Bangladesh Student Association at Marquette University - BSAMU

Glimpses of "Graduate Student Orientation 2024-2025" held today by the Bangladesh Student Association at Marquette University.

Thank you to all who joined us at the event.😇

Dear BSAMU members,
On behalf of the new committee, here is the full list of the committee members for the 2024-2025 session:

President - Md Imran Hossain
Vice President 1 - Anayetul Karim Samaun
Vice President 2 - Sumaiya Chowdhury
General Secretary 1 - Wasif Bin Mamoon
General Secretary 2 - Maliha Mahajebin
Treasurer 1 - Sakib Ahmed
Treasurer 2 - Wasif Bin Mamoon
Event Management - Iftakhar Ali Khandaker, Martuza Ahmed, Arpita Chaity
Communications (web, email and social media) - Nafi Us-Sabbir, Sajjad Islam
Tax and Medical - Khaled Mosharraf Mukut, Shamudra Dey
New student support - Mia Md Raihan, Anika Jabin, Irtesam Nasrat

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I'm excited to introduce the new BSAMU 2024-2025 committee members:

President: Imran Hossain
Vice President 1: Samaun M. A. Karim
Secretary 1: Wasif Bin Mamoon

Additional positions will be filled soon by the new committee.

Let's all give them a big congratulations and wish them the very best for a successful year ahead!

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Dear BSAMU members,
First, I would like to extend my apologies for the delay in creating the new committee for the 2024-2025 session. This delay was due to some unavoidable reasons, and I appreciate your patience during this time.
Based on the meeting we had yesterday with the members who expressed their intent in the public Excel file, we have agreed to form a tentative committee with the following members for now:

President: Imran Hossain
Vice-President: Samaun M. A. Karim
Secretary: Wasif Bin Mamoon

This proposed committee was formed after a thorough discussion among the interested members, considering their availability, commitment, and adherence to the rules outlined in our constitution.

As per our constitutional requirements, I am obligated to post this update publicly: "The members will be notified about the tentative committee before the final decision, and any intent can be nullified if at least 50% of the members vote against any particular selection."

We value your input, so please feel free to show your support or share your comments here if you have any concerns about the proposed committee.

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Dear BSAMU Members,

As we embark on the Fall 2024 semester, we're also entering a moment of necessary change within the Bangladesh Student Association at Marquette University (BSAMU). It has been an honor to serve as your President, and I couldn’t be prouder of everything we've achieved together this past year. Your dedication and enthusiasm have truly strengthened our community, and for that, I am deeply grateful.

Now, as we move forward, it is time to welcome a new team of leaders who will guide BSAMU through the 2024-2025 session. To ensure a smooth transition and continued success, we are now inviting formal intent from all BSAMU members interested in joining the new executive committee.

Attached, you will find an Excel sheet link where you can express your interest in any of the available positions. The BSAMU constitution, outlining the roles and responsibilities associated with each position, is also provided for your reference. I encourage you to review the constitution thoroughly to better understand how you can contribute to our organization’s future.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need clarification on any aspect of the roles. Your participation is invaluable, and I strongly urge each of you to consider taking on a leadership role within BSAMU.

Thank you once again for your commitment and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing the new heights our organization will reach with your leadership and vision.

Intent for BSAMU 2024-2025 Committee:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JiceZ8plUWMImRRGWK0iPSfKzzixyWPChhBLmpjFnzg/edit?gid=0 =0

Constitution: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y0WzwyGcrVD12TdhCrifcns7o3I2E4ul/view

BSAMU-constitution_v2.pdf

Bangladesh Student Association of Marquette University (BSAMU) student members have come together today to show solidarity with students in Bangladesh and share condolences in recent tragedy in job reservation (quota) protest in Bangladesh, which has resulted in loss of atleast hundred valuable lives including students (source: AFP global news agency). As Bangladesh is in complete communication shutdown, we are deeply worried about the current state of affairs. We urge that the Govt. of Bangladesh should immediately and meaningfully talk with student protest leaders, educators and citizens of Bangladesh and hear their voices imperatively to resolve this dire situation.

Bangladesh Student Association of Marquette University (BSAMU) shows solidarity to the protest of job reservation (quota) reform in Bangladesh. We are deeply saddened and outraged by death of atleast 6 young students in Bangladesh, who have sacrificed their lives in this tragedy. Here is our complete statement:

Attention Marquette University's Bangladesh Student Association Members!!!

