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Update: May-14-2008
Summary of Donation Drive:
Donation List (updated May-14-2008)

Update: May-15-2008
Summary of Donation Drive:
Donation List (updated May-15-2008)
We really appreciate these warmhearted people who made generous donation.

Dear Friends,

A catastrophic earthquake rocked central China at 2:28pm on Monday May 12, 2008. Within one day, the death toll rose sharply to nearly 12,000 and is keeping rapidly rising. Sichuan Province was affect the worst, with over 8000 reported deaths and tens of thousands of survivors trapped under debris. Surrounding provinces also saw hundreds of casualties. There are still regular aftershocks, which make people fearful to return home. Millions of people have to sleep in the open, in heavy rain, with no power or water.

Facing the devastation in our motherland, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is calling for support from the whole MIT community. We will hold a table at the student center all day long from Wednesday (May 14th) through Friday (May 16th) to collect donation. The money collected will be used to provide for the survivors basic shelter and food and to help rebuild their homes. We will send the money to the Chinese Red Cross Sichuan Branch.

To help keeping the donation procedure transparent, we will need you to provide the following information: name, email, School, Department, Year/Graduate, phone number. Receipts will be provided upon request. We will update the donation information everyday on the MIT CSSA’s webpage. Meanwhile, the on-line donation account is being set up and will be available soon. We will update you once this information is ready.

At the moment, we also need a lot of volunteers who can contribute his/her valuable time in helping us. The duties include but are not limited to: designing and distributing flyers, maintaining webpage, outreaching and broadcasting. If you are interested in joining us as volunteers, please send your name, email and contact number to Liang, Fei (liangfei@mit.edu). She will get in touch with you. Thank you for your generous support!

Any suggestion on further showing our support toward this disaster is welcome!

CSSA Board
May 13, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 4 -- Gao and Jia were elected the presidents of MIT CSSA for 2008-2009 at the annual general election this past Saturday.

An inauguration BBQ party will be held by our new presidents right after finals week, details to be announced. Come and congratulate them, celebrate the end of the semester, and sign up with the MIT CSSA team.

If you have suggestions and ideas for future developements of the CSSA, please direct them to lugao@mit.edu and xjia@MIT.EDU.

A lecture by Professor Ling-Chi Wang,
Professor Emeritus, Asian American Studies, UC Berkeley
Time: 6:00pm, May 6th (Tuesday)
Location: 54-100

MIT will be holding its first annual Asia Career Fair in mid-October, 2008. The career fair will bring companies from both the United States and Asia, with a focus on international full-time and internship opportunities.

We are currently recruiting organizers to fill our committee positions, and are accepting applications (due Friday, May 9 @ 11:59 PM). This is an exciting opportunity to gain leadership experience, network with Asia's top corporations, and impact the MIT community. We are looking for both undergraduate and graduate students with diverse experiences and backgrounds. Please refer to attached application.

Send questions and completed applications to asiacareerfair@mit.edu. Thank you!