On the 19th of April 2010, YES Alumni Malaysia had another spectacular opportunity to meet, Acting Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Assistant Secretary of State, Maura Pally in a grand evening dinner hosted by US Embassy Malaysia at The Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The dinner was attended by the alumni network of the US Department of State. The alumni of Fulbright program, Humphreys, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), YES Alumni Malaysia, and Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) were some of the alumni network that attended the meeting.
The meeting was started off by welcoming, Acting Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Assistant Secretary of State, Maura Pally and her assistant, Dana Rosenberg. Nicholas Papp, the Cultural Affairs Officer of the US Embassy Malaysia, the moderator of the evening officially began the meeting by introducing all the alumni network of US Embassy Malaysia to Maura and invited her to give a introduction speech for the evening. Faisal Hassan, President of YES Alumni Malaysia was awarded a small token of appreciation by Maura for the continuous effort and support for the community development projects organised.
Faisal thanked Maura and the entire committee for the award and gave a brief talk on the projects YES Alumni Malaysia is involved with. He thanked Dash, CEO of Warisan Global, Dr. Susheela, President of Fulbright, Nicholas Papp and the rest of the alumni network for their strong support and guidance given to assist YES Alumni Malaysia to carry out the projects. Jim Chua, Vice President of YES Alumni Malaysia gave a talk on the current plans of the YES Alumni Malaysia and the activities held so far. The session continued with a brief introduction of all the alumni members and most of the alumni members shared their stories and experiences to Maura. The session gets even more interesting as meals were served and senior alumni members shared their experiences and involvement with the State Department networks.
Nicholas Papp as the moderator of the evening did a great job by connecting all the networks needed by YES Alumni Malaysia to organise the project. As a result, a few other alumni agreed to work together with YES Alumni Malaysia to provide support and assistance regarding the Youth Development Project. Basically the alumni dinner was a reunion of all the alumni networks under the US Department of State to get to know each other better and also at the same time enhancing the connectivity between each alumnus.
Towards end of the dinner, Maura Pally once again thanked all the alumni networks for the continuous service to the community. She hopes the alumni networks build up and become a good example to the world. The dinner concluded with a group photo session with Maura Pally, Acting Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Assistant Secretary of State.
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