We wanted to announce there will be an Wokai-Georgetown Happy Hour on Wednesday, February 10. Here are the details for the event:

Wokai-Georgetown Happy Hour

Wednesday, Feb 10
7:00 – 10:00 PM

Boxing Cat Brewery – http://boxingcatbrewery.com/
82 Fu Xing Road West (Near Yong Fu Road)
Xu Jia Hui District
徐汇区地点：
上海市复兴西路82号（近永福路口）

About Wokai – http://www.wokai.org/
Wokai is a charitable organization that enables people to contribute directly to the loans of entrepreneurs in rural China, empowering them to lift themselves from poverty.

Wokai was founded in the Spring of 2007 by Casey Wilson and Courtney McColgan, two young women who met while studying Chinese at Tsinghua University. In their travels between rural and urban China, they witnessed the injustice of China’s burgeoning income gap. Microfinance offered a solution, empowering the poor to work their way towards financial independence. With as small as $150, a borrower can start her own business, accumulate savings, and eventually earn a stable income to pay for education, healthcare, and other services. Moved by the cause, they decided to commit their lives to augmenting this type of positive change in China.

We wanted to send out a save the date for an important upcoming event for the Georgetown Shanghai community:

Friends of Georgetown University Shanghai Gala

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Kathleen’s 5 at the Shanghai Art Museum
website | map
Presented by the Georgetown McDonough School of Business
Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres served

Please make plans to join 100 current Georgetown MBA students and faculty as we celebrate our 6th Global Residency in Shanghai! All alumni and friends of Georgetown are welcome to attend. The event will provide an opportunity for visiting Georgetown MBA students and faculty to interact with alumni and members of the Shanghai community.

RSVP by February 16th to Lauren Grainger, lug2 at georgetown.edu

We wanted to announce there will be an All Universities Mixer this coming Thursday. Here are the details:

7th Semi-Annual All Universities Mixer
Thursday, December 17
7:00 – 10:00 PM

Lost Heaven (by the Bund)
17 Yan’an Dong Lu, The Bund (near Sichuan Nan Lu)
延安东路17号 (近四川南路)
63300967
www.lostheaven.com.cn

Cost: RMB 100 per person (includes 2 premium drinks and canapes).
RSVP: Space is limited so RSVP early if you plan to attend. For more information, email info at alluniversities.cn

This is a great opportunity to network with a wide range of graduates in Shanghai. It’s also a great chance to catch up other alumni from Georgetown.

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We also wanted to remind everyone about a last call for Georgetown internships.

If you are interested in offering an internship to Georgetown students next year, please send an email to us a gtownchina (at) gmail (dot) com.

We’re going to have a Holidays Happy Hour this Tuesday, December 8th at Boxing Cat Brewery (website). This should give alumni a chance to catch up before the end of the year.

Tuesday, December 8th
7:00 PM. – 9:00 PM.
Boxing Cat Brewery
82 Fu Xing Road West (Near Yong Fu Road)
上海市复兴西路82号 （近永福路口）
Tel: 021-6431-2091

Happy Hour specials will last until 8:00 PM so try to get there early. As always, all Georgetown alumni and friends of alumni are welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!

Finally, please come if you want to know more about:

1. Hoyas in Greater China Internship
2. Alumni Interview Program
3. Ideas for future events

We’ll be discussing these issues and others at the Happy Hour. Finally, if you have any jobs you’d like to post, please remember we will post jobs for free here.

Happy Holidays from the team!

Georgetown alumni clubs in Greater China are creating a pilot program called the “Hoyas in Greater China Internship Program“. This is an experimental program to give Georgetown students the chance to do summer internships in Greater China. If you are interested in getting a Georgetown student for a 10-week summer internship, please send us a reply (gtownchina at gmail.com) with the following information:

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Description of internship position:
Description of ideal candidate (eg major, graduation year, skills & qualifications):
Experience and benefits that intern can expect to receive for their time spent:
Possibility of internship extension beyond standard 10 weeks (June 7th –Aug 13th) ?: Yes / No

Name of organization:
Description of industry:
Contact person:
Email address:
Phone number:
Name of Georgetown alumni contact:

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This program is being run on a Greater China basis, which means that internships will be offered through Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Present Georgetown students will be contacted through a variety of methods, including emails to Chinese majors, Chinese classes, the career center, as well as China-related student clubs.

For alumni employers, this should be a great way to find great talent, as well as contribute to Georgetown.

Proposed Schedule
1. Internship submissions by alumni – Now to December 2009
2. Georgetown student applications – January to March 2010
3. Student internships – June 7th to August 13th

Given that this is pilot program, please let us know if you are interested. We will work with you to get this done.

Application form:
http://www.georgetownchina.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Request-for-Georgetown-interns.doc

We wanted to share a letter our previous club president, Caitlin, received from Heart to Heart Shanghai. Last year, the Georgetown club helped to raise money for heart surgery for children. The surgery for Ke Xuanliang cost more than 20,000 RMB, and the club was able to contribute donations through a special Georgetown bear sale.

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Dear Caitlin,

I thought that you and your friends would like to know that the profit from your Georgetown Heart Bear order was used in August to co-sponsor heart surgery on a young boy named Ke Xuan Liang from Anhui Province.

With grateful thanks for your support

Christine Cullen
Founder & Executive Director
Heart To Heart Shanghai
www.heart2heartshanghai.net
Our maxim:Life Saving, Life Changing & Life Enhancing

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This is a great example of what the club can do. If you have ideas or would like to help organize club members to help serve the community, please contact us at gtownchina [at] gmail dot com. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.