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Upcoming Events
- Membership Dinner: Monday November 9 @ 6:30pm
- Challah For Hunger: Wednesday November 11 from 4-6pm
- Fall Symposium: Saturday November 15 from 7:30-9pm
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Board Announcements
Vice President
Hey OYFAm
I am very excited to announce that after our Interim elections held today, we have officially filled all of the vacant and interim spots on Board & Council. I would like to congratulate the following members for officially being elected onto council:
- Madelyn Luansing as Treasurer
- Leangelo Acuna as Corresponding Secretary
- Ally Calata and Alex Zarzuela as Social Chairs
- Lawrence Dulay and Amy Zhang (new) as ISIP Chairs
- Celine Nguyen (new) as Community Chair
- Brian Morris (new) as D7 Representative
Thank you to all of those who attended today. We appreciate your support and the input that you were able to give while deliberating on our future leaders. If you have any questions about these elections or possibly even elections for the future, please feel free to contact me at epr5fj@virginia.edu.
Thanks,
VPepino
Corresponding Secretary
Yo OYFA!
My one event this semester, OYFA Presents: Fall Symposium Feat. Ruby Ibarra, is this Saturday Nov. 15th from 7:30-9PM in Ern Commons! Join us for a FREE performance by this rap/spoken word artist and a Q&A session afterwards for a chance to hear how her Filipino culture has influenced her life and career!
We will also be having raffles for prizes, including a $25 gift card to Chipotle! Additionally, there will be some light refreshments served there, but we will be getting dinner at Fry's Spring Station afterwards with her, so come through!
Hope to see you all there!
Love,
Leangelo "Aco-Sec" Acuna
Recording Secretary
Hi OYFA!
So given the technical difficulties we experienced during the last general meeting, I've decided to remake the raffle and draw a name on my own! And the winner is...
Kanata Omori
Hooray! Finally! Congrats!
You can claim your free merch from Madelyn!
I love you all,
Jerome
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Culture
OYFAMILIA,
Thank you for coming out to the November General Meeting and signing up for Barrio! An online form for sign-ups will soon be released this Wednesday that will have all the details about each dance, so keep on the lookout for those if you haven't signed up yet. That being said, we encourage you all to sign up for as many dances and committees as you can because we will still have to finalize the interest list later on.
The Cult,
Angel (aj4dg) & Jane (jpc5ev)
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Membership
Yooooooo OYFA,
Hope you all join us for MEMBERSHIP DINNER in NEWCOMB at 6:30PM on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015. Don't worry, you won't die there for OYFAssassins. It's considered as a safe zone!! Also, don't forget about that 15 minute grace period before and after the event too :)
Can't wait to see you guys again,
Everybody Loves ReyMin
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Community
Hi OYFAm!
Let's welcome our new Community Co-Chair: Celine Nguyen!
My name is Celine Nguyen and I'm a First Year pursuing a biology major on a pre-med track. I love baking and I would bake for any upperclassmen who would not mind lending me their kitchen! I'm so excited to be a part of Council and I'm looking forward to serving you as your Community Chair!
Help us braid bread with Challah for Hunger, this Wednesday (11/11) from 4pm to 6pm at the Brody Jewish Center (1824 University Cir)! Contact us if you need help getting there.
OYFA is sponsoring a 3-member family for Madison House's Holiday Sharing Program this year. Through this program, we'll purchase food items and gifts for a family during the holiday season.
Your (Community) Care-Chairs,
Misha (mec9eq) & Celine (cln9ds)
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Scholarship
Hi OYFAAAAA!
Thank you all for coming to our OYFA Roundtable! We hope you all were able to get the help you needed!
FIRST YEARS, keep your schedules open for Friday November 20th! We will be hosting a Fireside Chat to discuss the OYFA Excellence Scholarship that you all are eligible to apply for! We will have food for you all! :D
$cholarship,
Aaron (aaa4aa) & Iain (ime9mp)
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Social
Hey OYFA!
Thanks to all of you who came to interim elections, we are excited to be officially elected! We are planning to have some class mixers soon, so look out for information on those. Here is an interest form for Ski Trip, please fill it out so we have an idea of how many people to accommodate.
As always, if you have any suggestions for social events, or just want to chill, hit us up!
Your soci-AL chairs,
 Alex & Ally 
(aez3eb & alc3va)
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ISIP
Hey OYFA! Thank you to those who came out to interim elections today! Without further ado, let's welcome our new ISIP chairs: Lawrence Moreno Dulay and Amy Zhang! Y'all already know Lawrence, so here's a little message from Amy!
