Events

12/23/2011 — The 10th aniversary & award ceremony of XieYu Education Foundation is held in Beijing Normal University.

12/23/2011XieYu Educational Foundation 10 years

May/4/2011 — The 10th aniversary of XieYu Education Foundation will be celebrated at Beijing Normal University。The committee board releases congratulation letter.

10/20/2010 — The 9th award ceremony of XieYu Education Foundation will be held in Beijing Normal University. Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00pm, location: Room 101, No. 8 teaching building. The three teaching teams supported by XieYu Education Foundation will report their teaching experience in NeiMeng, ShanXi and QingHai provinces. 12 undergraduate will be awarded with financial aid from XieYu Education Foundation.

9/26/2010 — XieYu Education Foundation held the second board meeting of year 2010. The board reviewed the reports of the three teaching teams supported by XieYu Education Foundation. Their reporots summarized their teaching experience in NeiMeng, ShanXi and QingHai provinces. The board approved the financial support to 12 undergraduates of Beijing Normal University. The board approved two cases of "Designated Donation Program".

9/2010 — Summary of the teaching trip of 2010 from the groups supported by XieYu Education Foundation。

Report of year 2010 CaiHong XingDong, QingHai Province,

Report of year 2010 XieYu Education Teaching Team, NingQiang county, ShanXi province, Report of year 2010 XieYu Education Teaching Team, Baotou city, NeiMeng province

7/15/2010 — XieYu Education Foundatio CEO, Mr. Zhang Qiang "A letter to volunteers of XieYu Education Foundation CaiHong XingDong at QingHai Province"

4/2010 — The first board meeting of year 2010 made decision on how to use“Designated Donation Program”. The board made preparation for the project that support the teaching teams of summer 2010.

The board appointed Jiguang Bao as president,Qiang Zhang as CEO,Song Guo as CFO, Cheng Li as Secretary, Gang Feng as Chairman of Selection Committee.

10/2009 — Summary of the teaching trip of 2009 from the groups supported by XieYu Education Foundation。

Report of QingHai province team, Summary of QingHai Province team.

Teaching in NenJiang of year 2009., Summary of NenJiang group of year 2009.

5/2009Proposal of building a tent school for SiChuan earthquake victim students.

2/16/2008 — The first board meeting of 2008 was held in Atlanta. All eleven board members attended the three-hour meeting through teleconference. The members discussed the current work and future plans, including topics on Donation Partner Program, the influence of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the Educational Society Exploration programs, and the Special Hardship Assistantship. The meeting also re-elected new board officers: Huipin Zhang as President and Chief Executive Officer, Song Guo as Chief Financial Officer, Cheng Li as Secretary, Gang Feng as Chairman of the Selection Committee, Jiguang Bao as President and in charge of the administrative work in China. In addition, Changqing Yue was elected as a new board member. The board also approved board member Hong Zhang’s resignation.

10/24/2007 — The 2007 XYEF award ceremony was held at Beijing Normal University, Department of Mathematics. Faculty, students, board members and Professor Xie’s relatives attended the meeting. Board member Gang Feng reported the XYEF activities in 2008. Board member Jiguang Bao announced the recipients of the 2007 awards, including 10 students and three Educational Society Exploration teams (see below). The three teams reported their achievements of the exploration activities. The representative of the Student Financial Aid recipients, Qianqian Hou, also shared her experiences. The meeting concluded with the spirit of continuing spreading the unlimited love of Professor Xie to students, friends and colleagues.

9/17/2007 — XYEF awarded Educational Society Exploration Grants to three groups who went to provinces of Xinjiang, Yunnan and Neimenggu. These webpages highlight their activities and achievements through photos and descriptions in Chinese.

9/11/2007 — XYEF received donations from Liu Lei, who received SHA assistantship in 2005. In his most difficult times, the XYEF has provided timely support to enable him to continue his studies. After merely two months after Liu's graduation, he donated part of his salaries to XYEF. He expressed wishes to continue to contribute to the foundation, "I will put this money to help needy students to help them complete their college education."

6/27/2007 — XYEF president Dr. Huipin Zhang visited Beijing Normal University and met with students. Students actively put forward many valuable suggestions and expressed support and appreciation for the work of the foundation. Dr. Zhang expressed that these suggestions will be used to improve XYEF's future work. The meeting lasted about two hours, after which everyone joined for a photo memory.

