Asian American Welcome Night

1. Asian American Welcome Night Duke Ellington Ballroom Holmes Student Center Thursday, September 1, 2005 NIU

2. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • Opened the Asian American Center, Fall 2004 • Added Evening Hours • Witnessed High Utilization of the Center Providing Student-Centered Service! NIU

3. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • Hired Student Partners & Interns • Heather Skalski Tam Ngyuen • Eugene Beltran Sheryl Rodriguez • Michelle Vargas Kris Wong Developing Student Learning Opportunities! NIU

4. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • 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 Developing Student Learning Opportunities! NIU

5. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • Students and student organizations engaged in creating their own learning opportunities: • “Diabetes Awareness Program” • “Finding Your Ideal Job” • “Etiquette Dinner” • “Rice Magazine” • “Pho Dinner” Developing Student Learning Opportunities! NIU

6. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • Burmese • Chinese • Hmong • Indian • Japanese • Laotian • Pakistani • Thai Creating an Inclusive Environment! • Cambodian • Filipino • Hong Kong • Indonesian • Korean • Malaysian • Taiwanese • Vietnamese NIU

7. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • 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 Creating an Inclusive Environments! NIU

8. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights • Offered Diverse Programs • Asian American Heritage Month • Acquired materials for Resource Room Creating an Inclusive Environment! NIU

9. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights 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 Establishing Collaborative Partnerships! NIU

10. Asian American Center2004-2005 Highlights New Equipment & Services • Television • Computer Access • VCR • Internet Access • DVD • Digital Camera • Laptop Computer Promoting Technological Advancement! NIU

11. Asian American Center2005-2006 Goals Develop and implement a Pilot Peer Mentor Program for Asian American students. Goal One: NIU

12. Asian American Center2005-2006 Goals Increase staff positions to assist with delivering full-time services & programs. Goal Two: NIU

13. Asian American Center2005-2006 Goals Collaborate with Diversity Centers to develop & implement initiatives reaching out to the broader student population to increase dialogues around diversity. Goal Three: NIU

14. Asian American Center2005-2006 Goals Host an NIU Asian American Alumni Fundraising Banquet. Goal Four: NIU

15. Asian American Center2005-2006 Goals Develop and implement monthly programs for Asian American student population. Goal Five: NIU

16. Asian American Center NEW! Program Brochure! NIU

17. Asian American Center NEW! Fire Side Chats! Leadership Series! Brown Bag Lunches! Peer Mentor Program! NIU

18. Asian American Center“We are Here for You! Come grow with us! NIU