Press Release : Official Result of the First Chinese Cultural Project Contest

November 1, 2006

This is to announce the official result of the First Chinese Cultural Project Contest on October 27, 2006 at Seton Hall University as follows:

Group A - High School

1st Place:

High School: Hopewell Valley Central High School

Chinese School : YingHua Language School

Team Members: Edward Wang Grade 10

Yujie Chang Grade 10

Samik Shah Grade 10

Sijia Zhao Grade 10

2nd Place :

High School: Verona High School

Team Members:

Morgan Rawlings Grade10

Brianna Theobald Grade 10

3rd Place:

High School: Holmdel High School

Team Members: David Lai Grade 11

Ruby Lai Grade 10

Group B - College/University

1st Place:

University: Seton Hall University

Team members: Conway Yen

Kristen Pe

Katie Beck

Kevin Leung

2nd Place:

University: Rutgers University

Team members: Jessica Lai

Victor Hsu

3rd Place:

University: Seton Hall University

Team members: John Tomaselli

Maximilian Gebhardt

Congratulation to these outstanding students and hope to see them coming back for the contest next time.

Special thanks to our judges:

Head judge - Prof. Richard V. Simmons, Rutgers University, Dept of Asian Languages and Cultures

Prof. Edwin Leung - Seton Hall University, Dept of Asian Studies

Prof. Dongdong Chen - Seton Hall University, Dept of Asian Studies

Our co-sponsors included

Mr. Shau-wai Lam, President & CEO of DCH Auto Group

Verizon

OHKA

Ms. Shelley Mau - Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial

Kam Man Food Market

Without our MCs Julia and Kyle, our program would not run as good as we expected.

There are NJCCSF members and friends working behind the scene for the event and their dedication and supports are highly appreciated. Good spirit and team work!

I humbly thank all that involved in this great event and hope that we will have the Second Chinese Cultural Project Contest next year.

 

Yours sincerely,

Kelvin Yu

Chairman of New Jersey Chinese Cultural Studies Foundation