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November 2007
- November 3 (Sat)
- MATSURI 2007 - Japanese Cultural Festival
Saturday, November 3rd, 5:00pm – 8:30pm Gladish Community Center Gym
Tickets: $8 for adults and students, $5 for children under 15
Performances: Taiko, Soran, Yosakoi, Fashion show, Karate
Booths: Calligraphy, Origami, Yukata, Sightseeing, Traditional Japanese Toy
Dinner: karaage, salad, tofu hamburg steak, edamame, rice ball (dinner menu subject to change)
- Tickets on sale at the Bookie and Mall from 11am to 2pm!!
- for more information: http://www.aml.wsu.edu/facultysites/JC/
October 2007
- October 28 (Sun)
- India Night 2007
Sunday, October 28th, 5:00 pm Beasley Coliseum
INDIA : Journey of a Nation
We will show glimpse of different eras and their main events. Contributions of India to the world throughout time. There will be dances from different eras. Indian dinner will follow with a live band and DJ.
Tickets: $8 for students, $10 for non-students, children under 5 are free
For more information, or to purchase tickets, please contact Derick Jiwan at djiwan@wsu.edu.
September 2007
- September 29 (Sat)
- CSSA Mid-Autumn Day Singing Party
Saturday, September 29th, 6:10 pm Presbyterian Church of Pullman (address below)
Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional Chinese festival for families to get together enjoying the beauty of the full moon and having the delicious moon cakes. Here, Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) will have a Singing Funfest to celebrate this gathering Day. It will be a KALA-OK singing contest and also free singings for entertainment. Free refreshment, moon cakes, tea and drink are available.
Welcome all Chinese and friends in WSU and Pullman.
Location: Fellow Hall in Presbyterian Church of Pullman (1630 NE Stadium Way, Across Beasley Coliseum) Time: Saturday, Sep. 29th, 6:10 pm – 9:30 pm.
For any questions about joining the contest or event details, please contact Yue Jiang at jiang_11yue@yahoo.com.cn or just call 509-432-8075.
CSSA 2007 迎中秋卡拉OK联欢会
每逢佳节倍思亲，中国学生学者联谊会邀请Pullman 地区所有华人，相聚一堂迎中秋。届时将有卡拉OK比赛，自由歌唱。我们还为大家准备了点心，月饼，茶水，还有幸运中秋大礼。 记住时间和地点，邀请您的家人、朋友一起来哦。
有意参赛的，尽快报上您的大名、歌曲、联系方式至 jiang_11yue@yahoo.com.cn 参赛。我们也为大家提供了唱歌娱乐不参赛的机会，如果你有意唱歌，请也尽快发送邮件（注明不参赛），以便我们提前准备歌曲。 有朋友有卡拉Ok的 MTV伴奏曲库并愿意分享的，请联系我们，谢谢！
时间：2007年 9月29日（星期六）晚 6:10 – 9:30 。 地点：Fellow Hall in Presbyterian Church of Pullman (1630 NE Stadium Way，在Beasley Coliseum 对面)。 咨询： Likun Zhang, 509-230-8800, zhanglikun@wsu.edu; Yue Jiang, 509-432-8075, jiang_11yue@yahoo.com.cn
- September 25 (Tue)
- IACE Travel Job Seminar for Japanese Students
IACE Travel, a Japanese travel firm which has been doing business in the United States for 37 years, will hold a recruitment workshop for Japanese students at WSU, who may be interested in working in the United States. The workshop will provide information not only on IACE Travel, but also general information about VISA and the attractive features of working in tourism industry in the United States. Please feel free to come and meet with the specialists from the IACE main office in New York. Every participant in the workshop will receive a discount coupon for a plane ticket to Japan.
