AASAnnouncements
week of 10.01.06

Important Announcements	Events/Opportunities on Campus	Events off Campus	Career & Scholarship Info
1. Join Minority Advisory Council!	1. InSight Freshman Liaison Position	1. Peter Olsen, Random House CEO, will speak at Omni	1. Amy Rossborough Fellowship
	2. Coffee House at AACC		2. White House Internship Program
	3. TAS Night Market
	4. Engineering Lecture
	5. Women, Gender and Yale Poster Session
	6. Women’s Center Art Fund
	7. Famed Kathak Dancer
	8. Save the Date: Annual Ramadan Banquet
	9. CASA Triad Night
	10. Korean Culture Festival
	11. Teach-in about Social Justice Activism in New Haven
	12. Insight Mentorship Program
	13. Asian American Leadership Conference at Yale
	14. Volunteers needed for ViSA cultural show
	15. Vietnamese Lunch Table

Important Announcements

Join the 2006-2007 Minority Advisory Council!

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Interested?

Please submit an application

<http://yalestation.org/ycc/www/Mac%20Application.doc>  to

ycc@yalestation.org by Wednesday, October 4 at 11:59 PM.

Background

The Minority Advisory Council (MAC) was re-established in the winter of 2004

to advise the President on issues relating to the welfare of minority groups

at Yale. The Council, comprised of students, faculty and staff, is chaired

by Drew Days, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law.

It is most important to note that MAC operates like all other committees

appointed by the President: it is not a policy-making body. It serves as an

advisory council that can bring very specific recommendations to the

attention of the President, but the Council does not set policy.

For the 2006 - 2007 academic year, there will be five undergraduate, 1

graduate, and 4 graduate/professional student representatives on MAC,

joining faculty and staff representatives. Two of the five undergraduates,

Sandy Placido '08, and Zahreen Ghaznavi '08, served on MAC last year.

During the spring term of 2004 and the 2004 - 2005 academic year, MAC met

with students, faculty, and administrators, held two undergraduate and one

graduate and professional "open forums," discussed and evaluated information

obtained, and identified three issues for further study. Subcommittees were

formed to gather materials and develop proposals. Those proposals were

reviewed and approved by MAC and submitted to President Levin in an August

2005 report. When he met with the Council in October 2005, President Levin

encouraged the group to continue working on its recommendations concerning

diversity, grievance procedures, and mentoring and fundraising.

On the issue of diversity, MAC has proposed changes in the structure of the

Yale College Dean's Office in order to deal more effectively with the

quality of life for students of color and to improve the racial climate on

campus. Dean Salovey and Professor Days have discussed these

recommendations, and Dean Salovey is working to ensure that the Council's

goals can be achieved in a manner consistent with the effective

administration of Yale College.

With respect to grievance procedures, MAC has recommended that procedures be

made more explicit and easier to understand, as well as more

"user-friendly." The project to create a user-friendly Grievance Procedure

Web site is nearly complete.

Lastly, MAC urges stronger mentoring of junior faculty and faculty of color,

as well as fundraising that will recognize distinguished graduates through

endowed lectureships and similar programs.

During 2005 - 2006, the Council met with personnel related to the issues

outlined above. At its January meeting, for example, the Council met with

the Chief of the Yale University Police, the Deputy Provost for Science,

Technology and Faculty Development, and the Associate Vice President and

Chief Human Resources Officer. In mid-April, the undergraduate, graduate,

and professional student members of MAC organized an Open Forum, which

allowed students to air their views on numerous topics. Of special student

interest is the need for racial dialogues on campus and sensitivity training

among students, as well as administrators and faculty.

 <http://yalestation.org/ycc/>

Events/Opportunities on Campus

InSight Freshman Liaison

Interested in becoming a Freshman Liaison?? Please email Karin Lee karin.lee@yale.edu ASAP!

COFFEE HOUSE AT AACC

TAS NIGHT MARKET

The Yale Engineering
Sheffield Fellowship Presentation and Lecture

“Toward an Era of Symbiotic Life-style”

Hajime Sasaki
Chairman of the Board
NEC Corporation

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
4:00 p.m.
Davies Auditorium

Reception to follow at the
Beinecke Library Mezzanine

Women, Gender and Yale Poster Session
November 7-9, Beinecke Plaza
In November we plan to host a “Women and Yale” poster session to present scholarly work done by, on, or for women as a visual display combining a brief narrative with pictures, tables, and other presentation formats. We are planning the poster session to be displayed outdoors around the Beinecke Plaza November 7-9 and then indoors at various libraries around campus. Prior to the poster session, all posters will be cataloged as jpeg images for a website slide show and laminated so they can be archived with the library. We will need your assistance spreading the word and participating, so that we can capture the excellent, cutting edge, and brilliant research by women scholars at Yale. DEADLINE for posters OCTOBER 30. Posters can be deposited in campus drop boxes (locations listed at www.yale.edu/wff), sent via email to wff@yale.edu, or delivered to our offices at 305 Crown Street.

