2006年第31期 創刊第358期 10/31/2006
亲爱的朋友: 万圣节快乐!
上海市侨办将派一支由7名官员组成的代表团出席我们CSA在加州理工学院举行的华裔教授学者年会(11/4星期六)。 CSA/CSSA 和上海代表团将在年会期间举办一个小型见面会和座谈会,欢迎您参加。
座谈会的主题是“上海欢迎您 - 我们能为您做些什么?”
侨办作为海归之家,近年为大家做了无计其数的帮助。通过见面会和座谈会,既交了朋友,又能了解您的建设性意见和您所关心的问题,以便在将来为您的访问、创业、投资、觅职、合作、置产及科教研制定更好的措施、提供更优的服务。
会议具体安排如下:
11:30am – Check-in,
Social Networking & Lunch (地点:Dabney Lounge,Caltech加州理工学院 )
12:15pm – CSA/CSSA
& Delegation introduction
12:30pm – Forum
02:00PM – CSA
Convention
06:00pm - Banquet
* 所有活动项目可查阅http://www.scholarsupdate.com/UpdateJournal/PastIssues/2006/UPDATE20061018.htm
午餐供应Lunch Fees: 中午见面会/座谈会报名限于50名 (RSVP – First come
& first serve)
CSA/CSSA 会员 – Free
(免费)
学生非会员- $ 5
其他非会员- $10
报名截止时间:11/1 (星期三)
联系人:加州理工学院学生学者联谊会(CSSA-Cal Tech)黎波 会长 President Li Bo libo@caltech.edu
CSA 年会登记RSVP:Afternoon Conference Fee
– Free
*在下午进行的年会学术演讲 将对所有的专家学者、研究生和听众公开(免费
- 须先订座)
* 晚宴座位须先订座
- 出席时请着正装- Evening Banquet
(报名满额-已截止)
-已经在截止日期前报名但来不及付费的教授专家可以先向CSA副会长郦永刚教授ygli@usc.edu或司库陈钧铭教授drkmchan@gmail.com用电子邮件确认,以便在进入会场前交费。
Parking information (停车注意事项):
The following site contains several
formats of the Caltech map:
Baxter Hall (for Plenary and Natural
Sciences and Engineering Sessions) is Bldg #77,
Spalding (for Social Sciences and
Humanity Sessions - afternoon) is #41,
Dabney Lounge (for
banquet) is #40.
CSA & CSSA衷心地 感谢我们的CSA终身会员栗亚博士(美諾醫療集團公司总裁)对这一活动的支持和赞助。
我们热诚地期待您的参加,并且再次感谢您的支持,谢谢!
最亲切的问候!
美国华裔教授学者协会 (CSA)
姜镇英
会长
郦永刚
副会长
黄胜和
秘书长
陈钧铭
司库
沈炳辉
基金筹备理事
邝国强
人文与社会科学理事
王云霞
工程与科学理事
加州理工学院学生学者联谊会(CSSA-Cal Tech)
黎波
会长
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Upcoming Events, News and
Announcements (本期重要内容目录)
v 欢迎您-CSA美国华裔教授学者协会2006年会程序(星期六11/4)
v CSA
E-Journal《学术展望-
Academic Perspective》编辑部给您的一封信
v
CSA/Scholars-Net赴广州留交会组团报名The
Delegation of CSA/Scholars Net to GZ Convention
v Chinese
American Environmental Protection Association & Asian American
Environmental Partnership
v 2006
CSSA-UCLA Karaoke Tournament
v USC
Professor Thomas Lin released his new study
v Huawei Technologies, Ltd: A 21st Century Technological and
Entrepreneurial Miracle
v USCIS提醒假期出境旅游的移民案申请者 务必在10月底前申请旅行文件
v China
needs a million interpreters
v Job
Opening - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS
v Faculty
Development Workshop
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欢迎您 - CSA美国华裔教授学者协会2006年会程序(星期六11/4)
Host: CSA/美国华裔教授学者协会(南加)
Co-host: CSSA-Cal Tech/加州理工学院学生学者联谊会
Sponsors:
张素久清华北美教育基金会Sue Zhang http://tsinghuausa.org
李相如律师事务所
栗亚博士美諾醫療集團公司总裁Dr. Richard Lee http://www.amsino.com
林日升副总裁Evens Lam, VP of Smith Barney http://fa.smithbarney.com/lamgroupsbb
刘轶教授
加大洛杉矶分校Dr. Liu Yi. UCLA http://www.itlb.te.noda.sut.ac.jp/~liu/index.html
郑振宜总裁、和王丽真女士
Conference
Theme/大会主题:
Interaction
of US-China & in the Frontier of Science and Technology
中美合作互动—在科技前沿领域
Date: Nov. 4th. 2006 星期六
Address: 加州理工学院
Baxter Lecture
Hall, Caltech
Highlight of the Program & Schedule
1:
00pm Afternoon Session Registration, Check
in (Admission: free)
Membership,Social and Networking
地点:(Science
Section: Baxter Lecture Hall; Social Science Section: Room 106 - Spalding)
2:00pm Panel A – Science and Engineering Section (Baxter Lecture Hall)
Chair: Dr. Lisa Wang 王云霞教授 (Cal Poly
Presenters: 2006 CSA年会下午作学术报告的著名工程与科学专家教授
“Giga-Scale System-on-a-Chip
Design” 千兆级系统集成芯片设计
- Dr. Jason
Cong 丛京生教授 (UCLA)
“Multiscale
Modeling and Simulation: Interplay between Mathematics & Engineering
Applications”
多尺度分析和模拟:数学理论和工程应用的相互促进
- Dr. Tom Hou
侯一钊教授 (Cal
Tech)
“Cancer research: from
bench to bedside” 癌症研究:从实验台到病床边
- Dr. Wu,
Hong 吴虹教授 (UCLA)
“EDAPTS Test
Deployment”
-Dr. Jia, Xu-Dong贾旭东教授 (
2:00pm Panel B–Social Science and Humanity Sessions (Room 106 -
Spalding)
Chair: Prof. Kern Kwong 邝国强教授 (CSULA)
Presenters: 2006 CSA年会下午作学术报告的著名人文与社会科学专家教授
“Privatization,
Corporate Governance, and the Evolution of China’s
Capital Market”
民营化、公司治理、与中国资本市场的发展
- Dr. Chen Chao 陈超教授 (CSUN)
“Comparison of Student
Affairs Management in Higher Education between United States and Selected Asian
