Thursday, April 19, 2007

New 2007-2008 CSSA Board

The election result is out. Congratulations to our new president, Songxian Tan. To learn more about the new team, click here.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Juhe Spring 2007 Volume 100

Check it at JUHE online

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Voting starts

There are two candidates for CSSA 2007 president election. They are Zhang, Rui and Tan, Songxian. You can find their service plans here. The public speech of 2007 CSSA Board Member Recruitment is on Thursday April.5th at 8pm Minnesota(347), IMU. You are warmly welcomed to ask our 2 candidates questions!

Voting starts from April 4, 2007 00:00:00 CDT and ends at April 8, 2007 12:00:00 CDT .

• Vote online: http://www.uiowa.edu/~cssa/cgi-bin/election/vote.cgi. This is the favorable method.
• Paper vote: During the public meeting on Thursday April 5, 2007, and Sunday April 8, 2007, 8pm Minnesota(347), IMU.

We don't expect email vote which may be labeled as spam and deleted by mistakes.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Online ballot available

The online ballot system for UI-CSSA 2007 President Election is now available at http://www.uiowa.edu/~cssa/cgi-bin/election/vote.cgi.

Requirement for voting online:

• You are Chinese students/scholars/visitors/staff living in University of Iowa.
• You must have a valid UI email, ending with uiowa.edu, such as @blue.weeg.uiowa.edu, @uiowa.edu, etc.
• Voting time starts from April 4, 2007 00:00:00 CDT and ends at April 8, 2007 12:00:00 CDT.

The procedure is following:

• Pick up one candidate
• Fill in your information, including name, email and department.
• Fill in a red 4-letter security code, so as to prevent email flooding somehow.
• Click "VOTE"
• Check your email send from studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu
• Double check your information and click the link to confirm your ballot.
• Final confirmation will be sent to you and CSSA. Please keep it as a record until the election is over.
• You are free to view the result anytime which is shown in percentage.

Privacy:

• Your personal information will not be reviewed by anybody except for oversighting committee on April 8, 2007. They will validate and count ballots, and announce final result.
• Your personal information will not be used commercially for any reason or at any purpose.

Justice:

• Ballot is set to zero no April 4, 2007 00:00:00 CDT. No one is allowed to viewed/modified data on server.
• Confirmation emails will be send to you and CSSA. The number of emails and ballots must match each other. Oversighting committee will verify this on April 8, 2007. So please do not delete the confirmation email before that.

Monday, April 2, 2007

2007 UI-CSSA President Candidates' Information

We are glad to have two president candidates, Zhang, Rui, and Tan, Songxian. Here is their information. We will start voting ASAP.

Sunday, Mar. 25, 2007

2007 UI-CSSA President Election and Board Recruitment

Based on CSSA constitution, we have annual elections. This year, the annual election will start from March until April 8, on which date the result will be announced.

The University of Iowa Chinese Students and Scholars Association (UI-CSSA) is the biggest international association on campus, serving all the Chinese people and promoting the friendship within and beyond the Chinese community. CSSA is the major Chinese association enriching Chinese life in Iowa City, getting oversea Chinese people together. Making CSSA better as our life bridge is the responsibility of every CSSA member. Thus, everybody, please participate in the 2007' CSSA President Election and Board Recruitment for the term 2007-2008! Thanks!

Please visit here for more detail.

Sunday, Mar. 25, 2007

April.16 -- Fund-raising Day at Thai Flavors

To promote Chinese cultrue, we are trying to gather more fund to have
more activities. April 16th is the Fund-raising Day for CSSA at Thai
Flavors(340 E Burlington St), 15% of their income on that day will go
to CSSA account.

Thai flavors is a very nice restaurant, you only spend $5 or even less
to have the traditional Thai food, like "Green Curry", "Pad Thai", and
etc. I stongly suggested you check out their restaurant website
http://www.thaiflavors.net/. you can also find menu at
http://www.thaiflavors.net/New_Menu.htm.

Thank you for your support to CSSA!

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007

Volunteers wanted for spring festival party

In the coming March 3rd, CSSA will be hosting the spring festival party in IMU ballroom. For each party in the past, a group of people volunteered to cooperate with CSSA board members so that we organized the party smoothly. This time, we want another 10 volunteers. The actual duties are minimal, including setting up the stage, serving food before hand, and putting things back after wards. They won't prevent you from enjoying the party. After that, volunteers, together with actors/actresses, will be treated to dinner.

