APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 MAY 2012
The 5th Annual Summer Institute in
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
“Business and Human Rights”
Monday, July 16 – Thursday, July 26, 2012
Singapore
Join the Tibet (Himalayas Everest Base Camp) 12-Day Trekking Tour and support EWC Scholarships
Dates: September 4 to 15, 2012
Organized by Jean (Eng) Geer (CLI 78-79), jsgeer@wavecable.com
Ever since I trekked the Himalaya of Nepal to the South Face Everest Base Camp, trekking the Himalaya of Tibet to the North Face Everest Base Camp has been a top “to do in this life.” The Himalaya range is magnificent and the North Face of Mount Everest is described as spectacular. Gary McCue in his book, Trekking Tibet shared: “Nowhere in the Himalaya can the immense height of Mount Everest (29,035 ft, 8850 m) the highest point on Earth, be appreciated as it can be in Tibet. . . . The North Face is arguably its most spectacular side, a sheer wall of rock and ice rising over 2 vertical miles (3.7 km) . . . “
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CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: EWCA
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (4/19-4/20/2012)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY ESTRELLA BESINGA SYBINSKY
I am happy to inform the Executive Board that nineteen chapters responded to the call for Chapter Quarterly Reports for our April, 2012 meeting. Though some chapters have not had much to report for this quarter, we continue to thank you for your response.
The following chapters submitted their quarterly report: 1) Bangladesh Chapter (Abu A.M. Ekramul Ahsan) 2) Beijing Chapter (Pan Zhongming) 3) Brisbane Chapter (Iraphne Childs) 4) Chicago Chapter (Pam Drymiller) 5) Faisalabad Chapter (Muhammad Ibrahim) 6) Hanoi Chapter (Hoang Hoe)
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REMINDER – The early registration and abstract submission deadline is March 31, 2012.
Date: September 1-3, 2012
Venue: Yingjie Exchange Center at Peking University, Beijing, China
Theme: “Community Building and Leadership in Asia Pacific”
Take advantage of the discounted registration fee and submit your abstract for consideration and inclusion in the program by March 31, 2012.
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The February 2012 edition of Alumni e-News is now available.
You can read it online at:
http://www2.eastwestcenter.org/alumni/enews/Feb2012/Feb2012.html
If you would like to receive future newsletters directly through email, make sure we have your most current email address by going to http://www.eastwestcommunity.org/alumni.
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT, EWCA QUARTERLY REPORTS FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ON 1/19/2012 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY ESTRELLA BESINGA SYBINSKY (revised 2/1/12)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I am pleased to report that despite the holiday hectic schedule, eighteen (18) chapters from our US and international chapters took the time to send in their quarterly reports. Mahalo.
The following chapter leaders submitted their quarterly reports: 1) Arizona (Tomi Johnston)*, 2) Brisbane (Iraphne Childs)*, 3) Chennai (P. Subramaniyam), 4) Faisalabad, Pakistan (Muhammad Ibrahim), 5) Hanoi (Hoe Hoang), 6) Korea (Jeong Taik Lee), 7) Lahore, Pakistan (Arfa Zehra), 8) Mumbai (Sarosh Bana)*, 9) Myanmar (U Thein Lwin), 10) Nepal, Kathmandu ( Nirendra Maske), 11) New York (Anthony J. Pennings), 12) Northern CA (Barbara Bornet), 13) Okinawa (Fumio Teruya)*, 14) Philippines (Ramon Clarete), 15) Singapore (Alice Seng Seok Hoon), 16) Tokyo (Shigeo Tonoike), 17) Vientiane (Chanthavong Saignasith)*, 18) Washington D.C. (Mary Jo Furgal)
* Chapter report was received after submission of committee report to the Executive Board. It is included in this revised report dated 2/1/12.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and EWC Alumnus Nicholas Kristof writes in a recent article on the importance of taking time to connect with people rather than just visiting places while traveling. He also shares personal tips on places to explore in China and India.
“This is my theory of travel,” notes Kristof notes on his Facebook page. “The most important tourist sights in any country are its people, so get to know them. Click here to read his article: “Where to Go to Understand the World in 2012″
EWC Alumnus Nicholas Kristof
President Obama and his family paid a New Year’s Day visit to the East-West Center to view an exhibition on the anthropological field work that the president’s late mother, EWC Alumna Ann Dunham, conducted in Indonesia. The family also visited the Center’s well-known Japanese garden.
The president, his wife and daughters, and his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and her family spent about half an hour in a private viewing of the East-West Center Gallery exhibition, which includes photographs and notebooks from Dunham’s years of field research, as well as artifacts from her personal collection, including examples of metal-smithing, jewelry, leatherwork, textiles, ceramics, and basketry.
At the president’s suggestion, the family also made an unscheduled visit to the Center’s Japanese garden, where the family held a memorial service for Dunham after she passed away in 1995.
(EWC alumni Haiming Wen, Yue Cui, and James Rae pose next to the poster about the EWC presentation.)
The EWCA Beijing Chapter held a presentation about the East-West Center in late October at China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), a leading institution affiliated with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides training for international careers related to diplomacy, business, and law.
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The East-West Center community was saddened to learn of the sudden death on Nov. 29 of Adjunct Senior Fellow Jon Van Dyke, a University of Hawaii law professor and longtime associate of the Center. He was a leading authority on constitutional, international and maritime law, as well as indigenous and environmental issues. Recently, he participated in an EWC-organized meeting of supreme court justices from ASEAN countries.
Our thoughts and deepest condolences go to Jon’s wife Sherry, his family and his many friends, students and colleagues. The University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law has created a tribute page, where those who wish to do so may share their condolences and memories.
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