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Date:  November 7-8, 2008
Time:  November 7, Doors open at 5:00 pm
Location: Margaret Brent Room, Adele H. Stamp Student Union

$10-Early Registration!
$15-Late Registration

Registration begins October 27, 2008!! Register at www.aasu-umcp.org/FUEL
 

                  *Breakfast, lunch and FREE T SHIRT Included!

Contact:  aasu-board@umd.edu

Date:    Wednesday, September 24
Time:    7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Armory, Room 0112

Curious or unsure what AASU is? COME to our general interest meeting to learn more about the Asian American Student Union, meet the E-board, and see how YOU can participate too! Come find out what we’re all about!

Ways to participate:

1. Join an AASU committee!

• Asian American Sisters: Pride, Integrity, Respect, and Empowerment (AASPIRE)
• Community Service
• Working for an Asian American Studies Program (WAASP)
• Yuri Kochiyama (YK)
• Freshman Council

2. Write for the PublicAsian!

3. Programming committees:

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• All People As One (APA1) show
• Forging, Understanding, Empowering, and Leading (FUEL) Leadership conference

AND MORE!

Updated Event Info:

Date: Monday, September 15, 2008
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Hornbake Plaza

Come join the Asian American Student Union in welcoming the class of 2012! See what all the Asian Pacific American student organizations have to offer and enjoy the fun and games.

If you are an organization and would like to have a table at the freshman welcome please contact: tiff.yee@gmail.com

facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25126221025

Update: The Summer Retreat has been postponed until the fall semester. Look out for future updates on the retreat!

Hi Everyone!

I hope summer break is great so far! I’m so sorry for the short notice on this, but below you will find information on our annual Summer Retreat for the Asian Pacific American (APA) community on campus. This is a great way to meet other people on campus & start your school year with some fun memories!!

We will leave from Lot 1 at 9am on Aug 15th and return around 3pm on Aug 16. Full details below. We really hope you can come, it’ll be a lot of fun!!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Neha

Goals & Objectives of the retreat

• develop community building & team building skills
• learn about the APA community on campus & APA experience
• meet and network with new people
• energize for the new year
• have fun!!

Some activities during the retreat include:

• survivor games
• confidence course
• workshops
• campfire & more games!!

Location: Summit Lake Camp
                  Emmitsburg, MD (carpooling is available from CP)

We really hope you are able to spend the weekend with AASU at this fun retreat and end your summer with some great friends and memories!

Welcome to the our new website! Now with a blog style layout to keep you better informed!

We will be making changes throughout the summer, so please bear with us as we update. Please feel free to send us feedback by making comments below, so we can make this website informative and functional for everyone.

Meanwhile here are some pics from APA Heritage Month!
Check out all of AASU pics in our photo album!
 

Charity Wiffle-ball Tournament
 

Poetry with Giles Li
 

APA1
 

Wong Fu Productions

Congratulations all the award winners, groups, and students for a successful year! Especially congrats to TASA for bringing the most people and receiving the SGR support money!

Congratulations to the new AASU executive board for 2008-2009!

President: Neha Singhal
VP of Administrative Affairs: Boosaba Pananon
VP of Finance: Karen Tan
VP of Programming: Dien Nguyen
VP of Advocacy: Kumudha Kumarachandran
VP of External Affairs: Isaac Kim
VP of Internal Affairs: Tiffany Yee

Good luck to the new board!