Asian American Welcome Night

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Asian American Welcome Night

• Duke Ellington Ballroom
• Holmes Student Center
• Thursday, September 1, 2005

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Providing Student-Centered Service!

• Opened the Asian American Center, Fall 2004
• Added Evening Hours
• Witnessed High Utilization of the Center

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Developing Student Learning Opportunities!

• Hired Student Partners Interns
• Heather Skalski Tam Ngyuen
• Eugene Beltran Sheryl Rodriguez
• Michelle Vargas Kris Wong

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Developing Student Learning Opportunities!

• Sponsored Students at Leadership Conferences
• Midwest Asian American Student Union Leadership
  Conference, Missouri
• Midwest Asian American Student Union Spring
  Conference, Michigan
• Filipinos All Coming Together Champaign-Urbana,
  Illinois

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights

Developing Student Learning Opportunities!

• Students and student organizations engaged in
  creating their own learning opportunities
• Diabetes Awareness Program
• Finding Your Ideal Job
• Etiquette Dinner
• Rice Magazine
• Pho Dinner

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Creating an Inclusive Environment!

• Burmese
• Chinese
• Hmong
• Indian
• Japanese
• Laotian
• Pakistani
• Thai

• Cambodian
• Filipino
• Hong Kong
• Indonesian
• Korean
• Malaysian
• Taiwanese
• Vietnamese

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Creating an Inclusive Environments!

• Conducted outreach efforts with Asian-based
  student organizations
• Alpha Phi Gamma Asian American Association
• Asian American Law Association Burma Interest
  Group
• Chi Sigma Tau Chinese Student Association
• Indian Student Association Kappa Phi Lambda
• Kappa Pi Beta Korean Student Association
• Pan Asian Interest Student Alliance Philippine
  Student Association
• Southeast Asia Club Thai Student Association
• Vietnamese Student Association

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Creating an Inclusive Environment!

• Offered Diverse Programs
• Asian American Heritage Month
• Acquired materials for Resource Room

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Establishing Collaborative Partnerships!

• Foreign Language Programs Career Services
• Center for Burma Studies Center for Southeast
  Asian Studies
• Counseling Student Development Center Family
  Consumer Nutrition Sciences
• Health Enhancement Holmes Student Center
• Housing Dining International Programs
• Judicial Affairs Latino Resource Center
• LGBT Resource Center Materials Management
• Student Involvement Leadership Physical Plant

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Asian American Center 2004-2005 Highlights
Promoting Technological Advancement!

• New Equipment Services
• Television
• Computer Access
• VCR
• Internet Access
• DVD
• Digital Camera
• Laptop Computer

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Asian American Center 2005-2006 Goals
Goal One

• Develop and implement a Pilot Peer Mentor
• Program for Asian American students.

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Asian American Center 2005-2006 Goals
Goal Two

• Increase staff positions to assist with
  delivering
• full-time services programs.

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Asian American Center 2005-2006 Goals
Goal Three

• Collaborate with Diversity Centers to develop
  implement initiatives reaching out to the broader
  student population to increase dialogues around
  diversity.

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Asian American Center 2005-2006 Goals
Goal Four

• Host an NIU Asian American Alumni Fundraising
  Banquet.

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Asian American Center 2005-2006 Goals
Goal Five

• Develop and implement monthly programs for Asian
  American student population.

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Asian American Center

• Program Brochure!

NEW!
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Asian American Center

• Fire Side Chats!

NEW!
Leadership Series!
Brown Bag Lunches!
Peer Mentor Program!
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Asian American Center We are Here for You!

• Come grow with us!

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