Countries”
美国与亚洲国家之间高等教育学生事务管理比较
- Dr. Howard S. Wang 王世本博士 (CSU-Fullerton)
“Multiple vs. Single
Subject Approach: A Comparative - Case Study of Teaching in American and
多科与单科教学方法之比较:
中国与美国学校教学的案例探索
- Dr. Justine Zhixin Su苏智欣教授 (CSUN)
“Chinese Teaching and
Credentialing” 在美國教授中文及如何獲得教師資格
- Dr. Kylie Hsu 許凱莉教授 (CSU-LA)
4:45pm Panel C: Special
Report: CSA新疆访问团特别汇报 - (Baxter Lecture Hall)
Chair: Dr. Shen,
Bing-Hui 沈炳辉教授 (COH 希望之城美国家医学中心)
海外学者如何更好使用教育部春晖计划
- Dr. Shen,
Bing-Hui 沈炳辉教授 (COH)
- Dr. Li, Bai-lian 李百炼教授 (UCR)
- Dr. Huang,
Shenghe 黄胜和教授 (USC)
- Dr. Wu,
Lao-Sheng 吴劳生教授 (UCR)
Please click the following website for
UPDATE: http://www.scholarsupdate.com/UpdateJournal/main.htm
And for Academic Perspective http://www.csasc.org/index_files/index_csa_paperV2.htm
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6:00pm Banquet Check-in
(Building: Dabney Lounge) 出席时请着正装
6:30pm Banquet - Dr. Li YongGang郦永刚 教授
Special Guests & Keynote Speakers 晚宴主讲嘉宾 Dr. Zhenying
Jiang姜镇英 教授
鍾建華總領事致詞Zhong Jianhua, Consul Genera, PRC
Current Intellectual Trends”
- 诺贝尔生理/医学奖得主 Prof. David
Baltimore (Caltech)
(Convener: Dr. ZhenGang
Wang王振刚教授(加州理工学院)
“中美合作互动—在科技前沿领域”
陈骏校长 President
Chen Jun, Nanjing University(南京大学)
(Convener: Dr. Kwan Ming Chan陈钧铭教授)
Music Performance:
<<弦乐二重奏>>
小提琴-宋晓晨 大提琴-王兆霖 (USC)
RSVP - CSA 年会登记Afternoon Conference Fee
– Free
*在下午进行的年会学术演讲 将对所有的专家学者、研究生和听众公开(免费
- 须先订座)
* 晚宴座位须先订座
- 出席时请着正装- Evening Banquet
(报名满额-已截止)
* 已经在截止日期前报名但来不及付费的教授专家可以先向CSA副会长郦永刚教授ygli@usc.edu或司库陈钧铭教授drkmchan@gmail.com用电子邮件确认,以便在进入会场前交费。
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Parking information (停车注意事项):
The following site contains several formats of the
Caltech map:
Baxter Hall (for Plenary and Natural Sciences and
Engineering Sessions) is Bldg #77,
Spalding (for Social Sciences and Humanity Sessions -
afternoon) is #41,
Dabney
Lounge (for banquet) is #40.
Special Attention - Membership Information: http://csasc.org/index_files/Page1135.htm
All scholars or professionals who have doctoral degree
are welcome to be our CSA Lifetime members ($200) or regular members ($25/year)
All graduate students are eligible to be our associate
members ($10/year)
All scholars or professionals who have master’s
degree or other degrees are welcome to be our associate members ($10/year)
我们热诚地期待您的参加,并且再次感谢您的支持,谢谢!
最亲切的问候!
美国华裔教授学者协会
(CSA)
姜镇英
会长
郦永刚
副会长
黄胜和
秘书长
陈钧铭
司库
沈炳辉
基金筹备理事
邝国强
人文与社会科学理事
王云霞
工程与科学理事
加州理工学院学生学者联谊会(CSSA-Cal
Tech)
黎波
会长
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CSA
E-Journal《学术展望- Academic Perspective》编辑部给您的一封信:
亲爱的朋友: 您好。
在这晴空万里的金秋之际,我们向您献上一份亲切的问候。与此同时,也向大家呈上我们最新的E-Journal《学术展望- Academic Perspective》 http://csasc.org/index_files/CSA2006_AcademicProspective_Volume2.pdf
这是一次完全崭新的尝试。 长期以来, 我们一直在想,如何才能不但使我们自己的三千多名专家和教授读者经常交流自己的学术心得和研究成果,也能使更多的学者朋友、专业人士和研究生能够一起相互切磋、取长补短、激发灵感、共同提高。很显然,《学术展望- Academic Perspective》将会是一个最好的选择。
但是大家都知道,一份期刊的排版、印刷、储运、邮寄和发行不但花费大量的时间、精力、和资金,而且极易出错,劳命伤财。 在美国这样一寸光阴一寸金的地方,没有任何事情比时间更宝贵。我们大家都得日理万机,每天忙得不亦乐乎,很多人连吃饭睡觉的时间都不够,实在是舍不得浪费一点。
CSA理事会全体理事经过研讨和专家咨询,决定自2006年起,出版电子网络版的《学术展望》- “Academic Perspective” 。 数月来,我们收到了很多CSA会员和来自美国、及两岸三地专家学者的稿件和文章。在此,我们先登发其中的一部分。下面是这一期的目录供您参考, 请您指教。我们的刊物还很稚嫩,但是有您的帮助和鞭策,一定会在不远的将来茁壮成长。
我们借此机会,感谢所有向我们投稿的教授和专家,感谢我们的网络委员会的刘轶(UCLA)、朱晓丹(CSULA)、吴秉慧(CSA)、周文生(CAST)的技术支持, 感谢张素久大姐、李相如律师、栗亚博士、林日升总裁、刘轶教授、郑振宜总裁、和王丽真女士的热情赞助。
我们更 感谢大家8年来对我们的厚爱。没有您的支持也就没有我们的存在。希望您能给我们未来的期刊更多的投稿。使您的学术精华不但能墙内开花满园香,更能够香飘四季,香飘全球。
我们2006年CSA年会即将于11/4星期六在加州理工学院举行。这是一次学者和专家的交流会,也是亲眼见到和亲耳聆听诺贝尔大师演讲的机会。我们欢迎您届时光临。所有详情活动请看http://www.scholarsupdate.com/UpdateJournal/main.htm
。晚宴订座已经满额于10/27(周五)中午截止。
最由衷地感谢和最美好的祝福,
您的好朋友
美国华裔教授学者协会 (CSA)
《学术展望- Academic Perspective》编辑部
http://www.csasc.org/index_files/index_csa_paperV2.htm
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CSA电子网络版《学术展望》最新目录
Academic Perspective
Chinese Scholars
Association
(SC)
Website: http://www.csasc.org/index_files/index_csa_paperV2.htm
Editor-in-Chief Dr.
