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    12.18.2011 CASA updates :D
    Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
    Exams are done, winter break is here, and it’s almost a new year! We hope that everyone has a great winter break!

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    I.          CASA Spring Dates
    II.         CASA Chinese New Year
    III.        CASA Multimedia Committee
    IV.    Asian Kaleidoscope Month 2012 Executive Director Application
    V.     Women’s Leadership Conference

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    I.      CASA Spring Dates
    Mark your calendars for these important dates:
    Jan 9 – School starts
    Jan 18 – First General Body Meeting
    Jan 23 – AASU General Body Meeting
    Jan 21 – CASA Orlando Trip
    Feb 1 – Second General Body Meeting
    Feb 4 – CASA Chinese New Year 
    Feb 12-17 – CASA Big/Little Week

    II.     CASA Chinese New Year
    Applications for Chinese New Year are closed, thanks for applying! But you can still be involved in Chinese New Year with Decorations Committee, Advertisement, and CASA Traditional and Modern Dance. Contact Christina and Amanda at casa.specialevent@gmail.com. Practices for Traditional and Modern will continue next semester. 


    III.    CASA Multimedia Committee

    Do you want to make CASA better? Do you want to be a part of those crazy CASA videos? Join the CASA Multimedia Committee, and you can film, edit, or act to your heart’s content! Contact our Historians, Lucy or Jason, or email them at CASA.Historian@gmail.com, and they will add you to the group. Or, just ask to join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/135780899855819/
    In case you missed out on the first meeting this Friday, the meeting minutes are here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/135780899855819/doc/159279200839322/


    IV.    Asian Kaleidoscope Month 2012 Executive Director Application

    Asian Kaleidoscope Month (AKM) is a month-long celebration of Asian & Asian American culture, history, and heritage at the University of Florida.
    Inspired by AKM 2011 to be a part of AKM 2012? Then apply for Executive Director for next year’s AKM! The duties of the Executive Director will include, but are not limited to: 1) selecting the Executive Board and Staff members 2) choosing a theme and vision for the month 3) developing the internal and external programming 4) planning and maintaining staff meetings 5) overseeing the budget Applicants must meet the following requirements: 1. Be a full-time student at the University of Florida during Fall 2012 2. Be present in Gainesville during Summer 2012 (Highly recommended) 3. Hold a minimum 2.5 UF GPA
    The application will be due December 31, 2011 at 11:59pm.
    The application can be found below:



    V.     Women’s Leadership Conference

    The Women’s Leadership Conference is an annual conference hosted at the University of Florida by the Women’s Student Association, an organization whose mission is to empower women by building an extensive women’s community, providing leadership opportunities and personal development training, raising awareness of women’s issues, and strengthening the character of its members through social responsibility. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Leadership Conference, and their theme for the conference is Flying to New Heights.
    The 25th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference will take place on Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the J. Wayne Reitz Union on the UF campus. Conference attendees will include students from UF, as well as neighboring universities and colleges and members of the local community. This event provides a unique opportunity for participants to develop leadership skills, prepare for success in leadership roles, and celebrate strong women creating change in our world. It includes a series of breakout workshop sessions, breakfast, lunch, a post-graduate opportunity discussion panel, an organization fair, and, of course, a keynote speaker. To learn more about the conference, please visit the website at ufwsa.blogspot.com and click on the link labeled “Women’s Leadership Conference”. Online registration through this website will be open soon. The conference fee is $15.
    Please feel free to contact Sarah Frick, the Outreach Director for the conference, at (813)966-5849 or e-mail me at sfrick@ufl.edu if you have any questions. You may also contact their adviser Tricia Cesarino at (352)864-2172 or triciac@union.ufl.edu.

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    12.11.2011 CASA updates :)
    Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
    The semester is almost over! There’s just that hurdle called Finals left. We hope you beast all your finals, or at least survive them. Winter break is just right around the corner! Good luck!

