Hey All!

 

Check out photos from the 2nd Annual Pan Asian Alumni BBQ.  Go to Photo Gallery > UPAAN in 2008 > 2nd Annual Pan Asian Alumni BBQ. 

For those wine aficionados in the San Francisco Bay Area, check out BAKAs Fifth Annual Wine Tasting Event. The event is on September 5th, at the Golden Gate Room in San Francisco's Fort Mason. Each year, about 10-15 Korean American non-profit and community organizations participate to help raise awareness for various causes and to foster involvement in the community through this event. In the past, over 400 people have come out to this event. So come out and get ready to mingle!

Roots Around the Bay is back. This month we will be heading to Berkeley's Little India. Come join us for some great food and company! Please RSVP so I know how many people to expect. Again, please RSVP with luischia@alumni.upenn.edu

Summer is finally here! Come out and mingle with fellow San Francisco Bay Area

Are you ready for some summertime fun and to meet the your fellow New York-based Ivy League Asian alumni? Save the date and join UPAAN NYC for the 14th Annual Asian Alumni Network Picnic this summer!

Price will include food (BBQ), sports and fun!!!

Show your school spirit and wear your school gear!  

Schools participating: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, MIT, NYU, Penn, Princeton, Stanford and Yale

Location: Van Cortlandt Park (west side at 242 Street), Bronx
Date: Aug 16th  (Raindate: Aug 23rd)
Time: 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM

ACTIVITIES:  All-you-can-eat, entertainment and sports.

FOOD: Hamburgers (veggie too), hot dogs, Korean short rib (kalbi), salads, fruit, snacks and drinks

ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS: Volleyball, Ultimate, Tug of War, Quiz Bowl and more

 

PRICES:

   RECESSION SPECIAL (ends 8/11, paypal/post-marked):

   $20 - Co-sponsoring schools alumni* and students

   $25 - Guest: non-alumni, general Columbia alumni, general Cornell alumni

    *Columbia & Cornell alumni get co-sponsoring school price only if they are ACAA or CAAA members (2008 paid membership dues).  2008 graduates charged member rate. Questions contact Pauline at AANPicnic@yahoo.com.

   INFLATION RATES

   + $5 Additional after Aug 11

   + $15 Walk-In On-Site

 

RSVP by 12 Noon Thursday August 14, 2008 at AANPicnic@yahoo.com.

   - Full Name

   - School Affiliation (Penn, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, etc)

   - Graduation Year

   - Alumni email address

   - Guest (non-alumni) - full name

 

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

   CHECKS: Please make checks payable 'ACAA' and mail to:

   First American International Bank

   ATTN: Anthony Wong-ACAA

   29 Bowery

   New York, New York  10002

   * include RSVP info

 

PAYPAL:  Go to www.PayPal.com and make payments to: treasurer@acaa95.org.

   When paying by Paypal please submit in Comment Section:

   - school affiliation

   - name of attendee(s)

 

DIRECTIONS:

   TRAIN: (1) train to 242nd Street (last stop)

   CAR: Major Deegan I-87, Exit 11 Van Cortlandt Park

 

Interested in helping out?  We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

   - Setup/Cleanup Committee

   - Entertainment & Sports Committee

   - Food Committee

 

Email Pauline at AANPicnic@yahoo.com:

   1. Full name

   2. University (Penn, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, etc)

   3. School

   4. Year

   5. Committee

 

Inquiry Into Alleged Anti-Asian Bias Expands
June 11, 2008 | Inside Higher Ed
A complaint by an Asian American student that racial bias blocked his admission to Princeton University has been expanded by the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights into a broader “compliance review” of the issues involved beyond his case.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/11/asians

Asian Americans' Academic Success Misleading, Report Says
June 10, 2008 | Los Angeles Times
The success of some Asian American and Pacific Islander college students has given rise to a myth of the "model minority" that obscures important differences within a diverse population whose educational needs are often neglected, according to a report released Monday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-asian10-2008jun10,0,5001450.story?track=rss

is proud to present the first in its series of speaker events:

Jennifer 8. Lee
New York Times reporter and author of:

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

Join UPAAN NYC for a meal and presentation by the author chronicling her journey and process of writing her recently published book. She will explore the history, people, and origins of the fortune cookie and Chinese food in America through a series of personal anecdotes and observations on American culture and its relationship with Chinese food.

Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
Time: 5:00pm

Venue: Dim Sum Go-Go

5 East Broadway (at Chatham Square)

New York, NY 10038

Dinner and a presentation by the author

followed by a Q&A session and book signing

Cost: $20 per person

RSVP: Reservation required. E-mail upaannyc@upaan.org by Saturday, June 21
Provide your name, e-mail, affiliation, and number of attendees

Payment can be made in advance via PayPal to upaannyc@upaan.org.

