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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why establishing ?
With the growing number of Chinese students as well as scholars in the
University of Michigan(UM), Chinese Students and Scholars Association(CSSA)
has become the largest student organziation in our University. Since most
routine work of CSSA is carried out by CSSA committee, an efficient operation
of the committee has crucial influence on the daily life of mass Chinesein
UM. Previous experience has demonstrated that the lack of an appropriate
independent third party supervising the operation of CSSA committee leads
to occasion disorder and conflicts among different groups of Chinese students,
which further brings detrimental influence to mass Chinese in UM. On the
other hand, insufficient transparency in CSSA committee operation tends
to put itself into questions from regular CSSA members.
The establishment of Council of Chinese Students and Scholars Representatives(CCSSR)
is aim at facilitating a better operation of CSSA comittee as well as
a better communication among mass CSSA members and limited committee members.
The ultimate goal is to make our community better and bring the maximum
benefit to every Chinese.
2. How it works?
The Council of Chinese Students and Scholars Representative(CCSSR) consists
of two parts: a CCSSA committee and regular representatives.
The CCSSA committee perform most of the routine functionc of CCSSA, while
regular representatives act as a communication channel between students/sholars
in their departments and CCSSA, proposing as well as collecting comments
or suggestions from mass Chinese students/scholars regarding the work
of CSSA.
3. Can I become a representative?
Yes, every student/scholar can be a representative.
4. What's the responsibilty for being a representative?
Since representatives act as a communitaion channel between all Chinese
students/scholars and CSSA, they are responsible for disseminating important
information announced by CSSA to individual Chinese student/scholar, and
collecting suggestions/complaints regarding CSSA work as well.
5. What benefit I can get as being a representative.
CCSSA as well as CSSA are non-profit voluntary student organization aspired
to help building a good Chinese community in the University of Michigan.
Being a representative definitely requires one to contribute a little
bit of their time, yet one can also gain valuable experience such as getting
to know more people, making more friends, enhancing one's communiation
skills, building up one's social network, just to name a few.
In summary, more details of CCSSR could be found in it's constitution.
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