Sat, 19 Jul 2003

Dear all:

I am pleased to announce the formation of our Team for New Students and
Scholars.

CHEN Yang and CHEN Xichu (bio see below) have been nominated to be chairs
for this team, pending on Council's formal approval.

Actually they have already started working since several weeks ago and
have got in touch with new coming students. Other team members include:

LI Geng, LAN Yan, YANG Qian, YAO Ying,
ZHU Zhimei, XU Hao, BIAN Shiyao.

We hope more will join us in helping new students and scholars to settle
down and get used to new life in Ann Arbor.

The new students for attending GSI workshop are coming by the end of this
month, and more will come in mid Aug., Yang and Xichu will soon start
calling for volunteers for picking up new students, and post it on our
CSSA's website too. And after the new students/scholars come, we will also
organize orientation tour/BBQ, group shopping for them, if you are willing
to join our team for new students/scholars or help as volunteer, pls.
directly contact Yan or Xichu or send e-mail to "[email protected]",
which is the mail list for this team.

Thanks a lot!

ps.: bio/statements from Yan and Xichu as chairs for this team:
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Chen, Yan
Email: [email protected]

* Bio:
Fourth year Ph.D Student in Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and
Space Science BS and MS in environmental engineering, Tsinghua University

* Statement:
Every student here has ever been a new student.Let's help each other to
make life and study easier!

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Chen, Xichu
Email: [email protected]

* Bio:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, 2000~
M.S and B.S., Mechanical Engineering Department, Tsinghua University,
1994~2000

* Statement:
UM-CSSA is an altruistic student organization providing useful information
and services to Chinese students and scholars. There would be a lot of fun
to work with committee fellows. As one of the chairs of the New Students
Team, I will try my best to ease our students' adaption to their new life,
provide assistance for them to settle down soon, and help them enjoy their
stay in UM. With all the supports and efforts from our CSSA members, I
believe we will ensure new Umichers' smooth transition into our community,
and ensure our community's bright future.

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Sincerely,
Cheng
President of CSSA