Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:00pm - 11:00 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: Chinese Embassy, GSA, GPSC
Where: TBA
Why: 2009 Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is coming and DCSSA is preparing a big party to celebrate the most important Chinese holiday. We will have delicious Chinese buffet, performances by Duke Chinese students, lantern puzzles and games with nice prizes and CCTV Spring Festival Show will be broadcasted. All audience will also have the chance to draw a lottery for wonderful gifts. Everything is free! We are looking forward to meeting you!

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 7:30pm - 9:30 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: GSA and GPSC
Where: CIEMAS Auditorium
Why: Welcome to join us for singing this Saturday.  Please come with friends and family and have fun. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 7:30pm - 2:00 am
Contact: For more information visit http://www.duke.edu/web/intlassoc/
Sponsor: International Association
Where:

Need more out of your Thursday nights? Then come join the International Association  for this semester’s Grad/Undergrad mixer. There’ll be food, drinks, games & yes, a PUBCRAWL to follow. Event begins at 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the East campus Coffeehouse to be followed by a pubcrawl down Main Street. 

Why: For more information visit http://www.duke.edu/web/intlassoc/

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 7:30pm - 9:30 pm
Contact: rjn5@duke.edu
Sponsor: The International Association
Where: East Campus coffeehouse
Why:

I-mixer & Pubcrawl

Need more out of Thursday nights?
Then come join the International Association for this semester's Grad/Undergrad mixer. There'll be food, drinks, games & yes, a PUBCRAWL to
follow. Event begins at 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m at the East campus Coffeehouse to be followed by a pubcrawl down Main Street.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:00am - 3:00 pm
Contact: Rafe Mazer, rkm9@duke.edu
Sponsor: Duke Microfinance Leadership Initiative
Where:

Bryan Center, Duke University (right near the main entrance off the walkway)

Why:

The Holiday Trunk Show Sale is Here!: Socially-Conscious Shopping for the Caring
Consumer

Featuring:  Handbags made of recycled materials from the Philippines, jewelry from Africa, designer t-shirts made by local teenage artists, and much more!

The Duke Microfinance Leadership Initiative is pleased to once again bring to Duke the Holiday Trunk Show—featuring vendors of Fair Trade, sustainable and other socially-conscious goods. Be sure to come by and take care of your holiday gift list early while supporting low-income entrepreneurs across the
world. So come on by, shop, talk microfinance, and help the world while helping yourself to great products. Flex, Cash, and Credit Cards Accepted.

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:10pm - 8:00 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: GSA and GPSC
Where:

LSRC A247 (http://maps.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7776)

Why:

As a new student, are you wondering how to do great research during graduate school? As a student approaching graduation, are you wondering what you are going to do next? In order to provide help to Duke Chinese students and scholars who are aiming for future faculty position as well as to provide a platform for communications between faculty and students, several Duke Chinese professors are invited to our panel discussion and they will share their experiences and prospective with us. Everyone is welcome and dinner will be served.

For details, please visit http://dukechina.org

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 7:30pm - 9:30 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: GSA, GPSC
Where: CIEMAS Auditorium, Fitzpatrick Center (http://maps.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7735)
Why: Welcome to join us for singing this Saturday.  Please come with friends and family and have fun. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 6:00pm - 8:30 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: GPSC
Where:

CIEMAS Auditorium, Fitzpatrick Center (http://maps.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7735)

Why:

To introduce the development of modern China to Duke Community as well as provide career service to the students interested in working in China, DCSSA will hold a China Development Panel Discussion. We are very pleased to have seven Chinese government officials currently studying at Sanford Public Policy Institute to be our panelists. Everyone is welcome. Free food and drinks will be provided.

We are also collecting questions and topics you are interested to talk about during the discussion. Please send the information to dcssa.careerservice@gmail.com. Thank you.

 

 

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 5:30pm - 7:30 pm
Contact: rjn5@duke.edu
Sponsor: International Association
Where: Bryan Center Plaza
Why:

The International Association invites you to join us for a chillaxin evening on the plaza. Free Middle Eastern food & refreshments courtesy of Jamil's Meditteranean Deli & Catering.Hookah service provided by HOOKAH BLISS BAR, Chapel Hill.......so you know its done right.

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 2:30pm - 4:00 pm
Contact: mike.stanton@duke.edu
Sponsor: Buddhist Community at Duke
Where:

Newman Catholic Student Center
Religious Life Offices, Chapel Basement

Why: How do our attitudes towards death shape the way we live? How can we live a life in full all-encompassing awareness, with the basic recognition that we are finite human beings? Tibetan spiritual leader Geshe Chongtul Rinpoche and Catholic Students' Faith Formation Director Catherine Preston will give us Tibetan Buddhist and Christian perspectives on these questions.