If you are interested, please send us email. We will be grateful forthe help you provide.

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007

2007 Spring Festival, Mar.3rd

This year the Sprig Festival will take place at IMU Ballroom on Mar.3rd. (Jan.14th ,lunar). Now we are looking for hosters, performers, volunteers, and the most important--the ideas. Feel free to let us (cssa@blue.uiowa.edu) know any idea you have that will make our festival fun and enjoyable.

Please pay attention to coming up news on this performance party.

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007

Chinese Corner

The Chinese Corner is a non-threatening, indeed a pleasant place for the faculty and students who want to practice their oral Chinese. Learners of all levels are welcome to join, since we will have topics suitable for each level. In addition, you can make friends with Chinese and exchange with each other opinions on cultural issues. You will surely learn something new every time you come.

During the 2007 Spring Semester we will meet seven times. We welcome all of you who want to speak Chinese to join us!

• Meeting Time: 4:30-5:20 p.m. Feb. 1(Th),8(Th),15(Th)
  4:30-5:20 p.m. Mar.  1(Th), 22(Th)
  4:30-5:20 p.m. Apr. 5(Th),12(Th)
• Place: Phillips Hall 19

Contact Person: Ruifeng Wang.
Email: ruifeng-wang@uiowa.edu
Tel: 319-335-3339
Department of Asian Languages & Literature

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007

JUHE Winter 2006 Volumn 99 online

The latest issue is out. You can download an e-version here

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007

居荷征图启事

亲爱的朋友，您喜欢摄影吗？您拥有很多美丽的照片吗？您希望有更多的人来欣赏和赞叹您的杰作吗？请将它寄给我们吧！ 国内风光、异域风情、爱荷华点滴、美国掠影或者您家的可爱小宝贝等等等等，这些照片将刊登在每期《居荷》的封二或封三上，为爱城华人带来您眼中的美丽。 照片请寄至：sblheluping@hotmail.com （每张照片请附十字以内的文字说明。如果有多张连续照片，希望加上少量的文字予以串联。美图一旦启用，我们将提供两本当期《居荷》以示感激！）

谢谢！

（若您有任何问题，也可通过以上邮箱和我联系，谢谢！）

《居荷》编辑：沈蓓灵

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007

中国跳舞俱乐部将举办一系列的跳舞学习班

学习班将由Mr. Jung Yueh 执教， 主要内容包括 华尔兹和摇摆舞 （waltz and Swing）. Mr. Jung Yueh was the captain of MIT ballroom dance competition team, and the dance coach of two-hundred-people ballroom dance workshops in Boston. 学习班对所有爱好跳舞和初学跳舞的朋友们免费开放. 不需要任何舞蹈基础.

• 时间：星期六, 2月3号， 10号 和17号, 下午 4:00- 5:30
• 地点：Field House Room 462

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007

Let's Go Skiing During Winter Break!

Sundown Ski Site, Dubuque, IOWA, about two hours trip from Iowa City, is a Mountain of fun and excitement. In 1989 the National Ski Area Association awarded Sundown the Award of Excellence. No other midwest ski area has received this award.

CSSA will organize a skiing trip to Sundown on Thursday, January 11, 2007. we will leave campus at 8:00, so we can spend whole day there enjoy skiing and snow. If we have 15 or more people we can enjoy the group discount. With the group discount, you can receive a lift pass; ski rental and ski lesson for only $34. LEARN TO SKI IS GUARANTEED!

CSSA will rent cars for friends who don't have a car, but you will pay more money for the transportation. So we will try to fit everybody in volunteers' cars first.

For more information about Sundown, please take a look at:
http://www.sundownmtn.com

• Event: Skiing
• Place: Sundown Mountain
• Time: Thursday, Jan 11, 2007
• Thing to bring: A lot to clothes to keep you warm
• Fee: < $40
• Dead line: Jan 9, 2007

If you are interested, please send email to studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu. Please indicate your name, how many friends you plan to bring with you, and whether you can drive.