Women's Center Art Fund

The Women's Center Art Fund is funded by the Women's Center endowment and encourages undergraduates to create art that has a gendered and/or feminist slant. Each Women's Center Art Fund project lasts for one semester, with a reception to present the work when completed. The art remains on display in the Women's Center.

Deadline: Monday, October 2

Get an application by emailing elizabeth.stvictor@yale.edu

Apply for the Art Fund!

AMITA DUTT

Famed Kathak dancer

And

Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, classical musicians

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 @ 5:00PM

MacMillan Ctr., Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

Sponsored by the South Asian Society and the South Asian Studies Council, supported by the Rustgi Family Fund

Save the date: Annual Ramadan Banquet!

Save the date: CASA Triad Night!

When: October 21
Where: TBA
What: Get ready for one of the hottest nights at Yale! Dress to impress. Poker, pool, food, etc. will all be there, so you better be.

Korean Culture Festival

Teach-in about Social Justice Activism

InSight Mentorship Program

Insight is looking for Mentors for our new program this year!

To address the fact that Asians in New Haven are a minority among minorities, the goal of this project is to offer a support base for Asian American females in local schools. We'll be mentoring New Haven area Asian American girls through bi-weekly informal small group meetings, supplemented by monthly workshops. Each mentor will be paired up with 1 or 2 girls, and conversation can be as informal or as structured as the mentor-mentee relationship dictates.

The monthly workshops will address issues pertinent to our group, ranging from discussions about body image, sex education, confidence building, academic counseling, and/or general concerns regarding cultural assimilation. With further research on area demographics and the help of your input, this program has the potential to address specific concerns of New Haven citizens that, until now, have been largely overlooked.

This program is still in the works, and we would love input from people interested in becoming mentors. Come to our first meeting to get information and contribute your own ideas.

MEETING: WEDNESDAY, 6PM, JE COMMON ROOM

Contact Minghao.liu@yale.edu or Emma.kurose@yale.edu with questions/concerns.

Asian American Leadership Conference at Yale

This year, the Asian American's Students Alliance (AASA) and the Political Action and Education Committee (PAEC) will host the first Asian American Leadership Conference at Yale. At this conference, we invite high school students to discuss issues Asian Americans face today and how to effectively address those issues. Student leaders and faculty members of Yale will lead the workshops and moderate the discussions. Through these sessions, we hope to give our attendees a taste of what activism means and how to be an effective leader.

If you want to get involved in helping organize and run this groundbreaking event, here's your chance! We're looking for people to help host our speakers, among which include Judge Nina Elgo, Superior Court Judge in the state of Connecticut, Dean Saveena Dhall, Dean of Asian American Student Affairs, and our very own Jerry Nguyen! (WOOT!)

Contact steven.tan@yale.edu or Nancy.liang@yale.edu if you would like to help or if you have any further questions about the conference!

ViSA Cultural Show—Volunteers Needed

Calling all singers, actors, dancers!!!

Please email yen.duong@yale.edu ASAP
To get a part in ViSA’s upcoming Cultural Show!

Vietnamese Language Table

Every Friday @ Noon
In the Berkeley Dining Hall
Come practice your Vietnamese and eat lunch together!
It’s never too late for your first lunch at the Viet Language Table! :-)

Events Off Campus

Peter Olson

Chairman and CEO of Random House Inc.

will speak to Yale University students on

the future of the book publishing industry.

Random House is the world’s largest trade book

publisher and home to countless renowned

authors including: John Irving, Dan Brown,

Anna Quindlen, Toni Morrison, and Dr. Seuss.

Following his talk, Mr. Olson, as well as other company representatives, will be available to discuss the publishing industry and career opportunities at an informal reception.

This information session will be Thursday, October 19th

at 3:30pm at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale

(near the Yale campus at 155 Temple Street).

Career and Scholarship Info.

Amy Rossborough Fellowship
Application Deadline: Friday, October 13
The Amy Rossborough Fellowship is designed to give Yale undergraduates the opportunity to undertake service projects affecting women in the greater New Haven community. Each Fellowship lasts for the academic year, although it may be extended to a full year at the discretion of the Directors of the Fellowship. The Amy Rossborough Fellowship is made possible through the generosity of the Rossborough family, in honor of their daughter Amy (1959-1979). Amy was a political activist and a fighter for women's rights and social justice when she died in the summer before her senior year at Yale. Contact Tina Wu (tianying.wu@yale.edu), the fellowship coordinator, for questions and applications.

wh-intern.html.

Applications should be submitted to Karen Race, Deputy Director and Intern Coordinator, White House Personnel, at intern_application@whitehouse.gov on or before the following deadlines:

October 13, 2006 for SPRING 2007 (January 9 to May 11, 2007)
March 6, 2007 for SUMMER 2007 (May 22 to August 24, 2007)

If you have questions you may contact Karen Race at (202) 456-5979 or intern_application@whitehouse.gov.