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January 5, 2010

2010 TAA-NNJ SCHOLARSHIP


北澤西台灣同鄉會 2010年獎學金辦法

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
Eligibility: High School full time students (grades 9-12) currently study in Bergen, Passaic, and Morris Counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in NY
Subject of the essay (choose one of the following)
1. What do you believe is the importance of building a Taiwanese American community?
2. How can leadership in the Taiwanese American community be improved?
3. What are the difficulties the Taiwanese American community face and how can they be addressed?
4. What can Taiwanese Americans do to promote Taiwan in the US and globally?

Rules

1. Word count must be 1,000 ~ 1,500 words (use MS WORD to find out), may include pictures/charts
2.
The essay should be written in English
3. Families of the scholarship committee members cannot apply for scholarship

Please send
(1) a completed application form (2) a brief introduction of the applicant (3) an essay - with word count (4) a digital picture or scanned copy of student ID, and (5) a digital picture or scanned copy of application with signature and date to:
taannj@gmail.com
Subject: 2010 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

or
2010 TAA-NNJ Scholarship
P.O. Box 4011
Wayne, NJ 07470

Deadline: 1/31/2010

Scholarships: Up to 5 awardees with equal share of a total of $1,000
Winners Announcement: By Email on 2/12/10. During the 2/27/10 TAA-NNJ Annual Meeting, awardees will be honored and checks will be given
Posting on TAA-NNJ‘s Blog: Awardee names, school names, and their essays will be posted on TAANNJ blog site: taannj.blogspot.com
Plagiarism: If the essay is found to be plagiarized, TAA-NNJ reserves the rights to revoke the award


February 7, 2009

February 3, 2009

北澤西臺灣同鄉會第28屆年會節目表

TAA-NNJ 28th Annual Meeting Program

日期: 2/7/2009 (Saturday)

地点: Regency House Hotel/Best Western, Pompton Plains, NJ  舉行年會

Directions: http://www.regencyhousehotel.com/location.htm

11:30 a.m.-12:00                  Registration

12:00-12:30 p.m.                  Social hour/Dancing

 12:30 p.m.    M.C. – Dr. 李恵仁

                      Invocation – Rev. Ching-Fen Hsiao

                      US National Anthem & Taiwan Evergreen (臺灣翠青) – Jim Lee

                      President Report – Grace Hsu

                      Treasurer Report – Kathy Chen                                      

12:50 p.m.     Banquet

1:50-2:00       Hon. Scott Rumana, State Assemblyman

2:00-2:05       Hon. Scott Garrett, US Congressman/his rep. Ms Tatiana Marquis

2:05-2:10       Ludi Hughes, Chairwoman, Asia American Heritage Council of NJ

2:10-2:15       Andrew Pappachen, President, AAHC

2:15-2:40       Gerrit van der Wees, FAPA, introduced by Dr. Mark Kao                 

2:40-2:50       王恵蘭 獨唱: (1) Her bright smile haunts me still.     

                                                      (2) 請大家返來臺灣!

 2:50-3:30      Taiwanese American Next Generation (TANG)

                      M.C. Jonathan Lee & Thomas Yu

                           Violin etc.

 3:30-3:40      Scholarship Awards – Jim Lee

 3:40-4:00      Fair Lawn 臺灣歸正教會演出: (1) 焼肉粽話劇; (2) 吹陶笛

 4:00-4:40      Prof. Dr. Chung-Mo Cheng, 城仲模教授, Former Taiwan Minister of   Justice & VP of Judicial Yuan

 (1) 2/5/09 D.C. US Court of Appeals - Ruling on Judicial Justice  for Taiwan Nationality; (Lin et al. v. USA)-Taiwanese US National  Passport Lawsuit.  (2) Q & A

4:40-5:00      Raffle 抽奨, Social Dancing, Group Dancing etc.

5:00-5:15      Introducing New Board Members 介紹新理事

5:30 p.m.      Good Bye!  恭賀新禧,事事如意!

TAA-NNJ 2008 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations!

The TAA-NNJ Scholarship Committee has carefully reviewed all applicants' essays and has decided to award 5 students. The recipients are
Jonathan Chen, Jennifer Kao, Megan Kao, Allen Shih, and Frank Sung. Thank you all for writing excellent essays about Taiwan. We hope your passion for Taiwan will continue, and we wish you every success.

As a scholarship recipient, you are required to attend TAA-NNJ Annual Meeting on Saturday 2/7/09. We will be giving you a check of $200 during the meeting. Besides, you will be enjoying the banquet and entertainment at NO charges (a $38 value).

Please click on the link below to read their essays:
Jonathan Chen -- Parsippany High School, Parsippany, NJ, Grade 12
Jennifer Kao -- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Jct., NJ, Grade 12
Megan Kao -- West Windsor – Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Jct., NJ, Grade 12
Allen Shih -- Delbarton High School, Morristown, NJ, Grade 12
Frank Sung -- Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ, Grade 12

Sincerely, 
TAA-NNJ Scholarship Committee 

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)