Date: Wednesday, September 25th 2007, from 6pm Location: Smith CUE 119
For more information, please contact narita@iace-usa.com
- September 6 (Thurs)
- HKSA Welcome Party
Thursday, September 6th, 6:00 pm CUE 114
Welcome all WSU students:
Pullman is a place between paradise and somewhere else; the best thing to do is to hang out with a group of friends. This year Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA) has started again. With a lot of experience and professional members, we believe we can provide many fresh functions for all of you.
The Welcome Party is our first function that you can eat and drink; and the most important thing is to meet some new friends. As we said, “we are all studying in WSU, isolating yourself is not good for you.” We don’t care if you are freshman, senior, handsome, pretty, you should join our party. (Location: CUE 114, Time: Thursday September 6, 2007 at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm)
That we all can meet in WSU is a gift. Why don’t we be nice and meet some friends and enhance our social group. Please come and you will be surprised.
This function is free for everyone. Welcome all.
If you want to come, please send an email to wsuhksa@yahoo.com with “HKSA rocks! X people are going” x = the number of people.
See you on September 6. J
歡迎所有在WSU同學: 在這個介乎於天堂與地獄之間的Pullman, 最好的節目不過於一班老友聚埋嘻哈一番. 本年度, 香港同學會(HKSA)再次重生. 汲取過去的經驗, 加上一班熱血新人的加入, 新人事新作風, 相信能為大家帶來出奇的新穎活動.
今年HKSA 的第一個重頭戲當然係WELCOME PARTY. 除了有得飲有得食,更可以識到更多新的朋友. 既所謂”大家一齊係WSU, 千祈唔好扮晒COOL.” 所以不論新人, 舊人, 奇人, 型人, 男人或女人, 都應該來參加我們的WELOCME PARTY. (地點: CUE 114時間: 星期四 9月 6, 2007 at 6:00 pm 至大概 7:30 pm)
大家難得一齊在WSU 相遇, 何不大家做個朋友, 將社交圈子擴大. 是次活動為免費, 新舊生亦無任歡迎. #有意出席者請簡單地覆一句 “hksa rocks! x people are going” 用x換上將會出席既人數
email 去 wsuhksa@yahoo.com 9月6號見 J
May 2007
- May 4th
AAPI Student Center Graduation
6:30pm
Schweitzer Event Center
April 2007
- April 18th - Press Release
San Francisco -The Asian American Psychological Association joins with the rest of the nation in mourning the tragic loss of the members of the Virginia Tech community. In particular, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who have suffered a personal loss and our deepest hopes for the healing of those who were injured and bore witness to this horrific event.
As psychologists and counselors, we understand the complexities of this incident and the multiple needs and emotions that are now pulling at us...as individuals, as a community, and as a nation. First and foremost among these, are the needs of those individuals who have been directly affected by this tragedy. So, as a community we will, in whatever way is available to each of us, honor and contribute to the healing of students, staff, faculty, their families, the community of Blacksburg, Virginia, and others across the nation who have been affected by this tragedy.
We also join with the nation as we struggle and search to find explanations for this tragedy. As we grapple with what happened, it is clear that in the search for simple answers and even simpler sound-bites, the spotlight may swing towards the issues of race, ethnicity and culture. We caution against simplifying the situation in this way. Although the alleged perpetrator has been identified as a Korean American immigrant, it is important to remember that no person’s actions are solely related to their race and/or culture. We know that race and culture do affect individual’s actions and social relationships in a way that contributes to stress and psychological difficulties. However, it is vital that our understanding of this tragedy not be reduced to and grounded in simplistic and stereotypic assumptions about Asian Americans in general or Korean Americans in particular. Psychological research has indicated that beliefs about and experiences with specific individuals of color have the clear potential to be generalized to the community as a whole – to the detriment of the community and the shared goal of justice and equality. Therefore, we caution against the assumption that this tragedy is representative of Asian Americans. Given the historical precedents, we also caution against retaliation directed at members of the Asian American community and call attention to the injustice and inappropriateness of such possible responses in the hope of preventing them.
