselling author Thea Guanzon at the behest of Critical Role’s Jester Lavorre, Tusk Love brings the most romantic story on Exandrian bookshelves to life.
Join us to discuss our August read, Dire Bound, as we paint small canvases!
Book description:
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs.
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them.
Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped—stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting—Meryn’s world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.
Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.
Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her—everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife…and the halls hide dark secrets.
It’s bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.
We’re still working to get more people into these Meetups, but our goal is to give PlayYourCourt members a few social tennis outings each week in addition to your practice sessions and Challenge League matches.
These Meetups are co-ed, super laid back, and all skill levels are welcome. Post your skill level and a suggested court in the comments section so we can round up as many players as we can for some tennis fun!
Also, if you’re looking to meet new practice partners or play some matches and you aren’t already in the PlayYourCourt Community, you can go here to see what we’re all about and sign up:
https://www.playyourcourt.com/tennis-community/columbus-oh/meetup/
If you love tennis, we’d love to have you! Be sure and watch the quick video that explains how everything works.
Happy hitting!
- Scott