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Introduction

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Ivy Council’s Ivy China: Wuhan program. In partnership with Wuhan University, selected students will have the opportunity to attend the 3^rd Wuhan University International Exchange Camp of Student Organizations where they will interact with students from around the world to exchange ideas about leadership, learn more about the Chinese culture, and cultivate lasting friendships.

Dates to Remember

May 26

Applications DUE by 11:59 PM EST

May 28

Summer 2011 Delegation Selected and Notified

May 30

Last Day for Selected Students to Confirm Attendance

June 30

Departure Date

Cost of Attendance

The Ivy Council strives to lower the cost of participating in our international program as much as possible for students. The following expenses, thanks to our partners at Wuhan University, will additionally be covered for: Meal, Lodging, Admission to museums and attractions, amd Transportation between conference events

In addition to the above costs, Ivy Council and Wuhan University will be subsidizing the majority of airfare costs; however, with tickets from certain departure points exceeding $2400, we will be able to cover most, but not all of the transportation costs. Depending on the departure point and the fluctuation of airfare prices, selected delegates will be asked to pay between $300 and $600 for transportation. In addition to transportation fees, the Chinese embassy charges a fee of $140 to register for a tourist visa. I will personally guide the selected delegates through the process of applying for a Chinese visa.

• Visa: $140
• Transportation: TBD $300 – $600

If finances prove to be the only limiting factor in a student’s decision to attend, the Ivy Council will do everything it can to assist the student in finding the needed support.

Delegation Selection Process

Because of the relationship the Ivy Coucil has with Wuhan University, Ivy China: Wuhan delegates are treated as special guests to the Wuhan University International Exchange of Student Organizations. In the previous year, the Ivy Council delegation was assisted by specially-assigned student guides, participated in a number of media interviews published in local newspapers, magazines and on television, and performed several speeches at the camp’s special banquets and closing ceremonies.

Ivy Council and Wuhan University are seeking delegates who best reflect the diversity, talent and personal drive that has come to define Ivy League students. Application readers will review student’s academic  and personal interests, extracurricular involvement, leadership experiences, communication skills, as well as relationship with the Ivy Council. The delegation will consist of 4-5 students, depending on the interest in the program as indicated by the number of applications as well as available resources. The Ivy Council encourages all Ivy League students to apply for Ivy China: Wuhan.

Conclusion

Please contact Alexander Tsu, Vice President for External Affairs at external@ivycouncil.org with any questions you may have. To submit your application, please follow the instructions listed at the end of the application.

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Schedule

Left to Right: Alex Tsu, Antonio Henriquez Garcia, Arvin Ahmadi, Nick Judson, Michelle Vallejo, Davis Nguyen

Nicholas Judson (Dartmouth ’14) – President
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Arvin Ahmadi (Columbia ’14) – VP-Internal
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Alexander Tsu (Dartmouth ’14) – VP-External
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Michelle Vallejo (Columbia ’13) – VP-Policy
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Antonio Henriquez Garcia (Cornell ’15) – VP-Finance
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Davis Nguyen (Yale ’15) – VP-Communications
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Thanks to all those who participated in elections, including candidates, outgoing Steering Board members, and voting delegates. We are extremely proud of our new executive board officers and look forward to the upcoming year!

The State of the Ivy Address, held this year at Columbia University, will bring together the eight Ivy League student body presidents (or representative from that school’s student councils). The address will be broadcasted online and will take place from 12:00 to 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 7th at Columbia University. The State of the Ivy Address will accomplish three tasks:

2) Collaborate and brainstorm mutually beneficial ideas that could make an impact at multiple institutions in the Ivy League.

On behalf of the Ivy Council, we would like to thank all of the delegates that attended the 12th Annual Ivy Leadership Summit at Harvard University. We hope you took away valuable lessons on leadership from this weekend’s conference, and we enjoyed sharing this weekend with you.

To kick off the weekend, we invited social entrepreneur Bill Drayton to share a few words about his experience with leadership and examples of leadership in the social entrepreneurship projects that he had worked on. Mr. Drayton emphasized the coming of an era where change no longer begins with the few and the privileged; instead, we are in a time where anyone can make an impact on the world.

During the following morning, we heard from Harvard Biology professor, Andrew Berry,  explain the lessons of leadership that can be found in the history of Charles Darwin. And with that, our delegates took part in the various leadership workshops that the wonderful Harvard Ivy Council Delegation and Leadership Institute at Harvard College had planned. In the tradition of the Ivy Leadership Summit, we offered delegates a wide choice of workshops and lectures that ranged with topics that included public speaking, adaptive leadership, leveraging the web, and skills to carry an effective conversation. In total, we offered nineteen workshops over the course of the day.

Finally, we concluded the Ivy Leadership Summit with a dinner banquet featuring John Coleman, Harvard Business School alum and author of Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. John shared a number of leadership stories with the delegates and encouraged delegates to think differently about leadership. He focused on examples of young individuals who dedicated themselves to a cause, even while they served in the military or worked full-time.

