The Chinese American Academic & Professional Association in Minnesota will hold its 2010 Annual Conference on the theme, “Rising Above Uncertain Times” on September 25, 2010, from noon until 9:00 p.m. at Jun Bo Chinese Restaurant, 7717 Nicollet Avenue, Richfield, MN 55423. Registration starts at noon with opening remarks at 1:00 p.m.

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Are you approaching retirement or recently retired and concerned about how you’ll make ends meet over the years or decades ahead? Learn how to make informed investment decisions and develop objective investment strategies to reduce financial risks and ensure income during your retirement years at a “How Can I Afford Retirement?” program series scheduled Saturdays, Sept. 25, Oct. 9 and 23, and Nov. 6, 10 a.m.-12 noon, at Hennepin County Library – Brookdale, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center. Admission is free.

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San Francisco, CA (August 30, 2010) – The Association of Asian American Investment Managers, a forum to meet and conduct business with plan sponsors, fund-of-funds and institutional investors, announced the opening of official registration for its 2010 national event, Building Bridges: Capital Access, Asia, Government Policy today.

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Hoang K. Tran, Esq., left, president and executive director, Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home, and Curtis J. Aljets, former INS District Director, SEARCH board member and incoming executive director. (AAP staff photo by Tom LaVenture)

By TOM LAVENTURE
AAP staff writer

MINNEAPOLIS (July 26, 2010) – Curtis J. Aljets will be the new Executive Director of Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home, a professional and culturally appropriate mutual assistance association that is nearing its second decade of service.

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US China Business Connections Twin Cities will hold its monthly breakfast networking meeting on September 1, 2010, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. in the McNamara Center of Dunwoody College, 818 Dunwoody Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55403. Special guest speker Jim Yearick, vice president, Global Product Marketing, Medtronic, will speak on the topic of “Asia Market Development – Saving Life in China”, which touches on the huge market opportunity in China’s medical industry.

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Bloomington, Minn. (Aug. 14, 2010) – The Chinese American Information Storage Society – Minnesota Chapter held its annual summer picnic at Hyland Lake Park last Saturday, drawing around 100 adults and kids for a potluck event with lots of games and fun.

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Teaching in China: One Perspective

By LORETTA MINET

Asian Media Access had the opportunity to visit and get to know nine students visiting from Hunan China and three teachers. AMA youth sat down with the students to find out about the youths lives in China and the students got to learn a little bit about being a teen in America. Despite some language barriers, everyone was able to communicate with each other.

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US China Business Connections Twin Cities will hold its monthly breakfast networking meeting on September 1, 2010, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. in the McNamara Center of Dunwoody College, 818 Dunwoody Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55403. Special guest speker Jim Yearick, vice president, Global Product Marketing, Medtronic, will speak on the topic of “Asia Market Development – Saving Life in China”, which touches on the huge market opportunity in China’s medical industry.

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INDIANAPOLIS (August 23, 2010) – The Society of Professional Journalists announced this week that Jenny Unbi You, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, will receive SPJ’s 2010 Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award.

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LOS ANGELES – Glenn Llopis, Founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership and the Center for Innovation and Humanity, has recently written a book and launched a blog to talk about his mission to create a global workplace that gives people new purpose, places a premium on innovation, along with ethical leadership on driving performance development.

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