As mental health professionals, we believe that this incident highlights the critical value of mental health services both as a step towards prevention and in response to tragedies such as this. Thus, during this time of shock and grief, it is our hope that mental health professionals will contribute to the healing that is to come.
The Asian American Psychological Association is the primary, national organization dedicated to the advancement of the psychological well-being of Asian Americans.
Contact: Alvin Alvarez, aalvarez@sfsu.edu
- April 17 (Tue)
- AAPIFSA Lunch Meeting
12noon-1pm
CUE 518
- April 21-28
- Japan Week
Spokane, WA
For more information, please see http://www.mfwi.org/jcc/PDFs/JWeek2007.pdf
February 2007
- February 25
- Pagodas Reflected Lecture-Recital
2PM
Kimbrough Concert Hall
A lecture-recital entitled "Pagodas Reflected" will be presented by WSU piano faculty member Karen Hsiao Savage, sponsored by WSU’s Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Association and featuring guest artist Melia Watras, founding member of the renowned Corigliano Quartet. The lecture-recital will focus on contemporary musical works by Asian-American composers that combine authentic Asian elements with Western musical forms in comparison with masterpieces from Classical music literature that constitute sincere but idealized conceptions of the "Far East." Highlighted compositions will include those by Tan Dun, Tyzen Hsiao, Chen-Yi, Ernest Bloch, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy.
Described as "staggeringly virtuosic" by The Strad, violist Melia Watras has been hailed by audiences and critics alike for her electrifying and vibrant performances. She has long been at the forefront of the American new music scene, performing numerous commissions and world premieres as a soloist and co-founder of the award-winning Corigliano Quartet (www.coriglianoquartet.com). Watras has received such awards as the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Competition and the ASCAP/CMA Award for Adventurous Programming. With the Corigliano Quartet, she has recorded for Albany, Bayer, CRI, Riax, and Aguava and has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and Performance Today and WFMT-Chicago’s Live from Studio One. In 2004 she was appointed Assistant Professor of Viola at the University of Washington School of Music, where she teaches viola and chamber music. For more information on Melia Watras, please visit www.meliawatras.com.
October 2006
- October 20, 2006 (Friday)
- Recital: Jeffrey Savage and Karen Hsiao Savage
8pm
Kimbrough Concert Hall
The piano duo recently received second prize at Concours Grieg International Competition for Pianists in Oslo, Norway. Part of WSU's new Music Faculty Artist Series, the concert will feature Rachmaninoff's Suite no. 1 for Two Pianos, Mendelssohn's Piano Trio no. 1, and Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. The pianists will be joined by David Jarvis and Brent Edwards, percussion; Meredith Arksey, violin; and Ruth Boden, cello. General admission is $10; admission is free for seniors (60 and older) and WSU students with ID. All ticket sales will directly benefit the scholarship fund of the WSU School of Music.
- October 17, 2006 (Tue)
- Summer Study Abroad in China (EconS 483) Information Sessions
5pm
104 Hulbert Hall
Take a WSU 3 credit course while you travel to Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an with a WSU professor at Economics
Open to all majors, can be used as GER [I], [S], and Tier III
For more information, please see China Study Abroad Program web page.
September 2006
- September 19, 2006 (Tue)
- Summer Study Abroad in China (EconS 483) Information Sessions
5pm
104 Hulbert Hall
Take a WSU 3 credit course while you travel to Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an with a WSU professor at Economics
Open to all majors, can be used as GER [I], [S], and Tier III
For more information, please see China Study Abroad Program web page. - September 7, 2006 (Thu)
- Silk Road Presentation
7pm
Cleveland 30E and 30W
For more information, please see Dr Wong's page.
April 2006
- April 24, 2006 (Mon)
- The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus MusiKapistahan 2006 World Tour
12noon
VSSB 110 (WSU Vancouver campus)
The Filipino American Association of Clark County and Vicinity, The Council of Filipino American Associations of Oregon and SW Washington and partnerships in conjunction with Washington State University Vancouver Singers & Community Choir, Diversity Council, ASWSUV, Minorities Reconstructing Culture and community presents this event.