We wish to inform you that Mr. Ankan Gupta, the Secretary of the Bengali Cultural Society of Milwaukee, has recently contacted us. He has expressed a keen interest in establishing a collaboration between our association and their society, as well as in our participation in their upcoming programs. Mr. Gupta has kindly provided us with a comprehensive email outlining their proposal.

We kindly request that you review the contents of the aforementioned email and share your feedback with us by the conclusion of the current month.

Here is the email:

Good morning.
It was great talking to you all last night. I appreciate your time and sharing your thoughts to expand our Bengali community here in Milwaukee.

As discussed over the phone, I am hereby writing an email to you to explore possibilities to invite and include our fellow bengali friends, students and relatives from Bangladesh into our local bengali community Bengali Cultural Society of Milwaukee (BCSM). We strongly believe that beyond our country of origin, religious background and more such secondary variables, our primary identity is that we are Bengali.

Why BCSM?

This is the largest Bengali community in the region or the state. We nurture our cultural roots. We host diverse events round the year, that include but not limited to celebrating bangla noboborsho, Mother's Day, annual picnic, bosonto utsav (cultural), annual cultural event (performed by local bengali artists from the community), musical show (famous artists from India/Bangladesh), subsidized food drive etc.

What BCSM can try for you?

1. Foster membership from Bangladesh to expand local Bengali Community
2. Consider special pricing for student's membership
3. Consider 'student special' pricing for any social event that we host
4. Promote cultural diversity, dedicate time slots for Bangladeshi student/citizen in any cultural event that we host
5. Monthly subscription-based banking system to financially help students towards participating in any bigger/expensive event at no extra cost
6. Waiving off banking transaction fee for any online purchase

In addition, you may loop in additional people from your community into our whatsapp group. If needed, I can further listen to everyone's voice, their expectations and suggestions. Unless we emotionally get connected to each other, we wont be able to bring any resolution and come to consensus. I will be also interested in how we can include Bangladeshi participants and make our cultural program more diverse. Our next big event is celebrating Bengali Naboborsho (Boisakhi Adda) in the 2nd half of May. Very soon, we will start inviting nominations for the cultural program.

I strongly believe that by overcoming our geographical and socio-economic barriers, we Bengalis can accomplish outstanding social harmony and emerge as a distinct community in the region.

Should you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please let me know. Also, I would highly appreciate it if you could disseminate this elsewhere such as UW Milwaukee campus or wherever applicable. As discussed last night, I would appreciate it if you could get back to me with specific expectations by the end of the month (sooner the better). As you may imagine, we have a substantial attendance (200+) for any given event and it requires logistic planning well in advance. If we aim to build our relationship effectively from 'Boisakhi Adda/Naboborsho Celebration', we need to decide and act fast. As you may understand, 'membership' will be imperative and 'prerequisite' for securing any special pricing/initiative and future partnership.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely and Respectfully,
Ankan Gupta, PhD
Secretary
Bengali Cultural Society of Milwaukee
Regd. Entity ID: B030432
https://bcsmilwaukee.com/
Cell: 619-767-8601

BENGALI CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE The Bengali Cultural Society of Milwaukee (Popularly known as BCSM), is a non-profit cultural organization established in 1983, serving as a hub to all the immigrant ‘Bengalis’ residing in the greater Milwaukee area and in and around the State of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. 

Invitation from UWM:

