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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><a name="_top"></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:60.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#FFCC00'>ViSA</span></b></span><span style='font-size:48.0pt'><br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Vietnamese Students Association</span></i></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#FF0066'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span
class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>November 10, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#FF0066'>*<b>General Meetings are every Wed at 5:30,
Saybrook Fellows Lounge</b>*<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="#one">1.</a> YVSG
Workshop (Nov 17)</span></span><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="#two">2.</a> SEAS
Seminar (Nov 17)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="#three">3.</a> SEAS
Movie Screening (Nov 17)</span></span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="#four">4.</a> </span></span> <span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ViSA Families</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a
href="#five">5</a>. AASA/AACC Announcements</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
- Arts Festival Survey <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
-AASA Basketball Tournament<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a
href="#six">6</a>. Other/Plugs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>�
-VASI Summer Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
-Microfinance Brigades <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993300'><br>
</span><a name=one><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>1</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. </span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Yale
Vietnamese Studies Workshop: "Identifying Trickster Space in the Process
of History-Making in Vietnam"<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conor Lauesen, Yale University<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, November 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Linsly-Chittenden 212<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Refreshments will be served<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please see the YVSG schedule at:
http://www.yale.edu/seas/YVSG.htm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><span class=apple-style-span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=two><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>2</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. Southeast Asia Studies Seminar Series: "Burma After the
Elections: What Can We Expect?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Christina Fink, Anthropologist, Washington
D.C.</span></i></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, <i>Author of Living Silence in Burma:
Surviving under Military Rule.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Burma/Myanmar has long been ruled by a
military regime intent on maintaining control. The regime's decision to hold
elections on November 7, 2010, the first elections in 20 years, seems to
suggest it is willing to loosen its grip. However, a closer inspection reveals
how the regime has sought to carefully manage the process in order to ensure
its continued dominance. This talk begins by examining the conditions under
which the elections were held, with a focus on the insecurity that pervades
people's lives in Burma and how so often, people feel compelled to act in ways
that perpetuate military rule. The elections and their likely impact will then
be analyzed, taking into account the various interests and perspectives of the
participants, including those who hope to use the process to bring about
gradual change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Christina Fink is an anthropologist who
received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1994 and was based in Thailand for most
of the last 15 years. She is the author of Living Silence in Burma: Surviving
Under Military Rule (Zed Books, 2009, second edition) and articles and chapters
examining the challenges of providing humanitarian assistance in Burma, the
2007 monks' protests, the impacts of militarization on communities in Eastern
Burma, and the development of civil society in the country. For the last ten
years, she served as a lecturer on Thai politics and society at the
International Sustainable Development Studies Institute, which runs study
abroad programs for American university students. During the same period, she
also developed and taught courses for members of Burmese civil society
organizations working in the fields of democracy, human rights, women's
empowerment, and humanitarian assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, November 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12:00 Noon<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For complete SEAS seminar and events
schedule, see <a href="http://www.yale.edu/seas/Events.htm"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>http://www.yale.edu/seas/Events.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=three><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>3</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. SEAS Movie Screening: </span></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>Enemies of the People</span></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Followed by discussion with
Director, Rob Lemkin<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>November 17, 2010 - 7:00 P.M.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Room 101 –
Linsly-Chittendon, 63 High Street<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Winner: Sundance Film Festival
Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Co-Directors: Rob Lemkin and Thet
Sambath<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2009; 93 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Synopsis:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Khmer Rouge slaughtered
nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia
remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning,
investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of
the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who
slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two,
Sambath records shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected
his own family for years, Sambath's work comes at a price. But his is a
personal mission. He lost his parents and his siblings in the Killing Fields.
Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for
the first time the real story of Cambodia's tragedy. Codirectors Rob Lemkin and
Sambath create a watershed account of Cambodian history and a heartfelt quest
for closure on one of the world’s darkest episodes. [Synopsis courtesy of
Sundance Film Festival]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For Trailer and additional
information, see <a href="http://www.yale.edu/seas/Enemies.htm">http://www.yale.edu/seas/Enemies.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Co-sponsored by the Council on
Southeast Asia Studies and the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International
Human Rights<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=four><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>4</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. ViSA Families<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Now that most of you have met
your families, it’s time to hang out and get to know each other. There
are multiple <b>AACC Events</b> (see below) or grab a simple meal in a dining
hall on an evening you’re all free! Big Sibs, please make an effort to
coordinate family get-togethers. And check out the interview with Thuy, Paul,
Catherine, Mary, and Anh’s family on the APA Blog: <a
href="http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog/?p=2121">http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog/?p=2121</a>
</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=five><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>5</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. AASA/AACC Announcements</span></b></span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#33CC33'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#00CC00'>AACC Arts Festival Survey (Free Froyo World giftcard)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WANNA
SEE SOMETHING REALLY COOL? Well you could... just tell us! We would love to
hear your input Spring Fling-style so we can bring people that you actually
want to see for the AACC’s Spring Arts Festival! What’s at stake?
