introducing your 2011-2012 hmsa board members

Coffman Memorial Union Suite 226H 300 Washington Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55455

Jonathen Vue……………….…...….President Pajouablai (Monica) Lee.……...Vice President Stacy Moua…………….…………....Treasurer Nancy Xiong…………………………..Secretary Nhia Lee…………………………..……Co-Education Chair Zongnewseng Yang...….………...Co-Education Chair Christina Lee………...…...…...…...Co-Outreach Chair Lee (Yolei) Yang…………….….……Co-Outreach Chair Doua Yang…………..………………...Co-Activities Chair Khou Yang…………………..………...Co-Activities Chair Pa Shoua Bly Vang….………........Historian Mai Tong Yang………….………...…Webmaster Ah Vang-Lo…………………………….Advisor

Introducing Your 2011-2012 HMSA Board Members

Volume 3 І Issue 2

HMSA Digest

What is the HMSA Digest? The HMSA Digest is a bi-weekly newsletter

that we send out to our subscribers. What you may find in here is HMSA related information on our meeting dates along with events and activities we are having. A few other things you may find are: what’s the scoop on a few other organizations, job opportunities, volunteer opportunities, scholarship opportunities, and news in general.

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CONTENTS

HMSA Related Infor-mation & News

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U of MN News & Com-munity

3

Outside Community

News 4-6

Jobs/Internships/Volunteer/Scholarships

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Miscellaneous 8

Who is HMSA? HMSA is the Hmong Minnesota Student Association at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. HMSA is estab-lished to promote and preserve the Hmong culture and heri-tage. We help our members develop new skills and to pro-vide and/or direct academic assistance.

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Regret not going to summer school? Can’t find a job in this crappy econ-omy? Want to work up a sweat but can’t get into the rec center? How about getting that tan you’ve always wanted? Have no fear! HMSA always has your back!!! Our Carwash Fund-raiser will solve all those problems! You’ll learn a thing or two about sales and get those hard earned dollars of work donated to HMSA while working those biceps and getting that tan. Everyone wins and don’t we all want to be winners in the end...

HMSA Membership

HMSA Membership is open to all students and alumni members at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and non-students without regard to race, gender, marital status, public status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Returning Members – You must re-sign/turn in a membership form in order to become a general member.

New Members – All new students/members who wish to become members must also sign/turn in a membership form.

Voting Member – All members who wish to become a voting member must attend three general meetings and/or workshops and participate at one volun-teer event.

***Be sure to sign in at all workshops and general meetings, as this is the only way for us to en-sure your attendance in calculating your voting status. If you have any questions regarding your membership attendance, contact Nancy Xiong ([email protected]).

HMSA NEWS

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U OF MN COMMUNITY NEWS

AND OPPORTUNITIES

Students needed for a class student panel K.C. Harrison, Ph. D. of the Postsecondary Teaching and Learning Department in CEHD at the U of M would like to have a student panel on either Thursday ,July 14 or Tuesday, July 19 for her PSTL sum-mer class from 9:05AM—11:20AM. The topics of the panel could be broad-ranging and driven by the interests of its members--a casual forum to promote conversation and understanding of perspectives about Hmong history and culture in the Twin Cities . If you are interested in participating in this panel, please contact K.C: K. C. Harrison, Ph.D. Teaching Specialist in Literature Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning College of Education and Human Development University of Minnesota 239 Burton Hall 178 Pillsbury Drive SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 [email protected]

Interested in joining WSAC? Our meetings are every other Sat-urday this summer at 2pm in Coffman 202 (the next is June 18th). Want to have a say in our Fall semester meeting time? New and veteran members alike are all welcome to weigh in

on what times work for them. Just send an email with your class and work schedule to [email protected] with the subject line “Fall Meeting Time.”

