President: Li, Cong Lucy
email: cli@artsci.wustl.edu

Hi, everyone! I am Lucy Li and I serve as the President of I-CAN for the year 2009-2010. I want to introduce you to our dear group I-CAN. We are a university-wide graduate student group registered at WashU. We have recruited a hundred and thirty-five student members in the past year and a half. In the group, we create a very comfortable environment for every group member to improve communication skills, build up networks, and practice leadership, and thus enhance job marketability. It is realized by 1) holding series of workshops regarding professional development, and many socializing events; and 2) creating opportunities for group member to organize the activities he or she like.

Besides, I-CAN has a team of lovely, creative and responsible leaders listed below, who understand the difficulties of international students and are dedicated to serve the group. It is my honor to work with them. Our leaders will do our best to promise a successful year, and we hope to share all the great experience with you. So come and join the warm family!

Duty: shall be responsible for overall coordination of I-CAN, such as maintaining the infrastructure, conducting board meetings, representing I-CAN, conducting organization business, mediating controversial issues between I-CAN members, and coordinating I-CAN activities (communicate with chairpersons and make sure they are in the process of organizing activities. If chair persons have any questions or problems, try to help them or give them advice on how to get assistance from other places, but not to take the responsibility of organizing the activity for the chairperson).

Vice President: Lu, Paul
email: p.lu@wustl.edu

Having spent the first 11 years of my life growing up in Taiwan and another 10 years in New Zealand, I am now here, in St. Louis, pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience. When I first joined I-CAN as a member, it did not take long for me to realize that this is a group that consistently exceeded my expectations. Not only professional workshops, career development and networking opportunities were offered; a varity of entertaining recreational and cultural exchange activities are always happening. By simply browsing the introductions of our officers and senators, one can appreciate this group is comprised of a spectrum of people with diverse backgrounds and areas of specialization in our graduate community. I had a very rewarding experience with this group as a member (and there's always plenty more to learn from); and I look forward to extending these opportunities to more people on our campus.

Duty: shall represent the President in his/her absense, work with other board members to oversee policymaking, organize senator meetings and take minutes.

In my undergraduate years, I was in charge of bringing the first IEEE branch founded in our college to speed. During this time, I was also involved in organizing events such as the national level technical colloquium. Beyond my undergraduate years, I was employed for a brief period at my undergrad college, where I helped organize a number of events, including a Robotics workshop, a Distinguished Lecture series. In Washington University, I have been the Vice President (Admin) of Umang, the Indian graduate students association and their technological representative. I believe that ICAN is uniquely posed among other graduate groups in that it is a university wide group to provide members with an opportunity to take up leadership roles and expand their professional development.  I can contribute to the group in form of ideas, organizing activities and increasing the diversity.

Duty for VP of Programming: be the Webmaster if no suitable person available or if the Webmaster leaves in the middle of the year; chair at least one activitiy in the year; help the President coordinate other activities.

Duty for Webmaster: Provide technique support of I-CAN website and port/ re-design the current website to Drupal; be responsible for regular website updates.

Vice President of Programming and Group Mail Manager: Wang, Jue
email: wangjuereecho@gmail.com

I was born in Hebei, China and graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. As Shanghai is an international city, I have enjoyed the various cultures there. During those days, I was very happy to chatting with people who came from different countries. This is also a reason why I came to the US, which has much more various cultures than Shanghai. Besides, I have several other hobbies, such as swimming, tennis and travelling.

Duty for VP of Programming: be the Group Mail Manager if no suitable person available or if the Group Mail Manager leaves in the middle of the year; chair at least one activitiy in the year; help the President coordinate other activities.

Duty for Group Mail Manager: approve new members and maintain membership profile report; work with the President to mediate the guest account.

Treasurer: Ding, Yifei
email: yifeiding@wustl.edu

I am Ding, Yifei, from Hangzhou, China. After finishing my undergraduate study in economics at Fudan University, now I am doing my PhD in economics here at Wash U. In my spare time, I like playing the piano, reading, traveling around the world and exploring different cultures. Enjoying the challenging and exciting multicultural life here at Wash U, I am very happy to make friends with more and more international students.

Duty: oversee the usage of I-CAN funding as well as the regular duty of a senator.

Reinhard Baumgaertel is my name. Germany is my origin, but the U.S. is my home. Social work is my program. Through I-CAN, I expect to support platforms where cultural and professional versatilities are interwined, maximizing our confidence in navigating through an increasingly conflated world. I often tend to skip discussions over professional ambitions, as these are just tools in our paths to greatness. Instead, commitments emerge wherever I can learn from, engage in, and inspire, a life where connectedness builds on a wide array of identities, values and dreams, and human possibility. I am a steward of the earth (please keep pollution and waste down), and believe in a genuinely healthy and balanced life; I feel attracted to cities where human bustle abounds, but also the quietude of the mountains and the oceans. I cherish opportunities where imagination and creativitiy can blossom.

Duty: promote the diversity of I-CAN; increase the popularity of I-CAN in WashU community; and the regular duty of a senator.