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006

CSSA email subscription expired

Your email address in CSSA email-list will be expired automatically after a certain amount of time (It used to be 1 year. Now we extend it to 2 years and enable automatically deletion for void emails). You should re-subscribe to our list via this link. If you know any of your friend couldn't receive CSSA group email recently, please tell them to subscribe again. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006

Badminton match on coming Saturday

• Time: 1:00-5:30pm, Nov. 25, 26, 2006
• Place: Field House Main Deck
• Event: Men's Doubles Mixed Doubles, Men's single, and Women's single (Each must have at least four groups to register, otherwise it will be cancelled)

In order to sign up, you can either reply to this post or email to mailto: studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu. Please specify details including you real name (also your partners' name if needed), the game you want to join, and what type. Please keep in mind the deadline for sign up: 12:00pm (noon), Nov, 25th, 2006.

Here is an example

• Name: CSSA
• Partner: COGS
• Game: Badminton, men's double

Thank you for your cooperation. Hope to see you at the Field House.

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006

Acknowledgement

The performance party was over, successfully on Oct 15th. We should've made this acknowledgement earlier. Anyway, this will be a long list, since there are so many people we have to thank. If we happen to miss some of your names, please pardon us.

Comperes: Ren, Min; Chen, Yi; Xie, Diqiong; Zhang, Rui

Performers: Zhang,Su; Li, Xinghua; Kang, Han; Jonathan Kull; Ding, Yi; Gao, Yang; Jiang, Dingfeng; Xie, Diqiong; Zhang,Jingyang; Qian, jue; Fan,Yiwen; Paul Kresowik; Tom Knapp; Guo, Qiaohan; Liu，Suying; Yang, Lingyan; Zhang, Rui; Lauren Reynolds; Tammy Kirchner; Whitney Galantis; Xiangguo Kong; Yue Zhao; Chen Fu; and Chinese School

Volunteers: Xiaoli Fu; Zhaoyuan Wang; Xiaowei Li; Qiao Peng; Yin Yin

Photographer and ticket/menu designer: Jing Xu

And all CSSA board members.

Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006

Menu for Mid-Autumn Festival Party

You will be able to find the following delicious traditional and original Chinese food on your dining table in the party.

• Chinese style Monk bean salad 中式粉皮
• Spicy coca cola chicken wings 可乐鸡翅
• Cantonese style steam chicken 白切鸡
• Sichuan style steam fish 四川豆拌鱼
• Meat ball (pork) 豆腐猪肉丸
• Moon cake 月饼
• Hot tea 热茶

Iced water will also be provided. Please join in us, enjoy the delicate Chinese cuisine and share the wonderful moments with your family and friends.

Friday, Oct. 6, 2006

Iowa City Mid-Autumn Festival

Hosted by the Chinese Students & Scholars Association (CSSA) on Sunday, Oct.15th from 7-10pm in the IMU Ballroom (2nd floor). Tickets are $5 and would be available at the University Box Office (138 IMU) on Thursday, Oct.5th.

Do you know that one of the most important dates on Chinese lunar calendar is coming? The Mid-Autumn Festival, known as the festival of reunion, is the day that all family members gather to share time with one another. On behalf of all the members of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA), we cordially invite you to come to our annual Autumn Festival party. There will be performances including Chinese traditional opera, dancing, Guzheng playing, Jazz music, and more offered by CSSA members, the UI Chinese Department, and the I. C. Chinese School. In addition, traditional Chinese food, moon cakes and other refreshments will be served. It is a good chance to experience Chinese culture as well as promote friendship among all different cultures.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, or would like further information, or to learn more about this event, please visit our website at http://www.uiowa.edu/~cssa or reach us at studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu or 319-594-2023.

Hope to see you there!

CSSA

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爱荷华城全体华人朋友们：

一年一度的中华传统佳节——中秋节，随着秋风的脚步又一次悄然临近了我们的身边。与此同时，由爱荷华城的华人学生学者联谊会（CSSA）举办的2006年中秋晚会也即将于2006年10月15日晚间七点在IMU 的BALL ROOM正式拉开帷幕。

在这个历时三个小时的晚会中，您将不仅可以品尝美味的中秋月饼及各式中华传统食物，欣赏由CSSA的成员，爱城中文学校, 爱荷华大学中文系以及爱荷华本地乐队的朋友们共同为大家表演的节目，您还可以参与进晚会精心设计的各项小游戏之中，获得精美小奖品之余您更可以和众多的华人朋友们彼此认识，互相交流，一起度过一个愉快而又温馨的中秋之夜。

