Welcome to the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center
AARCC News and Upcoming Events
Summer AAMP
Thursday, June 27th - Thursday, July 25th 2013
12:00 - 1:00
123 Burnham Hall
Summer AAMP is a great opportunity to get introduced to some of the AAMP peer mentors, meet other first-year students, and learn about UIC! Summer AAMP has one hour per week meetings where you interact with mentors, peers, and UIC staff. We talk about the transition from high school to UIC, and Asian American issues. Summer AAMP is open only to students participating in UIC Summer College.
If you are going to be in Summer College 2013, please register! Space is limited! http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/summercollege/programs.html
Fall AAMP 2013
The Asian American Mentor Program (AAMP) is designed to ease the transition of new students to UIC during their first semester. In the fall, students are assigned into groups with two Peer Mentors and 3-5 new students for personal support and to help get connected to campus resources.
Fall AAMP is open to any incoming Undergraduate first-year or transfer student enrolled at UIC for Fall 2013. For a more in depth look at AAMP, please visit the Peer Mentor Program Page.
Registration has opened for the Fall 2013. To register, please click here.
I Define Myself: Undocumented and Unafraid Portrait Project
The panels of the collaborative exhibit presented by the Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change are currently located at the Behavorial Sciences Building (BSB) south entrance. Now being hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Center, look for upcoming programs GSC will offer in April conjunction with the exhibit at www.gsc.uic.edu.
Learn how you can benefit from AANAPISI at UIC
The University of Illinois at Chicago is a federally-designated Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution. The campus will receive close to $4 million dollars over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Education to support recruitment, retention and graduation of Asian American and Pacific Islander students and all UIC students.
See The UIC AANAPISI Initiative page for more information on the programs, scholarships, activities, and news related to UIC's AANAPISI Initiative.