"Ethiopian Students - past, present and the
future"
Day 1: Friday, March 25, 2005
6:00PM - 10:00PM Registration and Light
Reception
- Light reception /soft drinks
- Ice Breakers
Day 2: Saturday, March 26, 2005
9:00AM Registration and ESA Bazaar (ESAs
can bring out items to sell and any information about the
organization; ESUM may want to put together t-shirt for
the day to raise funds)
{Tea/Coffee and different Pastries set-up as breakfast}
In the Foyer
Registration Tables and ESAs Table: Set up Tables for ESA
10:00AM Welcome and Introduction by President
of ESUM
10:10AM Message from ESAi Executive/President
10:20AM The Role of Ethiopia Students,
Past
10:40AM Questions
10:50AM The Role of Ethiopia Students,
Present: Presentation of ESAs, Divisions
11:30AM Ethiopian Students, the Future:
11:35PM Introduction to Different Workshops
by Coordinators
Workshop I
Workshop II
Workshop III
Workshop IV
Workshop V
Workshop VI
12:00PM End of Morning Session
12:00PM Lunch: RSVP
1:30PM Back from Lunch
1:45PM Introduction of Summit Speaker
1:50PM Summit Speaker, Alemtsehaye Wedajo
2:30PM Workshop Allocation and Organization
{SET UP ITEMS FOR WORKSHOP: Flip Chart and Marker }
Workshops: Invite different specialist in these areas to
answer any questions.
Workshop would be run twice: Six Topics
Personal Development
Topic 1: Financial and Scholarship
Topic 2: Employment and Internship, (In school and after
graduating) How to go about it
Topic 3: Research (Library, Loaning Book, contacting professors)
Beyond the Classroom
Topic 4: Role of the Ethiopian Student among the Black
Diaspora
Topic 5: Community Services and Collaborative Initiatives
Topic 6: Brain Drain versus Brain Gain. MORE TOPICS WELCOMED
2:30PM First Round Workshops
3:15PM Second Round Workshops
4:00PM Back to Main Summit Room for workshop
Summary and Brainstorming
5:00PM End of workshop
5:30 -7:00 PM
Dinner Session - Everybody on their own
Prepare for Cultural Show/Get Changed/..
5:30- 6:30 PM Informal Meeting for ESAi
Division Heads, ESA Reps and ESAi Execs
7:00PM Cultural Show
9:55PM End of evening Program
10:00PM PARTY TIME / Concert: Ephrem +
DJ (Additional Fee Applicable: $20 )
DAY 3: Sunday, March 27, 2005
11:00PM Tour of Boston, Cambridge
12:30PM Lunch
1:30PM Outdoor or Indoor Activities depending
on the weather: suggestions volleyball, ice skating, bowling,
soccer, basket ball..
4:00PM End of Summit- BYE BYE HUGS KISSES
TEARS and the like
Note: The summit Registration Fee is $15 which is needed
to cover costs including lunch and setting up and renting
of location. Attendants to the Concert and Cultural Show
registered for the summit pay an additional $20. Again this
is to offset costs and those including local attendees pay
more than ESAI registrants for the concert.
