The Romanian Students & Scholars Association at Princeton (RSSA) is meant to promote and raise awareness about the cultural and intellectual values of the *ROMANIAN** people by means of its representatives within the Princeton community.
Given that a few percent of the international student population at Princeton, at both undergraduate and graduate level, is given by Romanians, to which we can add American-born Romanian students, faculty and staff, as well as people who have direct academic interests in the language and culture of this people, we believe that our group needs an organized means of expression to have real impact on the campus scene. For this purpose, the RSSA intends to run a diverse panel of cultural events on campus, of both academic and non-academic nature, such as:
discussions and lecture series on historical and cultural topics
-> Also, look for our weekly Movie Sessions!
ethnic events meant to display specific Romanian traditions;
create a small library with written and recorded materials on Romania
-> NEW! titles available for browsing under "Library" !
organize a weekly table for those interested in speaking Romanian
-> Fall 2006: Every Thursday 6-7:30 PM in Rockefeller Dining Hall;
petition the university to offer a course on Romanian language & civilization.
Please join us in celebrating the Romanian culture by first browsing our website, getting in contact with us and attending our weekly events. A necessary warning: if you hang out with us long enough to learn how to pronounce our names correctly, you will soon realize that learning Romanian is a piece of cake. One only needs to put in a little commitment and think in /phonetical/ terms - what you write and read is EXACTLY (or in most cases) what you speak and hear. Welcome! And please drop us a note if you'd like to find out something that this website is not providing at this moment.
* Think "ROME"! - you'll soon find out there is a strong reason for this association
Fell free to read the club charter, or see the list of officers.