Download the MusiKapistahan 2006 flyer here.
For more information, please contact Zaida O'Connor at (360) 546-9720.
- April 23, 2006 (Sun)
- The Palouse Asian American Association (PAAA) Potluck
2pm - 5pm
Genesee Taoist Hermitage - hosted by Da Jin and Charlotte Sun
The program will be a discussion of the Suns trip to Tibet in August 2005.
Directions:
From Moscow, drive south on Hwy 95. Pass by (do not turn) the Uniontown 8 mile sign on your right. ** Continue south and pass by, (do not turn) at the Martinson Road on your left. The next left at the top of the hill is Old Hwy 95. Turn left here. Stay to the left on this road. It meets the Genesee-Troy Road. Turn left there and on your right you'll see a yellow house on a rise with other buildings around it. This is the place.
From Pullman, you can take the Uniontown Rd. to Hwy 95, turn South and continue directions from the ** above. - April 15, 2006 (Sat)
- Enhancement Grant Proposal Deadline
Details can be found in Enhancement Grant Program. - April 13, 2006 (Thu)
- Lunch Meeting
12noon - 1:30pm
CUE 518
AAPI faculty and staff are welcome!
March 2006
- March 25, 2006 (Sat)
- A Luncheon With Angela Oh
12:00-2:00 pm
CUB Cascade Room
This event takes place during APAW's C.A.P.T.I.V.A.T.E. Conference: Community, Activism, and Pride Today...to build Identity, Vision, and Achievements Tomorrow.
The afternoon will include lunch and a presentation by Angela Oh. Ms. Oh has been selected to serve on many Federal commissions and boards. She currently serves on the boards of Washington D.C.-based Women's Policy, Inc. and the Western Justice Center Foundation. In June 1997, she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the President's Initiative on Race. She served as part of a seven-member Advisory Board to the President in an effort directed at examining how race, racism, and racial differences have affected the United States.
Ms. Oh's achievements also include teaching and writing. Her speeches and writings reflect the opportunities and challenges that diversity presents. Ms. Oh's lectures have taken her into both national and international arenas, including China, Korea, the Middle East, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In 2002, she finished a collection of essays entitled Open: One Woman's Journey, published by UCLA's Asian American Studies Department.
She is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Public Health degrees. Her Juris Doctorate is from King Hall, the University of California, Davis School of Law. In 1996, she was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from King Hall. And, in 2003, she was awarded Distinguished Alumni for Community Service by UCLA. Ms. Oh is also an ordained Priest, Zen Buddhist-Rinzai Sect.
A limited amount of Ms. Oh's book, Open: One Woman's Journey; will be on sale for $10.00 each.
February 2006
- February 11, 2006 (Sat)
- Chinese New Year Party - by the Chinese Student and Scholar Association
7:00pm-9:30pm
CUB Ballroom
This event features traditional and contemporary Chinese performances. Chinese songs, dances, mini-drama, and talk shows will be presented by the people from different part of China. It not only offers all the Chinese people a good chance to celebrate the traditional Spring Festival, but gives people from other countries an opportunity to taste and enjoy the unique Chinese culture.
Admission is free and every one is warmly invited.
- February 8-11, 2006 (Wed-Sat)
- Dragonwings - by the School of Music & Theatre Arts
8:00 p.m. nightly, 2:00 p.m. matinee February 11
Jones Theatre
A Chinese parable play based on a successful childrens book by Laurence Yep. - February 2, 2006 (Thu)
- Chinese New Year Potluck
12:00noon-1:30pm
CUB G/F AAPI Student Center
Please bring a dish to share and enjoy this opportunity to connect with faculty, staff and students. Drinks and utensils will be provided.
Everyone is welcome! We hope to see you there!
