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About CCSAA
Mission statement
The Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Asian Americans (CCSAA) at UIC serves one of the most diverse universities in the nation, with Asian Americans comprising the largest minority group of its student body.
CCSAA’s mission is to:
- Promote the academic, social, cultural and professional welfare of UIC’s Asian American students, faculty and staff
- Advise the administration on University policy that affects Asian American constituencies
- Encourage scholarship and practices that reflect and respond to the increasing diversity of our campus and surrounding community in a rapidly globalizing world, and anticipate the ongoing demographic trends that show a rapid growth of Asian Americans among the U.S.'s and Illinois's ethnic constituencies
- Foster professional opportunities for Asian Americans on campus
- Cultivate relationships with alumni and Asian American communities in the metropolitan Chicago area
CCSAA's Executive Committee:
- Consists of UIC faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students interested in promoting the welfare of Asian Americans on campus.
- Is led by two co-chairs, one who is a faculty member and one who is a staff member, each of whom serve for two years.
- Is nominated at the end of each academic year by the Co-Chairs of the CCSAA; the members for the next academic year are chosen and appointed by the Chancellor during the summer
- Can expect to attend board meetings once a month and subcommittee meetings as often as necessary.
If you are interested in being nominated to the Executive Committee
of the CCSAA or in joining our efforts as a member of a subcommittee,
please contact one of the Co-Chairs, Jessica Canlas or Fred Kviz.
We are always looking for new members.
A Brief History of the CCSAA
The Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Asian
Americans was the last of the Chancellor's Status Committees to
be established, and was largely the result of student demands.
From 1991 to the present, there have been ten or
so different Asian American student organizations working for
an Asian American Studies Program which formed, merged, died,
and re-emerged. They were initially dedicated to establishing
an Asian American Studies Program;
as students realized the difficulty of achieving this directly,
they began to campaign in addition for a Chancellor's Committee
and for an Asian American Resource and Culture
Center.
Some major events leading to the formation of the
CCSAA:
• 1991: The Asian American movement started
at UIC with the foundation of the Asian American Collegiate Organization,
which had a political focus and began to rally for an Asian American
Studies Program at UIC. The movement encountered significant obstacles
due to large university budget cuts at this time.
• 1996: Students Promoting Asian American Concerns is formed
and seeks the creation of a Chancellor's Committee.
• April 1999: After many years of lobbying
by students and staff for university administrative support the
Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Asian Americans was approved in May of 1999 during Chancellor David Broski's tenure. Our
current Chancellor Sylvia Manning remains supportive of the community
and of the committee's work.
• Fall 1999: The first CCSAA is convened, headed
by the two founding Co-Chairs, Victoria Chou and Richard Lim.
The Chancellor's Committees of UIC
The UIC Chancellor's Status Committees are administered through the
Office for Access and Equity:
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