My experience as a student rep As soon as I obtained the collective email address of all Asian Studies PhD students’ addresses, I revised my email draft and sent it to everyone in time. However, I had not heard from any of them since then. I double-checked the email address in the bcc box even junk mail, and everything seemed normal because I followed the instruction provided by school staff. I believed students had received my email and just did not want to bother to have a close look due to its much length. So I did not give it a deeper thought. But recently, as the staff-student meeting got nearer, my non-replied email got me more disconcerted. I started to think whether I could make the email more concise and direct to my receivers to attract more attention. I redrafted the email and resent it. This time, the pebble created some splashes. I got three replies and at least one of them made a very critical point. I was glad that I redid the whole thing and achieved some effect. Although students had not reacted much actively towards student reps’ inquiries about opinions or suggestions about our department, I had collected some valuable feedback regarding research funding reservation and distribution, academic career development, and peer students gathering.