Zhenying Jiang
Executive Editor Dr. Yueyun Chen
E-Version Tech Dr.
Editorial Board:
Dr.
Yonggang Li
Dr.
Shenghe Huang
Dr.
Kwan Ming Chan
Dr.
Bing-Hui Shen City of
Dr.
Lisa Wang CSU Polytechnic,
Dr.
Kern Kwong
©Copy rights of CSA
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Table of Contents
Articles in Social Sciences & Humanity
International Linkages of the Chinese Futures Markets
(SS01)……………………………………………………Ren-Hai Hua & Baizhu Chen
Why Has the United States Had Big Insurance Trade Deficits?
(SS02).…………………………………………………..Bill Y. Chen & I. Hamwi
An Introduction to Student Affairs in Higher Education in Selected 21 Asian Countries
(SS03)………………………….………………………..Howard S. Wang
The Development of Chinese Popular Religions
(SS04)….…………….…….…………………………….Darui Long
Sea Turtle Venture Capital Fund
(SS05)…………………………………………………Henry Wong
(SS06)………………………………………………………陳岳雲
(SS07)......................................................................................吴琦幸
(SS08)......................................................................................邹东涛
(SS09)......................................................................................邓伟志
(SS10).......................................................................................曾小红
Website: http://www.csasc.org/index_files/index_csa_paperV2.htm
Articles in Sciences & Engineering
(SE01)………..Chan, Kwan Ming, Hui-Li Sun, and Fengyang, Liu
(SE02)…………………………………………………Hong, Yang
(SE03)………………………………………………Li, Yong-Gang
(SE04)………………………………………………Li, Yong-Gang
(SE05)……………..………………Liu, Chen & Jean-Luc Gaudiot
The Roadmap of Digital TV System in USA
(SE06).…………………………………………….Lou, Wang-He
Gas and Underground Water Pollution: Arguments and Lessons from American Gas MTBE" (in Chinese)
(SE07)…...……………………….………………….... Rong, Yue
A New Research between Ultrasonic BonAge and Sound of Speed in Ultrasound Device" (in Chinese)
(SE08)…………………….……..……Shen, Xun-Zhang & Ge Bei
The Relative Research of the Value of SOSmax and CHN Method (in English and Chinese)
(SE09)……………...Xun-Zhang Shen, Zhenying Jiang, Guang Cai
Chirped Grating Annular Bragg Resonator Lasers: Manipulating Laser Beams in 2-D Cylindrical Geometry
(SE10)…………………………Xiang-Kai Sun & Amnon Yariv
Dress 4 Health – A Dream Come True: An Investigation that change the way to health
(SE11)..……………………………………………..Lijun Wang
(SE12)…….….Ximeng Wang, Eric B. Sundberg,
Lijuan Li, et al
(SE13)………….Ximeng Wang, Lijiuan Li, Eric B. Sundberg et al.
(SE14)…………...Shuangxi Wang, Ximeng Wang, Lijiuan Li et al.
"Metro Solid Wastes Become Energy Resource"
(SE15)………………………………………………..Charles Yang
Integrating WLAN with GPRS/3G Wireless Networks
(SE16)…………………………………………………….Wei
Ye
Website: http://csasc.org/index_files/CSA2006_AcademicProspective_Volume2.pdf
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CSA/Scholars-Net赴广州留交会组团报名The Delegation of
CSA/Scholars Net to GZ Convention (Deadline of Registration:
11/20)
Hi Everyone,
The CSA/Scholars Net
have successfully registered as a professors & professional delegation from
Southern California to participate the Overseas Chinese Scholars (OCS)
Convention at
The CSA/Scholars Net Delegation registration number is 06ST-003. If
you want to join us as a group, please insert the above number in your
application. Participants in the same group will be arranged to
stay in the same hotel. In our case it will be at Hotel China in
As in the previous years, the delegation shall offer an evening reception (Boat Parade Party) to those, who would participate the OCS, on Dec 9 at Dr. Chan’s home.
Yours Sincerely,
CSA/Scholars Net
contact persons: Prof.
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The
EVENT DATE & TIME: November 4, 2006, Saturday, 8:30AM to 5:30 PM
LOCATION:
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
University Students: Environmental engineering, sciences, health, planning, environmental law, environmental management, environmental journalism, MBAs, and other interested parties.
Professionals: Government agencies, private firms, non-profits, elected officials, advisory boards, international environmental professionals
Organizations:
Environmental organizations, environmental justice groups and other community
organizations who are interested in outreaching to the
o To provide a platform for researchers, students, regulators, industrialists, environmentalists, and technical experts to discuss problems and solutions to relevant environmental issues
o To make connections with university students, the industry and other government and environmental organizations
VISION
The conference will focus on our future environmental leaders, namely today’s college educated students. This symposium will be an opportunity for students to network with prospective mentors, and to come across possible internship and research opportunities. Those who are currently working in the field can get ideas from fresh minds and have an excellent opportunity for recruiting. Community organizations may see this as an opportunity to establish them as a credible organization in the area of environmental protection. Others such as Asian/Chinese American business owners may be able to connect with others and learn what significant differences they can make as individuals to the issues affecting their community.
ORGANIZER: SCCAEPA -
CO-ORGANIZER: AAEP-Asian American Environmental Partnership PARTNERS/SPONSORS:
o Association of Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS)
o
o Calscience Environmental Laboratories, Inc.
o CDM
o City of Los Angeles-Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection Program
o Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
o Environ Corp
o Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
o Heal the Bay
o Metropolitan Water
District of Southern
o
o UCLA-Institute of Environment (IOE)
o Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District (USGVMWD)
o USC-School of Engineering
o West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD)
CALL FOR STUDENT POSTERS
Poster competition awards: 1st prize $400 (1 winner), 2nd prize $200 (up to 3 winners)
REGISTRATION (Lunch and one-year membership in SCCAEPA included)
Students: $20
Professionals and others: $90, discount of $20 for SCCAEPA members
Registration: online at www.environmentalasian.org
Deadline: October 18, 2006
Late/At-the-door registration: Students $40, Professionals and others $130.