Public Relationship Coordinator and senator: Nwokeabia, Ifeanyi David
email: David.Nwokeabia@pfizer.com

I am Ifeanyi David Nwokeabia currently enrolled in Computer Science masters program in WASHU. I was born in Nigeria, and I came to the US in 2005 for an advanced degree in Bioinformatics. I graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso Bioinformatics masters program in 2007. Currently, I am working at Pfizer St Louis. Tersely, I am delighted to be a new student representative for I-CAN.

Duty: Manage the relationship with schools and other student groups; increase the popularity of I-CAN in WashU community; and the regular duty of a senator.

Cultural Counselor : Robert Ulrich
email: aiyuguang1@gmail.com

My name is Bob Ulrich and my chinese name is Ai Yu Guang. My friend Yan Jiao introduced me to this organization. I am an American from St. Louis. I currently spend a lot of time with Chinese students here at Washington University, I do language exchange with them. I have been studying Chinese now for two and half years. I think this would be a good opportunity for me to practice teaching English and learn more Chinese. I would like to help out international students here to be able to meet new friends and also because if I was in a foreign land I would like the local people to help me out. I look forward to working with you all.

Duty: Provide consultation on cultural background issues and grammar editing for important documents (constitution, guideline) and documents he/she has time and interests (advertisements of group activities etc.).

Senator: Gu, Junchen
email: jcgu113@gmail.com

Hello, everyone, I'm from Zhengzhou, China and I'm a first-year graduate student in the Plant Biology Program in Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS). I'm also a new McDonnell Scholar in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Wash U.
As a grad student, I'm interested in sciences and research and also issues related to the development of technology. Besides sciences, I have a broad spectrum of interests including various sports, cars and traveling.
I've always interested in making friends with people from various background and I'm looking forward to serving you all.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: He, Jing
email: jhea@artsci.wustl.edu

I'm Jing He, a first-year graduate student in Wash U. I'm from China and achieved my undergraduate degree in Peking University. The meaning of Jing in Chinese is "Competition" and my mom gave me with a wish that I could be an outstanding individual. However, no one can win all the time. I hope I could do my best and make progress everyday, so who I am today will win who I was yesterday.

I-CAN is a big and activating family. I wish that I can make my effort with the team to hold activities for international students. Also, I wish to make friends with you. I love to play piano, travel, swim and read in my spare time. I'm always interested in arts, economics and music. So join us, and you will find a home.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: He, Zhenhua
Email: zhe@im.wustl.edu

I am Zhenhua He and I nominate myself for the Senator position of I-CAN. In the past, I have volunteered to help out lots of activities. I am interested in career development. The activities I-CAN organized before provided lots of job market related information, which is very beneficial. I would also like to make more friends and contribute to the group. As a senior student, I will try my best to help new students quickly adapt to the new environment.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Li, Jianqing
Email: tonylee1109@gmail.com

Hi, I am Jianqing Li "Tony", a 2nd year DBBS student from China. Living in another country can be fascinating if we continue to try different things and make new friends. During the past one year, I was fortunate enough to be able to make lots of friends. Their company and support brighten my everyday life. Now I am ready to move forward, to help all the international students interact with each other by trying leadership in an organization. Among so many sorts of associations, i-can has been my first choice, not only because it matches my backgound perfectly, as international student, but also due to its highly emphasis on communication and networking. Being a senator may be challenging, not to mention for a complete "newbie" in leadership. Can I face those challenges? Yes, I-CAN

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Li, Wenwen
Email: wl7@cec.wustl.edu

My name is Wenwen Li, a 3rd year graduate student in Department of Biomedical Engineering. I was a member of I-CAN since it was called as IGSPDA. From all the activities that I-CAN has held, I believe this group offers great opportunities for international students to adapt themselves to the new environment with American social and culture life. And all the senators in this group are very enthusiastic and responsible in their position. I would like to contribute my effort in this outstanding group by serving as a senator. If I am elected, I would cooperate with other senators to hold activities that will help more international students in their professional training in the United States. Hope I will have this opportunity to serve.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Li, Xin
email: lixinecon@gmail.com

Hi, I am Xin Li from southern China, so I can speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. As a first year graduate student in School of Social Work, I am dealing with the concept of diversity every day. I believe I-CAN is a great student association where I can develop my communication and leadership skills as well as provide diversified activities for other international students. I am a big fan of travelling and music. I have travelled 11 states and am getting to know more about the American culture. In my leisure time, I like to play the piano, violin and table tennis, as well as doing community services. I am so excited to join I-CAN and can’t wait to know you all!

