Association of Indian Students at USC

Friday, September 19, 2008

Jugalbandi Ensemble presented by VGSA ,AIS and sangeet school

             

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VGSA (Viterbi Graduate Student Association),AIS (Association of Indian Students) and Sangeet School presents

Jugalbandi Ensemble in concert
Partho Sarothy, Paul Livingstone & Abhijit Banerjee

Sat Sep 20th, 8pm at THH 101 as part of

WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC

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(free for USC students)

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Association of Indian Students - Welcome Social Final Reminder

Welcome Social Celebration
Hello Friends,
 
Its the 4th week of school, hope all of you have settled with all your courses. Most of them would have started getting assignments and projects too. Its time for a short break - time to meet fellow trojans, time to network, sometime to have some great Indian food :-)
 
Yes you getting it right, we are having a Welcome Social for all the new graduate students at USC this Fall. 
 
You are a USC graduate student and that makes you special. We hope to see you.
The details of the event are here.

Date:    09/18/08 (September 18, 2008)
Time:    6:30 PM onwards
Venue:  Ground Zero Coffee House (we have marked Ground Zero in the attached map)
 
 Have fun with the following and a few goodies for some too ;)
  • Performance by great artists
  • Interesting games ... chance to win some cool prizes :)
  • Dance floor all yours with great Music ON !!!
  • Last and the most important - delicious INDIAN Food !!
Besides above its also a chance to meet more of your seniors and mingle with your peers. Time for networking and having fun. All this with by just attending one event ... sounds great, doesn't it?

Let's get to one more interesting part of it ...

Event Dress Code:
New students come in black. (again anything thats comfortable ....  may be a black tee or a black jacket or may be a black cap)
Senior students have no Dress code


The event is only for AIS members i.e. members who have paid the membership fees! (Please note that the membership fees is annually so last year members, who have not paid the membership fee for year 2008-2009 will have to pay the fees to become AIS member for this year). There will be on the spot membership registration at the event where you can become AIS member on the spot by paying the membership fees. Please note that the membership fees is $10 for the year 2008-2009. This membership allows you to participate and enjoy our other events this year which includes Diwali, Garba, Ice cream social etc. which will be for AIS members only. The entrance fees for Non members for this event is $10 (for this event only!). 

 

We will wait for all the students to be there, 
Old students to welcome New students, and new students to have a great time and enjoy the event. So be sure to come to this event  and make it a big success. Cheers!!!!!!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

AIS Welcome Social - Yes!! We are having it

Association Of Indian Students

Welcome Social Invitation

Hello friends,
 
Its the 4th week of school, hope all of you have settled with all your courses. Most of them would have started getting assignments and projects too. Its time for a short break - time to meet fellow trojans, time to network, sometime to have some great Indian food :-)
 
Yes you getting it right, we are having a Welcome Social for all the new graduate students at USC this Fall. 
 
You are a USC graduate student and that makes you special. We hope to see you.
The details of the event are here.

Date:    09/18/08 (September 18, 2008)
Time:    6:30 PM onwards
Venue:  Ground Zero Coffee House (we have marked Ground Zero in the attached map)
 
 Have fun with the following and a few goodies for some too ;)
  • Performance by great artists
  • Interesting games ... chance to win some cool prizes :)
  • Dance floor all yours with great Music ON !!!
  • Last and the most important - delicious INDIAN Food !!
Besides above its also a chance to meet more of your seniors and mingle with your peers. Time for networking and having fun. All this with by just attending one event ... sounds great, doesn't it?

Let's get to one more interesting part of it ...

Event Dress Code:
Seniors how about showing the true trojan spirit ... lets come in 
red and/or yellow (Anything that's comfortable for you .... may it be a Teesweatshirt, jacket etc or a cap!!!)

New students come in black
. (again anything thats comfortable ....  may be a black tee or a black jacket or may be a black cap)


The event is only for AIS members i.e. members who have paid the membership fees! (Please note that the membership fees is annually so last year members, who have not paid the membership fee for year 2008-2009 will have to pay the fees to become AIS member for this year). There will be on the spot membership registration at the event where you can become AIS member on the spot by paying the membership fees. Please note that the membership fees is $10 for the year 2008-2009. This membership allows you to participate and enjoy our other events this year which includes Diwali, Garba, Ice cream social etc. which will be for AIS members only. The entrance fees for Non members for this event is $10 (for this event only!). 
 
 

Please RSVP for the event if you plan to be there. The link for RSVP is http://ais-welcomesocial-08.eventbrite.com/

We will wait for all the students to be there, 
Old students to welcome New students, and new students to have a great time and enjoy the event. So be sure to come to this event  and make it a big success. Cheers!!!!!!


Call for Volunteers for this year!!!

AIS is seeking people who are willing to take the lead, get the experience of working in an organization and help the AIS Executive board members in the working of AIS and get knowledge about all the formal activities that one needs to know about how an organization works in different areas. If you have the willingness, time and ability to take this lead, then we are looking for you. We will have an Informal meet tomorrow i.e. 09/16/08 at 2:30 PM at Alumni Park (Opposite Bovard auditorium) and 6:00 PM at Alumni park (Opposite Bovard auditorium). We will wait for you, so be there on time!


Thanks and Regards,
Association Of Indian Students

NOTE: For alumni or other people who have requested their names to be taken off the mailing list we apologize for the delay and your name should be removed off the list after this last mail. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Association of Indian Students
Norman Topping Student Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0981

email: india@usc.edu url: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~india
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Saturday, September 06, 2008

AIS - Welcome Social Party

Hey guys,
 
Hope you are doing well with you studies. well we would like you to take out some time from your busy schedule and assignments and join us for the welcome social being organized for all the newcomer students. Hope you will join us for the event and enjoy.

Welcome social
Date:   September 18th, Thursday
Time:   6:00 PM onwards
Venue: Ground Zero


If you think you have any talent and zeal and you if want to show that,  then come and give the auditions for the welcome social. just decide over what you want to perform and keep that event for not more than 4-5 minutes.

Auditions
Date :    September 7th, Sunday
Time :    11:00 AM
Venue :  THH 106

If you plan to come for auditions then email Gaurav Bhalla ( gbhalla@usc.edu ) with your name and event.

Hope to see you there!
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Association of Indian Students
Norman Topping Student Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0981

email: india@usc.edu url: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~india
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