Program
8:30-9.00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Introduction and Welcome
Yue Rong, Ph.D., President, SCCAEPA
Joe Pan, APR, President, AAEP
Opening Remarks
Mary Nichols, J.D., Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment,
President,
9:15-10:20 Session I: Water Resources, Quality, and Management
Moderator:
J.J. Lee, Ph.D., Viterbi
Panel:
_ Water Resources and Protection
Weixing Tong, Ph.D.,
_ Water Treatment
Anmin Liu, P. E., President, AML Environmental Engineering Consultants
_ Water Quality
Sun
Liang, Ph.D., Metropolitan Water District of Southern
10:20-10:35 Break, Exhibit/ Poster Viewing
10:35-11:40 Session II: Land Use
Moderator:
Donna Chen, Bureau of Sanitation, City of
Panel:
_
Rebecca
Chou, Ph.D.,
_ Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment
Jinghui Niu, President, Environ Strategy
_ An Insider Look at the Latest Victory of Environmental Justice in the Asian Community
Piyachat Terrel, Acting Deputy
Director for the White House Initiative on
11:40-1:10 Lunch-Small Group Student-Mentor Networking,
Exhibit/ Poster Viewing
1:10-1:25 Scholarship and Poster Awards
Chair of the Judging Committee:
•Jason
Wen, Ph.D., Utilities Superintendent, City of
The Judging Committee Members:
_ Ning Wu Chang, Ph.D., Cal-EPA, Department of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC)
_
J.J. Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Viterbi
_ Don Tsai, Ph.D., Director, Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA)
1:25-2:55 Session III: Environmental Leadership
Moderator: Ling Ling Chang, Board Member, Walnut Valley Water District
Panel:
_ Carol Kwan, Board Member, MWD
_ David Liu, Ph.D., Vice President, Tetra Tech
_
Chung Liu, D. Env, Deputy Executive Officer,
Quality Management District (AQMD)
_
Carol Liu, Assemblymember, 44th
2:55-3:10 Break, Exhibit/Poster Viewing
3:10-5:00 Session IV: Current Environmental Concerns in
Moderator:
Jason Wen, Ph.D., Utilities Superintendent, City of
Panel:
_
The
Xiang
Dong Ye, Ph.D., Technology and Science
_ Red
Joe Pan, President, AAEP, Partner, LPC Public Relations
_
The Latest Environmental Research in
Eddy
Zeng (Yong-ping), Ph.D., State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry,
_
Environmental Project Development/ Execution Challenges in
James Kang, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, URS
_
Looking to
Carol Kwan, Board Member, MWD
5:00-5:30 Evaluation, networking, and a tour of the IOE LEED “Green Building”
Contact: Joe Pan [ jpan@lpcpr.com ] or YRONG@waterboards.ca.gov
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──致与会者
2006年11月2日(星期四),在圣波纳迪诺国际机场将举行首届环太平洋会议和商业展览。您也许知道,圣波纳迪诺谷地是加州成长最快的地区。因为有大量的可开发性空间以扩展物流和运输相关的产业,同时也因为洛杉矶和长滩海港日益增长的国际贸易,使圣伯纳迪诺变成了发展企业及进行投资的汇集中心。
我们在此特邀请您成为这个令人振奋会议的参加者。您将有机会被引荐给当地的商业领袖和政府官员。您会听到特邀演讲人介绍他们在圣波纳迪诺地区成功的故事。您也将了解圣波纳迪诺是怎样融入南加州的经济成长和如何变为物流和运输枢纽的。然后,找到您加入圣波纳迪诺谷地快速成长的经济洪流中的最佳途经。
欢迎您到圣波纳迪诺并希望您加入我们的行列。这次活动从上午8点半开始到下午4点结束。大会和商业展览会在上午举行,接着参观游览圣波纳迪诺机场周围的地区并了解商业环境。届时将有巴士接送大家前去和返回。
圣伯纳迪诺市长 PATRICK J. MORRIS
2006年10月9日
上车时间和地点如下:
上车时间: 2006年11月2日(星期四)早晨7:15
上车地址: 17700 Castleton Street, City of Industry, CA 91748
* 位于Azusa Ave 东侧,Fullerton Road西侧,Colima Road北侧,60号 高速公路的南侧。巴士停在整个黑色大楼建筑群的西北角。
联系人: 林旭,电话:626-354-8848
如果您自己驾车前往:
地点:San Bernardino International Airport
地址:105 N.
(10号高速公路往东,过了215号高速公路,在Tippecanoe下高速左转往北,遇Harry Sheppard Blvd.右转到 底即可见到Leland Norton Way)
联系人:林旭,电话:626-354-8848
圣伯纳迪诺市背景情况
圣波纳迪诺市位于南加州地区,靠近洛杉矶县,是圣波纳迪诺县人口最多的城市(19万)。该市交通发达,215号高速公路穿过该市中心地带,距离10号、15号、60号高速公路都非常近,距安大略国际机场不到半小时车程,美国东西铁路穿过市中心。该地区很多土地没有开发,还有很多重建的项目正在计划之中(包括该市的国际机场、火车站、住宅公寓等)。在目前洛杉矶、橙县、河边县、圣地亚哥县土地昂贵,经济发展饱和的情况下,圣波纳迪诺地区应该是南加州发展最有潜力的地区。而且展现出极大的与华人企业家开展合作的意愿和诚意。
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Schedule of Events
8:00 – 9:00am Continental Breakfast/Registration
9:00 – 9:05am Opening Remarks, Don Rogers, Executive Director, SBIAA/IVDA
9:05 – 9:15am Welcome Remarks, Mayor Patrick Morris, City of
9:15 – 10:15am General Presentations
· Mike Burrows, Assoctant Director, SBIAA/IVDA
· Maggie Pacheo, Executive Director, San Bernardino EDA
· Dr.
