First General Meeting
WHO: Everyone is invited - new and old AAAGS members. Welcome new APALSA/SALSA Members!
WHERE: Red Gym (on Langdon), Mezzanine Room C. Walk up the stairs towards the back of the Red Gym.
WHEN: Thursday, September 25, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (feel free to bring your own dinner)
WHAT: General Meeting. The agenda will include:
1. Introductions
2. Recap of the Retreat
3. Upcoming Academic Events
4. Upcoming Social Events
5. Steering Committee Confirmation
Questions? email uw.aaags@gmail.com.
SAVE the Date: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008, is the Asian American Faculty/Grad/Staff Dinner and Dialogue. EVITE will go out to current members in the gmail address book. RSVP required and space is limited to 45 individuals.
Monday, September 22, 2008
3rd Dinner & Dialogue: AAAGS and AASP | Oct 21 @ 6:30 pm
Association of Asian American Graduate Students & the Asian American Studies Program
present
the 3rd Dinner & Dialogue
with speaker panel on
"Looking Back and Looking Ahead at the Asian American Academic Community at UW-Madison"
6:30-8:30
Dinner served right away
Presentation at 7 pm
Room 253, 1025 West Johnson
RSVP now to uw.aaags@gmail.com
Sunday, September 21, 2008
I found this in one of my Sunfire newswire emails
This is not a political endorsement. But, the letter is geared towards the Asian American voters. FYI:
Barack Obama
(Appeared Sept 19, 2008 in an email from political consultant, Bill Wong, who edits the Sunfire Newswire Political Digest highlighting Asian Americans and politics in California. To subscribe, email sunfirenewswire@gmail.com)
Obama Statement on Mid-Autumn Festival
September 12, 2008
Dear Friends,
I appreciate the opportunity to share a few thoughts with the Asian American communities that gather now to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a wonderful time to reflect on the year past and look toward the year ahead.
The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates the abundance of the summer harvest. As Americans, it is a time to celebrate our blessings and rededicate ourselves to extending the opportunity to those who lack it across our country, and around the world.
That's why I have developed detailed plans to jumpstart the economy and put us on a path to long-term economic growth and job creation, provide middle class Americans with tax relief, support small businesses, and protect homeownership. I also have plans to provide every American access to quality, affordable health care and to fix our schools. We can accomplish these goals at home, and we can rebuild our alliances, encourage individual involvement and service in the Peace Corps, and improve our foreign aid programs so that we help other countries accomplish these goals as well.
Change only happens when people demand it, so I hope you'll get involved in this election and vote on November 4th. Together as one nation, we can work together to create a better future. I wish you all the best for a wonderful celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
(Appeared Sept 19, 2008 in an email from political consultant, Bill Wong, who edits the Sunfire Newswire Political Digest highlighting Asian Americans and politics in California. To subscribe, email sunfirenewswire@gmail.com)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down | Forward Music Festival
THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN
ia female-fronted alterna.rock.folk band hailing from San Fran. Hot of tours first with Xiu Xiu and then Rilo Kiley, Paste Magazine named this Kill Rock Stars darling one of their "4 to Watch" in February '08. Watch her.Cafe Montmartre
11:30 pm
September 20, 2008 (SAT)
Tickets for the entire festival can be purchased here: http://www.forwardmusicfest.com - $25 for admission to all shows around town on 19-20th Sept.
A few AAAGS members are attending (contact Mytoan).
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
By-Laws!
AAAGS, in getting re-registered, had to produce a set of By Laws for the Student Organizations Office (SOO). So, they are officially done. Email if you want to read 'em. At some point, we'll figure out a way to upload pdf and word documents onto somewhere folks can access 'em.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
AAAGS Fall 2009 Mixer | Sept 4 @ 4:30-7:00 PM Happy Hour
AAAGS FALL SOCIAL MIXER EVENT
Sept 4, 2008, Thursday
Time: 4:30-7:00 pm (happy hour prices last until 6pm)
Sucre Patisserie + Dessert Lounge
20 W Mifflin St. (at the top of State Street, turn left at the State Capitol)
Madison WI 53703
Tel: (608) 310-4520
Website: sucresweet.com
DESCRIPTION:
Madison's newest dessert lounge and recently voted best new restaurant. Sucre has freshly prepared sweets such as summery fruit tarts, devilish chocolate cakes and recently added green tea white chocolate mouse cakes. During happy hour from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, you can enjoy summer cocktails or wines for only $5. Thanks to Hong Tran, one of the chefs (and a friend/member of AAAGS), for helping us plan this event.
A Group of AAAGS folks will be at the outdoor seating area (indoors if raining)
NO RSVP needed, just show up!
Sept 4, 2008, Thursday
Time: 4:30-7:00 pm (happy hour prices last until 6pm)
Sucre Patisserie + Dessert Lounge
20 W Mifflin St. (at the top of State Street, turn left at the State Capitol)
Madison WI 53703
Tel: (608) 310-4520
Website: sucresweet.com
DESCRIPTION:
Madison's newest dessert lounge and recently voted best new restaurant. Sucre has freshly prepared sweets such as summery fruit tarts, devilish chocolate cakes and recently added green tea white chocolate mouse cakes. During happy hour from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, you can enjoy summer cocktails or wines for only $5. Thanks to Hong Tran, one of the chefs (and a friend/member of AAAGS), for helping us plan this event.