"Halo halo everyone! I hope you have a sweet tooth because I've got many surprises in plan  My name is Amy and I'm a first year (hopefully) majoring in biology and philosophy. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be your ISIP chair. I'm looking forward to working with Council and everyone else this year!"
We're both super excited to serve you all as well as to work with Board and Council this year. Be on the lookout for ISIP events in the near future! Until then!
Ciao,
ISIP (lad2bf, az2pj)
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Sports
Hey OYFA!
Unfortunately, we are at the point of the fall semester where we do not have any IM sports to play. But don't worry, we'll definitely have some spontaneous ball sessions/ league of legends lan parties/ netflix and chilling. If you haven’t joined our “Chilling Out with OYFA” page just contact one of us and we’ll add you right in!
- 2KSports Kanata (keo2eb) and Kyle (kl7ds)
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FIND: D7
Hi OYFAm!
My name is Brian Morris, and i'm incredibly excited to be your new D7 chair. I'm currently a second year studying Computer Engineering, Some of my other interests include drama and theater tech, and I am involved with the UVA drama here on grounds through the First Year Players and Drama Department. I can't wait represent OYFA to D7 and the greater FIND community, as well as helping our school see the benefits of being part of this awesome organization.
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General Announcements
BSA, LSA, and ASU present...
Living on the Lawn
Thursday Nov. 12 | Clark 108 | 6 pm
Are you interested in living on the Lawn? Come out Thursday November 12th at 6 pm in Clark 108 to learn about the selections process and to hear from current Lawn residents about their experiences with living on the Lawn! Food will be provided.
Facebook Event
The MSCI Planning Series
The Multicultural Student Center Initiative is entering into the formal planning stage for a center to be put on Central Grounds. In order to submit complete, rounded, and comprehensive recommendations to Administrators, we need to hear what you have to say! Over the course of the Spring 2016 semester, The MSCI will be hosting a series of roundtable discussions that focus on specific aspects of the center. From programming, to naming, to design, we want your opinion on it all. The aim of these events will be to bring students, faculty, and administrators together to create a Multicultural Student Center that fits the needs of the U.Va community. Stay updated onMSCInitiative.com, as we will be releasing all of the details on there soon!
Want to be a Part of The MSCI? Join as a Facilitator for The Planning Series!
The Multicultural Student Center Initiative is planning a series of discussions in the Spring of 2016, dedicated to gathering the opinions of Students, Faculty, and Staff about the center. And we want you to join us in facilitating those conversations! We are looking for first- and second- years who feel strongly about The MSCI, and want to be directly involved in the dialogue and decision making behind it. The role of the Facilitators will be to attend the Planning Series events and steer your table of participants using key questions thought about in advance. Applications can be found here; please submit them by Monday, November 9th at 5:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please email MSCInitiative@gmail.com.
On Wednesday, we will host a Round Table Discussion about the influence of culture and the global perspective on the fashion industry at Open Grounds from 7-8 PM. We'll be talking about things like cross-cultural collaborations among designers, and style differences across countries, etc. We'd love to have as many diverse perspectives as possible, and invite members of the OYFA to participate!
Come join us for our November General Body Meeting! We will talk about highlights from SASE Spirit Week, updates from the Mentor Mentee Program, and upcoming events including Thanksgiving Wing Night with KSEA and Churro & Hot Chocolate Sale! Remember the raffle drawing for the free CHIPOTLE gift cards are coming soon so make sure to come out and get points for your group! We are still collecting dues so bring your dues ($10) to get exclusive access to certain events! Free food will be provided to paid members.
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Trivia
So, just as always, the first person to respond correctly to the following questions will be featured as next week's Featured OYFAN. However, anyone else who answers correctly will be entered into a raffle to win some awesome OYFA merch at the next General Meeting! You can find the answers in this WIO as well as OYFA's site.
- When will you be able to braid bread with Challah for Hunger?
- Name each of the new council members as well as their positions!
GL 😊
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Featured OYFAN: Maisie Finley
Name: Maisie Finley
Graduation Year: 2016
Major: Interdisciplinary Major (Anthropology, Arts Admin, Food); Dance Minor
What do you plan to do post-grad: Take a boat in Alaska to go whale watching, visit every donut shop in Portland, successfully make a 5 tiered cake, and then somewhere along those lines I might end up in grad school for Hospitality/Restaurant management.
Favorite OYFA Memory: When my Big surprised me on my birthday by bringing other OYFA friends to scare me happy at my dorm. I'm the most oblivious person. It was great.
If you sat down on the bus, and realized the passenger next to you was Jesus, what would you talk about? That one time when miracles started out like this --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3rLof2cnzg
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