Albert K. Karnig, President,
· Jerry
Paresa, Governmental Affairs Director, San Manuel
Band of
· Steve
Henthorn, Presdient/CEO,
10:15 – 10:45am Networking Break
10:45 – Noon Panel Discussion
Noon – 2:00pm Networking Lunch
2:00 – 4:00pm
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中國解放軍醫學突破
B型血可轉O型 (Sing Tao USA)
在不久前舉行的首屆中國解放軍軍事醫學科學院軍事醫學成就展上,中國軍方表示研製出高效鎮痛、抗疲勞、抗缺氧、抗寒冷、防輻射、防傳染病等系列藥品,對保持、恢復及提高部隊戰鬥力具有相當大的功效。其中最特別的是,中國軍醫科學家表示已突破將B型血到O型血的轉換技術,未來將對戰傷官兵提供血液供給,已保障其生命來源。
根據最新的「解放軍報」報道,中國軍事醫學科技人員表示研究出三百多種衛勤保障裝備、一百多種藥品疫苗及一百多種特殊醫療救護技術,對於該國軍事保障及醫學都具有重大幫助。 中共軍委委員、總後勤部部長廖錫龍在參觀完軍事醫學成就展後表示,中國目前在軍事醫學研究體系和人才培養上都漸趨完整,而這次血液轉換的技術更是一大醫學突破﹗除醫學上的技術,中共軍方也宣稱已實現野戰機動醫院與全軍中心醫院互相通聯和遠端會診。
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2006 CSSA-UCLA Karaoke Tournament
Hello, Karaoke Fans!
Get bored
of midterms and lab work? Want to find a way to release the stress? Look for a
chance to be a "super girl" or "super boy"?
Come and
join us! CSSA will plan the biggest size of KaraOKe
contest in history this coming November, and please see the following for
details:
Who?
Any one who
likes singing.
For registration, please send basic information to cssasinger@yahoo.com
BEFORE November 3rd, 2006.
Basic
information includes:
(1) Your Name
(2) Your Department
(3) Your gender (Female or Male)
(4) The name of your songs
(5) Your phone number (cell phone preferred)
When?
November
11th, 2006 (the final)
Where?
The Grand Salon at Kerckhoff Hall.
How?
(1)All
contestants will participate the audition, after that,
10 people will be chosen for the final. Every participant needs to sing two
different songs, any style in any language. One is for the audition and the
other is for the final.
(2)Please
send the music in .mp3 format to: cssasinger@yahoo.com before November 3rd,
2006. We will put all the music into one CD and please check the quality of the
music before you send it to us.
(3)The order of the contest
will be decided before the contest as we have to burn a CD in advance. We will
invite some people with certain professional background as our judges and of
course we will have GREAT prizes for winners and souvenir for every contestant.
Questions:
Feel free
to send your questions to: cssasinger@yahoo.com
We are
right here waiting for you! COME and SING!
CSSA-UCLA
Committee
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美科技高官: 中美将在所有可能领域开展科技合作
(中国科学技术部新闻办公室)
在刚刚闭幕的中美科技合作联委会第十二次会议上,美国代表团团长、美国总统科技顾问兼白宫科技政策办公室主任马博格博士认为,中美将在所有可能的领域开展科技合作。 马博格在会上对中国科技发展和中美科技合作给予高度评价。他表示,中国是世界上最大的发展中国家,美国是最大的发达国家。然而,中国却是最具发展活力和潜力的国家。中国在当今世界许多科技前沿领域都十分活跃,取得了迅猛的进展。中国的科技发展和中美科技合作规模的增长甚至超过中国经济的增长速度。中国政府历来重视对科学家和工程师的培养,美国已从参与中美科技合作的中国科学家的贡献中获益。
这位美科技高官称,美国政府是通过竞争的方式来决定如何资助国际合作项目,而中国科学家通过竞争已获得了比其他国家科学家更多的资助。他认为中美将在所有可能的领域开展科技合作,美方也会鼓励更多的美国青年科学家来中国开展合作研究,并希望未来中美科技合作能取得更大的成功。
过去两天,中国科技部部长徐冠华与马伯格共同主持中美科技合作联委会第十二次会议,双方签订《环境保护领域科技合作谅解备忘录》,就先进清洁能源技术、核安全合作与和平利用核技术、环境技术与全球变化、对地观测、减灾防灾、公共卫生与生物医药研究等领域合作,达成广泛共识并提出后续行动计划。美方还提出旨在加强中美基础研究领域合作并将增派美国科学家来华开展合作研究工作的“先进科技研究”计划倡议,中方对此给予了积极响应。
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中国口译人才缺口百万 每年输出专业人才仅200
(北晚 李莉)
参加一个由国外专家主讲的会议,却因为同声传译质量不高而一无所获,这样的经历不少人都有过。今天上午,第六届全国口译大会暨国际研讨会在对外经济贸易大学召开,来自国内外的两百多名专家学者、口译教师、国际口译协会及相关行业代表参加了大会,共同讨论“进入21世纪的高质量口译”。
随着对外贸易和交流的发展,中国口译人才出现严重短缺。全国对口译人才的需求约在百万,而目前仅有北京外国语大学、上海外国语大学和对外经贸大学等少数大学开设了口译专业,每年从口译专业毕业的专业人才仅200多人。巨大的人才缺口现在只能由没受过专门口译训练的外语专业人才填补,而这些口译工作者因缺乏口译技巧和口译心理素质的培养,会影响口译质量。
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USC Professor Thomas Lin released his new
study
USC Marshall School of Business Professor
Thomas Lin has published a paper titled “Lessons from
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中国年收移民汇款200亿 (China Press 余东晖)
旅居美国的外国移民每年汇往祖籍国的款项快速增加,仅今年就有约450亿美元汇往拉美国家。而联合国的报告也显示,中国是世界上接收移民汇款最多的国家之一,每年从世界各地收到的移民汇款超过200亿美元。 调查显示,大多数移民来美一个月后就找到工作,第一份工作的平均月薪只有900美元,但这已相当于他们在祖籍国平均工资的6倍。6成拉丁裔移民年收入在3万美元以下。全年拉丁裔移民总收入估计在5千亿美元左右。
美洲开发银行说,拉美移民9成以上的收入留在美国,只有不到10%寄回祖籍国。这说明移民对美国经济作出了巨大贡献,也说明美国具有其它国家没有的巨大工作机会,移民的到来对美国保持竞争力至关重要。
这个调查只针对拉丁裔进行,但从中也可看出其它族裔移民汇款回国增加的趋势。根据劳工部的统计数字,亚裔在美国的平均工资最高,平均月薪在3千美元左右。而亚裔有更强烈的储蓄倾向,每年汇回祖籍国的款项不会是个小数目。 根据联合国今年6月发布的《国际移徙与发展》报告,中国累计输出移民约3500万,2004年从全球各地收到移民汇款213亿美元,仅次于印度的217亿美元。
“911”事件后,出于遏制恐怖组织资金往来的原因,不少美国大银行在联邦政府的压力下,结束与私人汇款公司的业务往来,给移民汇款回国增加了困难。美洲开发银行鼓励银行多参与移民汇款服务,汇款回拉美的费用已降到总额的5%。国际劳工组织指出,移民劳工汇款的渠道应保持畅通和高效,各国不应制定不利于移民汇款回国的政策和措施。
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Dear All,
There are following three new job postings at ACFP's
site. Please check out and forward to people who are looking for a change.
