Upcoming Events for Undergraduates
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute has a packed calendar of events, all of which undergraduate students are welcome and encouraged to attend! We also plan a handful of events and opportunities specifically for undergraduate students, taking their interests, concerns, and availability in mind.
- Want to be in our 2012 undergraduate photography exhibition? The Weatherhead East
Asian Institute and the Columbia University Photography Society will be organizing an
exhibition on the theme of "Environment and Cities" and we want you to contribute!
Submission Deadline is Friday, September 14, 2012. Photographs must:
- Have been taken in East or Southeast Asia between September 1, 2011 and September 1, 2012.
- Reflect the 2012 exhibition theme of "Environment and Cities"
- Have been taken by a current Columbia College, SEAS, Barnard, or GS student, or a graduate from the Class of 2012
Each student may submit a maximum of five photographs, shot digitally or on film, in color or black and white. Please submit prints in hardcopy to Room 922 International Affairs Building, or via email to weaiundergrads@columbia.edu. If shooting digitally, please photograph at a sufficient resolution to be printed 16x20" at 300 pixels per inch.
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Add The Bird by Oh Jung-Hee to your summer reading list! Enter our 2012 Korean Literature Essay Contest for your chance to win a MacBook Pro!
- During the academic year, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute has a packed calendar of events, all of which undergraduate students are welcome and encouraged to attend! We also plan a handful of events and opportunities specifically for undergraduate students, taking their interests, concerns, and availability in mind. Check back in September and have a great summer!
WEAI Undergraduates
Meet the 2011-2012 WEAI Interns
The WEAI Undergraduate Interns help connect the Institute to campus activities
and student life, and are great contacts for all students in the WEAI community.
You can reach them at weaiundergrads@gmail.com.
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Richard Leong
Richard Leong is a sophomore in Columbia College, double-majoring in Political Science and Sociology. Born in California, he lived mostly in Beijing, China until he was 8 years old, at which point he moved back to America, to Irvine, CA.
Besides interning at the Institute, Richard is also heavily involved in other undergraduate organizations at Columbia. He is an active member of CIRCA, the Columbia International Relations Council and Association. Formerly the Undersecretary-General of Administration for Columbia Model United Nations in New York VI, he helped to organize a large weekend-long conference on campus in October. He is also the treasurer of Columbia University Amnesty International, and a dedicated advocate for human rights. Lastly, he enjoys studying martial arts and is a member of Columbia Wushu, a contemporary Chinese martial arts performing group.
Academically, Richard is extremely interested in equity in society and education. He is fascinated by the differences between educational systems around the world, and between different American universities. After graduating from Columbia, he hopes to either attend graduate school or begin working in education reform. Ultimately, he hopes to end up working in higher educational policy.
In his spare time, Richard enjoys martial arts, cooking, and learning pop songs by ear on the piano. Always searching for ways to "keep it real" as an Ivy League/ivory tower student, he takes every opportunity to explore New York City for viewpoints, food, and randomness.
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Shanny Li
Shanny Li is one of the two Weatherhead East Asian Institute's Campus Interns. Shanny is from New Jersey. She is a freshman in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, she is majoring in Electrical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science.
Outside of her internship at the Institute, Shanny is involved in many organizations on campus. She is the Social Chair of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, on the board of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a member of the Multi-functional Platform (MFP) / Mobile Phone team in Engineers Without Borders - Uganda. Shanny is on the Food Committee for the Engineers without Borders Northeast Regional Workshop Committee. The EWB Conference brings together over 200 students and professional members for a 3 day workshop of stimulating speakers, discussions, and networking. The workshop is a forum in which different EWB chapters can learn and share to improve their own chapters and projects. Shanny is also an OCM for the Society of Women Engineers Regional E Conference, which brings together over 300 students and professionals from the Mid-Atlantic Region for a 3 day conference that offers networking opportunities, workshops, and a career fair.
In her spare time, Shanny enjoys arts and crafts, listening to music, playing Tetris, and going to see shows in the city among other activities.
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Belle Yan
A native of San Francisco, Belle Yan is a senior in Columbia College. She studies Asian American Studies and Political Science and is a pre-law student, hoping to focus on juvenile or civil rights law.
Belle is on the executive board of Columbia's Asian American Alliance, the only political and service club that focuses on Asian American issues on campus. Her work on AAA includes advocacy on immigration issues, education equity, especially on the achievement gap, and youth and political engagement, as well as organizing an annual high school leadership conference. Belle is also the Co-Director of the New York City Asian American Student Conference, which brings over 400 college students from the East Coast to New York City to discuss and learn about issues that affect Asian Americans.
Belle has taught middle school students math, science and adolescent development for five summers, and externed in judges' chambers for two summers. She is active in both SF and NYC in advocating for a more civically-engaged society and registering voters; she is currently working on a SF mayoral campaign, in addition to interning at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. In Spring 2010, she had the privilege to study abroad at the University of Hong Kong, where she focused on Hong Kong Politics and History.
She is currently working toward attaining a Juris Doctor and a Master's in Public Policy. In her spare time (what is spare time in college?), she enjoys urban exploring/adventuring, catching up on current events, and cooking for great numbers of people.