每年一次的中秋晚会是爱城华人们的盛典，盼您可以踏着明月的清辉来此和我们相聚相会。思乡的夜晚，归家的感觉。2006年中秋晚会恭候您的光临！

爱荷华城华人学生学者联谊会（CSSA）

• 名称：2006年中秋晚会
• 时间：2006年10月15 日晚7：00至10：00
• 地点：IMU 二楼Ball Room
• 票价：5元/张
• 售票地点： Box Office, 138 IMU
• 售票联系人: 吴源(HC) 319-400-6955 yuan-wu@uiowa.edu or HD518 353-4871 (9:00 am-9:00 pm),
• 售票时间：即日起至10月15日晚7：00

Friday, Oct. 6, 2006

中秋舞会（Mid-Autumn Dance Party)

爱城的朋友们：

中国跳舞俱乐部在这个星期五为爱城的朋友们举行十月中秋舞会，欢迎大家来参加，一起来欢度中秋佳节。

• 时间：10月6日 星期五 晚上 7：30 ---- 10:30pm
• 地点: IMU 335 Iowa room
• 门票: 免费

UI Chinese Dance Club

Friday, Oct. 6, 2006

Fundraising at Thai Flavors

We are having a fundraiser for CSSA at Thai Flavors (340 E Burlington St, Iowa City. Tel:319-339-8900) on Nov.21st.2006

So, all we have to do to help out is eat at the restaurant, and they donate part of the earnings to our group.

Friday, Oct. 6, 2006

ESL refunds are underway!

Good news!!! The UI has finally instituted the refunds awarded in our arbitration victory this summer for international TAs & RAs who were charged to take the SPEAK test or participate in the TAPE program.

The 119 employees who paid from $250-$1500 to take this test will get their refunds through the Cashiers office ?for current employees, it will be credited to their U-Bill within the next 24 hours. For employees who have left the University of Iowa, the Cashiers Office will issue their remittance through a check that will be sent to their current mailing address. Additionally, current employees can request that the Cashiers Office cut them a check for their refund if they have already paid their full U-Bill for the semester. Contact the Cashiers Office at 335-0071 to ask how to make that change.

This refund finally brings this issue to a close, nearly 3 months after we presumed the issue was resolved when we received an arbitrator's decision in our favor. However, the UI threatened to take the decision to court to get it overturned, and refused to pay these employees until they had decided whether or not to forward this matter to court. After 90 days and intense negotiations between UE-COGS and the University, the UI finally made the correct decision and agreed to live by the binding arbitration procedures set forth in our contract.

Friday, Sept 8, 2006

Pictures updated

We are going to update pictures in several past events. The first one will be the Summer vocation to Wisconsin. More are coming...

Friday, Sept 8, 2006

2:1 Victory over Korean Undergrad

We beat the Korean undergrad soccer team last Saturday, Sept 2, 2006. Congratulations to our players. The following is an email from Zhiyong. Pictures can be found in our forum.

"Our team played a great must-win game against the Korean undergraduate students team today. I hope everyone had a great time at the game. I would like to thank everyone for coming to the game. I would also like to thank Songxian from FACSS for making this event possible and to all the supporters from FACSS for their hard work as well.

We will have another game against Chinese students from ISU next Saturday, please help the team to have a fun game again!

Thanks!

Zhiyong"

Friday, Sept 8, 2006

2006年“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金”申请工作开始

为了鼓励和帮助品学兼优的优秀自费留学生顺利完成学业，激励优秀自费留学生回国工作或以多种形式为国服务，经教育部批准，国家留学基金管理委员会成立的2006年“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金”的申报、受理工作从9月1日开始，截止时间为10月31日。

有关具体事宜请按照国家留学基金管理委员会网页公布的《国家优秀自费留学生奖学金实施细则》、“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金”申请指南、《国家优秀自费留学生奖学金申请表》（2006年版）、专业名称及类码等文件、材料要求办理。

国家留学基金管理委员会网址：http://www.csc.edu.cn（也可以在中文雅虎状态下输入“国家留学网”或“国家留学基金管理委员会”汉字进入网页）；请查阅该网首页-->最新动态栏-->2006年“国家优秀自费留学生奖学金”项目介绍。

申请材料请务必于10月31日前寄往中国驻芝加哥总领事馆教育组，地址如下：

Education Section
Consulate General of P.R.China in Chicago
3322 West Peterson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60659

中国驻芝加哥总领事馆教育组
二〇〇六年八月三十一日

Saturday, Sept 2, 2006

Acknowledgement

It's time to say goodbye to the busy August for newcomers. Approximately 60 Chinese students/scholars arrived in Iowa City last month. All of them settled down smoothly and successfully. We have to thank all people that picked them up, provided temporary housing and helped them by all means. Especially, we are very grateful to the Chinese Church of Iowa City and the Chinese Evangelical Church in Iowa City which are actively involved in newcomers settlement each year. We are also thankful to many other individuals.

