Meet Our Team

HEY EVERYONE and WELCOME to UBC CSA 2011-2012! My name is Josh and I am honoured to be the 55th president of the first and longest-standing Chinese student club at UBC. With 1000+ members per year, CSA is a powerful network of UBC students that functions actively in the community to bring about large scale productions ranging from singing contests to ski trips and other countless forms of gatherings for you to enjoy. As the president of CSA, my primary role is to lead my club and oversee the eight departments in all areas and aspects. I will ensure that the Top6 and BOD’s communicate and work together as a unified organizational body that will bring about quality of the club’s public image. My committee and I will work hard to build new and sustain positive relationships with the local community, sponsors and business organizations. To guide CSA to new heights, I will implement innovative and creative new ideas to enhance all of the clubs operations and lead the clubs towards achieving all of its set targets. After being a part of CSA for 2 memorable years, I have come across and learnt so much from CSA that I cannot possibly express it all here. To contribute back to the club, I have decided to take on this position as president, knowing that I have acquired sufficient leadership skills and experience to guide CSA and the TOP6/BOD. CSA will work hard to bring you about many great events this year, so if you would like to be a part of this unforgettable experience you must join CSA! I guarantee a great time! I look forward to meeting you all!

Calling all UBC students (and more): if you’ve been wondering why people always claim that their university years were their greatest when all you see around you are stacks of textbooks you were going to start reading yesterday [I’ll start tomorrow] and exams that you forgot were today [he NEVER told us], then I can help you solve that mystery. You’ve been missing a little bit of CSA in your life! Hi everyone! I’m this year’s External Vice President. As EVP this year, I am responsible for maintaining a positive relationship with all outside organizations that work with CSA throughout the year. This year, we are excited to be working with a wide range of sponsors ranging from large, well-known companies to local talented artists. I have had the privilege to meet with many great people as a representative of UBC CSA; if this sounds like something you might get involved with, I encourage you to approach me (or any of our TOP6/BOD) to learn more about how you can get more involved! Hopefully I will get to meet many more of you amazing people soon!

A BIG HELLO and WELCOME to Chinese Students’ Association, the biggest and longest running Chinese club in UBC! ? Jumping from being the Communications director to the Internal Vice President now, my past 2 years of experience in CSA has proven that CSA is not merely a student club, but a place where you get to meet and interact with other students, and provides endless opportunities for everyone to engage in activities which are different from the typical university setting. ? With a variety of events lined up throughout the year, CSA is bound to enhance your time at university. In order to get even more involved within our club, make sure to join our exec team as there are eight different departments for you to choose from, so remember to choose according to your own interests. ? Now that you’ve joined CSA, be prepared for the best year in UBC yet!!

Hi everyone! I’m Jenny, this year’s Marketing Vice President and I would like to welcome YOU to CSA! My job is to promote CSA to you and make sure you have an awesome time with us. With on-campus and off-campus events, including icebreakers, ski trip, concerts, workshops, parties and private sales events (the list goes on and on…), there will always be something suited for you. To make more of your university life, expand your network and meet new friends, CSA is your one-stop student club! Don’t miss out and get involved now! If you have the passion and dedication to work with us, make sure you sign up to be one of our execs. You will get a chance to work with our passionate directors, and be involved as much as possible! Whether you are into marketing, sports, volunteering in the local community, event planning, graphic designing or partying, WE WANT YOU! Make sure you come check us out at our booth on campus and talk with us some more! I’ll see you guys there!

Looks like you’ve stumbled upon (or purposely found) our CSA website? Welcome to our big family. Kick off your new school year with loads of fun, friends, and excitement. Get ready for a year jam-packed with charity events, volunteerings, workshops, drama and concert shows, clubbings, sport tournaments, and our annual ski trip!

As the secretary, I am in charge of every little thing happening in CSA – from membership records, room bookings, scheduling, taking minutes of meetings to all kinds of administrative tasks; in other words a manager of time and people. I am an ex-Cultural executive, a Chemistry student, a chocoholic, a fan of anything sweet. In CSA, it’s not about us, but YOU. I am looking forward to meeting new members and bonding with the old ones. Expect a university life with us CSA to be the best you’ve ever had. This is your student club.

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I am honoured to be this year’s Treasurer. I entered the executive team as a member of the Communication department. Then I transferred to the Special Events department. During the time when I was an exec, I helped out in many external and internal events such as children talent show, singing contest, drama, exec dinner and internal drinking. I also took on important roles, assistant producer and stage manager, for many events. I gained lots of valuable experiences from meeting people and leading a team to compiling a budget sheet. As the Treasurer, I am responsible for providing financial directions and overseeing all the financial activities of CSA. I also need to make sure the financial status of CSA is in a “good” condition and seek out new opportunities to generate more revenue. If you would like to meet new friends, create exciting events and have an unforgettable university life, CSA is your best choice! I look forward to meeting you all!