সুপ্রিয় সুধী,
সবাইকে মাহে রমজানের শুভেচ্ছা।
অত্যন্ত আনন্দের সাথে জানাচ্ছি যে, বিগত বছরের ন্যায় এবছরেও অনুষ্ঠিত হতে যাচ্ছে বহুল আকাঙ্ক্ষিত ‘বাংলাদেশ নাইট ২০২৪’ । আপনাদের সবাইকে আমন্ত্রণ। যোগ দিন সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠানে, মজার খেলায় এবং রসনা বিলাসে।
স্থান: UN W195.A, Union Ballroom A (East), Student Union, UWM.
তারিখ: ২০শে এপ্রিল ২০২৪।
সময়: বিকেল ৫:৩০ - রাত ৯:০০।
চাঁদা: UWM ছাত্রী/ছাত্র – $২০.০০ , তার Spouse - $১৫.০০
শিশু (৬ - ১২ বছর) – $১০.০০
প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক (Adult) – $২০.০০
নিচের লিঙ্কে গিয়ে আপনার নাম ও অংশগ্রহনকারীর সংখ্যা নিবন্ধিত করুন এবং চাঁদা দিয়ে আপনার অংশগ্রহন নিশ্চিত করুন।
https://docs.google.com/.../1lZKnIYyMkFDUx436eTGJbUm.../edit
চাঁদা গ্রহনকারী এবং মাধ্যম-
Muhammad Hasan – Zelle (414) 204-6546, paypal- [email protected]
Sadia Rahman – Zelle: [email protected] or (989) 400-5948
সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠানে অংশগ্রহনের জন্য যোগাযোগ করুন – Sadia Rahman ও Mohaiminul Islam (মুন)।
আপনাদের সহযোগিতা ও পরামর্শ একান্ত কাম্য। আপনাদের অংশগ্রহন অনুষ্ঠানকে সাফল্যমন্ডিত করবে।
আপনাদের কথা, হাসি ও গানে মুখরিত হবে UWM প্রাঙ্গন,
এই কামনায় –
BSA-UWM committee 2023 – 2024
মোহাইমিনুল ইসলাম (মুন) – সভাপতি
সাদিয়া রহমান – সহ-সভাপতি
Amir Foysal – সাধারণ সম্পাদক
মুহাম্মাদ হাসান - কোষাধাক্ষ্য
Amir Khan– সদস্য
Rakibul Hasan Shovon– সদস্য
Souvik Roy– সদস্য
Soad Shajid - সদস্য
সার্বিক তত্ত্বাবধানে।
মোহাইমিনুল ইসলাম (মুন) – 4143096452
আমির ফয়সাল - (701) 491-2865
সাদিয়া রহমান - (989) 400-5948

Hello, Everyone. You will be happy to know that the Bangladesh Student Association of Marquette University is going to organize "Pitha-Puli and Boshonto Utsav 2024" on Saturday, February 24, 2024. We are expecting the heartful presence of you and your family in this event. The event details have been shared below for your convenience:
Place: Lunda Room, Alumni Memorial Union, Marquette University, 1442 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Time: 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Pitha-Puli Utsav, 6:30 PM- 9 PM: Boshonto Utsav
Apart from this, we will organize some gaming and entertainment activities for all of you, and there will be opportunities to win prizes, too! We are expecting your active participation in the cultural program, which will be part of Boshonto Utsav. Please feel free to nominate yourself/family member for any kind of performance (Music, Dance, Recitation) through the registration link below. Please RSVP to join the Pitha-Puli and Boshonto Utsav 2024
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMbNA9r4_KyfIelsS8rHlYHqJ-Ym1T0Cp8okYj53DKqcM9zA/viewform?usp=sf_link
If you have any questions or concerns regarding registration and attending this event, please contact us at [email protected]

BSAMU Pitha-Puli and Boshonto Utsav 2024 RSVP Form Hello Everyone, You will be happy to announce that, Bangladesh Student Association of Marquette University is going to organize "Pitha-Puli and Boshonto Utsav 2024" on the upcoming February 24, 2024, Saturday. We are expecting heartful presence of you and your family in this event. The event details...

🎉📚 Hope everyone is having a fantastic semester so far! We've got something special brewing for you! 🍴🎊

We are thrilled to announce the "Pitha Utshob" happening on February 24, 2024, right here in the AMU at Marquette University. This is your chance to show off your baking and cooking skills or simply enjoy the deliciousness that our community has to offer.

👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 We're calling all culinary enthusiasts to volunteer for baking and cooking. Don't worry about the ingredients; let us know what you need, and we'll make sure they're ready for you. Participation is entirely voluntary, but we promise it'll be a lot of fun!

🎲🎯 That's not all - we'll also have games to spice up the day! And for those who feel the rhythm and beats, if you're interested in performing any cultural program, please reach out to us beforehand. We'd love to showcase your talent!

💌 Details of the event will be sent to your email, so keep an eye out!

Let's make this "Pitha Uthsob" a day to remember with good food, great company, and a celebration of our culture. Can't wait to see you there! If you're interested in volunteering or performing, please drop us a message. Let’s create some unforgettable memories together!

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