第四屆松柏梅竹滑雪會訂 1/23 日舉行

北京大学新英格兰校友会（松），波士顿南开校友会（柏），波士顿清华校友会（梅）及交通大学新英格兰地区校友会（竹）将联合组织第四届“松柏梅竹”滑雪会，以喜迎新年加强友谊。同时热烈也欢迎其他院校校友及朋友参加。我们选择了大家熟悉而有团队优惠的 Pats Peak 雪场，初学者及滑雪老手都能满意。

When: 

Saturday 2PM-10PM, Jan 23, 2016 (in case of severe weather, the event might be rescheduled).

Where: 

PATS PEAK Ski Area

686 Flanders Road, Henniker, NH 03242 (~90 minutes’ drive from Boston)

Web Site: http://www.patspeak.com

  

Group Rate (>6-year and Pay one Price):  

$44/person including lift/rental/snow tubing from 2pm to 10pm.

$34/person for lift ticket only

$28/person for beginner lessons. 2:30pm is the last lesson for the day.

Registration (by Monday, Jan 18, 8pm Eastern time):

http://goo.gl/forms/MIgbXxQYwq

Carpooling: 

Alumni that provide carpool are greatly appreciated. Please provide the carpool information in the registration form. Finding your own seats is always encouraged due to the supply/demand experience last year.  Carpool recipients are expected to share the gas (and etc.) cost with your driver. 

    

Tickets & Payment: 

We will send out a separate email to all the event registrants on Monday, Jan 18th with details about payment and ticket distribution.

Dressing Tips: 

Water-proof pants and coat; Warm hat and gloves; Extra pair of socks; Helmet for children. 

   

Liability Waiver: 

Security is each individual’s responsibility. Any alumni group or related person is not liable for any injury, illness or accident. 

We look forward to seeing you there and having fun!

北京大学新英格兰校友会（松）http://pkuaa-ne.org/

波士顿南开校友会（柏）http://www.nkaaboston.org/

波士顿清华校友会（梅）http://www.tsinghua-boston.org/

交通大学新英格兰地区校友会（竹）https://groups.google.com/group/JTUAlumniNE

Event Contacts:

Ming Shan（北大）Evershan@gmail.com

Han Wang（南开）NankaiBoston@gmail.com

Yue Guan（清华）guanyue10@gmail.com

Fen Chen（交大）fenchen@gmail.com

   

*“松柏梅竹”来历：台湾清华交大素有“梅竹赛”传统，“梅”取自清华校长梅贻琦，“竹”源于交大校长凌竹铭，北大校长蔡元培以“松”骨气概著称，“柏”意指南开校长张伯苓。

通用電子世界總部將遷址波士頓

通用電子主席Jeff Immelt在一份聲明中表示，“通用電子希望成為世界上最有競爭力的公司。今日，通用電子是一家1300億元，帶領業界做數位化轉型的全球高科技公司之一，希望能座落在與該公司有同樣願景的生態系統中。波士頓有55所大專院校，麻州在研發上花的錢比世界上任何其他地區都多，波士頓又吸引了多元化，科技力強的人，集中精力為世界化解挑戰。通用電子很為能夠把公司總部帶進這個充滿活力，又有創意的公司而感到興奮。

通用電子員工將從2016年夏天起，先遷進波士頓的一個臨時地點，經歷幾個步驟後，約2018年才完全搬遷過來。在波士頓，通用電子大約會有員工800人，其中200人為企業員工，600人為數位產業的產品經理，設計師，開發人員，分別來自通用電子的數位（Digital），趨勢（ Current），機器人（robotics），以及生命科學等部門。

截至2015年12月31日，通用電子公司有305,000名員工，是一家發展，製造許多種消費者及商業用產品的公司，目前總部設在康州史坦福（Stamford）。

通用電子為該公司總部的組成及地點，考慮了三年多，從2015年6月起正式檢視40個可能地點。有段時間，亞特蘭大一直是他們認定的地點，但是到2015年11月16日時，喬治亞州官員聽到通用電子計畫留在東北部消息，他們把這會在該州歷史上形成最大經濟發展影響的公司吸引過來的夢想，將無法成真。

