Welcome to Carnegie Mellon

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Welcome to Carnegie Mellon
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2008 New Students Profile

• 90 students from mainland China
• Master vs Ph.D
• Engineering, science and arts
• By hometown

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About CSSA

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• 300 members, around 15 of international
  student population

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Spring Festival
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Spring Festival
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Earthquake Donation Drive
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Earthquake Donation Drive
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Earthquake Donation Drive
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CSSA 2008-2009

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• ????????????????????xzhang1_at_cs.cmu.edu????????????
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CSSA upcoming events

• Sept 28 08 Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
• Feb 5, 09 Spring Festival Celebration Party

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Questions?
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Self-organized clubs

• Sport clubs
• Soccer Pittsburgh United
• Haibin Chen chenhaibin2002_at_yahoo.com.cn
• Basketball
• Huang Ye (yehuang_at_andrew.cmu.edu)
• Ping Pong
• Zhang Xin (xzhang1_at_cs.cmu.edu)
• Badminton
• Pingbo Tang (tang_pingbo_at_yahoo.com.cn)

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Some Advice

• Safety
• Health (physical, emotional, spiritual)
• Build relationship community (unite)
• Handle pressure and setback

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Some Tips

• Be open minded, but with a spirit of questioning
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• Communicate, negotiate complain
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• Balance your life (?????)
• Be grateful and Respectful
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Be open minded, but with a spirit of
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Communication, negotiation complain (?????????)

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Balance your life (?????)

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• Dont always work.
• Build Relationship family, friends
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Be Grateful and Respectful(???????)

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Dealing with setbacks

• Not all is lost (really!)
• Take a break
• It will help refresh you
• Try again
• Persistence is the key!

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Be Nice to People

• We are all on the same educational level
• Some of us just have more experience
• Follow the Golden rule
• Treat Others As You Would Like To Be Treated
• Help foster a sense of community
• You can find someone who can help you with your
  research
• Do you even know what your officemates work on?

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Life outside of research

• Balance is the Key
• Dont always do work
• Build Relationship family, friends
• Exercise!
• Stress relief
• Have some fun out side of research

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Resources

• Research and life outside of it
• Sports-related resources
• Eating and Shopping
• Health
• Financial management
• Others

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On Campus Resource

• UC
• Atheletic Facility
• Court Reservation
• Misc. (e.g UC Underground facility)
• Policy for guest
• Skibo Gym
• Basketball
• Badminton
• Gym

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Other Resources

• Department based Activities
• Softball, Football, Fresbie etc.
• GSA based Activities
• Intramural sports
• Group eXercise
• Yoga, bicycle, aerobics, etc
• Schenley Park
• Trail, courts
• Pittsburgh Region
• Baseball, Football, Hockey
• GSA-sponsored admission for cultural attractions
• State Park
• Canoe, Sking, Rafting

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Eating

• Hunan Kitchen
• Rose Tea
• Lulu

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Shopping Area

• Waterfront Mall 59U, 64A
• Centry III Mall 59U (weekends only)
• Robinson Town Mall 28X
• Grove City Mall Attention to school activity
• Strip District (Lotus) 54C

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Fashion

• GAP RAVE
• Sisely
• Banana Republic
• Ann Taylor
• The NorthFace
• BCBG

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Online Resources

• Amazon.com
• eBay
• dealsea.com
• edealinfo.com
• Fatwallet.com
• Craigslist.com

Use your credit card, do not use your debit card.
Be careful of your Credit History.
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Amusement

• Movie theatres
• UC-Center(1, thurs Sun)
• Forbes and Murray
• Waterfront-Loews
• Carnegie Library (free library card)
• U. Pittsburgh Library (lots of good chinese
  books)
• Carneie museum (free)
• Conservatory (free)

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Fun

• Kennywood
• Rafting
• Skiing (GSA winter trip)

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Physical Health

• Morewood Gardens E Tower, First Floor
• On campus emergency 8- 2323
• Off Campus emergency 911
• Appointment of health Center
• Phone Ext 8-2157 on campus
• 412-268- 2157 off campus
• 800am 7pm Mon, Tue, Thurs
• 10am 7pm Wed
• 8am 5pm Fri
• 11am 3pm Sat

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Spiritual Health

• Campus couseling and psychological service
• Phone [phone]
• Hours 830 800pm Mon Tue
• 830 500 pm Wed Fri
• Churches
• Pittsburgh Chinese Church 134 N. Dithridge,
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
• Worship 10am 1130am, Sunday school
  1130-1230, Lunch 1230pm
• PCC 412-931-4098, 4101 Perrysville ave,
  Pittsburgh, PA 15214
• Pittsburgh Region International Student
  Ministries www.prismpgh.org, 412-683-0342
• Your friends
• BBQ
• Potluck
• Karaoke
• Your own club
• Trave

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How to see a doctor

• (1) Make an appointment with the health center _at_
  morewood (free visit)
• (2) Talk to nurse or physician in the center. If
  you get seriously sick or the physician cant
  find out the reason, they will referyou to the
  closet hospitial (generally UPMC) and help you
  make appointment as well.

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• (3) Bring your health insurance ID card when you
  go the off-campus hospital appointment. The
  medical expense will first be billed to your
  insurance company, which will pay the portion
  according to the insurance benefit. And the rest
  part will be billed to you through the hospital.

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• It is not necessary to go through (1) (2) if
  you have a primary doctor here. But for foreign
  students. (1) -gt (2) -gt (3) is usually the way we
  follow.
• Homepage for Highmark Co.
• http//www.highmarkbcbs.com

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My Contact

• Email xsheng_at_andrew.cmu.edu
• Phone
• Cell 412-608-7237
• Office
• CIC 2222B,

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Special Thanks

• Airport pick up volunteers
• OIE new student orientation volunteers