2009 Alumni Summer BBQ

August 17, 2009

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Please mark your calendar for 2009 Summer BBQ, organized by Fudan University Alumni Association of Northern California (FDAANC) in collaboration with the following alumni organizations:

  • East China Normal University Alumni Association in Northern California (ECNUAANCA)
  • East China University of Science and Technology Alumni Association of Northern California (ECUST_AANC)
  • Tongji University Alumni Association of San Francisco Bay (TJUAASFB)

This year we have four more organizations joining forces:

  • CA Shanghai Friendship Association
  • Kiangsu Chekiang Association of Northern California
  • Shanghai Association of Northern California
  • Tung Hwa Benevolent Association

Date & Time:  August 30th, 2009, at 11:00AM;

Location:  Rengstorff Park, 201 South Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040;

Cost: $10 for Adult, $5 for Kids between 5 and 12, Free for Kids under 5.

More than 200 people attended this event last year, and everybody has something nice to say about it. It is an excellent opportunity to catch up with old friends, to meet new ones, to network, and to have fun!

During the event, we will have the Pu Jiang Cup Tug-Of-War game . Come and see who will win this year.  There will also be fun games such as balloon tossing and tied race.  We have also arranged Pinyata and other fun games for the little ones, so please bring them along and have fun!

Hope to see you all on Sunday August 30th, 2009!

FDAANC, ECNUAANCA, ECUST_AANC, TJUAASFB, CA Shanghai Friendship Association, Kiangsu Chekiang Association of Northern California, Shanghai Association of Northern California, Tung Hwa Benevolent Association

To RSVP for this event, please Click Here.

Sponsorship Details

We expect hundreds of attendees at the BBQ event and would like to provide a great sponsorship opportunity to you. Consider the following benefits for being a Sponsor for the Summer BBQ Event:

  1. Exhibit table at the entrance where you can talk to potential clients, collect business cards, and distribute literature at each event
  2. Recognition in the event brochure distributed upon BBQ registration
  3. Recognition at the event during program introductions and table signage
  4. Opportunity to say welcoming remarks
  5. free passes to the event

Please contact our sponsorship team for more details:

Bin Lu, Bin_lu66@yahoo.com, 408-858-3127

Yehua Owens, yehua@owensnet.com, 408-598-5407

Sponsorships need to be confirmed by Aug 20th to be included in the event brochure.

仲夏在复旦 – 龙飞飞少年夏令营 2009

July 24, 2009

由复旦附中教育发展基金和复旦附中海外基金会联合主办的“仲夏在复旦 – 龙飞飞少年夏令营　复旦附中2009”（暂定名）以于2009年7月6日至7月24日在复旦大学附属中学圆满结束，参加的营员主要是国内外复旦大学和复旦 附中校友子女，年龄为1年级至9年级（09年秋季）的学生。

请参见夏令营天天报察看每日活动。

本夏令营依托复旦附中优秀的场地和设施，借鉴美国夏令营企业化的运营模式，为兴趣爱好广泛的中外少年开设包括科技、体育、艺术和手工以及文化课在内 的营地活动。所有的活动都将用中英文双语展开，不仅让孩子们有机会接触跨文化的趣味活动，而且让他们交到跨国界的朋友，使2009年的夏天成为他们少儿生 活中的亮点。

营标

热情奔放的龙飞飞为接待海内外“龙的传人”，将复旦附中打扮成充满龙的神秘、龙的冒险以及龙的活力的快乐天地。

设施

复旦附中是上海最负盛名的学校之一。它坐落在上海东北片复旦大学校城区，交通便捷，环境优雅。它如花园般的校园拥有完整的体育、科技和文化设施，是夏令营的理想的活动场所；它的国际部提供优裕的食宿环境，是营员舒适的生活场所。具体设施，请参阅简讯后的图片。

管理与师资

夏令营的管理团队中既有从事教育行业几十年的复旦附中退休校长，也有海外归国的高级管理人员，还有活跃在上海国际学校的外籍老师和现任复旦附中后勤 总管。营地生活区域配有24小时管理人员，负责住宿，饮食，医疗等等，以协调孩子的生活起居。夏令营采用美国夏令营中通用的辅导员模式 （counselor），每个营地活动除了一位辅导员，还配有一位双语助手，营员数一般不超过15个，以保证孩子们有一个安全，快乐，有益的营地生活。

营员

营员分为住宿营员和走读营员两种：

  • 住宿营员主要为国外孩子和有意愿体验住宿生活的国内孩子，年龄为5年级至9年级（09年秋季），3周一期，7月6日至7月24日为第一期；
  • 走读营员主要针对国内孩子，年龄为1年级至9年级（09年秋季），没有周数限制。

