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NC State’s First Annual
Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)
History Week: April 6-10, 2015
ASIA ‘Reveal’
Monday,
April 6
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. Come learn about ASIA, its new student leadership
and its goals for the upcoming 2015-2016 academic year. Light
refreshments will be provided.
Network with AAPI Faculty & Staff
Tuesday,
April 7
At 5:15 p.m. in Student Health Center, Room 2301, find out just how many AAPI faculty/staff
are here at NC State. Come and network with AAPI faculty/staff and learn how they
navigate the university. Light refreshments will be provided. Please use the back entrance of
the Health Center and buzz to be let in.
NAAAP Networking Social
Wednesday,
April 8
At 7:00 p.m. in Innovation Hall’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, network
with the NAAAP (National Association for Asian American
Professionals) RTP chapter. Come meet area AAPI professionals,
enjoy light refreshments, and enter a raffle for a chance to win FREE
student memberships to NAAAP-RTP. For busing or parking
information, please visit ei.ncsu.edu/about/contact-us.
Alex Wan:“Out to Lead”
Thursday,
April 9
At 6:00 p.m. in Witherspoon 201, come to “Out to Lead: Lessons from an Openly Gay
Asian American Engineer, Businessman and Politician” (rescheduled from February).
Atlanta City Council member Alex Wan has been proudly serving since 2010. As an
openly gay Asian American community member and politician, Alex is also featured in
the 2013 documentary, Breaking Through, which features openly gay politicians from
around the nation. Listen to his experiences, advice and
how he navigates his identity. This event is a collaboration
between BLISS and GLBT-CA from the At Home in the
World grant. Light refreshments will be provided.
I, Too, Am NC State
Friday,
April 10
From 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the NC State Brickyard, participate in “I, too, am
NC State.” AAPI students are often left out of discussions regarding diversity and
inclusion as they are often perceived as a "model minority." All AAPI students are
invited to participate in having their photos taken as part of the "I, too, am NC
State" photography campaign.
If you are a person with a disability and need accommodations to attend, please contact Natalie Nguyen at 919-513-9742 as soon as possible.