Saturday, March 10th ~ 34th Annual Family Night
We're looking for writers and artists! Look at our flyer for more information about VSA's annual magazine, Góp Gió.
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Who are we?
Founded in 1978, the Vietnamese Student Association at the University of Maryland, College Park serves as an educational and social voice for the Vietnamese American community on campus and the Washington DC Metropolitan area. Through cultural and social events, UMCP VSA members can collaborate and share common interests on local, national and/or international issues, which are relevant to the Vietnamese American community. Throughout the Year, VSA hosts many events that promote culture, team bonding, and personal development.
The Vietnamese Student Association at the University of Maryland, College Park has maintained a tradition that is full of great achievements, with many blossoming faces that have gone on to all walks of life, showing the world their work, courage, and spirit. These faces have been us, and are still part of us.
UMCP VSA is part of the Mid-Atlantic Union of Vietnamese Student Association (MAUVSA) and works together with other schools across the VA, MD, and the DC metropolitan area. MAUVSA is part of an even larger entity, the Union of North American Vietnamese Student Association (uNAVSA). Together they work collaboratively on many collective projects.
What do we do?
Through the years of hard work and dedication, our association has raised campus awareness of our rich culture, with events such as Family Night. We take pride in knowing that we are still one of the few culturally and socially based student groups on campus.
In addition, UMCP VSA has been a voice, helping hand, and force in bringing life and change to the Vietnamese American community in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. We have taken part in speaking up for our peoples rights, in helping out compatriots and our youth in refugee camps with some of our spirit and material comfort from funds raised from events.
We are not only what we have been, but also what we make ourselves now and in the time to come. We hope to contribute even more to our campus, our community and to the future. This great tradition is yours to participate and be actively involved. Let us come together for a new beginning, for a good cause.
President - Kim Bui
2013, Neurobiology and Physiology
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Internal VP - Louis Lam
2013, Electrical Engineering
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External VP - Victor Peng
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Secretary - Tina Nguyen
2013, Family Science
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Treasurer - Binh Nguyen
2014, Biology
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Public Relations - Melinda Nguyen
2012, Broadcast Journalism
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Family Night Director - Emma Nguyen
2013, Linguistics
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AASU Representative - Crysta Tran
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Webmaster - Tim Tran
2013, Physics
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Gop Gio Magazine Director - Kim Truong
2013, Biology
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Senior Advisor - Chris Pham
2012, Finance and Information Systems
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Alumni Advisor - Terri Le
2010, Art History and History
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NAVASA
The mission of NAVASA is to empower the Vietnamese community in the United States and facilitate the transition of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants from dependency to self-sufficiency.
Ket Doan
Ket Doan is a non-profit organization with the purpose of developing programs that promote the preservation of Vietnamese culture for todays young Vietnamese Americans, and to encourage involvement in community projects that serve the Washington DC Metropolitan area.
Boat People S.O.S
Boat People S.O.S (BPSOS) is an organization that helps immigrants from Vietnam who need help with essentially anything to adjust to the American culture. They help assist with paper work, translating services and recently, helped the Vietnamese victims of Hurricane Katrina that fled to Houston, TX.
NCVA
The National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a non-profit community advocacy organization that works to advance the cause of Vietnamese Americans by participating actively and fully as civic minded citizens engaged in the areas of education, culture, and civil liberties.
MVMA
Officially incorporated in 1982 as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit status, the Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association, Inc. (MVMA) is the oldest Vietnamese American community based organization in Maryland. MVMAs mission is to serve, support, and advance the Vietnamese American community.
BDCF
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation (BDCF) is an Australian charity that aims to make a lasting change for kids in crisis throughout Vietnam. Since its beginning in 2003, Blue Dragon has become a powerful force for change on the streets of Vietnam, both in the cities and in the rural areas where poverty is widespread. Blue Dragon helps children escape from traffickers and return to their families; and prevents trafficking from taking place by spreading awareness among villages and communities. It is this year's CPP.
