Smith MBA Students Sponsor First "Day of Asia"

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the most important festival in eastern Asian countries, Smith's Asian MBA Association (AMBAA) sponsored its first "Day of Asia" party for the Smith community.

On Friday, Feb. 12, 2004, students, faculty, and staff joined in the executive dining room to experience Asian culture, including food, beverages, music, and movies. Some people stopped by the Japanese Origami table to learn how to make beautiful paper crafts, while others queued up to have their names written in Chinese Calligraphy. Of course, most of the crowds were around the food. Attendees enjoyed the Korean stir-fried clear noodles, sushi, sticky rice dumplings, spicy pork, and Thai tea, to name a few things.

"The mission of Asian MBAA is to support the Asian students to adapt to the mainstream corporate America and facilitate the Asian-American culture awareness in the Smith School," said Fanny Suen, a second-year MBA student and vice president of external relations for the AMBAA. "In this event, we provided exhibits, activities, and food to promote Asian culture. It was great success to attract Smith students and staff to join the party and to see the happy faces all around. We hope this festival can continue every year in the Smith School."