NC State Celebrates Asian American History Week

Belltower with NC flag on right

NC State Belltower, Fall 2010

aapi history weekA coalition of several groups and individuals have been working to organize campus-wide programs and events for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) History Week. Represented are those from or with heritage from the south, southeast and/or east Asian countries. Please join us for the following events:

Monday, April 6: ASIA ‘Reveal’
Join us at 6:00 p.m. in the Talley Ocracoke Suite for ASIA’s (Asian Students in Alliance) unveiling. All students, groups and leaders are welcome.

Tuesday, April 7: Network with AAPI Faculty & Staff
At 5:15 p.m. in Student Health Center, Room 2301, come network with AAPI faculty/staff and learn how they navigate the university.

Wednesday, April 8: NAAAP Networking Social
At 7:00 p.m. in Innovation Hall’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, network with the NAAAP (National Association for Asian American Professionals) RTP chapter.

Thursday, April 9: Alex Wan: “Out to Lead”
At 6:00 p.m. in Witherspoon 201, come to “Out to Lead: Lessons from an Openly Gay Asian American Engineer, Businessman and Politician” See article at left.

Friday, April 10: I, Too, Am NC State
From 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the NC State Brickyard, participate in “I, too, am NC State.” All AAPI students are invited to participate in having their photos taken as part of the photography campaign.

For more information, please see the flyer. We hope to see you at one or more of these events! Contact Natalie Nguyen with any questions. See the full Diversity Digest for this article and more.