VAHF
Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (VAHF) is dedicated to the preservation, promotion and celebration of the Vietnamese American history and heritage for present and future generation of Vietnamese Americans. It was last year's CPP, in which we raised funds for it's 500 Oral Histories Project, that will record the history of our mothers and fathers through a series of interviews.
VietHope
VietHope is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization founded in the spring of 2002 by a group of university students and young professionals in the Boston area. What began as an informal gathering to discuss issues regarding Vietnam evolved into a circle of friendship. Within this circle, we shared our hopes and dreams for Vietnam and the desire to make a difference and touch the lives of those living in Vietnam. In forming VietHope, we sought to aggregate our talents, energy and dedication to contribute to the building of a more prosperous Vietnam.
VNMAP
VNMAP's mission is to address the health care disparity of the poor in Viet Nam while promoting awareness the health care need of the poor through collaborative efforts, cooperation, and education. Improvement of the health care for the poor involves medical assistance, health education, and health survey assessment. To encourage more participation in the effort of working toward addressing the issue of inadequate health care, VNMAP is dedicated to educate health professionals, medical students, volunteers, and members about the health status of different region in Viet Nam.
MAUVSA
The Mid-Atlantic Union of Vietnamese Student Associations (MAUVSA) is a non-profit alliance of college-based VSAs from the DC/MD/VA region. It consists of campus chapters from eight major schools throughout the region: George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, James Madison University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Polytechnic Insistute & State University. The individual chapters have exsisted since as far back as 1976. After years of informal collaboration, the alliance was officially chartered in July 2007.
uNAVSA
The Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (uNAVSA) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 2004. Grounded in the leadership and personal advancement of Vietnamese youth, it is dedicated to the development of tomorrows leaders in the Vietnamese Community. It serves to represent the collective Vietnamese youth voice as the national umbrella organization for Vietnamese youth-based groups.
With collaborating student associations and individual community organizations across the greater North America, uNAVSA is successful in networking, exchanging resources, and building relationships that grow and benefit beyond the union. With all the accomplishments, the organization continues to expand with greater hopes of building a more unified Asian American community, as well as, the international Vietnamese community.
Asian American Studies - www.aast.umd.edu
UMCP offers a very diverse Asian-American certificate program, in which one can earn a minor in Asian American Studies. Various classes can be found under AAST on Testudo and are taught be great and knowledgeable instructors. If you have any questions place visit their website or talk to a VSA eboard member.
FOLA Vietnamese Class - www.languages.umd.edu/fola
Look for FOLA in the Testudo course listings and you can find that Vietnamese is offered on several difficulty levels. The program is geared towards non-speaking learners who can focus on the use of audio cassette tapes. Heritage learners are Vietnamese-American learners who can take these courses after being reviewed with the program head who will confirm that you are not fully proficient in the language.
UVSAs
* MAUVSA
* uNAVSA
UMCP Orgs
* Asian American Student Union (AASU)
* alpha Kappa Delta Phi (aKDPhi)
* Chinese Student Association (CSA)
* Filipino Cultural Association (FCA)
* Japanese American Student Association (JASA)
* Kappa Phi Lambda (KPL)
* Korean Student Association (KSA)
* Multiracial & Biracial Student Association (MBSA)
* Sigma Psi Zeta (SYZ)
* Taiwanese American Student Association (TASA)
* Thai Student Association (ThSA)
Regional VSA
* American University
* George Mason University
* George Washington University
* Georgetown University
* James Madison University
*University of Maryland, Baltimore County
* University of Virginia
* Virginia Commonwealth University
* Virginia Tech
If you would like to meet with us in person to talk about VSA issues, or just get to know us, feel free to come to our office (we don't bite :D)! We have an office at the Stamp Student Union, located at the heart of campus.
Room 0207G - Student Involvements Suites
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Vietnamese Student Association
P.O. Box #75
Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland, College Park 20742
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