Persian Student Association

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Some of the students are setting a one day picnic to Lake Conroe for 13 bedar. Please feel free to join!

Date: Saturday 04 Apr 2009
Time: 10:30 AM to 07:00 PM
Leave: University Apartments community center (please be there before 10:20 AM as they leave sharp at 10:30 AM)
Food: The event is pot luck. Bring your food and beverages and you will have lunch together.
Ride: Please send an email to psa if you need a ride. We can help to coordinate the rides.
Weather:  Forecast is partly cloudy and temperature is between 64 to 80 F.

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PSA has organized a celebration for Norooz. Please join us in this most important event of the year!

Please invite your friends, advisors, or anyone that you think may be interested. If you prefer to invite your advisors or officials through PSA, please let us know.

Date: Sunday, 29 Mar 2009
Time: 06:30 PM to 11:30 PM (dinner will be served at 08:00 PM)
Food: It will be provided by PSA. The food includes "Kabab Koobideh" (kabab made with ground lamb), "Chicken Shish Kabab" and "Sabzi Polo" (Rice with vegetables). All the foods are from Shiraz Shish Kabab restaurant.
Admission: 7$ for each person if you purchase the tickets before Saturday. We have limited tickets on Saturday with a cost of 10$ each.
Activities: After dinner we have traditional music performance and short presentations about Nowrooz. Then we continue with more music and we will have dance floor set up.
Location: College Station conference center room 127, 1300 George Bush Dr, College Station, TX 77840
Tickets: Please purchase tickets by Friday 27 Mar. Please try to have exact cash to avoid transaction problems. We are more than happy to assist you for tickets in the following days (please send us an email if you can not purchase your ticket at one of these times):

Dr. Kamran Entesari:
Room 318A, Wisenbaker Research Center, Tuesday 12:00PM-05:00PM, Wednesday 09:00AM-01:00 PM & 03:00PM-05:30PM, Thursday 12:00PM-06:30PM, Friday 09:00AM-01:00PM & 03:00PM-05:30PM

Arash Haghshenas:
Room 612, Richardson Building, Monday 09:00AM-02:00PM, Tuesday 01:00PM-05:00PM, Wednesday 09:00AM-12:00PM, Friday 09:00AM-12:30PM

MirEmad Mousavi:
808B, CE/TTI Building, Monday and Tuesday 10:00AM-03:00PM, Thursday 02:00PM-03:00PM, Friday 10:00AM-03:00PM

Roozbeh Daneshvar:
Room 203, Wisenbaker Research Center, Tuesday 10:00AM-05:00PM, Thursday 09:00AM-05:00PM, Friday 10:00AM-12:00PM

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Society of Iranian-American Women for Education Proudly Presents
Dr. Firouz Naderi

Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Time: 06:30 PM
Location: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 5150 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77056
Program: The program is Free and open to public (12 Years and above) and refreshments will be served. Program will be presented in English and RSVP is Required (Limited Seating). To reserve your seat please call (713)532-6666 or e-mail RSVP[AT]siawe[DOT]org

Note: If you are living in College Station/Bryan and would like to attend, please contact us so that we can coordinate for ride to Houston.

More Information: Dr. Naderi is the associate director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory responsible for project formulation and strategy. Before his current assignment he was the head of Mars Exploration Program, having been named to that position in 2000 after the program had suffered two consecutive failures. He helped replan the program as a chain of scientifically, technologically and operational interrelated missions with a spacecraft launch to Mars every two years. Dr. Naderi led the program for the next five years, a span of time that included the successful launch of Mars Odyssey, landing of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, and the development of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

I-Week variety show consists of talent and fashion show, and we are proud to take part in both.

Date: Friday, 27 Feb 2009
Time: 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Location: MSC, Texas A&M University

You can buy tickets online at: http://isa.tamu.googlepages.com/home

Or at MSC box office, located in Rudder Tower.

Tickets:
$1 for children
$3 for students (with ID)
$5 for all non students

Your support is needed, please join!

PSA is hosting a new welcome party for new members. We will also talk about I-Week 2009 and discuss how Iranians participate in the event. We need a lot of help, please join!

Time: 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM

Date: Saturday 24 Jan 2009

Location: Room 106 Richardson Building, Texas A&M University

Snacks and light refreshments will be served.