6/23/2007 — The second board meeting in 2007 was held in Atlanta. Participating members discussed the 2007 social practice activities. Based on "XYEF project application guidelines", the board selected three teams to go to the provinces of Xinjiang, Neimenggu and Yunnan from six applications. This approval particularly emphasizes on the efficient use of funds, well planning, and activities in minority areas.

6/16/2007 — XYEF board member Mingjie Hu published an article "The longing of the heart" to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the foundation.

4/5/2007 — Ms. Lois G. Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, Department of The treasury wrote to notify Xie Yu Education Foundation that it has been continued classified as an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In other words, the permanent status of Xie Yu Education Foundation as public charity is approved.

6/24/2006 — The second 2006 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. The board discussed many issues among which the most important was how to imporve the Educational Society Exploration Grant (ESEG) program. The board also approved to sponsor under ESEG three groups of twenty students who would perform society explorations in Fujian, Anhui and Xinjiang for more than a month, accumulatively, in this summer.

4/22/2006 — The first 2006 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. The board voted and elected Huipin Zhang to be Chairman and CEO; Song Guo CFO; Cheng Li Secretary; Gang Feng Selection Committee Chairman; Hong Zhang new trustee. The board also discussed how to better help needy students.

12/7/2005 — Four individual awards and two group awards were given on in a ceremony held in BNU. A special hardship assistance was given earlier. Click here for detail.

8/27/2005 — The second 2005 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. The meeting approved the establishment of Special Hardship Assistance and raised award amount from $125 to $180 for the existing Student Financial Assistantship.

1/22/2005 — The first 2005 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. The meeting discussed and approved a cooperation matter between XYEF and Hometwon Education Foundation.

11/4/2004 — Four individual awards and two group awards were given on November 4, 2004 in a ceremony held in BNU. Click here for detail.

8/28/2004 — The second 2004 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. Among many issues discussed and voted, Cheng Li of Boston, MA and Gang Feng of Beijing, China were elected trustees. Mingjie Hu, Jiguang Bao, and Lin Mei were re-elected trustees upon fulfillment of two-year terms. Guanming Fang also fulfilled her two-year term and will serve as a legal counsel.

5/12/2004 — The Board accepted the resignation of Xiaogang Su.

3/20/2004 — The 2004 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. The meeting discussed a fund-raising campaign, 2004 award ceremony schedule, award selection criteria, and many other issues.

2/20/2004 — Huipin Zhang of San Jose, California was elected trustee.

9/22/2003 — Xiaogang Su of Orlando, Florida was elected trustees.

9/8/2003 — Five students received Student Financial Assistantship in an award giving ceremony held in Beijing Normal University. Click here for related documents.

4/10/2003 — The Board accepted the resignation of Yachen Lin.

3/15/2003 — The 2003 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. Among many issues discussed and voted, Xun Jiang, Song Guo, and Jie Ding were elected trustees.

2/18/2003 — Yachen Lin of Atlanta, Georgia was elected trustee.

1/23/2003 — Internal Revenue Service granted the Foundation temporary tax-exempt status for the period of 7/19/2002 —12/31/2006. After this period, IRS will grant the Foundation permanent status if we continue to meet the requirements.

12/2/2002 — Application for tax-exempt status was filed with Internal Revenue Service.

9/7/2002 — Bao Jiguang of Beijing, China was elected trustee and Chairman of Selection Committee. The board accepted the resignation of Chuang Peng.

8/17/2002 — The 2002 annual board meeting was held in the principal office. Among many issues discussed and voted, Guanming Fang of Atlanta, Georgia was elected trustee and Vice President of Legal Affairs.

7/5/2002 — Cathy Cox, the secretary of State and the Corporations Commissioner of the State of Georgia certified Xie Yu Education Foundation, Inc. as a duly incorporated domestic nonprofit corporation.

6/3/2002 — Xie Yu Education Foundation incorporated. The initial trustees were Mingjie Hu of Princeton, New Jersey, Chuang Peng of Atlanta, Georgia, and Lin Mei of Atlanta, Georgia.