China National Day Celebration

WHAT: China National Day Celebration
GROUP: Duke Chinese Students and Scholars Association (DCSSA)
WHEN: Friday, Oct 1st, 2004, 10:30am-2:30pm
WHERE: Main Quad
WHY: To celebrate the 55th birthday of our motherland!
CONTACT: jiayu.song@duke.edu

DCSSA Mid-Autumn Party!!!

The right time with the right place, you are the right guests for our mid-autumn party!

WHAT: DCSSA mid-autumn party
WHEN: 7:30pm, Sep 28th, Tuesday (the exact mid-autumn day in Chinese lunar calendar)
WHERE: Gross Chemistry Lobby & Patio
WHO: Open to the whole DUKE community - DCSSA members admission free with membership card - Each member could bring one Duke friend with you for free admission with membership card
WHY: To celebrate our mid-autumn day with the round moon; to get together with the big Duke Chinese family; to enjoy the mooncake, music, movie and games with friends. Come to relax!

Jiayu Song
President of DCSSA

Calling on donation for Jianhong Hu, a Duke postdoc in Biology dept

Dear all Chinese fellows,
Jianhong Hu, a Chinese postdoc in Duke Biology dept, is suffering kidney failure and later infection in lungs due to immune system suppressing. We are calling on this urgent donation for him because his family has spent all they have and his life now is highly threaten by financial prob. Our understanding is money and time are the two subjects that will save his life.
Jianhong started working in our lab last fall. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with kidney failure by Duke Hospital. Since the waiting list in US for kidney transplant is apparently very long, he decided to go back to China. Jianhong returned to China for a kidney transplant this spring. Although he received a kidney, there have been complications. Because his immune system was suppressed to accept the new kidney, he soon caught infection in the lung. This sent him back into the emergency room.
Jianhong is now in intensive care. The Chinese system is such that Jianhong must pay for treatment, in advance, on a daily basis. There is a very real danger that, if he cannot make the payments, he will not receive the treatment he needs. The situation was apparently so dangerous that Zhengzheng went to China in a hurry two weeks ago.
Jianhong's family has exhausted their savings, and we're trying to find a way to help. Jianhong's wife, Zhengzheng, also works at Duke's microarray facility.
Jianhong and Zhengzheng have a young daughter. The daily medical bill of over RMB 10000 will exhaust the family financially, physically and mentally.
DCSSA is therefore calling on this donation to help Jianhong, our dear member and his family. You could help in either/both of the following two ways:
1) If you can afford a donation (even a dollar, literally any little bit will help), Pls make your check payable to Ludmila Tyler (Jianhong’s officemate in Bio) and deliver it to LSRC, B327, 613-8167. For donators off-campus, DCSSA can also help to collect the contribution if you want us to transfer your donation. Pls also make your check payable to Ludmila Tyler and mail it to Fang Liu, 130 Hudson Hall, ECE dept, Duke Univ, 27708
2) A bake sale for Jianhong will be held on Thursday, September 16th from 8:45 to 11:45 in both BioSci and the LSRC. Please consider stopping by with a big appetite.
We regret that Jianhong is suffering this disease. What we can do now is contributing a bit to save his life. He will soon be with us again, we hope. Thank you very much.
Jiayu Song
President of Duke Chinese Students and Scholars’ association

Seminar on life insurance by alumnus Frank Liu

Wondering where to go on early Friday evening after one week's work?Looking for a place to grab a bite of FREE Chinese food while talking with a Duke Chinese alumnus? Come and join us in the seminar brought by Frank(Feng) Liu who will talk about his career path and life in the US as a Chinese-American, as well as his knowledge and expertise in life insurance.

WHAT: Seminar on life insurance by Frank Liu(Free discussion and casual talk with a Duke Chinese alumnus about some basics of life insurance concept and generally career path as a Chinese student)
WHEN: 5:30pm-8:00pm, Sep 17th, Friday, FREE YUMMY CHINESE FOOD PROVIDED!
WHERE: Seminar RM 203, Teer Engineering Building (Teer Engineering is at the end of science drive, opposite to the new CIEMA building, Seminar RM 2003 is the one on your right when you enter the building.)
WHO: All Chinese speaking students, scholars and faculties at Duke are welcome (We especially encourage first year students and Chinese students/scholars with their family here to come and learn more about the insurance.)

Biography of Dr.Frank Liu:
Frank Feng Liu came from China in 1990 as a PhD candidate at Duke English Department and the Graduate School. He graduated from Duke in 1997. His past experience includes Research Associate at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China, Lecturer at Bates College, Technical Writer at IBM Corp., and Financial Analyst at Duke Health Systems PRMO. Currently he works as an Executive Council Member agent for New York Life Insurance Company, Raleigh General Office (New York Life has 160 yeas of history and ranks # 70 of Fortune 100 companies).

cook a Chinese dish for the world!

Dear all community member including your spouses, International House will be holding a big celebration to celebrate our 40 years at Duke on Monday afternoon, September 27, from 4 - 6 pm. At the party, they will present foods that represent the home countries of the students and scholars at Duke. They requested our Chinese group together to prepare a big dish for the world, that is enough to give 100 people a piece or small amount. In order to work on that, DCSSA is now calling on a "cooking committee" from the entire Chinese community including your spouses. The ingredients will be well coverred, so you do not need to worry about the cost. Ihouse also wants to display the recipe with the dish and later to make a "Tastes from the World" cookbook with all the recipes.
If you are interested in joining this committee, pls shoot me an email at js59@duke.edu and include your name & contact info.
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Jiayu Song