December 12, 2008

2008 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

北澤西台灣同鄉會 2008年獎學金辦法
2008 TAA-NNJ Scholarship
P.O. Box 4011
Wayne, NJ 07470

The Taiwanese Association of America Northern New Jersey Chapter (TAA-NNJ) is offering scholarships for ABT (American-born Taiwanese) or new immigrants of Taiwan origin

Qualification: High School full time students (grades 9-12) currently study in Bergen, Passaic, and Morris Counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in NY

Essay: My study notes: About Taiwan

Anything you learned about Taiwan. Examples: (1) Taiwanese History (2) Important event in Taiwan, like 228 Massacre in 1947 (3) Taiwan’s future (4) about Taiwanese culture, religion, education, ethnic groups … just name a few

Word count: 1,000 ~ 1,500 words, may include pictures or charts

Deadline: 1/15/2009

Scholarships: Up to 5 awardees with equal share of a total of $1,000

Winners Announcement: By Email or/and telephone on 2/2/09. During the 2/7/09 TAA-NNJ Annual Meeting, awardees will be honored and checks will be given

Awardees: To receive the award, awardees must provide a photo copy of their student ID to TAA-NNJ

Mail to: Mail (1) completed application form, (2) a brief introduction of the applicant, and (3) an essay to taannj@gmail.com or P.O. Box 4011, Wayne, NJ 07470

Scholarship Committee: Committee members will vote for the winners. However, the family of the committee members cannot apply for the scholarship

Posting on TAA-NNJ‘s Blog: Awardee names, school names, and their essays will be posted on TAANNJ blog site (taannj.blogspot.com)

Originality of Essay: Within a year if the essay is found that more than 1/3 of it was simply ‘copy and paste’ off Internet without noting where it came from, TAA-NNJ reserves the rights to revoke the award

Language: The essay should be written either in English or Mandarin (using traditional font please)

Please download the Application Form below:

December 7, 2008

TAANNJ 28th Annual Meeting

Please save the date/time for our 28th annual gathering
2/7/2009 Saturday 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM


The same Hotel as last year, $38 per person
Hotel directions: http://www.regencyhousehotel.com/location.htm
Hotel phone: (973) 696-0900

click on the picture for a large image (so you can read all the words)