I am Sandra, a fourth year student in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, majoring in Nutritional Science. As a student who studies nutrition, I have noticed people are getting more and more health conscious, at the same time they are also getting more aware of their own and others’ appearances. Although people always say “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but that is what we always tend to do. So here is my job as the Visual Promotions Director — design nice posters, brochures, newsletters…etc. to ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION! Once you get attracted to by this “cover”, I’m sure you will have a superb time flipping through the pages with all the CSA’s TOP6, BODs, executives and members. AND if you think you’ve got what it takes to be the designer of the “cover”, be sure to join the VISUAL PROMOTIONS department, I will ensure you to have a magnificent year at UBC.

I’m Rickie, the Communications Director for CSA this upcoming school year! I’m a fourth year student in the faculty of Arts, majoring in Sociology and minoring in Economics. Last year, I was an executive in the Communications Department, the experiences I’ve gained throughout the year motivated me to run for this year’s Communications Director. Our department’s main role is to organize internal events such as workshops, and all of our dinners (executive, Chinese new year, Christmas, winter formal etc.) throughout the year. Our goal is to help maintain and build good and strong relationships internally between our executives and Top 6+BoDs. So definitely think about joining the Communications Department and I promise you guys will have an absolutely amazing.

Hi! I am Alfred Yau, Cultural director for CSA 2011/2012. I am in the Nutritional Science major and this is my third year being a part of CSA! My department organizes the workshops for CSA, some previous workshop examples are bartending, cooking, breakdancing, magic and most of the events that are not sports-related. Our signature event is the annual Children’s Talent Show which is a collaboration event with the Volunteering department. These are great opportunity to meet new friends and have a good time! As a member of CSA, you can attend all of these amazing workshops at a discounted price.

Welcome to UBC’s Chinese Students’ Association! I’m Jonathan and I am this year’s promotions director. If you want to make more friends, expand your social and professional network and gain knowledge that you cannot learn from only academics, becoming a member in CSA is the right choice! With over a thousand members, and our many events planned for you, guaranteed you will have a great year! Not only will you have fun in CSA, but from my experience as a promotions executive, I was able to develop many skills that would be useful in the future such as being able to reach out to different professionals and businesses for sponsorships, marketing skills while promoting our club’s events, also leadership and interpersonal skills when required to work together as a team. I look forward to meeting all of you new members during the next few events hosted and definitely hope to see some of you guys in Promotions as one of my executives! I guarantee you will not be disappointed with CSA because it is going to be an amazing experience and a memorable school year for you!

Throughout the school year, students face high levels of stress originating from the heavy homework load and rigorous exam schedule. Studies have proven that stress leads to reduced quality of life and ultimately a shorter life span. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to alleviate that stress with some fun! This is essentially the purpose of the Social Department. As Director, it is my job to ensure that you have an active social life in university while meeting many new friends along the way. I promise that your experience in CSA will be truly enriching. Feel free to contact me any time should you have any questions about the Social Department or CSA!

Hello guys! My name is Benson Ling, your upcoming Special Events Director. I am a forth year student in the faculty of Arts, majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies. Two years ago, I was just like one of you guys, signing up as a CSA member, and not understanding the whole point of joining it. So! I am telling you right now, joining CSA is not just all about getting the gifts and folders, but to make tone loads of friends and have fun together. My department is mainly focused on the two events, CSA singing contest and Drama. If you think you have interest and the potential, go ahead and join my department, SDU. Don’t be shy, come and be part of the CSA family; I am sure you will have a tremendous time with us.

Hi everyone, my name is Nathan and I am this year’s sports director. The sports department plays an integral role in keeping the club as a cohesive and close community. The events are designed so that everyone in the CSA family has an opportunity to meet other members and that everyone has a chance to make new friends. Not only are the sports events an occasion for members to get better acquainted, it is also offers some friendly competition between the various departments and overall an enjoyable time. So, all in all, if you are looking to meet new friends and/or just looking to have fun, I encourage you all to join CSA and come out to all the events, especially the sports event.

Welcome to CSA! I am Angela, the coming year’s Volunteering Director. The Volunteering Department is a place for you to SHINE by contributing voluntarily your time and talent to the local communities. By joining our department, you will have a great chance to participate in all sorts of volunteering activities; as well, help large organizations, such as World Vision and S.U.C.C.E.S.S., to fundraise and host events. Most excitingly, as being an executive in Volunteering department, you will have this great opportunity to be part of the organization team in one of CSA’s largest events, the annual Children Talent Show. I am sure you will have LOTS of fun and gain many meaningful experiences that will give your university life a blast. I am looking forward to see you all!