Thank you to all those who expressed interest in running for a board position and to all those who voted. With so many qualified candidates, it was a close election, and we are now glad to announce your new AASA Exec Board!
Co-Presidents: James Chang ’14, Judy Sun ’14
Vice President: Dan Chen ’14
Secretary: Cathy Lei ’15
Treasurer: Ray Chao ’15
Social Chair: Linda Zhong ’15
Congratulations to the new board. For those who ran and did not get elected to their desired position, we welcome you to apply for consideration as an appointed officer or committee member. The application is here.
Janet Liang is a UCLA grad student fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and doctors give her 2 months to find a marrow transplant match. Please watch her video here and consider registering as a bone marrow donor. Currently, only 25% of the National Registry represents racial minority communities, and the chances of a minority patient finding a matching unrelated donor may be close to 1 in a million.
Registering is as easy as ordering a free home test kit or visiting a local center, and the donation process–if you’re lucky enough to be a match for someone–is quick and relatively painless (stem cells are extracted from your pelvic bone, but you will be given anesthesia and only feel bruising for a few days).
We will try to organize a registration drive at some point next semester, but there are patients like Janet who need your help now. Please consider registering! Check www.adp.org or www.bethematch.org for more details.
Join the Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton in NYC for a dinner at Social Eatz and karaoke at Duet 48 in the city on Friday night – a perfect way to unwind after finals and network with some amazing Tigers. This will be an unofficial kickoff to our new alumni mentoring program–remember to sign up here!
Charlie Zhang ’13 will be going on the 5:05 Dinky if you want to go up together – see the email sent out on the list for details. All activities will be out of pocket, but you can come to either dinner or karaoke or both–just RSVP at aasa@princeton.edu.
Any member who submits an application can be involved in the Political Committee, Asian American Studies Committee, or the Community Service and Outreach Committee (up to two).
The application is here and due February 3:
The Asian American Alumni Association at Princeton (A4P) will be working with AASA to bring mentors who have graduated to help answer questions students have on a career path, and etc. To help us pair you with the alumni, please fill out this form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHk2SzdIekdzZjFNQ2VEQ0JETjlIYXc6MQ
We will be having a student/alumni event in NYC at the end of finals period (tentatively January 27). We will be having dinner with alumni and perhaps going for karaoke afterwards.
Hope to see you there!
Since our winter retreat, we’ve been hard at work on a organizational structure that lets us better serve the Princeton community. At the end of winter break, we announced our new structure. In addition to an elected executive board, we will have three committees which any interested AASA member can be involved with:
- Political Committee
- Asian American Studies Committee
- Community Service and Outreach Committee
We will no longer have a Frosh Council – instead, students of any year can join up to two committees. Students from any year can run for election or be considered for the chairmanship of a committee. There will also be a Senior Council for upperclassmen who want to stay or become involved but have less time to commit to organizing specific events.
Elected positions on the executive board will include: President(s), Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Social Chair
Appointed positions on the executive board will include: Political Chair(s), APA Studies Chair(s), Service Chair, Senior Council Chair(s)
Other AASA officers: The historian will help us learn more about AASA’s history, which will help us with the Asian American Studies Committee and alumni networking efforts. The blogger will help start a blog on the AASA website that highlights APIA issues, especially those that affect students. The webmaster will maintain the AASA website.
Applications for the committees and appointed positions will be due by the end of Intercession (Feb. 3), when elections will take place. We look forward to seeing you at more AASA events!
We are holding a end-of-the-semester retreat on Saturday the 10th in Frist 308 from 1-3 pm. Bubble tea and some snacks will be served.
The purposes of the retreat are to redefine our mission statement–what is an Asian American? What issues do we hope to address?–and to decide how to implement that mission–do we need to change our structure? What type of events should we hold? What should faculty/administration/alumni/community relations look like?
We want any student on campus interested in discussing any of these questions to come–you do not have to be a member of AASA or even Asian American. Also, if you are interested in an exec position in AASA for 2012, it is highly encouraged that you come.
If you are planning on attending, you MUST fill out this short survey so we already know your thoughts and can hit the ground running in the retreat. Even if you cannot attend, we would greatly appreciate it if you weighed in.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dExOSzdVdGRhWVRqT0k0Nng0c2staHc6MQ
Thanks, and we hope to see all of you there!
A warm welcome to the members of our 2011 Frosh Council!
| Ray Chao | Linda Zhong | Heidi Yi |
| Uyanga Tamir | Yuem Park | Junnjun Chen |
| David Zhao | Jessica Vo | Diane Hu |
| Minkyung Yi | Amanda Chen | Carolyn Yang |
| Timothy Tran | Danni Tu | Lily Fong |
| Ben Huang | Jessica Ma | Taisuke Hirose |
| Monica Chon | Margaret Hua | Vivian Ludford |
The Frosh Council will work with the Executive Board throughout fall on AASA’s projects and events.
Hello, you’ve found Princeton AASA!
We are the only Asian group on campus which focuses on social and political issues. Our goal is to promote dialogue and projects which support Asian American culture and political participation.
This semester, we will revitalize the effort to create an Asian American Studies Program at Princeton and host the Ivy League Asian American Conference (IvyCon) in November. We also hold dinner discussions, study breaks, banquets, alumni gatherings, and awareness events throughout the year, and this year, we hope to inaugurate a mentoring program for South Jersey Families with Children from China.
AASA is also a social organization – if you’ve seen those “PARTY WITH AZNS” tanks, that’s us. Get in touch at aasa@princeton.edu if you’d like to hear more.