AARCC Staff to Attend National Education Conference
The Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC), in partnership with the UIC AANAPISI Initiative, will head to Oakland, California for the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) Conference from April 25 to 30.
Through the generous support of the UIC AANAPISI Initiative, AARCC staff Mark Martell, Celeste Aguirre and graduate assistant Ainna Flaminia; AANAPISI principal investigator and project director Karen Su; and UIC students Destiny Bryant, Matthew Carreon, Michael Oliveros, Aanya Sood, Kekulalani (Keku) Keaulii and Raina Walencewicz will be in attendance to represent UIC and share best practices and engage with other faculty, staff and students from North American and Pacific Islander regions.
APAHE’s mission is “dedicated to enhancing the educational opportunities for Asian and Pacific American students; promoting and supporting the hiring, retention, and advancement of qualified Asian and Pacific American faculty, staff, and administrators; and creating a better understanding of issues in the public affecting Asian and Pacific Americans in higher education.”
To learn more about APAHE, please visit http://apahenational.org/