MSUVSA http://www.msuvsa.org Michigan State University Vietnamese Student Association Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 VSA Presents: Amazing Race http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/vsa-presents-amazing-race/ http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/vsa-presents-amazing-race/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:41:02 +0000 admin http://www.msuvsa.org/?p=508 This year, MSU VSA E-board thought up of a fresh idea for our general body meetings (GBM) If you haven’t seen Amazing Race on television yet, it is basically a show that you compete in different obstacle courses and tasks with one other person and try to be the first to win at the end. The winner gets money prize. Our version of Amazing Race was modified because we added some Vietnamese culture and spices to it. This event was a very unique one because it has some “pit stops” of events tthat are specifically designed to express the vietnamese culture. Some events included rice bag racing, vietnamese word color matching, rice eating contest, vietnamese style dancing, and the human knot. Winners received points for our VSA prizes at the end of the semester. Not only was this event successful, but we made it on the State News! Check it out below:

http://statenews.com/multimedia/55627

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See you at our next general body meeting on March 10, 2013 with HASA and PASS!! Come and enjoy some good Hmong, Philipino, and Vietnamese cultural food. Check out the event below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/313378725451624/

Vietnamese Student Association
Michigan State University

]]> http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/vsa-presents-amazing-race/feed/ 0 Pajama Party with VSA http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/pajama-party-with-vsa/ http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/pajama-party-with-vsa/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:37:07 +0000 admin http://www.msuvsa.org/?p=492 The Vietnamese Student Association had their first general body meeting on September 11, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. in the Vincent Chin Room in Holden Hall. The theme for this GBM was pajama party, so whoever wore pajamas or even onesies received points, and extra points if you wore patriotic colors in honor of September 11th.

We had a great turn out and we were happy with the amount of new and young faces who came to the meeting. We hope that you had enough to eat, got to know our executive board, and enjoyed our video. We hope you are excited for our upcoming events just as we are.

Keep in touch and don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list, add us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter!

See you at our next general body meeting!

Vietnamese Student Association
Michigan State University

]]> http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/pajama-party-with-vsa/feed/ 0 MSUVSA Unveils New Logo http://www.msuvsa.org/news/msuvsa-unveils-new-logo/ http://www.msuvsa.org/news/msuvsa-unveils-new-logo/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:23:30 +0000 admin http://www.msuvsa.org/?p=465 The Vietnamese Student Association at Michigan State University has unveiled its new and official logo.

The logo created, is a part of the organization’s plan to restructure itself with a brand new identity that hopes to connect its members and the community. The logo is the work of its very own VSA alumni and MSU advertising student, Lam Matthew Nguyen.

When thinking of ideas of how the organization wanted the logo to look, “I wanted something that will be able represent who we are as an organization, what we plan to do, and our culture as a whole,” says President John Dinh. The Vietnamese Student Association aims to bring together individuals, regardless of race, who have an interest in learning more about the Vietnamese culture. Its organization goals also aim to empower the next generation of Vietnamese leaders with a passion for service, propensity for leadership, and self-awareness with the intent of advocating for progress.

The logo has three graphical elements that create a bold, but yet simplistic and clean look. The three stripes embarked on the “V” represents its acknowledgement of freedom. The use of the Vietnam map identifies the organization’s country and the use of the lotus is the country’s flower and reflects the organization’s vision of unifying its members to create a strong family.

]]> http://www.msuvsa.org/news/msuvsa-unveils-new-logo/feed/ 0 Organization of the Year Award http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/organization-of-the-year-award/ http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/organization-of-the-year-award/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:32:51 +0000 admin http://www.msuvsa.org/?p=407 On April 15, 2012 the Asian Pacific American Student Organization (APASO) hosted its annual banquet. The banquet is a time for all the student organizations under APASO to come together and celebrate the ending of the school year. Along with nice dinner and entertainment, APASO presented awards to the organizations under many different categories.

The Vietnamese Student Association, is pleased and honored to accept the “Organization of the Year” award once again for the third time consecutively. Winning this award would not be possible without the commitment, passion, and dedication from its Executive Board. Not only do we give thanks to the hard work the Executive Board had put into for the school year, we would also like to thank everyone who has help shaped and create VSA to what it is today.