A Group of AAAGS folks will be at the outdoor seating area (indoors if raining)
NO RSVP needed, just show up!
Campus snapshot of Asian Americans
Linda Park and I were looking up 2007-2008 statistics on "guestimates" of Asian Americans on campus to update some grant language for AAAGS.
These are just some rough figures (we don't know, however, the methodologies for how these numbers were generated or how durable the definitions have been over time).
STATISTICS:
* We have reason to believe that this number is inflated due to the possible inclusion of overseas graduate students. This means that the number of Asian American graduate students, as well as the number of graduate non-professional Asian American students, is actually lower than these figures would suggest.
All ethnic minorities: 861/8860= 9.7 percent
Source: Academic Planning and Analysis, UW Madison, 2007-2008 Figures (assembled from various excell spreadsheets). If you know of some more accurate or up to date figures, please let us know!
These are just some rough figures (we don't know, however, the methodologies for how these numbers were generated or how durable the definitions have been over time).
STATISTICS:
- Faculty: 216/2198 = 9.8 percent (we don't really know how accurate this is!)
- Academic Staff: 509/6826 = 7.4 percent
- Graduate Students (Masters and PhD non-professional school): 319/8860 = 3.6 percent
- Professional School Students: 189/2080 = 9.1 percent*
* We have reason to believe that this number is inflated due to the possible inclusion of overseas graduate students. This means that the number of Asian American graduate students, as well as the number of graduate non-professional Asian American students, is actually lower than these figures would suggest.
All ethnic minorities: 861/8860= 9.7 percent
Source: Academic Planning and Analysis, UW Madison, 2007-2008 Figures (assembled from various excell spreadsheets). If you know of some more accurate or up to date figures, please let us know!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Post Mixer Event: Ballroom Social
There is going to be a free ballroom dance sponsored by the ballroom club as part of their fall kick-off on Thursday, September 4. It will be in Memorial Union (room to be determined) from 7 p.m. to midnight. Also there will be free beginner lessons. According to their website, which you can check out for more information, there will be a beginner waltz lesson starting at 7 and going to 7:45 and a beginner cha cha lesson from 8:30 to 9:15.
Friday, July 18, 2008
2nd Annual AAAGS Member Retreat | August 23 | 11:15 am-2:30 pm
AAAGS is hosting its 2nd Annual All Members retreat.
DATE: Saturday, August 23, 2008
TIME: 11:15 am-2:30 pm - Potluck Lunch Included
LOCATION:
Monticello Apartment Social Room
5015 Sheboygan Ave,
Madison, WI 53705
The social room is the door to your right when you enter the Monticello Apartments building (close to Hilldale Mall). There's access to a kitchen, bathroom and balcony available that we can use.
BY BUS - On the weekends you can take the # 2 or 8 bus and it will drop you off on the corner of Sheboygan and Eau Claire. From there, walk about 1/2 a block West until you come to the "Monticello" sign and ahead of that is the office sign. The apartment building is also the building's office.
BY CAR - There's parking on the street in front of the building and also around it. There should be sufficient spaces for everyone. Please indicate whether you need a ride. We have drivers coming from both the East and West side of Madison.
PURPOSE: To plan the next calendar year of fun social events, mixers, and programs and of course, to get as many members involved in this program planning process as possible. AAAGS wants to serve the needs of its changing membership.
In the spring, we administered a Membership Satisfaction Survey on Survey Monkey. We'll share with you some of the highlights and the many conversations amongst steering committee members that arose thereafter at next week's retreat.
WHO's INVITED: AAAGS Members
RSVP: uw.aaags@gmail.com and include what dish, dessert, or drink you wish to share.
We hope you'll consider staying for the entire agenda, but in case you don't, please come for part of the day's activities. An EVITE to current members has been sent out, please email uw.aaags@gmail.com to be added to the invitation.
DATE: Saturday, August 23, 2008
TIME: 11:15 am-2:30 pm - Potluck Lunch Included
LOCATION:
Monticello Apartment Social Room
5015 Sheboygan Ave,
Madison, WI 53705
The social room is the door to your right when you enter the Monticello Apartments building (close to Hilldale Mall). There's access to a kitchen, bathroom and balcony available that we can use.
BY BUS - On the weekends you can take the # 2 or 8 bus and it will drop you off on the corner of Sheboygan and Eau Claire. From there, walk about 1/2 a block West until you come to the "Monticello" sign and ahead of that is the office sign. The apartment building is also the building's office.
BY CAR - There's parking on the street in front of the building and also around it. There should be sufficient spaces for everyone. Please indicate whether you need a ride. We have drivers coming from both the East and West side of Madison.
PURPOSE: To plan the next calendar year of fun social events, mixers, and programs and of course, to get as many members involved in this program planning process as possible. AAAGS wants to serve the needs of its changing membership.
In the spring, we administered a Membership Satisfaction Survey on Survey Monkey. We'll share with you some of the highlights and the many conversations amongst steering committee members that arose thereafter at next week's retreat.
WHO's INVITED: AAAGS Members
RSVP: uw.aaags@gmail.com and include what dish, dessert, or drink you wish to share.
We hope you'll consider staying for the entire agenda, but in case you don't, please come for part of the day's activities. An EVITE to current members has been sent out, please email uw.aaags@gmail.com to be added to the invitation.
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