* Divison Controller
* Accounting Manager
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Regards,
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VP - Membership
Association of Chinese Finance Professionals (ACFP)
www.acfp.net
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谢明捐3500万美元巨资回馈母校 (China Press田霞)
全美金额最高的工程学院命名捐款,同时也是南加大有史以来所获最高学院命名捐款的主人谢明,本周一将正式面对媒体。这位来自中国大陆的南加州大学校友,因此也将成为以其名命名南加大某学院的第一华人。谢明来自中国大陆。南加州大学工程学院校友谢明向南加大维特比工程学院(Viterbi School of Engineering)捐款3500万美元,南加大将校内的电机工程学院命名为“谢明电机工程学院”,以表彰其慷慨捐献。
维特比学院有54个永久或准永久学院,而南加大谢明电机工程学院是最大的学院,该学院现有11名国家工程学院院士,3名国家科学院院士,3名美国艺术与科学学院院士和4位Claude Shannon Award得主。谢明此次为维特比学院现行的3亿募款计划,贡献最庞大捐款,不仅成为南加大历史上金额最巨的一次命名捐款,也成为华裔首次在该校所捐的最巨额命名捐款。
谢明生长于中国沈阳,他分别在1983年及1984年在南加大取得电机工程的理学学士以及理学硕士学位。1987年谢明创立AMAX科技公司,1990年以南帕沙迪纳为总部,合作创办了科进公司(Cogent Inc.)。目前他是该公司主席、首席运营官以及科进董事会主席。 科进市值为10亿元,向世界各地的政府、执法机构以及公司提供自动指纹辨识系统。例如目前洛杉矶所有47个执法部门都采用科进系统。科进公司是2004年最成功的IPO公司之一,公开配售股份达2070万股。
谢明的童年岁月非常艰难,“我在非常穷困的家庭长大,童年时白天在学校用功苦读,晚上就帮助家里下地干农活。”在高中的时候,谢明拿到一些旧的晶体管和电子配件,开始装配简单的收音机和电视。谢明说:“我非常感谢在南加大受到的工程教育,同时希望其他人也能得到同样的教育。” 该系终身院士、南加州大学校长斯蒂文.桑普(Steven B. Sample)指出:”能在学系名前加上谢明的名字实在是锦上添花,他是一个深切关怀培养未来工程人才的有心人,更令人欣赏的是他的投入不单是对母校的,最终更将会惠及全美。” 维特比学院院长央理斯.约索斯 (Yannis C. Yortsos) 说:”一百年前,南加大提供了有关电机工程的第一个工程课程,而我们的电机工程系校友谢明的厚礼,也正好为南加大工程开展第二个百年。”目前工程学院共还有其它5个学院由南加大校友命名。
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Huawei Technologies, Ltd: A 21st
Century Technological and Entrepreneurial Miracle (Da Hsuan Feng)
In the 60's, the world saw the explosive electronic
technological growth of
Ten 12-inch wafer fabrications in
In this respect, it is worth mentioning that, today,
many people around the world regard Hsinchu city of
The combination is simply awesome and the sight was indeed breadth-taking!
What about Mainland
Well, we all know that in 1977
Yet, 29 years later,
The opportunity came a few weeks ago when I was
invited to visit the
Today, Huawei Technologies
is without question
In addition, it has significantly penetrated European,
South American, Middle Eastern, formerly Soviet Union as well as African
(especially
Completely driven by my curiosity to see what this
company is like first hand, I accepted the invitation immediately. The invitation came from a very good friend, Baoyong Zheng, who is one of the six founders of this
company and a fellow Metroplex (
I learned from Baoyong that
in 1987, he as a young faculty member in optical engineering of Huazhong Institute of Technology in Wuhan (now known as Hua
Zhong University of Science and Technology), and the current CEO of the Company
Ren Zhengfei, and four other hardy souls, recognized
that China was in desperate need to build the nation's telecommunication
infrastructure. Without which it is not possible for
Why the name Huawei
I asked Zheng why the name Huawei? He told me matter-of-factly that one evening over dinner back in the late eighties, the six of them decided that they should name the company the short form of ????, (Zhong Hua You Wei) or "China can-do!" Hence Huawei! As simple and as profound as that, the naming of the company gave me a glimpse that even at its fledgling stage, this group of superbly minded technologically entrepreneurs was already possessing world class ambition!
Huawei campus in Shenzhen
The campus of Huawei Technologies Ltd in Shenzhen can only be described by one word: MASSIVE. The entire campus occupies a space close to 0.87 square kilometers. Every building of this campus is ultra-modern looking. Zheng said to me that "we want to project to the world that this is a 21st century company, and therefore we wanted to ensure everything on campus have a look that could last until the the next century!" From what I saw by walking around the campus, I am convinced that the designers pay as much attention to toilets (at least the male ones) as to the enormous data center and distribution centers.
I was struck by the data center of the company. It is no surprise that in 18 years, and with
global businesses, the company now is in possession of massive amount of
critical data. In fact, there is now
over 1 peta-byte of data (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
or 1000 tera-bytes).
An interesting back-of-the envelop calculation can tell us that if one
describes each living human being with 0.2 megabytes or 200 kilobytes, which
can be quite in-depth, the total data will be around 1 peta-byte! As one would expect, such data are the soul
of the company, and therefore it is no wonder that the security of the center
is extremely high. I was also told that
there are redundancies are kept at many other sites in
The distribution and logistic center is another breath-taking sight. Indeed, the entire center is operated automatically by computer and massive amount of packages, each with a different content and tagged with RFID!
Future of Huawei or the likes?
Not possessing a crystal-ball, I cannot tell what Huawei will be like in a decade or two? I cannot predict, for example, as to whether Huawei, like Samsung of South Korea, would decide one day to venture out of the telecom business and eventually become a over $100 billion revenue mega national conglomerate in multiple business spheres. I will predict, however, that knowing Baoyong, and by extrapolation his colleagues, that the company will not be at a stand still. Leadership of this company is constantly reinventing itself.
