APIA Scholarship Winner

The APIA scholarship recipient for 2011-2012 was Sunny Lee.  In the photo above, Sunny Lee receives the scholarship certificate and check from Karyn Nguyen, APIA president for this year. Sunny plans to transfer to a four year institution (either a UC or CSU). She has a passion for digital media arts and her goal is to become the first Asian female multimedia artist for Pixar Animation Studios.

WorldFest and Halau Hula O Noelani

Keiki dancers (children)

dancer with uli uli, gourd rattles

Halau Hula o Noelani members with admirer, Jerry Padilla

Karyn and Annie at the APIA table demonstrating how to make spring rolls

Field and Karyn

APIA had a table with spring roll demonstrations which attracted groups of viewers.  We distributed flyers about the upcoming Asian Pacific Islander Forum on May 9th.  Students could also pick up the APIA scholarship application.

Halau Hula o Noelani performed auana style hula for the students. Apparently, the traditional kahiko style is not usually performed with recorded music on CDs, only with live musicians.  The auana performance was enhanced by the translations of the movements by a member of the group. All in all it was a success!

WorldFest with Halau Hula O Noelani

 May 3rd at 1:00-1:30 pm in the Quad in front of the library.

APIA will sponsor the Hawaiian dance group, Halau Hula O Noelani, for the WorldFest event on May 3rd.  Halau Hula O Noelani is a community based organization for the learning of hula and the Hawaiian culture. 

The Fullerton College Foundation provided funding to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month which will include a stipend for the group.

hereandnow theater group

hereandnow cast members during Q & A

On April 17th, APIA sponsored the Asian theater group, hereandnow, with funding from the Fullerton College Foundation.  hereandnow was started by John Miyasaki with young actors frustrated over the lack of non-stereotypical roles in film, television, and theater. With over 200 actors as cast members over the years, hereandnow has evolved and diversified to include Hispanic actors.  The theater group strives to reflect the experiences and to tell the stories of their cast members through vignettes.  They perform around the country at colleges, universities, conferences, and festivals.

hereandnow cast members performed in front of approximately 60 students, faculty, and staff.  About half the students turned in surveys about the event.  Many found the vignettes thought-provoking as well as entertaining.  A number of students could relate and understand the stories being told.  Some students commented that there aren't enough events reflecting the Asian/Pacific Islander experience.    We'll have to keep trying to organized these events!

APIA Scholarship

                                  Attention Fullerton College Students!

The APIA is now accepting applications for its annual scholarship.  We are proud to present one lucky recipient a scholarship of $200.  Application and documents must be postmarked by Friday,May 11th, 2012 OR turned in by that date before 2 pm at the Fullerton College Library Circulation Desk. All applications with accompanying documents must be submitted together in one envelope.  Questions?  Contact: Annie Liu at aliu@fullcoll.edu or Jane Ishibashi jishibashi@fullcoll.edu (714) 992-7378


Link to application
http://cadena.fullcoll.edu/pdf/4.19ApiaScholarshipApp2012.pdf

Info: http://cadena.fullcoll.edu/pdf/4.19APIA_ScholarshipInfoSpring2012.pdf

Spring Rolls Scholarship Fundraiser

In an encore of our popular spring rolls workshop, APIA members will demonstrate how to make traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.Vegetarian will options available. Participants will be able to take home 2-3 spring rolls so bring a container. The fall spring rolls workshop was an enormous success. Ask the participants! Join us as a newcomer or as a repeat!

When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Staff Dining Hall

Please RSVP by Friday, March 16th

Karyn Nguyen at knguyen1@fullcoll.edu

(714) 992-7254

$5.00 per person. $0 with paid APIA membership. Proceeds to the APIA scholarship fund.

Photos from the Fall Spring Rolls workshop. Annie Liu (shown in photos) is leading the second workshop. The organizer and leader of the first workshop was Karyn Nguyen.

Spring Book Discussion: I-Hotel by Karen Tei-Yamashita

Dinner afterwards at the Japanese restaurant Octopus. (375 W. Birch St. Brea) at 5:30. Meet us for the book discussion and/or dinner. Either one or both!

If you're planning on going to the dinner, please RSVP by contacting Karyn Nguyen at KNguyen1@fullcoll.edu (Ext. 27254) or Jane Ishibashi at jishibashi@fullcoll.edu (Ext. 27378).

Book Discussion

Date: Feb. 23rd, 2012
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Location: Library 2nd floor/Conference room 820-P


The Spring 2012 Book discussion will be on I-Hotel by Karen Tei-Yamashita. We will be discussing:

Chapters 1 and 2 from the section titled (1969: I Spy Hotel). The page numbers are 117-164


2010 National Book Award Finalist
2010-2011 Asian/Pacific American Library Association (APALA) Book Award Winner in Adult Fiction
2010 California Book Award Winner

"The International Hotel, or I Hotel, was an actual San Francisco landmark, the base for a wild array of pan-Asian artistic, political, and community endeavors. And now this “fortress” and “beacon” provides the impetus and structure for Yamashita's exuberant, irreverent, passionately researched, and many-voiced novel about the Yellow Power movement. Author of the indelible Tropic of Orange (1997), Yamashita nets the social and personal ferment of the years 1968 through 1977 in 10 interconnected, stylistically varied segments. As this jazzy, kaleidoscopic novel unfolds, we meet orphaned teenager Paul and his mentor Chen, a radical professor; Mo Akagi, a Yellow Panther; Gerald, an avant-garde saxophonist; Sandy Hu, an innovative choreographer; and all kinds of gutsy and inventive activists, some in wheelchairs, who comprise a broad spectrum of courageous Asian Americans asserting their rights." From Booklist by Donna Seaman

Dinner: Japanese restaurant Octopus. (375 W. Birch St. Brea) at 5:30.