By filling out the survey, you’ll be entered into a raffle for a $5 gift
card to Froyo World!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHJyZzBWNVE1anRxT3ljX25iUWFJMmc6MQ"><span
style='color:windowtext'>https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHJyZzBWNVE1anRxT3ljX25iUWFJMmc6MQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#33CC33'>AASA Basketball Tournament<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday,
Dec. 9th <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10AM-1PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lanman
Court</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
semi-annual AASA basketball tournament is coming up soon and we need a team! It'll
be a full court, 5-on-5 game. ** There will be prizes for the winning team !!**
�Email <a href="mailto:vy.tran@yale.edu">vy.tran@yale.edu</a> if you can play!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>Revelasians & APA Blog</span></i></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Revelasians, the semesterly publication put
out by the Asian American Cultural Center, would like to welcome all members of
the Yale community to submit their work! We're currently taking student created
works of poetry, prose, photography, art and much more! Have an interesting
piece you wrote for English 120, a photo from Intro to Photography, or
something you want to say? Send it in!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>All AACC affiliate groups must
submit a piece on any major event they host<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please send all submissions to <a
href="mailto:austin.lan@yale.edu">austin.lan@yale.edu</a> or <a
href="mailto:yale.revelasians@gmail.com">yale.revelasians@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For samples of previous issues,
please click here: <a href="http://www.yale.edu/aacc/publications.htm">http://www.yale.edu/aacc/publications.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you’re interested in
other Asian American voices, check out the AASA Blog at <a
href="http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog">www.yaleaasa.org/blog</a>. There
you’ll find amazing photos from AASA events, restaurant reviews, and
other interesting submissions from Yalies in the Asian American community,
including yours truly. Feel free to submit your own work to <a
href="mailto:apablog10@gmail.com">apablog10@gmail.com</a>. We are now
recruiting more staff members so please email us also if you are interested in
being a permanent contributor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><br>
<a name=six><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>6</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>. Other/Plugs</span></b><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>Humanity in Action (HIA) 2011
Fellowship.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HIA invites applications from college
students and recent graduates who are intellectually gifted, mature,
independent and passionate about human rights. Current sophomores, juniors, and
seniors and graduates from the classes of 2009 and 2010 are eligible to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The HIA Fellowship brings together
international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and produce research
exploring how and why individuals and societies, past and present, have
resisted intolerance and protected democratic values. Separate programs will
take place for five weeks in </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Amsterdam, Berlin,
Copenhagen, Paris, and Warsaw</span></u></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <b>Applications are
due on January 10, 2011</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>View Application Materials <a
href="http://humanityinaction.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=71d6157afa2d805d137fbb966&id=782aedad62&e=7da8e84333"><span
style='color:windowtext'>here</span></a> | Apply <a
href="http://humanityinaction.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=71d6157afa2d805d137fbb966&id=67bf16d95f&e=7da8e84333"><span
style='color:windowtext'>here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#00CC00'>Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) Ho Chi Minh City,
Viet Nam<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Program Dates: June 13 to August 5, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) is an intensive
eight-week course of study in advanced Vietnamese conducted at Vietnamese
Language Studies Sai Gon in Ho Chi Minh City. VASI is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>equivalent to a full year's academic work. Program applicants must
have attained an intermediate level of proficiency in Vietnamese before
attending VASI. Applicants must also be citizens or permanent residents of the
U.S. and either a graduate student, junior or senior at a college or
university; a faculty member or K-12 teacher; or an area studies or foreign
language education administrator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Candidates who are selected for VASI must pay a non-refundable
program fee of $750 to UC Berkeley before departure to Viet Nam. Participants are
responsible for their own health insurance, pre-travel inoculations and some of
their daily living expenses in Viet Nam. Airfare, tuition, visa fees and
lodging are covered by VASI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>For the online application and other information, see the VASI
website: <a href="http://cseas.berkeley.edu/VASI/">http://cseas.berkeley.edu/VASI/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The deadline for applications is: <b>February 1, 2011</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#00CC00'>Yale Microfinance Brigades <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Want to know about how microfinance started? Want to learn how you
can be a part of Yale Microfinance Brigades?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Yale Microfinance Brigades and Social Investment Team Bring you
the <u>Microfinance Simulcast Series</u>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Your chance to take a class on Microfinance! An incredible class
taught at Berkeley University screened right here at Yale University: <b>WLH
211, 7-9pm Mondays October 25 - December 6th</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Attend a few classes, or attend all - but do check this amazing
opportunity out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>To learn more visit our fb page: <a
href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163047340391600&ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163047340391600&ref=ts</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>**If
you are looking for more summer opportunities, the <u>AACC Newsletter </u>has a
long list of them. Please email me if you do not receive the newsletter and I will
forward it to you. I would include the extra-Yale opportunities in the
newsletter, but they are rather extensive.**<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>------------------------------------</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Do you have an event you’d like ViSA
members to know about? Publicize it here! It can be a performance you are in or
a cause you’re volunteering for – just about anything outside of
ViSA that concerns you! It will be listed under the Other/Plugs category.
Just email me at <a href="mailto:catherine.dinh@yale.edu">catherine.dinh@yale.edu</a>
about where and when your event will be and a short description before the week
of the event.</span></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><br>
<br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you would like to be removed from the
panlist, please send me an email at <a href="mailto:catherine.dinh@yale.edu">catherine.dinh@yale.edu</a>.</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#984806'>Have a restful Thanksgiving break!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:60.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFCC00'>ViSA<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Vietnamese Students
Association</span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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