 

 

]]> http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/organization-of-the-year-award/feed/ 0 Saigon Cafe with VSA and Seniors! http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/saigon-cafe-with-vsa-and-seniors/ http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/saigon-cafe-with-vsa-and-seniors/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:46:15 +0000 admin http://www.msuvsa.org/?p=399 Our last general body meeting of the school year ended with Saigon Cafe. Saigon Cafe with VSA presented our members with traditional drinks of the Vietnamese culture. These drinks include; ca phe sua da (iced coffee), sua dau lanh (soy bean milk), nuoc mat (artichoke tea), and che thai (jelly fruit drink), which were served by our beautiful models wearing ao dai (Vietnamese cultural outfits). Along with the delicious drinks, we also served fried shrimp chips.

As always with our last general body meetings, we want to acknowledge our VSA graduating seniors and their involvement with VSA. We would like to thank below the following (from left to right): Jeff Nguyen, Christina Hoang, Bao Lam, Maryanne Nguyen, and Matt Nguyen for contributing towards the growth of VSA and wish you all the best and your future endeavors.

View more photos of this general body meeting on our Facebook page!

]]> http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/saigon-cafe-with-vsa-and-seniors/feed/ 0 Introducing the New Executive Board for 2012-2013 School Year http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/introducing-the-new-executive-board-for-2012-2013-school-year/ http://www.msuvsa.org/generalbodymeetings/introducing-the-new-executive-board-for-2012-2013-school-year/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:36:35 +0000 admin http://www.msuvsa.org/?p=322 On April 3, 2012, The Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) is proud to announce the newly elected Executive Board for the 2012-2013 school year. These leaders come from many different ethnic backgrounds and are passionate, dedicated and motivated to further cultivate the organization on campus and into the communities. They will be serving a one year term, ending in the Spring of 2013. We are pleased to announce the following individuals as newly elected leaders of VSA at Michigan State University

  • President: John Dinh
  • Vice President: Daniel Le
  • Secretary: Helen Tran
  • Treasurer: Stella Lo
  • APIA Rep./PR: Cheng Hang
  • Program Chair: Mikey Vu
  • Event Coordinator: Kim Vongkhamchanh
  • Fundraising Chair: Michael Truong
  • Historian/Webmaster: My Ha
  • Outreach Chair:  Kloe Nguyen

Furthermore, we would like to thank the 2011-2012 Executive Board for an awesome and successful year.

The retreat will be set on July 22, 2012 where the new Executive Board will reunite and initiate new, creative ideas for the organization and aim to create a stronger bond between students, the community, and affiliates under their umbrella organization, Asian Pacific American Student Organization (APASO). Aside from the traditional events that are hosted, the Executive Board aims to pursue further in philanthropy, community involvement, and developing young leaders to carry on the organization’s visions and goals.

Stay connected for more updates from the Vietnamese Student Association!

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Join us at the International Center, Room 115 on Wednesday, February 15th for a night of culture, free food, and some great people!

There will be an exciting guest speaker, Thao Nguyen, who is the embodiment to the mixture of French and Vietnamese culture. VSA will be serving bánh mì, Vietnamese style sandwiches and the French Club will be showing the acclaimed film, Indochine.

So come by and make some new friends and enjoy this blending of cultures at this most momentous event!

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We’re teaming up with our good friends from the Hmong-American Student Association (HASA) to bring you Chillaxer!  Stop by to hang out, play some video games, enjoy some snacks, and socialize with some wonderful people!  We’ll be having several TVs set up with Wiis.  Rock out to some “Just Dance!” or beat-em-up with everyone’s favorite, “Super Smash Bros. Brawl”.  We’re all about fun!

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Another one of our traditions, most popular amongst the ladies!  We do great work on nails, so come by and have them prettied up for a very friendly price!  Our talented nail artists are from your very own eboard and former eboard!

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Welcome back everyone!  We hope you all had a great Winter Break and had tons of sleep!  We’re kicking off the semester with a Lunar New Year celebration!  Come enjoy some great Vietnamese traditions and games with our first GBM of the semester!  It’s a new semester, so come see your friends and make some new ones!

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