Saturday, Sept 2, 2006

Mid-Autumn Performance Party

Time: Sunday, Oct 15, 2006, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Place: IMU Ball room.

We are looking for actors and actresses that want to perform on stage. Also we will be grateful if you give some suggestions on this party, for example, actively involving in this party by yourself, informing us some hidden but talented performers, telling us what kind of programs you expected to be shown and so on so forth.

Saturday, Sept 2, 2006

The Chinese Corner

The Chinese Corner is a non-threatening, indeed a pleasant place for the faculty and students who want to practice their oral Chinese. Learners of all levels are welcome to join, since we will have topics suitable for each level. In addition, you can make friends with Chinese and exchange with each other opinions on cultural issues. You will surely learn something new every time you come.

During the 2006 Fall Semester we will meet seven times. We welcome all of you who want to speak Chinese to join us!

• 4:30-5:20 p.m. Sept. 7(Th),14(Th),21(Th)
• 4:30-5:20 p.m. Oct. 5(Th),26(Th)
• 4:30-5:20 p.m. Nov. 2(Th),9(Th)

Saturday, Sept 2, 2006

Soccer game VS korea

CSSA just received a challenge to a soccer game from the Koreans. The game is set up at 4:30PM at Saturday in Hawkeye court soccer field(For Sure). As the sport and recreation coordinator for CSSA, I really want to say thank you to those who played last soccer game in 2005 against the Koreans. They played extremely hard to win the game, and they almost did it( Korean tied up the score in the last minute!!!). I hope those players can show up again, and new people would join us this time. Let's stick together as a whole, and beat the Koreans. People who plan to play this game, please show up at 4:00pm. We will sit down together, vote for a captain, and do some warm-up as well. I also hope people can show up to cheer for the team, the Team Of Chinese!!!!

Please email me at songxian-tan@uiowa.edu or call me at 319-400-3292 if you have any questions.

Thank you

Songxian Tan

Tuesday, Aug 29, 2006

《居荷》征稿启事

《居荷》是由爱荷华城中国留学生主办的一份免费中文杂志。设置栏目有：“莘莘学子吟”，“艺海拾贝”，“情到深处”，“美文共享”，“快乐生活”共5个版块。

• “莘莘学子吟”栏目立足于现实生活，和读者共享留美人生的种种甜酸苦辣。以散文、随笔、小说、纪实为主。是留学生活的生动记录。
• “艺海拾贝”栏目立意于艺术赏析。收录各式书评、影评、剧评、音乐评论、美术评论等。个人独特的艺术感悟，将为这里撑起一方天空。
• “情到深处”栏目聚焦爱情故事，家庭生活，往事回忆及时事评论。用真情流泻出的美文表达自己，打动他人。诗歌、小说、散文、剧作、杂文等各类形式、体裁皆受欢迎。
• “美文共享”栏目转载来自网络或其他刊物上的文章。让值得分享的好文可以通过《居荷》令更多的读者领略。推荐的同时请务必标明出处。
• “快乐生活”栏目收录生活中方方面面的常识及经验，力求轻松实用。 说出你的小经验，将留学变得更快乐。

以上各栏目长期征求中文来稿，字数不限。一作者投二、三稿也无不可。所有稿件都将得到认真对待及妥善保存，如不能及时刊出，将预留作下一期优先刊发。稿件请发至：ping-lu@uiowa.edu 或 sblheluping@hotmail.com， 如您有任何问题或建议，也请E-mail到该信箱，或致电319-353-4767。

《居荷》一年四期：三月春季号，六月夏季号，十月秋季号，一月冬季号。春季号和秋季号于中国学生学者联谊会举办的春节联欢晚会和中秋联欢晚会之际出版。夏季号和冬季号在Spring Semester 和Fall Semester 结束前后的一个月左右出版。

亲爱的朋友们，《居荷》是我们留学生自办的刊物，她属于每一个在爱荷华生活、工作、学习的人。就让我们在《居荷》中分享各自不同的生活，在分享中感受文字，感受友谊，感受彼此共同的心绪吧！