I am equally confident that in Asia, there are more
Ren Zhengfei (CEO of Huawei),
Baoyong Zheng, and Morris Chang (CEO and Founder ot TSMC in
I am sure that the wave in front, such as Huawei, will certainly be challenged by other miracles in
(The author is the Vice President for Research and
Economic Development at The University of Texas at
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USCIS提醒假期出境旅游的移民案申请者 务必在10月底前申请旅行文件
联邦公民与移民局18日说,预期今年冬天申请“回美证(advence parole)”、重新入境许可证(Reentry Permit)、难民旅行文件(Refugee Travel Document)或其他旅行文件的人将会特别多,该局提醒移民案申请者中准备在年底假期出国旅行的人,务必在10月底之前填交旅行文件申请表FormI-131。
该局说,若你要申请更新你的回美文件I-512L或I-512,该局至多将在你的回美证有效期届满之前120天接受和裁决你的I-131申请。若你现在持有一份有效的重新入境许可证或难民旅行文件,你可以填交I-131表格并将现有的重新入境许可证或难民旅行文件一同寄给USCIS,换取新的重新入境许可证或难民旅行文件。
请注意,申请回美证的人必须在证件获得批准之后才离开美国。未获得回美证就离开了美国,会有严重后果,包括不能返回美国或者移民申请或请愿案件遭到拒绝。
用回美证离境的申请庇护者若没有紧迫的理由就回到自己宣称曾迫害自己的国家去,将被当作放弃了自己的庇护申请。1996年的“非法移民改革与移民责任法”规定,移民在美国非法居留一段时间之后离开美国,纵使获得了回美证,也可以禁止其获得合法永久居留身份。
非法在美居留超过180天以上但未满一年的移民,三年内不得入境;非法居留满一年的移民,十年不得入境。非法入境和离境的移民,若以后重新用回美证入境可能永远丧失调整身份的资格。
该局建议正在办理调整身份的所有移民,在计划到外国旅行之前,到该局网站(www.uscis.gov)上,或者打电话1-800-375-5283查询,或跟移民法律师或者跟移民上诉委会鉴定合格的协助移民组织谈谈。
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Wang Lifei, a professor from
It is learned that
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南开大学面向海内外公开选聘十四名专业学院院长 (中新 田齐 张国)
南开大学今天宣布:面向海内外公开选聘文学院、历史学院、外国语学院、汉语言文化学院、经济学院、商学院、数学学院、物理学院、生命科学学院、信息技术科学学院、医学院、软件学院、法学院和泰达应用物理学院等十四个专业学院的院长。
“南开求贤若渴”,中科院院士、南开大学校长饶子和说:”海内外公开选聘院长是为了适应学校改革和发展的需要。”他表示,业以才兴,校以才立。南开大学要实施’人才强校’战略,与国际接轨,首先就要按照世界名校的惯例选拔人才,不分国籍,以开放的姿态和胸怀延揽人才。学校为这些院长开列的任职条件,包括具有良好的思想道德素质、具有本领域最高学位和职称、具有大学教学工作经历并在本学科有较高学术水平和学术影响力、具有一定的管理经验和组织管理能力、对学科建设有创新性构想和战略性思维、能够在南开大学全职工作等。南开大学从即日起接受应聘者报名,报名期限为一个月。随后展开资格审查、民主推荐、组织推荐、专家评审、教授投票、领导面试、组织考察等工作。新聘院长试用期为一年。
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Job Opening - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ASIA
SOCIETY
Asia Society
The Asia Society, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
educational association, is an international organization dedicated to
strengthening relationships and deepening understanding among the peoples of
Asia and the
Opened in 1979, the Texas Center presents approximately 150 programs each year, many in collaboration with the Asian consulates and trade commissions located in Houston, that focus on the city's role as a major international port with strong links to Asia. These programs include art exhibitions and performances, films, lectures, seminars and conferences, publications and assistance to the media, and materials and programs for students and teachers – all presenting the uniqueness and diversity of Asia.
The
The Executive Director reports to the Chair of the Center’s Executive Committee and has overall responsibility
for managing and conducting the Center’s programs,
development activities, and administration. In addition the selected
individual will oversee development of Asia House, in consultation with the Center’s Chairman and Executive Committee, as well as the Society’s
headquarters in
The best candidates
for the position will have had personal experience in
While nominations and applications will be accepted until a new Executive Director is selected, interested parties are encouraged to submit candidate materials to the address below by December 1 to assure optimal consideration.
R.
Consultant to the Board
100
Email: krisha.creal@rwilliamfunk.com
Fax: 214/522-1222
~Asia SocietyTexas is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer~
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同济大学78级研究生回校参加100周年校庆
上海同济大学78年进校的研究生 (共76名), 拟于2007年5月20日
同济校庆100周年时回校团聚. 为联系国内外校友, 请送 E-mail 给
朱正亚(zhenya@mit.edu) 或钱梦碌(mlqian@mail.tongji.edu.cn)校友,
以便进一步联系.
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Embedding Assessment of Student Learning
Outcomes in Regularly Scheduled Assignments
and Effectively Reporting and Tracking Embedded Assessment
Data
December 1
The
workshop facilitator, Dr. Larry Kelley, has been involved in educational
assessment for more than 20 years.
Since summer 2002, he has conducted 150 workshops on assessment of student learning outcomes at both two-year and four-year institutions in 30+
states, |
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Overview
09:00 - 09:15 Implementing/Assessing Student Learning
Outcomes
09:15 - 10:15 Creating Assessment Plans; Embedding
Assessment
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 10:45 Building Performance Assessment Rubrics
10:45 - 11:00 Creating Simple and Effective Data Reports
11:00 - 11:15 Reporting and Evaluating Assessment
Findings; Closing the
11:15
- 12:00 Sample Assessment Plans
with Related Rubrics, Data Reports and Reports of Assessment Findings
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
Hands-on
Activity
1:00 - 2:30 Develop discipline-specific
assessment plans.
Registration
The registration fee
is $100. Lunch is provided.
Please
share this flyer with your academic deans, department chairs/heads, and other
faculty and staff!
Contact me at aukelley@aol.com or aukelley85@yahoo.com
if your institution is interested in an in-service activity or would like to
host a workshop. Larry Kelley |
Go to http://www.kelleyeducation.com
and click on the link, Workshops and
In-service Activities. Then, click
on Faculty Development Workshop Registration Form, to locate a
copy of the form. Contact Larry Kelley
at aukelley@aol.com
or aukelley85@yahoo.com
for further information.