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    I.          CASA Spring Dates
    II.         CASA Chinese New Year
    III.        CASA T-Shirts
    IV.        CASA Multimedia Committee
    V.         Asian Kaleidoscope Month 2012 Executive Director Application
    VI.        Children Beyond Our Borders

    VII.   Research Assistance
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    I.      CASA Spring Dates
    Mark your calendars for these important dates:
    Jan 9 – School starts
    Jan 18 – First General Body Meeting
    Jan 23 – AASU General Body Meeting
    Jan 21 – CASA Orlando Trip
    Feb 1 – Second General Body Meeting
    Feb 4 – CASA Chinese New Year 
    Feb 12-17 – CASA Big/Little Week

    II.     CASA Chinese New Year
    Applications for Chinese New Year are closed, thanks for applying! But you can still be involved in Chinese New Year with Decorations Committee, Advertisement, and CASA Traditional and Modern Dance. Contact Christina and Amanda at casa.specialevent@gmail.com. Practices for Traditional and Modern will continue next semester. 


    III.    CASA T-Shirts
    The t-shirts have arrived! If you ordered one, find Nick Jiang sometime and pick it up from him. If you haven’t paid yet, it’s $10 for one, $17 for two.


    IV.    CASA Multimedia Committee
    Do you want to make CASA better? Do you want to be a part of those crazy CASA videos? Join the CASA Multimedia Committee, and you can film, edit, or act to your heart’s content! Contact our Historians, Lucy or Jason, or email them at CASA.Historian@gmail.com, and they will add you to the group. Or, just ask to join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/135780899855819/
    In case you missed out on the first meeting this Friday, the meeting minutes are here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/135780899855819/doc/159279200839322/


    V.     Asian Kaleidoscope Month 2012 Executive Director Application

    Asian Kaleidoscope Month (AKM) is a month-long celebration of Asian & Asian American culture, history, and heritage at the University of Florida.
    Inspired by AKM 2011 to be a part of AKM 2012? Then apply for Executive Director for next year’s AKM! The duties of the Executive Director will include, but are not limited to: 1) selecting the Executive Board and Staff members 2) choosing a theme and vision for the month 3) developing the internal and external programming 4) planning and maintaining staff meetings 5) overseeing the budget Applicants must meet the following requirements: 1. Be a full-time student at the University of Florida during Fall 2012 2. Be present in Gainesville during Summer 2012 (Highly recommended) 3. Hold a minimum 2.5 UF GPA
    The application will be due December 31, 2011 at 11:59pm.
    The application can be found below:


    VI.    Children Beyond Our Borders
    Children Beyond Our Borders, an educational non-profit organization based in Gainesville that works with internally displaced children in Latin America, is currently offering service trips to Colombia during Spring Break 2012 and Summer 2012 (Medellin, Cali, and Cartagena). They are looking for volunteers who want to have a unique experience in a different country with a different culture while helping hundreds of kids.

    Take the journey to this unforgettable land, view the sights and learn the culture as you work to empower children affected by armed conflict and social injustice in Colombia. Teaming up with about 20 other students, you function as a single unit providing interactive and intensive educational workshops to children for the span of one to two weeks. As you work with the children, you begin to truly understand what it’s like a grow up in a developing country. You also begin to understand that, despite their hardships, the children are able to flourish, love and laugh beautifully.

    The deadline for the CB 2012 Trips has been moved to December 15th for Spring Break, and December 31st for Summer. In addition, we know that with this economy it is really hard to get the money together for the trips, so we have decided to create a referral plan to help volunteers fundraise money. The referral plan means that for each person you convince to go and Apply for one of the trips, and put you as a referral contact, you will receive a discount of $20.


    For more information, contact Humberto Barboza at humbertob@chbob.org


    VII.   Research Assistance
    A senior at Texas Christian University is currently doing some research for his research and evaluation class on the attitudes of millenial Asian Americans towards Nissan cars. If you would like to help him, please take this 25 question survey: http://tcucommunication.us.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6llMMNBsxxWwvQg

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