希望您喜欢《居荷》！ 期待您的来稿！

《居荷》责任编辑：沈蓓灵
2006年6月于爱荷华

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《居荷》发行启事

敬请有意索取的各位朋友将您的地址E-mail至：ping-lu@uiowa.edu 或 sblheluping@hotmail.com， 也可于晚间5：00—7：00致电319-353-4767。若您有意成为《居荷》长期订户，也请E-mail至以上信箱，我们将于每期《居荷》出版之日，按地址发送给您。

《居荷》责任编辑：沈蓓灵
2006年6月于爱荷华

Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006

August Chinese Dance Party 八月中国舞会

Time: Aug 26th, Saturday 7:30 - 10:30pm

Place: IMU Iowa Room 335

This party is open to the general public. No experience or partner necessary! Dance lessons for beginners will be from 7:30 to 8:30.

UI Chinese Dance Club
中国跳舞协会

Tuesday, Aug 8, 2006

1st Phone Card Survey

为迎接新生到来,从七月开始，我公司一直在开展客户满意度调查，调查结果对于我们提高服务质量，提供更适合于你们会员的产品极有帮助。

参加调查的会员仅花3分钟，就有可能得到一张免费电话卡。
http://www.chinamallonline.net/customservice/weblogin.cfm?refer=Uiowa

Saturday, Aug 5, 2006

COGS VICTORIOUS IN ESL ARBITRATION!!!

UI Cannot Charge Employees for Training

Through the grievance procedure established in your COGS contract, COGS won a significant victory which orders the UI to stop charging international graduate employees fees to participate in ESL training and SPEAK testing and orders the UI to reimburse those employees who paid fees to participate in those programs. This decision represents a significant victory for all graduate employees by upholding our contract and ensuring that the UI abides by the policies agreed to within our contract.

The UI started charging international students fees to take the SPEAK test and to participate in the TAPE program in the Fall of 2005. Previously, these programs were free of charge to all international graduate employees whose English fluency has to be certified in order to teach at the UI. COGS filed a grievance against these new fees in the Fall of 2005, arguing that Article XIX (“Training”) of our contract requires the university to provide instructional assistance for TAs and RA when warranted, including in areas of written and oral communication. The UI’s counter argument was that the phrase “oral and written communication” did not include instruction and testing in the ESL programs and therefore they could continue to charge graduate employees to participate in these courses.

The arbitrator sided with COGS in this case, reinforcing COGS’ argument that “to charge graduate student employees for ESL training and SPEAK testing violates the agreement.” Additionally, the UI has to refund fees to those employees who paid the fees to participate in the ESL training and SPEAK testing. COGS officers are currently working with the UI in order to reimburse those employees as quickly as possible.

Wednesday, Aug 2, 2006

Summer Vocation

Hi，CSSA朋友们：

酷热的夏天已经来临，炎热的气息渗透着我们的生活。朋友们，这周末我们计划去Wisconsin 水上乐园(http://www.noahsarkwaterpark.com/)及其周边地区逛一逛

• 时间：周六（8月5日）早7：30出发，周日（6日）下午返回。
• 地点：待定
• 人物：CSSA想避暑的成员们
• 报名办法：发电子邮件给studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu或者danting-yin@uiowa.edu，写好姓名，手机号码以及是否能作司机。报名截止在周五（8月4日）晚8：30
• 费用：70$，多退少补，仅包括租车费，汽油费和旅馆费。（为鼓励司机，司机免交汽油费）。食物自带，门票现场交付。由于时间较紧，费用在出发当天或者回来后清算。

Wednesday, Aug 2, 2006

关于举办“春晖杯”中国留学人员创新创业大赛的通知

各有关学联会、专业（行业）协会、校友会：

为激发留学人员回国创业的热情，发掘自主创新的能力，遴选出一批具有高科技含量、具有良好的市场前景、适合于开发创业的优秀项目，引导和帮助更多的留学人员顺利走上回国创业的成功之路，教育部留学服务中心与科技部火炬中心共同发起举办2006年“春晖杯”中国留学人员创新创业大赛。大赛于2006年7月17日正式启动，10月将在威海经济技术开发区（创业大赛评审基地）评审，12月底将在中国留学人员广州科技交流会（创业大赛颁奖基地）上颁奖。大赛评委会将由风险投资机构、企业家、留学人员创业园管理者及有关专家组成，创业大赛将资助获奖者回国与投资机构洽谈项目，搭建项目对接平台，并印制获奖项目及参赛项目汇编，创业园将对获奖项目入园孵化提供优惠条件和个性化服务。此次大赛海内外留学人员均可报名参加。报名方式统一采用网上报名，分为个人报名、团队报名两种形式。报名网址为中国留学网www.cscse.edu.cn。报名时间：即日起至2006年9月30日。