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Liu, Shuoyan
email: sliu@artsci.wustl.edu

I am Shuoyan Liu, a first year student in Chemistry Department in A&S. I have heard about the group long time ago for several interesting activities. It will be a good opportunity to be a member of it because it will give me the chance to communicate with people throughout the world.  It also gives me a chance to work with other students and make more new friends in Wash. U.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Shi, Yunfei
email: yunfei.shi@wustl.edu

Being one of the 19 founding members of I-CAN, I feel so lucky and honorable to serve as a senator and keep growing and remodeling with it. Definitely, this is one of the most passionate and exciting groups on Wash U campus, and I always enjoy myself communicating with and learning from other students all over the world. Multi-language communication and cross-culture events are fun! More importantly, we can prepare ourselves for future career development just from now on! Having stayed in I-CAN for two years, I feel that I am part of it, so I decided to stay and hopefully, I can continuously be more "useful" for this fascinating family.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Weng, Yingqi
email: vaneyq@gmail.com

My name is Yingqi Weng. As a new comer, I got a lot of help from many new friends here, also I had so much fun by participating the activities held by I-can and CSSA. Now I am willing to get more involved and trying to be more helpful to other people, thus I would like to serve as a senator during this year.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Xi, Sisu
email: xisisu@gmail.com

My name is Sisu Xi, and I was born in Changsha, Hunan. I come from Beijing Univ of Posts and Telecommunications, major in Computer Sciences. Main interests include Gaming (PSP, Wii, PS3...), Climbing, Sports (Pingpang, Badminton), Science Fictions, Pop Music both from China and USA, Movies that focus on the "story context", and of course, KTV... :P Ops, btw, my research area may be Wireless Sensor Networks. So I am wondering if I-CAN could organize a visit to Emerson company, because our area seems highly related to what the company does. I am more than happy to provide any help to you (of course including other activities). Finally, it is really a huge pleasure to know all you great people. And many thanks to all the help that I-CAN and CSSA have provided to us. :)

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Xu, Guoxi
email: guoxixu@wustl.edu

Hello, I am a graduate student from China and my name is Guoxi Xu. I graduated from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 2006 and came to St. Louis for an advanced degree in Chemistry at WashU. I am inspired by what everyone has been doing in I-CAN and I wish that I can do my part to organize and help international students at WashU. In addition, I wish to acquire friendships through I-CAN.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Yuan, Haowei
email: yuanhaowei@gmail.com

My name is Haowei Yuan, and I am a new graduate student majoring in Computer Engineering at WashU.
I am from Hebei, China, and I graduated from the dual degree exchange program held by Southwest Jiaotong University and Polytechnic Institute of NYU. I like making friends with different cultural backgrounds, and I enjoy many sport activities, such as running, traveling and playing badminton.
Since subscribing I-CAN group email in the summer, I have been really impressed by the volunteering activities organized by this group. Therefore, I believe I-CAN is the right place for me to meet more friends as well as to learn volunteering and communicating in our community. I would like to join and contribute more to this group.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Zhang, Chi
email: chizhang@wustl.edu

Hi, everyone! I'm Chi from China. I'm a DBBS student enrolled in fall, 2007.
I came to U.S. after my undergraduate studies in Peking University. Please feel free to contact me! I will do every thing I can to help!

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Zhao, Jiangyang
email: jiangyang.zhao@hotmail.com

Hi, I am Jiangyang from China. In 2008 I was enrolled as a graduate student of DBBS. Living and studying in the States is exciting, because there are always various opportunities to develop skills, network and hobbies as long as I want. Especially I will be happy to share with you my experience in such a community rich in cultural diversity. I am looking forward to serving you with my best efforts in I-CAN.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Zheng, Yiqun
email: cmoremoretea@gmail.com

My name is Yiqun Zheng, and I got B.S. degree from University of Science & Technology of China (USTC) this year. I have led the Microphone Controller Club in USTC as a President for one year so that I have experiences in organizing campus activities and designing the association structure. Besides, my partner and I have also organized a new music association in USTC last year and over 500 members have joined our group.
Based on those mentioned above, I believe that if I have the honor to become a senator in your group, I could have the chance to contribute a lot to you.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Senator: Zhong, Yan
email: tianshi731@gmail.com

My name is Yan Zhong, I'd like to nominate myself for the senator position of I-CAN. I am from Changsha, a Chinese city full of passionate people and terrific cooks, like me J. In China, I was very active in the student organizations and activities (positions listed below). My varied talents brought me plenty of prizes on writing, drawing, speaking, singing, acting and studying. Within one week after I came to St. Louis, I was highly praised for making delicious food by my roommates, and they called "Great Cook Zhang". Within one month, I joined in the CSSA Karaokay competition and won a prize. Now I am a member of CSSA choir and have given performances on the Chinese Spring Festival Celebration in St. Louis, the CSSA Lantern Festival Celebration and Global Leadership Vision Reception. In the Christmas party held by Chinese Christians, I acted in the nativity play and was voted as "Best actress". I also took part in the International Idol and I was deeply impressed by so many talented singers. Thus I believe I-CAN is an elite group and I want to become one of its elites too. I am a quick learner, able to communicate with virtually all walks of life. I would like to contribute my efforts to make I-CAN more successful and more prosperous. I also want to look for co-singers to voice the emotion in life, so speakers to have a hot debate, co-writers or readers to share the fiction conceived in my head, and co-drawers to create beauty that can't be found in the real world.

Duty: attend at least 50% of the regular Executive Board meetings in the year; chair one activity or be a volunteer in three different activities in the year.

Associate Dean of Graduate School A&S: Elaine Berland
email: berland@wustl.edu

Career Development Specialist: Dr. Arlene Taich
email: ataich@WUSTL.EDU

International Student Advisor: Jason Marquart
email: marquart@wustl.edu