根據納稅基金會，2012年的康州人均州及地方所得稅收為2053元，高居全美第二。麻州排名第四。

不過，納稅基金會表示，麻州在個及人所得，銷售，企業，物業等四項主要稅別中，都比康州更有吸引力。

GENERAL ELECTRIC CHOOSES  BOSTON FOR HEADQUARTERS

麻州州長查理貝克（Charlie Baker）和市長馬丁華殊（Martin Walsh）1月13日聯袂宣佈，通用電子（GE）公司決定把世界總部遷至波士頓，以充分利用波士頓市集麻州的創新經濟競爭力，並就近接觸世界級教育機構所培養出來的人才。 通用電子公司將為波士頓市帶來800個高薪工作機會。 通用電子將在海港區營運，勢必成為波士頓市創新業界龍頭。麻州政府為此提供了一億二千萬元補助款及各種優惠，波士頓市也藉物業稅減免等提供了2500萬元獎勵。通用電子獲得的其他獎勵包括： 100萬元人力培訓補助款；最高500萬元的建立創新中心補助，以為通用電子和麻州研究機構，高等學府中的創新者搭橋；承諾改善海港區的現有地方交通；指派一個聯合遷址團隊以紓緩員工遷進波士頓的過渡需要；為符合資格，想要在波士頓買房子的員工提供協助。 General Electric Chooses Boston for World Headquarters BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker and Mayor Martin J. Walsh today celebrated General Electric's decision to relocate their world headquarters to Boston to take advantage of Boston and the Commonwealth's innovative and competitive economy and access to human capital and world-class educational institutions. General Electric will bring approximately 800 high-paying jobs to Boston with this move.  "Our administration welcomes GE’s decision to take advantage of the unique resources that our state has to offer, ranging from our innovative economy to top universities," said Governor Baker. "In addition to adding hundreds of high-paying jobs to our state, we look forward to partnering with GE to achieve further growth across a spectrum of industries and are confident GE will flourish in the Commonwealth's inventive economy." "General Electric's choice to move to Boston is the result of the city's willingness and excitement to work creatively and collaboratively to bring positive activity to our local economy and continue to grow our industries," said Mayor Walsh. "Boston is delighted and honored to welcome General Electric and its employees to our community and we are confident that this is the start of a strong partnership." Bringing General Electric's operations to the Seaport District will cement the company as an anchor in the city's innovation industry. The Commonwealth offered incentives up to $120 million through grants and other programs and up to $25 million was offered from the city of Boston in property tax relief. Additional incentives offered to General Electric include: · $1 million in grants for workforce training; · Up to $5 million for an innovation center to forge connections between GE,innovators from Massachusetts research institutions and the higher education community; · Commitment to existing local transportation improvements in the Seaport District; · Appointment of a joint relocation team to ease the transition for employees moving to Boston;  · Assistance for eligible employees looking to buy homes in Boston; Additional details will be released as available.  BOSTON - January 13, 2016 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Governor Charlie Baker today celebrated General Electric's decision to relocate their world headquarters to Boston to take advantage of Boston and the Commonwealth's innovative and competitive economy and access to human capital and world-class educational institutions. General Electric will bring approximately 800 high-paying jobs to Boston with this move.  "General Electric's choice to move to Boston is the result of the city's willingness and excitement to work creatively and collaboratively to bring positive activity to our local economy and continue to grow our industries," said Mayor Walsh. "Boston is delighted and honored to welcome General Electric and its employees to our community and we are confident that this is the start of a strong partnership." "Our administration welcomes General Electric's decision to take advantage of the unique resources that our state has to offer, ranging from our innovative economy to top universities," said Governor Baker. "In addition to adding hundreds of high-paying jobs to our state, we look forward to partnering with GE to achieve further growth across a spectrum of industries and are confident GE will flourish in the Commonwealth's inventive economy." Bringing General Electric's operations to the Seaport District will cement the company as an anchor in the city's innovation industry. The Commonwealth offered incentives up to $120 million through grants and other programs and up to $25 million was offered from the city of Boston in property tax relief. Additional incentives offered to General Electric include: $1 million in grants for workforce training; Up to $5 million for an innovation center to forge connections between GE and innovators from Massachusetts research institutions and the higher education community; Commitment to existing local transportation improvements in the Seaport District; Appointment of a joint relocation team to ease the transition for employees moving to Boston; and, Assistance for eligible employees looking to buy homes in Boston.

DHS Enhances Opportunities for H-1B1, E-3, CW-1 Nonimmigrants and Certain EB-1 Immigrants, Final Rule Posted

DHS Enhances Opportunities for H-1B1, E-3, CW-1 Nonimmigrants and Certain EB-1 Immigrants, Final Rule Posted
 

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security amended its regulations today to improve the programs serving the H-1B1, E-3 and CW-1 nonimmigrant classifications and the EB-1 immigrant classification, and remove unnecessary hurdles that place such workers at a disadvantage when compared to similarly situated workers in other visa classifications.

This final rule, posted to the Federal Register today and effective on Feb. 16, revises regulations affecting highly skilled workers in the nonimmigrant classifications for specialty occupations from Chile, Singapore (H-1B1) and Australia (E-3); the immigrant classification for employment-based first preference (EB-1) outstanding professors and researchers; and nonimmigrant workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) classification.

Specifically, this final rule amends DHS regulations as described below:

· DHS is including H-1B1 and principal E-3 classifications in the list of classes of foreign nationals authorized for employment incident to status with a specific employer. This means that H-1B1 and principal E-3 nonimmigrants are allowed to work for the sponsoring employer without having to separately apply for employment authorization.

· DHS is authorizing continued employment with the same employer for up to 240 days for H-1B1 and principal E-3 nonimmigrants whose status has expired while their employer’s timely filed extension of stay request remains pending.

· DHS is providing this same continued employment authorization for CW-1 nonimmigrants whose status has expired while their employer’s timely filed Form I-129CW, Petition for a CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker, request for an extension of stay remains pending.

· Existing regulations on the filing procedures for extensions of stay and change of status requests now include principal E-3 and H-1B1 nonimmigrant classifications.

· Employers petitioning for EB-1 outstanding professors and researchers may now submit initial evidence comparable to the other forms of evidence already listed in 8 CFR 204.5(i)(3)(i), much like certain employment-based immigrant categories that already allow for submission of comparable evidence.

This final rule does not impose any additional costs on employers, workers or any governmental entity. Further, changing the employment authorization regulations for H-1B1 and E-3 nonimmigrants makes them consistent with other similarly situated nonimmigrant worker classifications. Additionally, this rule minimizes the potential of employment disruptions for U.S. employers of H-1B1, E-3 and CW-1 nonimmigrant workers. Finally, DHS expects that this change will help U.S. employers recruit EB-1 outstanding professors and researchers by expanding the range of evidence that U.S. employers may provide to support their petitions.

“We constantly strive to improve our processes and ensure fair and consistent access to immigration benefits,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director León Rodríguez said. “This Enhancing Opportunities rule removes unnecessary hurdles that place workers at a disadvantage and will be beneficial to both employers and their workers.”