Based on a groundswell of interest from fellow alumni, we are pleased to announce the first ever Yale Asian Alumni Global Reunion in New Haven! This fabulous, fun-filled historic event is set for the weekend of April 11 – 13, 2014.
We’ll have illustrious alumni keynote speakers, illuminating talks by Yale faculty, interesting sessions featuring alumni from all over the world, networking opportunities galore, fabulous entertainment by student groups, and an incredible dance-til-you-drop PAAAAARTY!
The reunion will be for alumni, by alumni, so we really need your help and input. Here’s just a short list of volunteer areas:
- Sponsorships and Fundraising
- Speakers/Panelists or Events
- Webmaster/Communications
- Alumni Ambassadors – to contact friends and classmates
- Logistics
There are numerous tasks, small and large, complex and straightforward, to meet your schedule and interests. So sign up and join with us to make this inaugural reunion extra special, nostalgic, insightful and meaningful. We’d appreciate any gift of time you can spare. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
TO REGISTER FOR THE REUNION OR VOLUNTEER, click: 1stYaleAsianReunion.eventbrite.com
Mark your calendars for April 11-13, 2014, to make history and part of the best Yale reunion ever!
Sincerely,
Yale Asian Alumni Global Reunion Steering Committee
Harry Chang, SY ’84 (hkchang@aya.yale.edu), Co-Chair
Julie Wong, TC ’86 (joyfulnoise@aya.yale.edu), Co-Chair
Trish Takemoto, TC ’76, AAAYA New York Chapter Vice President
Chris Lapinig, CC ’07/Law ’13
Saveena Dhall, Assistant Dean, Yale College – Asian American Cultural Center
Henry Kwan, M.A. ’05/Director for Shared Interest Groups, AYA
Yale Asian American Global Reunion sponsored by the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA) and the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA)
Join AAAYA-NYC for Yale Day of Service 2013!
This year, we have partnered with P.S. 124 The Yung Wing School for two service projects.
Planting the School Garden
Saturday, May 11, 2013
8:00am – 12:00pm
Help clean up the school’s garden and get “down and dirty” for spring & summer planting!
Sign up here!
34th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival
Saturday, May 18, 2013
9:30am – 12:00pm
P.S. 124 The Yung Wing School is the host site for the 34th Annual Asian Pacific American. Help the Festival organizers with event set up, clean up, and other day of event operations.
Sign up here!
Location: P.S. 124 The Yung Wing School, 40 Division Street, NYC.
Read a recap of last year’s Day of Service with AAAAYA-NYC at P.S. 124 and be sure to visit the Yale Day of Service website for projects worldwide.
New York Chapter-Yale Career Panels: Candid Views of Drama & Film and Entrepreneurism, April 3rd and April 17th
A Candid View of Drama & Film
April 3, 2013
Time: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm EST
(The panelists have agreed to stay for an additional 30 minutes from 5:30 pm to 6 pm to answer additional questions.)
Registration: http://yalecareerpanels.eventbrite.com/
Locations and Webinar:
New York Location: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, NYC
Yale Location: Room 317, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street
Webinar: Streaming Video or Conference call
Panelists:
Amy Herzog – Playwright
Victoria Nolan – Managing Director, Yale Repertory Theater and Deputy Dean, Yale School of Drama
Ira Sachs – Film Director
A Candid View of Entrepreneurism
April 17, 2013
The panel discussion will be held at Yale, but will be simultaneously broadcast via video conference to a meeting room in New York City, and as a Webinar using streaming video and audio.
Time: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm EST
Registration: http://yalecareerpanelsapril17.eventbrite.com/
Locations and Webinar:
New York Location: Conference Room at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York
Yale Location: Room 208, William Harkness Hall
Webinar: Streaming Video or Conference Call
Panelists:
Jon Bittner, CEO and Founder, Splitwise
James G. Boyle, Director, Yale Entrepreneurial Institute
Michael Inwald, Founder and President, Cheeseboy: Grilled Cheese To Go
Christopher K. McLeod, President and CEO of AxioMx, Inc., retired President and Chief Executive Officer of 454 Life Sciences, and Angel Investor
Moderator and Organizer for both panels:
Peter Young – President and Managing Director, Young & Partners
The AACC is launching a new Life After Yale Alumni Dinner and Mentorship Series to bring alumni back to Yale’s campus to informally connect with students over delicious food!
Dinners will happen approximately once every two months, each focusing on a different career. AACC hopes to bring together 3-4 alumni, 3-4 graduate students, and 10-15 undergraduate students to connect over relaxed but meaningful dinner conversations about various career fields and life after Yale. Each dinner will be a starting point for a mentorship program (the first of its kind – low commitment) , through which alumni and students will connect once or twice a semester through coffee chats, phone calls, or meet-ups as schedules may permit.
If interested, please take a moment to fill out THIS FORM.
The series will start with a dinner focusing on Public Health, to be held late March or early April. Ensuing dinners will focus on entrepreneurship, law, medicine, education, and a variety of other fields.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact AACC Alumni Outreach Co-Coordinators: mia.nishikawa@
Celebrate the Year of the Snake!
The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni-NY Chapter (AAAYA-NYC) cordially invites you to our 5th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet to benefit our Community Service Summer Fellowship program.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
6 pm Dim Sum Reception
7 pm Dinner and Award Presentation
Golden Unicorn Restaurant, 18 East Broadway, NYC
Cash Bar & Raffle Prizes
Performance by P.S. 124 Yung Wing School Lion Dance Troupe
Banquet Honorees
Julie Otsuka, YC ’84, National Book Award-nominated author
Robert Leung, LAW’94, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Ken Chen, LAW’05, Executive Director, Asian American Writers’ Workshop
TICKETS
Individual Tickets
Early Bird (until February 9) $88
Regular $100
Tables *All tables seat 10
Unicorn Table $1000
Bulldog Table $1250
Dragon Table $2000
For tickets, please visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5158346754
Each ticket is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Tickets are non-refundable.
All proceeds from the banquet will benefit the AAAYA Yale Community Service Summer Fellowship Program.
Questions? Please email nyc@aaaya.org.
Year of the Snake logo created by Jinjin Sun, YC’10.