无论是住宿还是走读，每周活动都可以从夏令营提供的丰富多彩的课程中选择。详细说明请见  “活动”一栏。

每项活动都有具体的年龄条件，请根据年龄选择适当的活动。

活动

夏令营提供包括科技，体育，艺术和手工，文化课四大模块在内的几十种活动。每个活动通常以每周5个半天为一个单元，既可以让孩子充分体验一个活动， 又可以在一定的时间内尝试更多不同的活动。对于家长，也更容易为自己的孩子设计适合他们兴趣和程度的活动，在进行丰富的活动同时还可以重温一些文化知识。 夏令营不仅用双语教学给国内外孩子提供学习语言的机会，还专门为国外孩子开设中文课程，为国内孩子开设英文补习。上半天的活动一般为9：00点至 12：00点，下半天的活动一般为2：00点至5：00点。夏令营还将为住宿的营员安排丰富的业余活动以及周末旅游活动。

生活

夏令营为所有的营员提供环境宽敞，品种丰富的用餐体验；并为住宿营员提供两人间的标准客房，配有空调，淋浴，微波炉，冰箱，电视以及桌椅家具，并有 洗衣机和烘衣机供住宿营员使用。为方便营员与远在千里的家长联系，夏令营还将为家长提供每日营地活动照片，并为孩子们提供有辅导员值班的安全的上网环境。 另外，夏令营还为孩子们提供休闲活动室，供他们业余社交之用。

费用

  • 住宿营员每周￥2700元 或者$395（以一周7天计，参加上半天和下半天夏令营活动，包括食宿，不包括来回机票以及保险和周末旅游费用）。
  • 走读营员每单元（每周5个半天为一单元）￥960元，如需用午餐，另加￥80元（以一周5天计）。
  • 个别夏令营活动需另购材料，费用另计。

报名及咨询

How Admission Decisions Are Made in Selective Colleges

April 29, 2009

We’re excited to have Ms. Chen Wanqiu for a college planning seminar with the topic “How Admission Decisions Are Made in Selective Colleges”. The seminar has attracted over 150 attendees and received very positive feedback from the participants, including parents and children.

How Admission Decisions Are Made in
Selective Colleges

Specifically, the seminar will:

  • Walk you behind the scenes of an admissions office
  • Explain how each applicant is ranked and evaluated
  • Analyze GPA, class rank, and academic rigor
  • Discuss complexities in selective admissions

These are just the tips of the iceberg. A lot of good advice covering the entire application process, will be offered!

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: 2077 Gold Street, Alviso, CA 95002

Ms. Chen’s seminar “A Four-Year Action Plan” hosted by SJTU-SV parenting club last Sunday was a huge success! The seminar room was so packed that many people stood for the entire two hours, attentively absorbing every word Ms. Chen said!

Please sign up for this rare opportunity. We need to know how many we will expect, and please come early to make sure you can have a seat! Bring your school children with you, because this seminar is for them!
Background of the Speaker:

* Received admissions training from Harvard Admissions Institute & Stanford on the job training

* Former Director, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, with over 10 years of admissions and financial aid experience

* Former Director, Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering, overseeing admissions

* Receipt of the prestigious A. Mike Spence Staff Excellence Award from Stanford. (A. Mike Spence was the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, overseeing Harvard College from 1984 to 1990. He served as dean of the Stanford Business School from 1990 to 1999. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to the analysis of markets with asymmetric information. )

* Popular speaker on undergraduate and graduate admissions, with unparalleled insider knowledge about selective admissions.

FDAANC
Angie Yuan & Yehua Owens

Night of Shanghai 2006

February 16, 2006

Dear Alumni & Friends,

“Night of Shanghai 2006”, the 5th annual Fudan-JiaDo event held on 02/11/2006, made the past Saturday night an unforgettable night.

Even before the party was started, red gift bags from Prince of Peace Enterprises, Inc. (thanks Fudan graduate Freda Wang) lit up the entire place, and filled everyone’s heart with the spirit of the Chinese New Year.

Bamboo Garden Restaurant did a good job in providing delicious food to 16 tables, that were fully taken by about 180 Fudan/JiaoDa alumni. Every one of us enjoyed the dishes.

The performances started with a nice “review lesson” of all the fun phrases in Shanghai Dialect, which brought back so many fond college-year memories to all of us. Professional dancers danced in traditional Chinese dresses, which added colors to the night.

The highlight of the night was the round of introduction of every participant by a representative from each table. All 16 table representatives did an excellent job, with brief speeches filled with humor, wisdom, and great information too. It was such a great way to get everybody involved, and waves of compliments right after the party showed us how much we enjoyed those speeches.