请广泛宣传并动员广大留学人员积极参加此次大赛。有关大赛的赛事及进程请登陆中国留学网查询。

特此通知

中国驻芝加哥总领事馆教育组
二○○六年七月二十一日

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

July Lotus Dance Party 七月荷花舞会

Time: July 29th, Saturday 7:30 - 10:30pm

Place: IMU Iowa Room 335

This party is open to the general public. No experience or partner necessary! Dance lessons for beginners will be from 7:30 to 8:30.

UI Chinese Dance Club
中国跳舞协会

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

A notice for volunteers

I've updated pickup info online. Most news students are in good hands, but there are still a few left. For those who are going to pick up new students, you will receive a confirmation letter from CSSA, and related information will appear here. Others can take a break so far, because there are more volunteers than I expected. Thank you all.

PS: Please read the new students' info page carefully. In the memo column, "Done" means that student already has some one to take care of; "Pending" means more details need to be validated, but the volunteers will not be changed; all other slots are still open.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Volunteers wanted

There are about 30 new students and scholars coming from China. They are in need of pickup and temporary housing. This is a great chance of showing your love and making new friends. Please volunteer yourself, and send email to studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu. We are very grateful of your kindness.

New students' infomation are available at here.

PS: Wang, Zhendong, an MBA from SZ, will arrive here in 07/15/06 by flight UA6781. Desicions must be made quickly. Thank you in advance.

Thursday, July 6, 2006

New CSSA webpage template

I am working on this new look for CSSA website, and I hope you all like it. If you have any suggestion, don't hesitate to send me an email.

Sunday, April 2, 2006

2006' CSSA election completed!

The new president is YIN, Danting. Congratulations to her and let's support her in future!

Monday, March 27, 2006

Juhe vol.96 available online

Hi, all friends,

The JUHE 2006 Spring issue now is available online! Please go here and download the latest version to enjoy your reading!

JUHE 2006 summer issue is calling for artciles! Please send your Chinese writings to cssa@uiowa.edu or yunong-zhou@uiowa.edu The deadline is April 30.

The current JUHE editor Zhou Yunong will graduate and retire from CSSA soon, so JUHE is looking for a new editor. People who are interested in JUHE editorial position, please send email to cssa@uiowa.edu or yunong-zhou@uiowa.edu.

Thanks!

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Badminton Club of UIowa

Feel free to join this group if you are a badminton zealot

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Alumni list now available

Please visit here to enter your information. You can also check out others' address if applicable.

Monday, March 12, 2006

2006’UI-CSSA President Election and Board Recruitment STARTS

For details, please visit here.

Sunday, March 6, 2006

Spring Break Dancing Party~~

Due to the scheduling conflicts with IMU during Spring break, our dance party has to be postponed to *March 25, Saturday 7:00pm-10:00pm* .
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and hope you will be coming and have fun in the dance party!!!

Time: March 25, Sat, 7~10 pm
Place: Iowa Room at IMU 335 (3rd Floor)
Admission: Free to public.

---Chinese Dance Club

Monday, March 6, 2006

跳舞俱乐部

亲爱的同学们和华人朋友们：

我们已经成立了一个跳舞俱乐部（英文名字为Chinese Dance Club）。俱乐部是一个非盈利性的团体，它的成立是为爱城的同学们和华人朋友们提供一个社交和娱乐的空间，同时也为喜欢跳舞的朋友们创造学习和练习的机会。俱乐部的主要活动是定期举行一系列的舞会和跳舞学习班。

如果你喜欢跳舞或者想学跳舞，又或者想和喜欢跳舞的朋友们聚在一起欢乐，那么就请加入我们的俱乐部吧。在这里，你可以认识新朋友，也可以和老朋友相聚;你可以把快乐带给别人，大家也会把欢乐留给你，不论你是来活动活动身体,还是来抖擞抖擞精神；不论你是来跳舞，还是来和朋友们一起热闹，相信在我们的俱乐部里一定会给你留下美好的回忆。

