AASU Listserv - July 13th

[Elaine Hui]

Hi all!
I hope you have been enjoying the summer so far because school will be
starting before you know it! There are several events coming up in the
next few weeks that I wanted to share with everyone. I encourage all
of you to look over these events to see if there's anything that
you’re interested in. As I’ve stated before in my last email, don’t
hesitate to contact me at elain...@gmail.com if you have any
questions.

Best,
Elaine Hui

AASU Listserv - Summary
1. Yuri Kochiyama Chair Applications
2. AASU Community Retreat
3. 2010 Public Service Career and Internship Fair
4. Union of North American Vietnamese Student Association (uNAVSA)
Conference
5. College Democrats National Convention

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1. Yuri Kochiyama Chair Applications

We are still accepting applications for the Yuri Kochiyama High School
Leadership Program Chair until August 1st, 2010. If you are interested
please submit an application to aasu-...@umd.edu. You can download
the application at our website: http://www.aasu-umcp.org/

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2. AASU Community Retreat

The annual summer community retreat hosted by the AASU will be taking
place in August. More information will be sent out soon with details
regarding date, location, etc., so stay tuned!

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3. 2010 Public Service Career and Internship Fair

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with representatives from more
than 75 federal agencies across government during the 2010 Public
Service Career and Internship Fair, hosted by the Partnership for
Public Service. This year’s event will be held on July 14 from
3:00-7:00 p.m. at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Admission is FREE!

Agencies will be recruiting for a variety of internships and entry-
level positions including special agents, engineers, program analysts,
financial specialists, environmental scientists, IT specialists,
economists, contract specialists and more. Check out the list of
registered agencies, learn more about what to expect and sign up for a
pre-event webinar to maximize your participation in the Career Fair.

Visit this website and register! http://www.makingthedifference.org/federaljobs/careerfair.shtml

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4. Union of North American Vietnamese Student Association
(uNAVSA) Conference

· The uNAVSA conference is held annually during the summer and
this years will be on July 29th to August 1st in Washington D.C
· This is one of the largest youth conference aimed specifically
towards young Vietnamese Americans
· Through out the conference there will be workshops, speakers,
and open discussion to help develop leadership skills,explore issues
in the Vietnamese American community, network and much much more.

What do you need to do??

· First you need to register an account here, its pretty easy
http://unavsa.org/conference/registration/ just follow the steps
· Fill out your profile
o You'll need a face portrait of yourself to submit because you'll
be getting an awesome name badges
· After you make an account you will need to pay the
registration fee
o Early registration fee: $67.25 ends June 1st
o Regular registration fee: $87.85 beginning June 1st
o Late registration fee: $103 beginning July 17th
· ATTENTION!!!!!
o Last year AAST was able to pay the registration fee for the
attendees
o They were able to pay fully for 4 members, and pay half for 8
other members
o I will talk to AAST this week to see if they are able to help out
again this year
· So for now if you are interested in going, make an account,
fill out your profile, and notify me atmiste...@gmail.com. If
AAST is able to help fund, it will be on a first come, first serve
basis.

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5. College Democrats National Convention

The CDA Convention will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, from
Thursday, July 29- Sunday, August 1, on the campus of UNC Charlotte.

Transportation is provided, housing is $25 per night and registration
is $65. It's a great experience overall, both in general and at the
national APIA Caucus meeting, which every year is a great experience
to meet fellow APIA democratic activists from across the country.

For more details and registration, visit http://my.democrats.org/page/content/cda2010convention/