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	<modified>2008-08-28T10:16:56Z</modified>
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		<name>Northwestern Polytechnic University</name>
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		<title>The Summer PingPong Game on August 16, 2008</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[                                                         <img src="http://www.npu.edu/images/npu_table_tennis.gif" width="210" height="138" border="0" alt="" id="img_float_right" />2008 Summer is shaping up to be the semester of the NPU table tennis. 14 contestants have entered the competition. <br /><br />First, second and third prizes have been awarded to men and women. <br />For men&#039;s competition, David Chao has won the first prize , Jignesh has won the second and Tony has won the third prize. For women&#039;s competition, Na has won the first prize, Wen Wen has won the second prize and Shirley has won the third prize. <br /><br />Many students participated in this competition and enjoyed the pizza and snacks. Thanks to the help from two professional PingPong players, Mr. Liang and Mr. Wang for their help in this event. Thanks Archer and other student association members in offering help to this event.]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080821-160601</id>
		<issued>2008-08-21T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-08-21T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>The NPU Hiking Club went to Huddart Park on August 8,2008</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[About 25 members of the NPU Hiking Club Huddart Park on Friday, August,8,2008. It was a beautiful day and they enjoyed a<br />2.7-mile loop hike through the Huddart Park.<br /><br />Let&#039;s enjoy the pictures! ^_^<br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_1.JPG" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_2.JPG" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_3.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_4.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_5.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_6.JPG" width="512" height="342" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_7.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_8.jpg" width="512" height="342" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_9.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_10.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/08082008Hiking_11.jpg" width="512" height="341" border="0" alt="" /> ]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080808-200252</id>
		<issued>2008-08-09T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-08-09T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>NPU BSCS graduated student,  Mr. Kenes Beketayev has been accepted by UC- Davis for the Ph.D. degree program</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Congratulations to our BSCS graduated student, Mr. Kenes Beketayev (BSCS, &#039;07 summer), has been accepted by UC- Davis for the Ph.D. degree program in Computer Science with scholarship.]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080804-100403</id>
		<issued>2008-08-04T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-08-04T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>08/06/2008: Pre-registration for 2008 Fall</title>
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<P class="h">Fall 2008 (9/22/2008 ~ 12/20/2008)</P>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://secure.npu.edu/Login.aspx?rd=/student/registration/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Online Registration</a>
	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_III_registration_instructions.html" target="_blank">Registration Instructions</a>
   	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_III_class_schedule.htm" target="_blank">Class Schedule</a>
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	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_III_work_sheet.pdf" target="_blank">Concentration Areas & Registration Work Sheet (<img src="/images/pdf_s.gif" width="17" height="17" border="0" alt="">99KB)</a>
	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_III_campus_event.html" target="_blank">2008 Fall Campus Event Calendar</a>
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		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080731-104601</id>
		<issued>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>5/16/08: 2008 NPU Graduation Ceremony</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[2008 NPU Graduation Ceremony was held in Hilton Hotel, Newark on May 16th, 2008.<br /><br />You can view more pictures at NPU Gallery at <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NPU.Gallery/CampusEventsActivities" target="_blank" >http://picasaweb.google.com/NPU.Gallery ... Activities</a><br /><br /><img src="images/051608_grad_01.jpg" width="500" height="375" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="images/051608_grad_02.jpg" width="500" height="375" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="images/051608_grad_03.jpg" width="500" height="375" border="0" alt="" />]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080618-152624</id>
		<issued>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>Welcome NPU New Faculty: Dr. John Y.K. Ku</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Dr. Ku receives his Ph. D. and MS degree from Colorado School of Mines and is an expert in economics of energy and marketing research and development.  He has more than 30 years of hands-on  experience in energy industry business development fields, as well as, consumer business and marketing development, holding  various executive positions through out his career.  Dr. Ku is also a professional registered financial service  provider in U.S. and served as manager of PAM international consultant Inc. for nearly a decade.  He also has very diverse educational and cultural backgrounds, and was educated in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and United States.  In addition,  he is very keen to global business development and cross culture communication fields.]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080616-191652</id>
		<issued>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>Call for donation to China Earthquake</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<img src="images/sichuan512_01.jpg" width="500" height="354" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="images/sichuan512_02.jpg" width="349" height="500" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /><b>Donate Now at <a href="http://tsinghuafoundation.org/earthquake08/" target="_blank" >http://tsinghuafoundation.org/earthquake08/</a></b><br /><br />As we all know, a powerful earthquake has killed more than 30,000 people in China&#039;s south-western Sichuan province. Many more have been injured after the 8-magnitude quake struck at 14:28, May 12th, 2008.<br /><br />2008 Sichuan Earthquake Relief Committee by Oversea Chinese is calling for donation to help people in Sichuan to recover from this huge earthquake. We have opened a special account for China Earthquake Relief.<br /><br />SVNT is a non-profit organization registered in California with IRS 501 (c)(3) status. Our EIN is: 77-051-4995. Your donations are tax deductible. We will publish all transactions of donations online. All donations will be 100% transferred to China Red Cross.<br /><br />MAKE YOUR DONATION TODAY!<br /><br />YOU ARE HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE!<br /><br />How to Donate?