***The twin cities Pride celebration is the last weekend in June!****** Join WSAC’s friends, the Twin Cities Avengers, for Dyke March 2011: Every Issue is a Queer Issue, on Saturday, June 25th from 6pm to 9pm. If you would like to support Dyke March, please come to the Root Beer Float Fund-raiser (vegan and soy free options will be so available) on June 11th from 4 to 7pm in Powderhorn Park. TC Avengers website: http://tcavengers.wordpress.com



http://tcavengers.wordpress.com


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Program Sessions

2:30-5:30pm

June 27 & 28

July 12 & 14

July 25 & 26

August 9 & 11

Discussion Sessions

3-4pm

June 15, 29

July 6, 20

August 3, 17



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What do hip kids and their (possibly) cooler parents do to spark creativity? At-tend Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate, featuring activities for adults and youngsters ages 3–5. Join us each month on the second and fourth Tuesdays for art projects, films, gallery activities, and story time. Free with gallery admission; Walker members and kids ages 12 and under are always free.

June 28, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, July 12, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, July 26, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, August 9, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, August 23, 11:00 am to 1:00

You are cordially invited to join Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans and Minnesota Humanities Center to a FREE, special screening of an origi-nal documentary, "Prayers on the Prairie: Asian Americans

and Religion" on June 30th. There will be a recep-tion to open the event, and following the documentary

will be a showing of Bollywood film, "Ready" starring Salman Khan and Asin. Please see attached

flyer for more informa-tion. Seats are limited, so

RSVP your tickets while it still lasts.

Hope to see you on the 30th.


Professional Bulgarian folk music players Nickolai Kolarov, on cello-gadulka, Jim Parker on tambour, Natalie Nowytski on voice and

drums, and Nikolai Gueorguiev on gadulka make up the TC Balkan

Players. Listen to them and cele-brate one of our newest programs,

Balkan Jamboree


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It's a celebration of culture as KFAI takes over the Ukranian Event Center, 301 Main Street NE, Minneapolis, Satur-day, June 18th, 12pm - 6pm. Music! Dance! Food! Crafts! You! Music includes the International Reggae All-Stars, a truly global band with members from Venezuela to Trinidad, and Ghana to Kingston, Jamaica. Expect the best in reggae classics and say "hi" to Lynval "Golden Voice" Jackson from Caribbean Jam.

You can also expect Brazilian jazz from Xibaba, hip-hop from contem-porary Hmong group Pupils of the Storm Young, Hmong songwriter LoGaN MoUa, La Familia Torres-

Pena--who does mariachi and Beatles covers--and Shalita Shalita.

Dancers will come from Voice of Culture, a Black dance company

specializing in West African Dance and Drumming with an Afro-

American twist, and the Tiymba Dance Company, telling the stories of African culture, history, and peo-ple through traditional dances and

use of the talking drum.

After you work up your appetite dancing to the music and being

inspired by dancers, you can enjoy food from one of many vendors,

including Marla's Caribbean, serv-ing spicy food the way it's done in Trinidad and Tobago, Taco Taxi,

featuring traditional Mexican dishes from family recipes such as

burritos, tacos, and the Birria (soup Jalisco style), and the Khyber Pass

Cafe, the premiere Twin Cities des-tination for authentic food from

Afghanistan.




Internships І Jobs Community Service І Scholarships

Do you have any pre-pharmacy students that work for Walgreens as

technicians?? I'm looking to fill some hours at my store in Eden Prairie and students are great and have flexible scheduling :) [email protected] if you know of anyone..thanks!

Hennepin County Employment Opportunities

Accountant, Senior—Closing

Date (June 20) Dentist—Closing Date

(Continuous) Family Nurse Practitioner—

Closing Date (Continuous) For more information on the positions, please go to: www.hennepin.jobs, and click on View current positions.

Want to get involved with FAB: Fashion & Business?

Open positions are available in all three of FAB’s branches, as well as on the creative team. Find out more about each of our organization’s entities and

responsibilities.

You now have until Friday, July 15th at 11:59pm to apply!

Please go here to learn more about the applications: http://www.fabmn.com/?page_id=407

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