From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 1 22:57:31 2005 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:57:31 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Nomination and General Election for 2005-2006 MIT CSSA Presidency Message-ID: Dear all: It is time to open our annual nomination for 2005-2006 presidency of CSSA. According to MIT CSSA constitution ARTICLE III, Section 7, ANY full-time MIT CHINESE students/scholars are eligible for the office of President, Vice President. Please send an email to cssa-info at mit.edu to nominate or self-nominate any candidate(s) for the position(s) of president or vice president by March 26th. A reminder email will be sent out one week before the closure of nomination on March 20th. To facilitate better transition between each presidency, current executive board will propose some schedule changes for this year, please read carefully below: 1) March 1st-March 26th: Open to nominations 2) March 27th : Announcement of president and vice president candidates 3) April 9th or 10th: General election meeting 4) April 10th-May 12th : Presidency elected work together with current presidency to make better transition 5) May 27th : Recruiting meeting and 2005-2006 presidency in operation Please nominate the persons you trust and rely on as our president candidates. Please also save your schedule for the general election meeting. Your attendance and vote are very important to our CSSA. Than you very much, MIT CSSA executive board From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Mon Mar 14 00:18:42 2005 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:18:42 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Memorial Reception for Zhenxiu MAO Message-ID: Dear all: It is a great tragedy for the Chinese community to suffer the loss of Zhexiu MAO. To express our condolence and sadness, a memorial reception will be held on March 15th (Tues) from 3:30- 5:30pm in the main dining hall of W11. His parents would like to meet all his friends and collegemates. MIT CSSA is organizing a fundraising effort on behalf of Zhenxiu to help his family financially. Especially, his parents are going to contribute most of the donation to Zhenxiu¡¯s high school in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province to help the prospective students. If you would like to donate for his family and help Zhenxiu to fulfill his will to help Chinese students in his high school , please write a check payable to ¡®MIT CSSA¡¯ with the memo ¡®Donation for MAO, Zhenxiu¡¯. You can drop the check at the memorial reception on Tues afternoon. You can also send the check to CSSA treasurer: Yu, PU 60 Wadsworth Street, Apt. 13D Cambridge, MA 02142 Tel: 617-577-5671 (H), 617-253-0470 (O), 617-253-8779 (L) or via interdepartment mail to 56-454 if you are from MIT. Your donation will be announced on the webpage (http://cssa.mit.edu/new/activities/zhenxiu.php) with your name. You can double check if your donation has arrived at CSSA. Note this donation will be closed before his parents leave on March 17th, 2005 (Thursday). Thank you very much for your contribution. MIT CSSA has built a memorial webpage for Zhenxiu. Please light a candle for him there to wish him at peace. http://zhenxiu-mao.memory-of.com Best Regards, CSSA Executive Board From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Fri Mar 18 11:47:24 2005 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:47:24 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] CSSA: [Last Call for Nomination of 2005-2006 MIT CSSA Presidency ] Message-ID: Dear all: It is the last call for the annual nomination for 2005-2006 presidency of CSSA. According to MIT CSSA constitution ARTICLE III, Section 7, ANY full-time MIT CHINESE students/scholars are eligible for the office of President, Vice President. Please send an email to cssa-info at mit.edu to nominate or self-nominate any candidate(s) for the position(s) of president or vice president by March 26th. To facilitate better transition between each presidency, current executive board will propose some schedule changes for this year, please read carefully below: 1) March 1st-March 26th: Open to nominations 2) March 27th : Announcement of president and vice president candidates 3) April 9th or 10th: General election meeting 4) April 10th-May 12th : Presidency elected work together with current presidency to make better transition 5) May 27th : Recruiting meeting and 2005-2006 presidency in operation Please nominate the persons you trust and rely on as our president candidates. Please also save your schedule for the general election meeting. Your attendance and vote are very important to our CSSA. Than you very much, MIT CSSA executive board From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Fri Mar 18 12:03:49 2005 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:03:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] CSSA: [NY Consulate Workshop] Message-ID: Dear all: The NY Consuls will come to Boston for one day to deal with the Passport extention and China Visa application etc. Please check the web for the details: http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/ttxw/t186600.htm Please do not miss the chance if you have any needs in this aspects.Thanks, CSSA Executive Board From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Thu Mar 31 13:58:30 2005 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:58:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Nominees for MIT CSSA 2005-2006 Presidency and General Election Message-ID: Dear all: The general election for MIT CSSA presidency of 2005-2006 will be held on April 10th, 4-6pm in 54-100. Dinner will be served afterwards. There are two teams run for the election: ZHANG Huan and HAN Lin for co-presidents LI Xiang for president (the vice president position is still open for candidates.) Please come and vote. Your participation and support are very important and precious for CSSA. Thank you very much! Note: MIT ID holders and their spouses have the right to vote. Please carry your MIT ID with you for vote. For more info, please check: http://cssa.mit.edu/new/forum/index.php?act=calendar&code=showevent&eventid=107 Best, CSSA Execcutive Board ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bio of candidates (Sequence as nominated): ZHANG, Huan (co-president candidate) Education Background: 1996-2000: B. S in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University 2000-2002: M. S in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University 2002-present: PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering, MIT Experience in Student Activities: 2004-2005 Head of department of life service in MIT CSSA In charge of Freeride, English Class, New Year Celebration Party, Walmart shopping, and lots of information seminars, etc. Creed: I promise CSSA is going to make your life even better and get you more prepared for your future profession on my watch. I am asking for your support and your help to CSSA in the future. Thank you. HAN, Lin (co-president candidate) Educational Background: Program in Polymer Science and Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT B.S. of Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University, 2002 Activities: 2003.8-2004.6 Mentorship program of MIT CSSA Career and Academic Development Department (CAD) 2004.6- Co-chair of MIT CSSA CAD 2004.9- Co-director of mentorship executive committee, MIT GSC ARC 2005.4- Executive Committee Member, Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) as delegate from CSSA (Co)Organized activities: 2003.9 CSSA Mentorship Program 2003.8-2005 CSSA CAD MITea Time Series 2003.8-2005 China Today Seminar Series 2004.9 GSC Mentorship Program 2004.10 CSSA-Sloan ABC Round Table Discussion 2005.2 CSSA CAD LeaderLink 2005.4 CSSA-SAPA BioTech Career Symposium LI, Xiang (President Candidate) Ph.D. Candidate. Enrolled in the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Center for Innovation in Product Development (CIPD) in 2002 with holding a master degree from Tsinghua University. Previous social experience includes organizer of Tsinghua Student Science and Technology Club, manager of Tsinghua Graduate HuaShi Center, etc. Previous association with MIT CSSA includes 2004 Event Coordinator in ASA meeting for recruiting MIT CSSA Undergraduate members, and the organizer of a freshmen gathering happy hour in S-P. Personally, I enjoy playing tennis in summer and skiing in winter. Organized a small football game and several tennis games last spring. Big shutterbug, especially enjoyed the CSSA Foliage Trip to the White Mountains last year Life-balance oriented working style. Curiosity-driven enthusiastic practitioner. Quote: ¡°Most of the time, I enjoyed the services CSSA offered to our community. Now I am considering to contribute my efforts to keep and improve MIT CSSA's outstanding operations¡±. Please refer to http://web.mit.edu/lixiang/www for further information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------