Again, we would like to thank all of the delegates that came to Harvard for this year’s Ivy Leadership Summit, and we hope to see all of you again at next year’s summit at Dartmouth College.

Read more about the Ivy Leadership Summit from The Crimson here:

To take a look at pictures from this weekend, click here:

I’ve included the actual precept notes, summarizing the highlights from each of the different precepts, which may be read here.

If you have any questions, please contact me at sstolzen@princeton.edu.

Best regards,

Stephen Stolzenberg
VP of Policy, Ivy Council

The Ivy Council is pleased to announce that our 12th Annual Ivy Leadership Summit will be held at Harvard University from February 24-26, 2012. The Ivy Leadership Summit is the Ivy Council’s largest event of the year, drawing over four hundred students from across the eight Ivy League schools. Past speakers at the Ivy Leadership Summit have included Steve Forbes, Jeffrey Sachs, Theodore Roosevelt IV, and Antonio Villaraigosa. This year, Ivy Council and its partner, the Leadership Institute at Harvard College, have chosen the theme, “The Ivy Lead.” Through this theme, we hope to encourage discussions regarding what students can do to make the most of our education and establish three major goals. 1) Maximize inter-collegiate interaction. 2) Foster ongoing, sustainable exchanges. 3) Encourage delegates to truly reflect on the leaders that they can be. We are confident that all delegates will leave the Ivy Leadership Summit with a renewed sense of community and a better understanding of what it takes to lead the world of tomorrow. We hope to see you there.

To register, please proceed to the following pages::

ILS Application

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The Ivy Council is delighted to announce that the Fall Ivy Policy Conference 2011 is now open for applications. As usual, our conference is open to any undergraduate in the eight Ivy League schools. This year, we are holding the conference at Brown University from October 21st to October 23rd. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet student leaders from the other Ivy League universities, discuss student issues with your counterparts at the other schools, and discover solutions that may address issues facing your university. Take a look at our gallery for pictures of our past conferences.

Also, here’s a tentative schedule regarding what our conference will look like:

Friday, October 21
6:00pm Arrival of Delegations (Schools can start arriving at this time and have until the beginning of Opening Ceremony to register.)
8:00pm-9:30pm Opening Ceremony

Saturday, October 22
9:30am-11:00am Precept I
11:00am-12:30pm Precept II
12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm-3:30pm Precept III
3:30pm-5:00pm Precept IV
5:00pm-6:30pm Closing Ceremonies
8:00pm-10:00pm Banquet
10:00pm Festivities!

Sunday, October 22
Delegations head back to respective campuses

To register, please fill out the application found here. We’ve received many applications already, so don’t hesitate to get this done and sent:

IPC Application

We look forward to seeing you in Providence!

This past week, 20 Ivy Council delegates returned from Beijing, where they participated in the first session of the All-China Youth Federation’s Research, Mentorship, and Exchange Program. Approximately 100 students participated in the program in total. These students came from Beijing and 10 different provinces and cities across China to engage in this student-to-student educational exchange. The students gathered in Beijing on the first day of the trip to meet each other and receive a brief introduction on each of the ten provinces that students would be visiting. After listening to brief speeches by the program’s planners in the ACYF and a representative from MetLife, a sponsor of the program, students were divided into the ten different provinces and cities. These included Guangdong, Sichuan, Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian, and Henan. At each province, the ten-person student group explored the cultural, economic, and historical significance of that province for a week, and jointly wrote a presentation and a paper in both English and Chinese describing their findings at that province. Before leaving Beijing, the entire student group also paid a visit to the Great Wall and enjoyed an enormous lunch together.

Each student group described different experiences on their journeys across their respective provinces. Some Ivy Council delegates encountered factories where shoes and instant noodles were created, while others saw the Shaolin Temple, the Shanghai skyline, and giant Buddha statues. All of these sights and sounds brought new understanding to our Ivy Council delegates, many of whom had never stepped foot in China before. After a week at their respective provinces, the Ivy Council delegates and their Chinese counterparts returned to Beijing to present the knowledge they had gathered while away. A detailed account of the Inner Mongolia group, for example, can be found here.

While each group certainly experience different scenes, the general premise of their trips mirrors the events described in the article. Students often visited universities and locals living in their provinces to gather first-hand knowledge on the workings of their area. Many students report being shocked by the rate of  growth, the conditions of rural areas, and the size and scope of some of China’s great landmarks; not to mention the great diversity of Chinese dishes that exist beyond egg rolls, fried rice, and orange chicken.

Nevertheless, at the end of the program, each student considered their time in China to be worthwhile and altogether a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Ivy Council looks forward to continuing its partnership with the ACYF and its exchanges with students across China.

To view more pictures from the exchange, please click below

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