Please bring your course
syllabi!
留学欧美持续升温 07年十国留学趋势解读 ( 北晚 王怡)
近两年来,随着留美签证的日益放宽,留学美国持续升温,而荷兰、意大利等非英语国家也渐成留学热点。笔者了解到,虽然多数国家的留学政策保持稳定,但对申请人在语言、学历等方面的要求日益提高。同时,一些长期因免收学费而颇受准留学生青睐的欧洲国家,有的也开始张口收费。
美国录取要求水涨船高
作为留学市场的传统留学国家,美国一直是人们关注的热点。日前,美国大使馆签证官表示,目前约有6万名中国学生正在美国学习,位居美国海外留学生数量的第二位,其中包括5万名研究生,而这个数字还在逐年增长。但是,签证通过率的提高并没有将留美的难度降低——高校对留学生的录取要求普遍提高。回顾2003年以前,排名前100名的美国高校对申请学生的托福成绩要求基本上为600分。但现在,很多名校、名专业都把这个分数提高到了620、630分。
托福成绩的升值并不是这些院校对申请学生的成心设“卡”,而是“水涨船高”。澳际出国留学美国部副经理刘玥认为,这源于申请学生本身成绩的提高。每年,申请美国高校的学生人数成千上万,GRE、托福等考试学生心中的地位与日俱增。他们在准备出国留学时,将很大精力投入到GRE、托福的备考上,使G、T考试平均分数也逐年提升。
在就业方面,美国是吸收国际学生就业率最高的国家,会计、统计、计算机等专业的学生毕业后能在美国找到工作的机会相对较大。而学习其他冷门专业的学生如果希望毕业后在美国谋到一份职,也可选择额外修这些较好就业的专业课程,考取统一的资格证书,这样也会有不错的职业发展。
法国88所高等商学院获中国教育部认证
88所法国高等商学院近日获中国教育部认证,这对于中国留学生而言,无疑增加了留学院校的选择。在办理法国签证的过程中,对申请人语言的要求比往年有所提高。申请法国签证虽然已经不要求学生出具500学时法语学习的证明,但要求申请人的法语水平至少达到中级以上,这个要求其实并不比“500学时法语学习”的要求低。
在专业的选择上,赴法留学的申请人更加理性化。相对于扎堆选择设计、建筑、机械制造等传统热门专业而言,更多申请人会以个人未来发展方向为主,兼顾个人兴趣与发展前景来选择学校、选择专业。
荷兰高校学费略有上涨
赴荷兰留学,学费相对低廉。以赴荷兰读本科为例,每年所需费用仅7至10万元人民币,且无需经济担保。作为学生,留学荷兰多数采用“反签”程序,即只要被荷兰高校录取,就由学校代为向荷兰移民局递交签证申请,因此学生获签率基本上可达100%。
随着德国、丹麦等高福利国家纷纷表示开始收取国际学生的学费,而其他北欧国家如瑞典、芬兰等亦有此趋势。荷兰高校学费略有上涨。但是,上涨后的费用也仍然相对低廉,在提高学费的同时,政府、高校也加大了奖学金的发放力度,以刺激学生的学习积极性。
意大利入学考试要到意参加
意大利对中国学生开放留学市场时间不长,且这两年的留学政策变化较快。赴意留学与众不同的一点在于增加了“预录取”环节。在国内,即使过了语言关,有意大利院校同意录取,办好签证后学生到达意大利还要面对入学前的最重要一关——入学考试。只有通过这个考试,才能正式赴意学习。
选择赴意大利就读研究生的学生,除了语言外,在大学的专业课要学得好,入学考试时一般会有专业面试,因此还需要申请人尽量申请与自己原专业相关的专业方向。
德国申请英语授课学生人数增多
申请赴德国留学的学生人数越来越多,主要原因是看中了留学德国的含金量高,且花费较低。德国的留学政策对国内学生也是越来越完善,通过语言、学历的要求来保证学生质量是这种“完善”的主要表现。
早在2001年,德国大使馆文化处就设立了审核赴德留学人员材料和资格的官方机构——德国大使馆文化处留德人员审核部。申请者在申请大学前必须参加审核部包括对申请者的学历等文字材料的审核以及20分钟左右的面谈,通过审核后可获得审核证明。通过审核部的筛选,挑选出那些真正以学习知识为目的赴德留学的学生,以保证留学生质量。近年来,赴德国留学对学生学历、语言水平的要求越来越高。虽然要求日益严格,但对于留学生而言,这种严格筛选其实是未来就读德国高校并顺利毕业的前提保障。
近年来,艺术生去德国留学的学生变多,选择专业也包括音乐、声乐、钢琴、美术等。此外,在申请赴德留学的学生中,申请英语授课的学生人数在不断上涨。笔者了解到,德国在上个世纪90年代就逐渐开设用英语授课的国际学位课程,这些课程涉及不同的学术领域。业内人士指出,艺术生赴德留学、选择英文授课学生人数增长等,这无不与国人对德认识的不断丰富有密切关系。
北欧四国欲收学费使留学市场火爆
一直传言,2008年北欧(瑞典、挪威、芬兰、丹麦等)国家开始向学生收取学费。其实,早在2005年,丹麦就已经开始了收费,这个“导火索”的出现,让很多学生深感形势“紧迫”。于是,争先恐后地申请留学北欧国家,期待能赶上2007年这最后一班“免收学费”班车。
但是,免费班车并不好搭。对于想要留学海外的中国人来说,北欧的诱惑除了发达的经济和优良的教学质量外,还包括低学费、高签证率等优势。但是,若想成功申请赴北欧国家留学,较高的英语水平、较突出的国内大学成绩、相关的专业知识甚至工作经验均是很重要的因素。
目前,申请北欧正处于办理时间。业内人士表示,申请赴北欧国家研究生的机会相对更多。
瑞士酒店管理专业广泛适用
酒店管理专业一直是瑞士留学的热门。瑞士是多语国家,但是普遍采用英语授课,因此学生若想在当地学习第二外语很方便。
除了酒店管理专业外,瑞士的公立大学很好。但是对中国留学生的招生政策并不成熟,要求也较高。赴瑞士留学,不接受单纯的语言签证,需要学生在国内的德语、法语达到一定程度才可申请相关院校。目前申请瑞士就读公立大学的中国学生不多。