AARCC News and Upcoming Events
NEW Students: Visit our New Students page & join the Asian American Mentor Program!
Learn more about the Asian American community at UIC, and get your college career off to a good start by joining the Asian American Mentor Program. Space is limited, to join now! For best consideration, sign up by Friday, July 31st.
Incoming UIC students: Attend a Summer College Workshop
[**Note** Dates have changed from the Summer College postcard!]
AARCC is presenting 2 summer workshops to introduce campus resources and programs with a focus on Asian Americans. These are FREE and open to any incoming student. All workshops will be held in Taft Hall 101 and will be held from Noon-1 p.m.
Join AARCC for free pizza and learn about programs and services for Asian Americans such as student organizations and other campus activities. Also, meet students from the Asian American Mentor Program (AAMP), a program designed to help ease the transition to UIC for new Asian American students.
Did you know that 24% of UIC undergraduates are Asian Americans? What groups make up this population, and how are they similar and different? Find out more and discover Asian American Studies courses that fulfill general education requirements while also learning about Asian American history and culture.
For more information on any of these, contact Karen Su at karensu@uic.edu or call 312-413-9569.
Registering for classes? Take an Asian American Studies class!
For more information, contact Mark Chiang at mchiang@uic.edu.
ASAM 123 Introduction to Asian American Literature—3hrs
Same as ENGL 123. Creative Arts, and US Society course.
27062 LCD 12:00pm - 12:50pm MWF Helen Jun
ASAM 228 Sociology of Asia and Asian Americans—3 hrs
Same as ASST 228 and SOC 228. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100.
Individual and Society, and US Society course.
26726 LCD 11:00am - 12:15pm TR Richard Barrett
ASAM 290 Special Topics in Asian American Studies:
History of Asians in the United States—3 hrs
29009 LCD 5:00pm - 7:50pm T Eric Tang
HIST 497 Topics in Cultural History:The South Asian Diaspora
-3 hrs undergrads/4 hrs graduate
29711 or 29712 LCD 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM TR Rama Mantena
HON 201 Homes and Homelands in Asian American Literature
- 1 credit for Honors College students
13765 LCD 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM R Karen Su
Read the April Issue of AARCConnections!
The AAA Month edition of our newsletter is here, with a don't-miss interview with Parry Shen, Keith Chow, and Jeff Yang, the editors of Secret Identities: the Asian American Superhero Anthology. This issue also presents the winning entries from the AARCC Essay Contest! Also learn information about jobs at AARCC for next year, Fall 2009 Asian American Studies courses, and the AARCC Resource Book Cover Contest! Read the April 2009 issue here! Note: previous issues are available at the in our Historical Archives.