UIC AANAPISI Initiative

UIC AANAPISI Initiative is thrilled to mark this milestone for UIC!! The grant is helping to jumpstart AASAP, as a Title III Strengthening Institutions grant should, and UIC will sustain it when the grant ends.

The new unit with phenomenal inaugural staff are making a difference already for our students!! Thank you Asian American Student Academic Program!

Our students focused on an important issue in their MAASU conference presentation. Congrats!

Congress must continue to invest–not cut–funding to AANAPISIs. Federal funds will ensure that AANAPISIs continue to support the success of first generation AANHPI students with low incomes and change the trajectory of their lives. To take action in support of AANAPISIs, check out the AANAPISI Week toolkit at https://bit.ly/AANAPISI2023
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Inequitable funding limits the number of institutions that are able to provide targeted supports and programs to first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented AANHPI students. Congress must fund AANAPISIs in order to promote equity in higher education, access to college, and opportunities for underrepresented AANHPI students.
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AANAPISIs serve, educate, and prepare the next generation of AANHPIs to be civically engaged leaders and changemakers in their communities. UIC Global Asian Studies Program UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center - AARCC

AANHPI students are not a monolith! AANHPIs are a highly diverse and fast-growing community, with AANHPI college students coming from a variety of identities, backgrounds, many with lower incomes, immigration experiences, or being the first in their family to attend college.
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From September 25–October 1, we celebrate Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions with AANAPISI Week! AANAPISIs are critical in supporting AANHPI student success by promoting equity in higher education, access to college, and opportunities for low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented AANHPI students.

This week is National AANAPISI Week. Here's a quick look at the milestones of the UIC AANAPISI Initiative since 2010!

🎓 Today, President Joe Biden issued the first-ever proclamation on National Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week to honor the AANAPISI program’s essential role in empowering generations of underserved AA and NHPI students.

"By putting higher education within reach of AA and NHPI students, our Nation’s nearly 200 AANAPISIs embody my belief that diversity is our strength as a Nation... may we recommit to supporting these institutions as they raise the next generation of AA and NHPI dreamers and doers."

Read the proclamation: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/09/22/a-proclamation-on-asian-american-and-native-american-pacific-islander-serving-institutions-week-2023/

Celebrate Aloha Concert - Benefit for Lahaina IN-PERSON Please join us for the "Celebrate Aloha Concert - a Benefit for Lahaina "- includes Hawaiian Hula, Music, Silent Auction & Raffle!

Come find GLAS at the Involvement Fair this week starting today and meet some of the members of the GLAS Student Advisory Board! Learn about the GLAS Major and Minor and GLAS classes! Event runs from 12-3 pm. See you there!

Join us on Thursday!! Also come find us at Involvement Fair Wed &Thurs this week!

NASP Welcome Event - Thursday, August 31, 2023
3-5pm CST

Come enjoy South Pacific Arts performer Lanialoha Lee and her band at the UH South Lawn, with free snacks and drinks to help us welcome returning UIC students. Information will be provided about fall events, opportunities, and community partnerships by NASP, AANAPISI at UIC, the undergraduate Native American and Indigenous Student Organization (NAISO) and the Indigenous Graduate Student Association (IGSA)! Everyone is welcome to this public event held outdoors on University Hall South Lawn from 3-5. Visitor Parking is at 1100 W. Harrison St. Registration via eventbrite will be requested for outreach purposes.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hawaiian-performance-and-welcome-reception-for-indigenous-and-allies-at-uic-tickets-690954833507?aff=oddtdtcreator

ID: The above text and information in blue font on top of a blurry image of a map. The four corners have designs of leavea. The logo for Native Academic Student Program and a QR code appears on the bottom.

A few student reflections from the APAHE conference in April 2023!

Please read a few insightful and heartfelt student reflections from the APAHE conference in April 2023! Look out for more to come.

Today!
Unpacking the Supreme Court's ruling on Affirmative Action: A discussion on what the SCOTUS decision means for the future of our universities, and beyond
When: Today- Monday, July 3,at 1 PM CST
Where: Online livestream
Register at:bit.ly/scotus-obi

We share with you the National AANAPISI Report, which explores how colleges and universities become AANAPISIs; serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students; and institutionalize their initiatives. UIC was one of the campuses interviewed for this report, so feel free to learn about the amazing work of AARCC, GLAS, and the UIC AANAPISI Initiative by visiting the link -

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More photos from our Angel Island trip…

Highlights from today's educational excursion at Angel Island supported by UIC AANAPISI.

The letters for AASAP went up today!! Thanks for posting UIC Native American Support Program!!

This is a historic moment reflecting the cumulative efforts of thirty years of student leaders holding out this vision for UIC. Immense thanks for all your efforts. Looking forward to working with AASAP as campus partners along with UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center - AARCC and UIC Global Asian Studies Program!!

ID: Lavender lettering spelling Asian American Student Academic Program on a white wall over big windows looking into the office space.

Welcome Neighbor!