Scholarship Apps Are Out!
PAA Scholarships are now available! Learn about the 10 scholarships & download them today from www.uclapaa.com
We’ve got a new website!!!
Check out our newly redesigned site www.uclapaa.com featuring the UCLA PAA Benefit 2010! See the new features & RSVP for the Benefit!
Call for Benefit Volunteers!
Guess what?! It’s that time of year again! Benefit Dinner Time! And you can help shape this year’s event by becoming a volunteer! Check out the details below and please RSVP to Evelyn at evelyn.icarro@gmail.com by Friday, January 29th! Hope to see your bright shiny faces there!
xoxo
Marc
DETAILS
Orientation Meeting: Monday, February 1st, at 7:30 pm.
Green Bamboo, 136 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Park at Office Depot, free with validation. Reservation is under Evelyn
ITEMS:
- Graphic Design Committee - please have art options ready for the meeting
- Marketing Committee – Provide status of the Web site. UCLA is working towards getting our online payment system up by 2/6.
- Awards Committee – please have list of nominees available
- Scholarship Committee – status of scholarship donors and applications
- Fundraising and silent auction Committees – Solicitation letters and list of prospects ready for distribution
- Entertainment Committee – entertainment options
- All Committee Members – please continue to recruit volunteers for the benefit committees
Thanks!
Questions? Email Evelyn at evelyn.icarro@gmail.com
Speed Networking Mixer @ Wokcano!
Join us for a fun evening with a purpose!
The premise is simple: Now more than ever, it’s been a challenge to get big corporate and individual donations. So in an effort to raise scholarship funds, PAA is hosting a speed networking mixer (think “speed dating” but better!). All proceeds will be pooled together in the form of a scholarship to be awarded to one deserving UCLA student later this year.
-Social networking open to everyone 21 & up – singles and non-singles.
-Why not party, mingle, (re)connect, and forget about work while contributing to a good cause?
-Share this invite & get your significant other, friends, and networks to come!
-Expect to meet new faces and make social, professional, and (maybe even) personal connections!
-If you’ve never participated in this type of event before, no worries because most of us haven’t either!
RSVP on our Evite here!
A $10 tax-deductible donation is requested & appreciated. You also have the option to donate $25+ which includes free PAA membership for 1 year.
Saturday, February 20, 7:00PM
Wokcano Restaurant and Lounge
33 South Fair Oaks Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
For more info: 626.578.1818
Thank you!
Thank you so much for all your support and interest in our internship! We will be getting back to each of you soon!
XOXO
-Marc
HOY! Psst…! We’re Taking Internship Apps Now!!
Hey all you students out there! Yes, undergrads and grad students! YOU!! We at PAA would like to wish you a very happy 2010!! Also, we’d like to invite you to apply for our brand-spanking new internship!! We’ve got internships with all our directors ranging from activities (think event planning), finance ($$$), marketing & PR (think social media!), fundraising (think resource development) and online/technology (webmaster stuff!).
The internship is very flexible and requires interns that take initiative and aren’t afraid to get creative! So if you or someone you know may be interested, PLEASE send them a link to this page!
UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association Internship Application
About Us
Founded in 1991, the Pilipino Alumni Association of UCLA (PAA) seeks to promote academic success, career development, and community activism. PAA provides a vehicle through which alumni may provide educational scholarship and career resources to students and establish valuable networks with other alumni professionals.
About the internship
We are pleased to announce that for the first time in its history, PAA will start an internship program for students. This is open to all students of all ethnicities and is not limited to UCLA. Regardless of the year in school you are, an internship is a great way to gain valuable experience, which will only help you to stand out among other applicants on your search for jobs after graduation.
Responsibilities
- Depends on which field is chosen and will be discussed once internship begins
- Attend committee meetings
- Attend PAA Board meetings
Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work well independently
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Outlook)
Length of Internship
- End date is flexible
- 10 – 15 hours per month
- For undergraduate students: one quarter or semester
Internship opportunities
ACADEMIC SUPPORTS – Provides academic and career support for both students and alumni. The Academic Supports Intern assists in the Pilipino Scholars’ Day programming, the progress of Pilipino Studies at UCLA, and maintaining the relationship with organizations supporting this effort, including the UCLA Filipino Legacy Fund.