UPAAN NYC Officers:
Calvin Chen: calvin@alumni.upenn.edu

Michael Lee: mikelee@alumni.upenn.edu
Shilpa Nagaraja: shilpaln@alumni.upenn.edu
Alaina Wong: alaina@alumni.upenn.edu
Evelyn Gong: egong@alumni.upenn.edu

For more information please contact http://www.projectmichelle.com

BE THE ONE TO SAVE HER LIFE

Michelle is 26 years old.

Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in February 2007, Michelle underwent chemotherapy for seven months but relapsed in May 2008. She now needs to find a bone marrow match to save her life. You could be that person.

What you can do to help Michelle or others like her.

The first step in becoming a hero requires a cheek swab and ten minutes of your time. If you are a match, the transplant can often be done entirely through the blood. We need to find a match for Michelle by June 21. The outcome is simple -- someone lives because of your donation. You could be the one to save Michelle, or one of thousands of other people like her.

Your generosity knows no bounds.

We cannot express in words our immense appreciation for everyone that has registered. Team Michelle has been working around the clock organizing bone marrow drives around the country to find Michelle a match. With each person that registers, we are one step closer to saving the life of someone in need. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU.
WWW.PROJECTMICHELLE.COM

Take THREE SIMPLE STEPS to get involved!

 

1. Attend a drive to register – Go to www.projectmichelle.com/drives.html, which is CONSTANTLY being updated with drives happening nationwide. Attend one in your area for ten minutes with a few buddies. (Must be between the ages of 18 – 60 to register.)
2. Register from home – Go to www.aadp.org/pages/register.php and get a FREE home kit delivered to you! It can’t get any easier – but please remember to mail it back ASAP.
3. Spread the word – Email friends and family with the above message to get them
   involved. Log onto your favorite networking sites and start typing away.

 

www.projectmichelle.com | www.marrow.org
Michelle needs your help. Be the one to save her life.

Hey All,

Just wanted to remind you about our upcomming event on June 7th, 2008. To kick off the Northern California "Roots Around the Bay" series, we will be having dinner at Shabusen Restaurant (1726 Buchanan St. [b/n Post St. & Sutter St]) at 7:00 PM. For a review of the restaurant you can visit (http://www.yelp.com/biz/shabusen-restaurant-san-francisco). Please RSVP to luischia@alumni.upenn.edu so that I know approximately how many people to expect. See you all there!

TC: After graduation, I joined Teach for America. I was placed to teach science and math at Compton High School in Compton, CA. The six years working at Compton High changed me completely. It's funny how so many Penn graduate enter the financial sector, law, or medicine. I had ambitions of being a doctor through my four years at Penn but it became quite apparent quickly that my abilities would be better served in the field of education. I truly did not appreciate my Penn experience until I started working at Compton High. The dichotomy my educational experience with that of my students so crystallized my ambition to provide my students more opportunities than what is typically afforded to them.

UPAAN-LA: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

TC: In 5 years, I hope to be in a position where I am impacting education reform in Los Angeles in an even larger scale. For example, I would hope to lead complete reform efforts of an entire organization or school district. 20 years is too far in the future for me to imagine. The bottom line is that my greatest hope is that the education landscape looks very different than the way it looks today.

 

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UPAAN SF is finally up and Running!

 

 

 

In an effort to bring together our alumni from all over the Bay Area, UPAAN-SF is proud to bring you the "Roots Around the Bay" series. The goal of this series is to explore and engage in the various ethnic communities of the San Francisco Bay in good company. The first event will be scheduled for June 7, 2008. We will kick off the series with Dinner in San Francisco's Japantown followed by a movie at the Kabuki Theatre (1881 Post St @ corner of Fillmore and Post). Dinner location TBD. Any and all suggestions welcome.

 

To RSVP, please e-mail Luis Chia (luischia@alumni.upenn.edu).

 

Please stay tuned for updates as we explore our Bay Area ethnic communities.

Penn administrators have been working with the ASAM department to address concerns voiced by students and alumni.

• Link to Daily Pennsylvanian article
  

The University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN) and Asian American Studies Program (ASAM) invite you to:

How Hollywood Affects Stereotypes

featuring:

Kal Penn, Visiting Faculty Member of ASAM, Cinema Studies, and Sociology

Jon Hurwitz, W'00, Writer, Director, and Producer

Hayden Schlossberg, Writer, Director, and Producer

Sunday, April 13th
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Logan Hall, Terrace Room
249 South 36th Street

Philadelphia, PA

$10 admission fee

 

Get the scoop from industry insiders about how Hollywood perpetuates and challenges stereotypes. This event will include audience Q&A and a light reception.

