GCC GCC GCC GCC Stony Stony Stony Stony Brook Brook Brook Brook Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Involvement Involvement Involvement Involvement Recognition Recognition Recognition Recognition Write-up Write-up Write-up Write-up Since the Global China Connection at Stony Brook University Chapter (GCC-SBU) has been reformed, it has been lead by a new president, Harry (Shan He). From September 2012 to present, GCC-SBU hosted a series of events and activities focusing on various themes. GCC-SBU arranged several events to foster the relationships among Chinese and non-Chinese cultures and to help members identify their career paths through a series of professional and career development events. Mid-Autumn Mid-Autumn Mid-Autumn Mid-Autumn Festival Festival Festival Festival Gala, Gala, Gala, Gala, September September September September 27 27 27 27 th th th th , 2012 2012 2012 2012 GCC-SBU hosted the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala to celebrate the “Family Reunion Festival” with students at Stony Brook University. Because of our advanced promotion, we had more than 600 attendees, including many non-Chinese students, for this event. Our programs varied from Chinese Folk music to Jazz dance. The audience was impressed by Xin Xu’s performance of the Chinese traditional dance “Qiu Shui Yi Ren”, which told a love story of a girl dancing next to the river and missing her lover. Holly and Jake, two of our non-Chinese GCC members, joined the T-show and the Gangnam Style dancing programs respectively. Holly presented the beauty and elegance of a girl from the Western country in the T-show and Jake lead the Gangnam Style dance, presenting his passion through his excellent dancing skills. The success of this great event raised our willingness to host events, such as the Mid-Autumn and Spring Festivals, to spread the Chinese culture and build a bridge between China and the rest of the world. Wine Wine Wine Wine tasting tasting tasting tasting trip trip trip trip October October October October 20th, 20th, 20th, 20th, 2012 2012 2012 2012 GCC organized a grape harvest tour to help Chinese students learn about Western wine culture. This activity began with a professional presentation on wine tasting. The presenter, Matthew Ross, he talked about wine history and the tasting process. Then, he demonstrated how to taste wine by its visual appearance, smell, and taste. After the presentation, we went to Bating Hollow Farm Vineyard, where we tried several different kinds of wines and discussed the tastes of those wines according to what we learned from the presentation. We not only had a great time but also learned a lot on wine from this event. This activity provided us a great opportunity to communicate with our American friends and to enhance the cohesiveness of our organization. “Goldman Goldman Goldman Goldman Sachs Sachs Sachs Sachs Asia Asia Asia Asia Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific” Forum, Forum, Forum, Forum, October October October October 27 27 27 27 th th th th , 2012 2012 2012 2012 The “Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific” Forum was held by the Goldman Sachs Group to promote summer intern recruitment in 2014. The forum consisted of a company information session as well as a networking session. Some Asian employees shared their valuable experiences about how to live and work in Western countries and gave suggestions to Asian students. Five members from GCC-SBU were inspired by the experience. They all realized that fitting into Western societies and making use of available resources are especially important for Chinese students from overseas.
Since the Global China Connection at Stony Brook University Chapter (GCC-SBU)has been reformed, it has been lead by a new president, Harry (Shan He). FromSeptember 2012 to present, GCC-SBU hosted a series of events and activitiesfocusing on various themes. GCC-SBU arranged several events to foster therelationships among Chinese and non-Chinese cultures and to help members identifytheir career paths through a series of professional and career development events.
GCC-SBU hosted the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala to celebrate the “Family ReunionFestival” with students at Stony Brook University. Because of our advancedpromotion, we had more than 600 attendees, including many non-Chinese students,for this event. Our programs varied from Chinese Folk music to Jazz dance. Theaudience was impressed by Xin Xu’s performance of the Chinese traditional dance“Qiu Shui Yi Ren”, which told a love story of a girl dancing next to the river andmissing her lover. Holly and Jake, two of our non-Chinese GCC members, joined theT-show and the Gangnam Style dancing programs respectively. Holly presented thebeauty and elegance of a girl from the Western country in the T-show and Jake leadthe Gangnam Style dance, presenting his passion through his excellent dancing skills.The success of this great event raised our willingness to host events, such as theMid-Autumn and Spring Festivals, to spread the Chinese culture and build a bridgebetween China and the rest of the world.