Also, Night of Shanghai 2006 saw good-bye speech from Selena She, 3rd FDAANC president from 2003-2004. Selena and her family will move back Shanghai next week. FDAANC would like to thank Selena for her significant contributions to our alumni association, especially her effort in promoting FDAANC to local Chinese communities. We wish Selena and her family all the best in their new adventures in Shanghai. One wishful thinking from us is to have Selena set up FDAANC branch office in Shanghai 🙂

If you missed the party, you can view some of the party photos below. However, nothing compares to the real experience, so don’t miss out next year NoS party.

FDAANC would like thank the following Fudan alumni who helped organize this annual event: Angie Yuan, Peng Cheng, Joanna Gao, XiaoTong Hu, Joyce Li, Helena Liu, Yehua Owens, and Monica Xu. Also, thank Joyce who made donations to the event.

Last but not the least, wishing all of our alumni a most prosperous and joyful Year of the Dog filled with success, love, peace, and happiness!

With warm regards,
-Jason Ding
2005-Year FDAANC BOD Chair

Three Hi-Tech Leaders’ New Year’s Resolution

January 1, 2006

From: FuDan Alumni Association and CINA
Location: Fenwick & West, LLP, 801 California St, Mountain View, CA 94041
When: Monday, January 9 2006, 06:30pm to 08:30pm
Language: Chinese

Panelists:
Jesse Z Fang, Director, Intel PSL
Qi Lu, Vice President of Engineering of Yahoo! Inc.
James Mi, Head of Asia Products at Google.

Moderator:
Jason Ding, President of Fudan Alumni Association, Northern California

As the New Year is just starting and Chinese New Year is around the corner, how about getting bootstrap from three outstanding Chinese individuals in Hi-Tech industry so that we are ready for the beginning and possibly new ventures in the New Year?

In this event, you will hear from three outstanding Chinese executives about their New Year’s resolutions, their companies’ new strategies, especially their China strategies, and their vision about the future. We will ask them some, if not all, of the following questions:

* What are your New Year?�s resolutions
* What are the turning points in your life
* What are your companies??China Strategies
* What will be the future of Silicon Valley
* What is the most important thing in your life
* What advices do you have to Fudan alumni and CINA members
* Who were your Mentors
* What are the best strategy for change you recommend in year 2006 and beyond
* What is the definition of success

Jesse Fang, Director, Intel PSL

Jesse Fang is Director and Chief Scientist of Programming System Lab at Intel Corporation Technology Group (CTG). Jesse has been working at Intel for 10 years. His lab is currently working on multi-core and many-core on ?�die?? Before joining Intel, Jesse worked at Hewlett-Packard Research Labs on Itanium Architecture. Between Intel and HP Labs, Jesse ran a start-up company to design multi-media chips. Before HP Labs, Jesse worked on supercomputer and real-time systems at Convex Corp. and Concurrent Corp.

Jesse was professor at Kansas State University after he did Post-Doctor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his MS and PhD in Computer Science from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and his BS in Mathematics from Fudan University in Shanghai. He also served as a faculty member in Computer Science Department of Fudan University before coming to the States.

Qi Lu, Vice President of Engineering of Yahoo! Inc.

Qi Lu is a VP of Engineering of Yahoo! Inc. responsible for the technology development of Yahoo’s Search and Marketplace businesses unit, which includes the company’s search, e-commerce, and local listings businesses and products. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 1998, Qi was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. Before that, Qi worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a Research Associate, and at Fudan University in China as a computer science faculty member. He holds 20 US patents.

Qi received his BS and MS in Computer Science from Fudan University and PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

James Mi, Head of Asia Products at Google.

James Mi is Head of Asia Products at Google, responsible for product management and strategy for Asia markets. Previously he was co-founder and VP of Business Development and Marketing of iTelco Communications. Before that, he was with Intel and held various management positions in engineering, product and market development.

James received BS Physics degree from Fudan University in 1989 and MS in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 1991. He holds 12 US patents.

Jason Ding, President of Fudan Alumni Association (Northern California)

Jason Ding is a Sr. Manager of Cisco Systems’ Application Oriented Networking (AON) new business venture. Prior to joining Cisco in early 2005, Jason was a Sr. Manager at Ariba Inc. (2000-2005), where he managed performance and scalability for 10+ product releases, initially for Ariba?�s e-Procurement core product and later on for all Ariba?�s enterprise applications. Jason also worked at Intel (1994-2000) as a computer architect on performance of Pentium, Pentium Xeon and Itanium products. During 1998-2000, Jason led cross-site teams jump-started Application Solution Center (ASC) at Intel Shanghai.

Jason was a computer science faculty member at Fudan University and participated design and implementation of China?�s very first OSI network. He also conducted network research at British Telecom Research Labs in UK. Jason received his BS and MS from Fudan University and PhD from Texas A&M University, all in computer science.