Autographs or pictures will not be permitted at this event.

Space is limited. Please make your reservation as soon as possible.

 

RSVP is required for admittance to this event. No exceptions.

 

Click the following link to RSVP:

https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/UPN/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2156754

(You must be registered with "QuakerNet" to RSVP)

Kal Penn played the role of Gogol Ganguli in Mira Nair's The Namesake. He also starred in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, Epic Movie, and appeared in Superman Returns. He also recently appeared in 24 (Fox), and Law and Order (NBC). He currently appears as Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House (Fox). He will also reprise his role as Kumar Patel in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Jon Hurwitz, W'00, is a screenwriter, producer and director. He graduated cum laude from the Wharton School of Business with a degree in Finance. Jon is best known for co-writing Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. The sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, is scheduled for release on April 25, 2008.

Hayden Schlossberg, a screenwriter, director, and producer, is a graduate from the University of Chicago, originally from Randolph, New Jersey. He is the co-writer, co-director, and co-producer of Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and co-wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

Recently, the University announced that the Asian American Studies program will receive a 25% decrease in their budget. Because the program is already so poorly funded, these additional cuts would ultimately terminate Asian American Studies at Penn.

If this University is indeed committed to diversity, it must display that passion through sufficient funding and support of Asian American Studies.
In an effort to address this issue to administration, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition and the ASAM Undergraduate Advisory Board have started a petition to document the student and faculty interest in Asian American Studies.

An online version of this petition is available at the following link:

http://www.petitiononline.com/saveasam/

HELP US SAVE ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT PENN! Please sign the petition above! Signatures will be collected signatures until Wednesday, April 2nd.

Announcing a new Dinner Series (co-sponsored with Columbia) . . .
You're invited!

Columbia's "Dinner with Professor X" series brings together a renowned professor in Asian/Asian American studies with a small group of alumni for a casual, conversational dinner. The informal setting encourages alumni to talk, network, learn, and discuss topics with the professor as well as with each other.

Penn alumni are invited to attend April's dinner, which will feature Professor Ajay Nair. Professor Nair was formerly Director of PAACH (Penn's Pan-Asian American Community House) and Assistant Director of ASAM (Asian American Studies Program). He is currently Columbia's Associate Dean of Student Affairs/Multicultural Affairs. A formal bio is forthcoming, but in the meantime please see this link to the Penn Current for more information about Professor Nair: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2003/011603/staff.html

The dinner will be held on Saturday, April 26th at 6:00pm at a restaurant in midtown (to be determined). Attendees will be responsible for the cost of their own meal (typically $25-$35 which includes gratuity).

Five to six Penn alumni will be chosen to attend dinner with Professor Ajay Nair. The dinner is first-come, first-served, so please hurry and RSVP to Pauline Lem!

Date:  April 26 (Saturday)
Time:  6:00pm
Event: Alumni Dinner with Professor Nair
Restaurant: TBD, located in midtown Manhattan
RSVP to Pauline at: PaulineL at gmail dot com and include the following information:

 

The University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network, NYC Chapter (UPAAN NYC)

Check out the Alumni Profile in the Penn Gazette of Helen Gym C'93, GEd '96. The Philadelphia Inquirer named her "Citizen of the Year" for her work with Parents United.

• http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0308/pro02.html

http://upenn.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12459340114&ref=nf

Join the University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network-Los Angeles in ringing in the Lunar New Year, the year of the Rat, at our 2nd annual Dim Sum Brunch. Great food and plenty of cheer will be had by all!

Saturday, February 2, 2008 @ 11am

NBC Seafood Restaurant
404 S. Atlantic Blvd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 282-2323

 

If you have any questions/comments, please email la-rep@upaan.org or visit www.upaan.org for updates.

 

The University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network New York City invites you to:
IVY LEAGUE ALUMNI HAPPY HOUR!

Monday, December 10th
6:00 - 8:00pm


Questions / Contacts:
Calvin Chen - calvin@alumni.upenn.edu
Gloria Lee - eelairolg@gmail.com
Mike Lee - mikelee@alumni.upenn.edu
Shilpa Nagaraja - shilpaln@alumni.upenn.edu

Join Asian alumni from Penn, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale for this year's Ivy League Happy Hour at Yello. Last year, over 200 Ivy alumni attended - please make sure you RSVP to ensure entry into the event.

