Hello, Alumni! The warm days of the “Indian Summer” in Berkeley are back. The new academic year welcomes a new group of students. Football season has started again for our nationally-ranked Bears, and our faithful alumni are smelling roses this year!
PAAC also starts a new year of activities for its members. We hope to see you at an event soon. Event details will be provided as the event approaches. PAAC is proud to announce several club events planned for the 2005-2006 year. Mark your calendars now! Look forward to the following PAAC events.

Saturday, November 5, 2005 Got Game!? Reno Bus Trip 2005! All Day – PAAC Chartered Bus Trip to Reno The Reno Bus Trip is back (by popular demand!) and is now open for registration. Enjoy the party on the bus and the gambling in Reno ! Cost is $30 (pre-registration), $35 (day-of event). Limited to 50 attendees. Please register by evite on the PAAC web site today! more info at www.paac.com whos attending? view the evite!

Thursday, February 23, 2006, 5:30 p.m. – PAAC Happy Hour in San Francisco  

Thursday, February 23, 2006, 6 p.m. – PAAC Happy Hour in Southern California

Tuesday, March 2, 2006, 6 p.m. – PAAC/CAA Student Alumni Mentorship Social at the Alumni House  

Saturday, March 18, 2006 – PAAC/All Club Reunion Picnic in Berkeley  

Saturday, April 2006, 7 p.m. – PAAC/Grace Asuncion Achievement Award Donor Appreciation Dinner at the Alumni House  

Thursday, April, 2006, 6 p.m. – PAAC Happy Hour in New York City  

For more information regarding any of the events and future happy hours, please go to http://www.paac.com . If you would like to contribute your time and energy to PAAC, please contact our club leaders at paacleadership@paac.com .    


PAAC Seeking New Leaders  

The current leadership team starts its final term year in 2005-06. In May 2006, a new leadership team of enthusiastic, committed alumni will lead our alumni club. We are now currently seeking you to apply for a leadership position. If you are interested, please contact our club leaders at paacleadership@paac.com . The following open positions are available.  

President – Leads PAAC in club organization and interacts with CAA

Secretary – Manages PAAC member database and web site/e-mail communications

SoCal Ambassador – Organizes SoCal-based alumni activities (e.g. alumni happy hour) and acts as point-of-contact for area alums.

New York City Ambassador - Organizes NYC-based alumni activities (e.g. alumni happy hour) and acts as point-of-contact for area alums.  


PAAC Thanks Its Generous Donors 

  PAAC is proud to announce that $1300 was raised by our generous donors for the club's operating costs. Over the summer (May – July), PAAC conducted a fundraising campaign to cover the logistics to run our club.  

PAAC's annual fundraising campaign is critical to the viability and future growth of our alumni club. Without financial resources, we cannot continue to offer the quantity and quality of events that we hold each year – e.g. happy hours, wine tasting event, donor appreciation dinner, student mentorship/recruitment, web site, etc. PAAC does not charge membership dues nor do we have event fees at most of our events. All our events are created to break even, solely for the benefit of our alumni and community. Your active participation, enthusiasm, and creativity are essential to PAAC's success. The results from our annual fundraising campaign will directly impact the events we plan next year – i.e. whether we will have events and what types of events we will have.

If you would like to make a contribution, please contact Virg Cristobal at virg@paac.com.


CAA Awards Recipient of PAAC-Grace Asuncion Achievement Award

Scholarship   PAAC is proud to announce the recipient of the PAAC-Grace Asuncion Achievement Award. Jovy Estremos (Class of 2007) was honored along with other students of The Achievement Award Program at a luncheon on September 28, 2005. Her award has directly benefited from your generosity.
For a biography on this year's recipient, please go to http://www.paac.com/grace_scholarship.php?page=recipients .    

Student Groups Look for Alumni Support

The Filipino student clubs are looking for alumni support. They need your active participation at their upcoming events. If you can provide voluntary support or your attendance, please contact Christina de Jesus at dejesusc@calmail.berkeley.edu . 

October 10:  Workshop:  How to Network (seeking alumni speaker)

November 4:  P4 alumni dinner (seeking alumni attendance)

November 7:  Discussion:  Workplace Ethics (seeking alumni speaker)

November 17:  P4/PAHC/PASAE Alumni Mixer in San Francisco (seeking alumni attendance)

December 3:  PAHC Mission Concert (seeking alumni attendance)

Welcome back, Alumni! See you at this year's events! Go Bears!  

Sincerely,  
Virg Cristobal
President – Pilipino American Alumni Chapter (PAAC) Class of 1997

virg@paac.com  

Alumni News


Oliver Ona, CS, Class of 1997 married Babette Suela on Oct 08, 2005
Congratulations!

please send alumni news and announcements to alex@paac.com
we would love to hear about new babies, knots being tied, ventures and travels, ps send pics!


Blast from the past


Welcoming the 1998 graduating seniors to the Alumni Association!


got pics? send them over. alex@paac.com