ACTIVITIES – Ensures that PAA offers activities and events that are aligned with PAA’s mission and enhances its scholarship, networking, or mentorship programs. The Activities Intern works with the Activities Director and other board members to develop events that interest PAA’s members.
FINANCE – The Finance Intern assists in maintaining the monetary funds for PAA. This includes keeping current records of fiscal matters, coordinating monetary needs of the organization, and communicating financial status to the board of directors, members, and UCLA.
FUNDRAISING – The Fundraising Intern assists in researching and conducting various forms of fundraising throughout the year to support the association, such as sponsorships, individual donations, grants, and events.
HISTORICAL – The Historical Intern assists in informing the membership and community about PAA’s history through programming that incorporates alumni and historical information. Also the intern assists in the upkeep of the physical archives and digital data storage.
MARKETING / PUBLIC RELATIONS – Promotes PAA, its programs, events, and activities, to the campus, community, and in the media. The objective of the Marketing / Public Relations Intern is to assist in increasing awareness about PAA and encourage participation and support from alumni, students, and the community at-large.
MENTORSHIP – Builds on PAA’s Mentorship Program, which matches committed alumni mentors with students. The Mentorship Intern develops programs that will foster a productive relationship between the mentorship pairs.
MEMBERSHIP / RECRUITMENT – The Membership/Recruitment intern assists in creating, developing, and maintaining a strategy to recruit, retain, and involve members for PAA. This includes the maintenance of the alumni database and the creation of membership gift items.
WEBSITE / TECHNOLOGY – The Online/Technology Intern assists in establishing and maintaining PAA’s website and online presence, as well as coordinating PAA’s use of online tools and technology. Must have experience in web design.
SCHOLARSHIP – The Scholarship Intern assists in managing the scholarship application process, maintaining the relationship with scholarship donors, coordinating the logistics of the scholarship awards, and participates in the scholarship committee in their selection of award recipients.
Directions: Please submit a cover letter that includes 1) why you want an internship 2) why you are a good candidate and 3) a ranking of your top three positions and a resume to alumni@uclapaa.net by January 19, 2010 DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 22! GET THOSE APPS IN!
THANK YOU! WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING YOUR APPLICATIONS!
What’s a Noche Buena?
The Traditional “Noche Buena” in the Philippines
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Have you had your bibingka & puto bumbong this holiday season?
Your Filipino Christmas would be incomplete without having had some good ol’ bibingka and puto bumbong! Here’s a bibingka recipe and puto bumbong recipe!
How to Celebrate a Filipino Christmas….
eHow has everything: How to Celebrate a Filipino Christmas
Things You’ll Need:
- Christmas Gifts
- Musical Instruments
- Parols
- Chestnuts
- Ginger Teas
- Hams
- Filipino Music
- Play Filipino Christmas tunes such as “Pasko na Sinta Ko.”
- Attend “Miso de Gallo,” which is a Mass held before dawn on December 16 to mark the start of the nine-day novena.
- Use “parols,” or star-shaped lanterns that have candles inside, to light your way to the church in the dark.
- Purchase native foods such as “puto bumbong” (rice steamed inside a “bumbong,” or small bamboo tube), “bibingka” (rice cake with salted eggs and fresh coconut meat) and “suman” (steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves) outside the church.
- Expect “cumbancheros,” or carolers, to visit your house with musical instruments to serenade you and your neighbors.
- Expect to watch the “Panunuluyan” in the town plaza on Christmas Eve. This is a re-enactment of the Holy Couple’s journey to Bethlehem and portrays the lack of hospitality they encountered along the way.
- Attend midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. This is always a special event that children wear new clothes to.
- Gather with friends and relatives for “Noche Buena” after the Mass ends. This is a festive meal followed by the exchange of gifts, which lasts through the next morning.
- Arrange to visit family and friends on Christmas Day.
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Remember that the holiday season draws to a close with the Feast of the Three Kings on the first Sunday of January; the kings followed a star to find the manger where Jesus was born.
-Marc