Both the main floor and downstairs lounge have been reserved for this event.
Happy Hour specials until 9pm: Beer and Well drinks for $3
Free karaoke will also be available downstairs.

RSVP to upaannyc@upaan.org by Sunday, December 9th:
4. E-mail address - confirmation of RSVP will be sent to this e-mail address

This event is co-sponsored by UPAAN and the Asian alumni associations of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale.

Hello UPAAN-LA!

Believe it or not, the holidays are just around the corner. UPAAN-LA would like to be the first to celebrate with you!

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Thursday, November 8th 6:30 PM - 9 PM

Come early! Drink specials until 7 pm.

@Katwalk - 2 West 35th Street (near 5th Ave.)

From Chemistry to the Consulate:
Science & Technology in the Foreign Service
Teresa Chin Jones Ph.D., CW'63, GR'66

Monday, November 5, 2007
5:30-6:30 p.m.
International House
3701 Chestnut Street
South America Room

In a Foreign Service career spanning nearly 25 years in Canada and Belgium, Dr. Teresa Chin Jones, CW'63, GR'66 has taken on roles such as Nuclear Analyst and Deputy Head of a U.S. Consulate. Come hear how she, a Penn Chemistry major, veered onto this career path. Chin Jones will touch on her experience with pressing global issues like Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Environment, Science & Technology; her life as an Asian-American Foreign Service Officer; her advice to those planning to pursue careers in international diplomacy; and her current role as Co-Editor of National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing Weekly, aimed at keeping US industry both innovative and competitive.

Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Marla Brown in Alumni Relations at marlabr@upenn.edu (subject header: "DASS - 11/5/07") or (215) 573-3710. Please include your name, email address and phone number so we can contact you in case of a venue change.

We're looking for some enthusiastic, motivated, diverse mentors from a wide array of careers and fields for our 3rd annual Mentoring Program, to be held at Penn during Asian Pacific American Heritage Week (APAHW) on Saturday, October 27* from 1pm-3pm at Cafe 58 in Irvine Auditorium! Previous events have been well-attended and well-received by Penn students, and they would enjoy your presence this year! *Please note that this year's Mentoring Program is NOT during Homecoming.

The University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN) Mentorship Program was established to provide opportunities for current undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania to interact with Penn alumni, and to learn about various industries through this interaction.

Anyone can volunteer to mentor, whether you are a graduate student or a well-seasoned professional. The mentoring program seeks to provide students with as many post-undergraduate perspectives as possible. Based on last year's survey, students are very interested in learning about the following fields: government, non-profit, education, the arts, investment banking, consulting, law, and engineering. They were also seeking information on finding internships in these areas, so if you could provide insight into such opportunities please consider attending as well!

Please let us know if you can volunteer your time and expertise by registering as a mentor at: http://www.upaan.org/programs/mentoring/register/mentor. If you have any questions, you may send them to mentoring@upaan.org.

Laura & Kim

Contact us at: dc-rep@upaan.org

Saturday, August 18, 2007, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Math Lawn, Columbia University , 116 th Street and Broadway

Show your school spirit – wear your school gear. Remember to rsvp AND pay in advance to reserve your spot and speed up registration. Guest (non- members) are to be registered by alumni. So rsvp AND pay now to reserve your spot. Price includes food, sports and fun!!!

Early Bird Discount – pay/postmarked by Friday, Aug 10th

$20 for members* of any of the above organizations

$25 for non-members when you prepay by PayPal or check

Regular Price:

$25 for members* of any of the above organizations

$30 for non-members when you prepay by PayPal or check

* $5 EXTRA if paying at door

*Members are alumni of cosponsoring schools. Columbia/Cornell members who paid 2007 dues to

ACAA/CAAA will be charged member rate. 2007 Graduates will be charged member rates.

**Current students of cosponsoring schools pay member rate

RSVP:

Guest (non-members) are to be registered by alumni.

RSVP by 12 Noon Thursday August 16, 2007 at AANPicnic@yahoo.com:

- Name

- School affiliation

- Year

Inter-Ivy Sips with UPAAN, Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, August 29, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
UPAAN, along with the Penn Club of Philadelphia, will be joining Center City Sips for the last event of their summer! You'll get to enjoy $4 cocktails, $3 wine, $2 beers, and $1 appetizers from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM each Wednesday during the summer. To sip the last Wednesday night away, we'll be at Tragos at 40 S. 19th St. near Rittenhouse. Come join us after work and celebrate a summer well done and the end of the Philly summer weather! Please RSVP to Franklin at philly-rep@upaan.org