<br /><br />You could donate using one of three methods showed below:<br /><br />1. Donate by Paypal:<br />Please pay to: <a href="mailto:tsinghua_foundation@yahoo.com" target="_blank" >tsinghua_foundation@yahoo.com</a><br /><br />We are working with Paypal to waive the transaction fees now.<br /><br />2. Donate by Google Checkout:<br /><br />Please pay to <a href="mailto:tsinghua.net@gmail.com" target="_blank" >tsinghua.net@gmail.com</a><br /><br />Google checkout has waived all transaction fees for your donation to this &quot;China Earthquake Relief Fund&quot;.<br /><br />3. WIRE TRANSFER:<br /><br />Bank name: Washington Mutual<br />Payee title: SVTN (special fund for earthquake relief)<br />Routing #: 322271627<br />Acct #: 3170415745<br />Address:<br />690 RIVER OAKS PKWY<br />SAN JOSE, CA 95134-1905<br /><br />4. Check:<br /><br />SVTN<br />Attn: China Earthquake Relief<br />P. O. Box 1295<br />Fremont, CA 94538-0129<br />USA<br /><br />Please make your check payable to SVTN. Please indicate &quot;China Earthquake Relief&quot; in the memo area of the check.<br /><br />Where will those donations go?<br /><br />We will 100% transfer all donations to China Red Cross. We have contacted China Red Cross today. They have promised to use all donations to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief. We plan to transfer money to China Red Cross every two days. All money transfer to China Red Cross will be published in our website on time.<br /><br />100% transparency of the donation process<br /><br />We promise 100% transparency of the donation progress. All donations will be published in our website with following details: Full Last Name, First Letter of First Name, Zip Code, and Donation Amount.<br /><br />All donations we send to China Red Cross will be published in our website with scanned transaction receipts and other detail information.<br /><br />About Tax-deduction receipt<br /><br />Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network (SVTN) is a non-profit registered in California. SVTN has IRS issued 501 (c) (3). Your donation is tax-deductible.<br /><br />About Company matching program<br /><br />Currently, here are 8 companies which match your donation to SVTN. They are:<br />Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Spansion, Qualcomm, eBay, HP, etc. There are many companies started the matching progress now. If you need more info regarding company matching, please visit our website or contact us.<br /><br />Please visit <a href="http://www.tsinghuafoundation.org" target="_blank" >http://www.tsinghuafoundation.org</a> for more info.<br /><br />Thanks for your support!<br /><br />2008 Sichuan Earthquake Relief Committee by Oversea Chinese<br /><br />: How can I get company match?<br /><br />A: Various companies have different policy toward match to your donation. Please see Donation Match section to find the companies that either have been approved to match our program or are in working process on getting the approval.<br />There are usually 2 ways to get the company match:<br />1. If your company have online system that can approve the charities once for all, please following their instruction to input our charity info below, Please be noted, we are updating our registration at IRS, so if your system can&#039;t find our EIN, don&#039;t panic it will be there very soon.<br /><br />Charity Name: SVTN –Tsinghua Challenge Education Foundation<br /><br />EIN: 77-051-4995<br />Address: 1172 Murphy Avenue, Suite 237, San Jose CA 95131<br />Email: <a href="mailto:tsinghua_foundation@yahoo.com" target="_blank" >tsinghua_foundation@yahoo.com</a><br /><br />Phone: 510-331-8195<br /><br />Website: <a href="http://www.tsinghuafoundation.org" target="_blank" >www.tsinghuafoundation.org</a><br />Descriptions: Tsinghua Challenge Education Foundation is a subsidiary foundation under Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network (SVTN), which is a non-profit organization established in 1994 and an IRS 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.<br /><br />Mission: To promote Tsinghua education development and assist educational efforts at all levels in China; to help create equal opportunities for fellow Chinese students and support overseas charity efforts for China education<br /><br />2. If your company doesn&#039;t have online system, they usually provide a form for you to fill in. Please fill in the form for your own information, and send the form to us, we will be able to fill the rest and send to your company for the match approval.<br /><br /><b>Donate Now at <a href="http://tsinghuafoundation.org/earthquake08/" target="_blank" >http://tsinghuafoundation.org/earthquake08/</a></b><br /><br />]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080615-120105</id>
		<issued>2008-06-15T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-06-15T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>5/31/08: New Student Orientation for 2008 Summer Semester</title>
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		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080531-145115</id>
		<issued>2008-05-31T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-05-31T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>NPU DBA Student, Ms Lori Yang&amp;#039;s Paper Was Accepted by Hawaii Int&amp;#039;l Conference on Business</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<img src="images/021908_hawaii.jpg" width="512" height="136" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="images/5592.jpg" width="100" height="120" border="0" alt="" id="img_float_right" /><br /><br />Congratulations to our DBA Student, Ms Lori Yang&#039;s paper was accepted by 2008 Hawaii Int&#039;l Conference on Business. She will present her paper, International Capital Vs. Asia and Latin America, on this conference in May, 2008.]]></content>
		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080510-202531</id>
		<issued>2008-05-11T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-05-11T00:00:00Z</modified>
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		<title>04/16/08: Registration for Summer 2008 Starts</title>
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<P class="h">Summer 2008 (6/2/2008 ~ 8/30/2008)</P>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://secure.npu.edu/Login.aspx?rd=/student/registration/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Online Registration</a>
	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_II_registration_instructions.htm" target="_blank">Registration Instructions</a>
   	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_II_class_schedule.htm" target="_blank">Class Schedule</a>
	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_II_class_schedule_esl.htm" target="_blank">Class Schedule (Non-Credit Preparatory Module Courses and ESL Courses)</a>
    <!--<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_II_classroom_assignment.pdf" target="_blank">Classroom Assignments (<img src="/images/pdf_s.gif" width="17" height="17" border="0" alt="">118KB)</a>-->
	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_II_work_sheet.pdf" target="_blank">Concentration Areas &amp; Registration Work Sheet (<img src="/images/pdf_s.gif" width="17" height="17" border="0" alt="">99KB)</a>
	<li><a href="/archives/academics/08_II_campus_event.htm" target="_blank">2007 Campus Event Calendar</a>
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		<id>http://www.npu.edu/news/index.php?entry=entry080415-121005</id>
		<issued>2008-04-15T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-04-15T00:00:00Z</modified>
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