We can’t wait to celebrate with you April 25-27, 2025, during Asian Alumni Weekend! This weekend will be focused on celebrating the AAPAAN community, honoring our scholarship and award recipients, and share about our 2025 scholars campaign. We hope you will join us on-Grounds for what promises to be a memorable weekend! Questions? Email Sanjeev […]
AAPAAN is launching the biennial AAPI Alumni Achievement Award this year, and we want your input! Beginning in 2025 and in alternating years, AAPAAN will present the AAPI Alumni Achievement Award to an alum who best exemplifies the positive impact made by UVA’s AAPI alumni on their local communities and the greater AAPI community. We […]
Dear AAPI Alumni and Friends, As 2025 gets underway, we are excited to announce the inauguration of a new AAPAAN initiative – the biennial AAPI Alumni Achievement Award. This award, along with the biennial AAPI Advancement Award for distinguished UVA faculty members, represents AAPAAN’s commitment to continuously building and strengthening connections between AAPI alumni and […]
AAPAAN Alumni and Friends, We are excited to share our 2023-2024 Annual Report which highlights this past fiscal year’s scholarship recipients, our second annual Rotunda Dinner, and more. Take a look to see what we’ve been up to! Our mission as an organization dedicated to the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American community at the University, […]
In honor of this Giving Tuesday, join us in making history with AAPAAN’s first-ever fundraising campaign: the AAPAAN 2025 Scholars Campaign! Our goal is to raise $100,000 to support scholarships for undergraduate Asian and Asian American students at UVA. This milestone effort reflects our commitment to empowering the next generation of leaders and scholars within […]
AAPAAN is looking to connect current UVA students with alumni to further explore career opportunities and advice, post-grad life, and more. If you are interested in serving as a mentor for current students or recent graduates, sign up today!
We’ve had a great time connecting with alumni in DC and NYC these last few weeks! Many thanks to Wee Yee (Engr ’74) for leading us on a private tour of the National Air and Space Museum. We also had a fantastic evening supporting Sanjeev Kumar (Com ’23, Col ’23) and Serena Xia (Com ’23) […]
We are excited about the upcoming fall season and look forward to engaging with you along the way! We were thrilled to have a chance to connect with our alumni in the DMV area during our Summer Picnic. Thank you to those of you who joined us at Turner Farm – it was great seeing […]
AAPAAN Alumni and Friends, 2024 is off to a great start! These last few months have been filled with amazing memories and moments, including getting to celebrate Lunar New Year with friends and family, and several alumni meet-ups that took place throughout the D.C. and Northern Virginia area. We are looking forward to our next […]
We are super excited to announce AAPAAN’s 2024 AAPI Advancement Award recipient: Professor Yoon Hwa Choi! Yoon Hwa Choi is currently Senior Lecturer of Korean and Director of Korean Language Program at UVA. She has taught both entry- and advanced-level Korean courses and, as any students who took her classes before would know, she makes […]