第一次舞会将在春假期间举行（3月11日，或者3月12日，取决于场地预定情况，我们会给出后续通知）。希望大家都参与进来，带上你的朋友，带上你的父母，你的妻子，你的丈夫。只有成员越多，我们的舞会才能办得越好。舞会预计3小时，我们准备了各种中外经典舞曲，有轻歌漫舞，也有青春激扬。

如果你想要成为我们俱乐部的一员，那么就请你发信把你的名字，邮箱，和地址发送给俱乐部联络员。
吴薇 Email: chinesedanceclub@gmail.com

跳舞俱乐部 2/17/2006

Tuesday, Feb 7, 2006

***Song's address***

Dear all:

THANKS to the Very HARD WORK of our China PARTY HEROES!! The spring festival party was a success!

Cheers! We had a really good time and joy in 2006' CSSA Chinese lunar new year celebration party last Sunday night, although there were still a lot of aspects to be improved.

Many thanks to the current and previous CSSA executive board members for your very hard preparation!
Many thanks to the actors and actresses for your excellent and professional performances!
Many thanks to our international friends who have contributed to our party.
Many thanks to local journalists and UITV!
Many thanks to all the audience for attending the party!

We are looking forward to watching the entire performance by UITV recently.

I wish all of CSSA members and your family to have a great, successful and productive 2006!!

Wednesday, Feb 1, 2006

Call for volunteers

Dear all:

For the spring festival party on Feb 5th, 2006, 10 volunteers are needed. Please reply to studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu ASAP. The early birds will be counted.

Furthermore, the time and place of dancing party are given below

舞会：
Time: 8:30pm, Feb 11th。
Place: Field House Rm 101

For details about the celebration, refer to here, or advertisements in Hawkeye areas.

Saturday, Jan 21, 2006

Spring Festival Party

爱城朋友们：

大家好！下面是今年的爱城春节联欢晚会信息，请大家留意：
**形式： “三位一体”——“聚餐，演出，舞会”独立的大晚会。注意三个地点变化。

1. 聚餐：
   Dumpling （蒸饺，炸饺等）before party at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (爱城福音教会地点)。
   4:30~5：45pm。注意：凭票入场，要买通票，详见下。
   
   
2. 演出：
   时间： Feb 5th. (Sunday), 2006, 6:00pm
   地点： MacBride Auditorium。上下两层的剧院设置。
   票价：学生：标准票：$2，通票：$5；工作人员：标准票：$4，通票：$8
   （注：通票含晚饭dumpling，仅售150张，先来先得。）
   售票地点：
   • Hawkeye Court 223,
     7:30~9:00pm Mon~Fri; 2:00~4:00pm Sat & Sun
     Contact Dai Yang (phone: 400-2598) or Zhou Yunong (phone:353-5288)
     
   • Hawkeye Drive 433,
     7:30~9:00pm Mon~Fri & Sun. Contact Li Mohan (phone: 353-4850)
     
   
   
3. 舞会：
   Time: 8:30pm, Feb 11th。
   Place: Field House Rm 101
   

如有变更，请查看这里。

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2006

JUHE Pen Meeting News report

January 7, JUHE held its annual pen-meeting at UI campus. 11 JUHE authors and friends attended the meeting. The attendants briefly reviewed their contributions to JUHE in the past year. The editor and the authors received warm thanks. The current editor, Zhou Yunong, present her proposal for recruiting a new JUHE editor. The people in attendance stated their views and put forward various suggestions to JUHE journal for its future development. The attendants exchanged cultural information, especially the Chinese culture website information. Besides the JUHE new issue, some other Chinese periodicals and newspapers were also distributed to the authors. JUHE pen-meeting is a significant activity indeed. (Reported by Zhou Yunong)

Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006

2005 Winter JUHE Available Online

Please check it here for the latest version

Meanwhile, 2006 Spring JUHE calls for articles!

Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006

春节联欢晚会

今年的爱城春节联欢晚会将于2月初举行，为满足多数爱城华人的要求，晚会将使用更大的场地。经过与学校反复协商，现定于MacBride Auditorium。这是一个上下两层的剧院设置，容纳760人。而且今年的春节联欢将采用“演出，聚餐，舞会”独立的“三位一体”的新形式。

为了这次大胆的尝试，请各位朋友大力支持，提出宝贵意见，并积极参加演出。请志愿参与演出的朋友们，尽快报名到studorg-cssa@uiowa.edu

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