GCC organized a grape harvest tour to help Chinese students learn about Westernwine culture. This activity began with a professional presentation on wine tasting. Thepresenter, Matthew Ross, he talked about wine history and the tasting process. Then,he demonstrated how to taste wine by its visual appearance, smell, and taste. After thepresentation, we went to Bating Hollow Farm Vineyard, where we tried severaldifferent kinds of wines and discussed the tastes of those wines according to what welearned from the presentation. We not only had a great time but also learned a lot onwine from this event. This activity provided us a great opportunity to communicatewith our American friends and to enhance the cohesiveness of our organization.
The “Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific” Forum was held by the Goldman Sachs Group topromote summer intern recruitment in 2014. The forum consisted of a companyinformation session as well as a networking session. Some Asian employees sharedtheir valuable experiences about how to live and work in Western countries and gavesuggestions to Asian students. Five members from GCC-SBU were inspired by theexperience. They all realized that fitting into Western societies and making use ofavailable resources are especially important for Chinese students from overseas.
These students need to be more social and learn to build up and expand theirnetworks.
A Thanksgiving Gourmet Party was held by GCC-SBU to gather international andlocal students together for a special meal and give thanks for what they have. Over 80people came, some of which brought home-made dishes for the gourmet competition.The Gourmet Party began with a brief introduction of Thanksgiving Day and wasfollowed by the gourmet competition and a music performance. In the gourmetcompetition, the turkey made by Tony Zhang was popular and won the first prize withalmost 6 hours of cooking. Classic American and Chinese music sung by Jake andXiaotian evoked beautiful memories. The party ended with a movie called “ShanghaiCalling” which shared funny stories about culture shock. Through this event,GCC-SBU provided another opportunity for Chinese students to communicate withtheir American friends and to learn about Western culture.
GCC-SBU hosted the Spring Festival Gala with an overwhelming turnout of over 500individuals. The program featured a large variety of performances such as Jazzdancing, comedic stand-ups, singing, and even breakdancing. The most creative eventof the night was the dumpling eating contest where participants from the crowd wenton stage and raced from table to table. Contestants could only eat one dumpling pertrip. The competition became so humorous and intense that the crowd began to chant“加油!” (Add oil!), which is a Chinese expression of encouragement. The prizes forthe competition included two iPad minis, sponsored by Huntington Habberstad BMW.Throughout the show the audience took many pictures and videos and generally hadan amazing time. This is another great cultural event organized by GCC-SBU and thistime, GCC-SBU successfully used this event as a great platform to spread Chineseculture to non-Chinese students.
GCC-SBU was invited to attend the Zoomdojo Career Conversation regardingScience, Tech, Engineering, Math + Art (STEMA). Four professionals shared theircareer stories about how they each stuck with their interests and personalities in lifeand eventually became successful in their respective fields. The four speakersincluded Brigitte Griswold from The Nature Conservancy, Dr. Dolan Sondhi fromWeill Cornell Medical College, Steve Miller, and Ryu Goto who were all present toanswer questions and help college students with their career paths anddecision-making. It was an amazing opportunity to meet and connect withprofessionals in the fields of STEMA. Additionally, internship offers were given outat the event.
Dartmouth College held the GCC Annual Convention and invited GCC-SBU as a
co-organizer. This event centered on presentations and discussions of topics regardingthe Diaoyu Islands, North Korea, China Relations, and Chinese investment indeveloping countries. Harry (Shan He), the president of GCC-SBU was invited to beone of the presenters to lead the discussion. Participants in this forum had an intensedebate and learned from each other. By the end of the forum, students from StonyBrook University, Dartmouth College and Colby-Sawyer College networked witheach other and exchanged ideas about Chinese culture. After the forum, a campus tourwas given by Dartmouth students to introduce their college culture, history, clubs, andevents. Through this event, we not only made new friends but also broadened ourhorizon.
