History
Since its founding in the fall of 1995, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition has been invested in many constituent- and administration-facing projects. Examples of past initiatives and accomplishments include:
- Establishment of the Asian American Studies Program in Fall 1996
→“Asian Amer. Studies program underway”
- Formation of the President’s Committee on Asian/Pacific-American Student Affairs in Fall 1997
→“Asian American committee examines U. minority issues”
- Founding of an Asian American resource center, the Pan-Asian American Community House, in Fall 2000
→“Students plan Asian center budget”
→“Pan-Asian American Community House almost ready to open doors”
→“PAACH opens for business”
→“PAACH celebrates 10 years of activism”
- Approval of the Cultural Diversity in the US requirement in Spring 2007, through collaboration with the 5B: United Minorities Council, Latino Coalition, UMOJA, and Lambda Alliance
→“Supporters push U.S. culture requirement”
→“Requirement could attract minority profs”
→“Students push mandatory study of U.S. minorities”
→“Cultural requirement approved”
- Reform in the Division of Public Safety in Spring 2007
→“DPS, students aim for better dialogue”
- Creation of the annual Mental Health Camp in Spring 2008 with the 5B
→“Minority groups address mental health issues”
→“Mental Health Camp addresses student stress”
- Release of campus climate data in Spring 2008, and institutionalization of the campus climate survey, with the 5B
→“U. to make campus climate data public”
- Advocacy of greater faculty diversity
→“Students call for increased diversity”
- Improvement of recruitment and retention of minority students
→“Majority of Class of 2015 a minority”
