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NEWS AND UPDATES
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May-16-06 DAPAAA Launches YouTube Videos and DAPAAA Podcast!
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Ever wonder what's happening on campus? Curious about how the Asian American Conference went? Just bored at work and want to find some meaningful content?
Well, look no further!
DAPAAA is proud to announce the official launch of DAPAAA Videos and DAPAAA Podcast segments. These are just the first of many more to come and give you a direct window into the latest events on campus. Please explore!
To subscribe to the DAPAAA Podcast, either search for "DAPAAAcast" in your iTunes podcast browser, or simply click the link below.
***[Click to Listen To The DAPAAA Podcasts]***
To view some brief video clips of student reactions to the Asian American Studies Conference and KCN, please follow the link below and click on any of the movies to view them immediately in your browser. Enjoy and stay tuned!
***[Click to View the DAPAAA Videos]***
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May-11-06 DAPAAA Enables PayPal Due Payment Option
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We've listened to your feedback and have subsequently created a more streamlined option for new and existing members to pay their annual dues. Now submit a payment via paypal with the simple click of a button. In addition, you will also be able to provide valuable feedback about DAPAAA's future direction and priorities on the submission form. Please visit our "New Members" page under the "Get Involved" section.
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Feb-04-06 Dartmouth applications increase by 10 percent in 2006
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The Dartmouth
By Katie Silberman, The
Dartmouth Staff Published on Thursday, February 2, 2006
Nearly 14,000 high school seniors submitted regular decision applications to Dartmouth this year, a 10 percent increase over last year's number, according to the Undergraduate Office of Admissions.
The official number of total applicants is currently unknown, however, because many applications come in late or are still missing components. Undergraduate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg estimates the final number of applications will surpass 14,000.
The record-breaking number of submissions -- following in the footsteps of November's 12 percent increase in early decision applicants -- continues a five-year growth trend in the total number of applicants. Since 2000, Dartmouth has experienced a 10 percent bump in the number of applications received every year.
Furstenberg credited the growing interest in Dartmouth to three factors, the first of which is Dartmouth's rising popularity.
"Dartmouth is definitely a 'hot' place right now," Furstenberg said. "We are getting a lot of positive press, and there's just an increased awareness of Dartmouth as a great academic institution."
As proof of the College's mounting attractiveness, Furstenberg cited The New York Times' coverage of the College's innovative technological research as well as portrayals of Dartmouth on popular television shows like "The O.C."
Furstenberg also pointed to the size of graduating high school classes as a cause of the large number of applications.
"There are simply more students graduating from high-school," he said, "and the stronger parts of that pool are drawn to elite schools like Dartmouth."
A third factor contributing to the application increase is the newly available online application, Furstenberg said. Hopeful members of the class
of 2010 were able to fill out the entire common application and peer recommendation supplement from their home computer. Of the almost 14,000 applications Dartmouth received, more than 10,000 were submitted
electronically.
"Electronic applications mean that it's just flat-out easier to apply,"
Furstenberg said.
The availability and convenience of applying online also helped boost the number of international applications by 19 percent. Applications from students of color were also up 12 percent from last year, and applications from women were up 15 percent.
"What's really fantastic about our growing numbers is that they are across the board," Furstenberg said.
Although an increase in the number of applications a school receives usually results in a decline in the yield of attending students, Furstenberg expressed optimism that Dartmouth's yield would hold steady at about 50 percent, where it has remained for the last five years.
"Dartmouth is still such a first-choice, desirable school. I don't think the yield will be affected at all," he said.
As the number of applications continues to rise each year, the admissions office is faced with a more challenging selection process, according to Furstenberg.
"We're really entering new territory," Furstenberg said. "We receive applications from so many talented people every year."
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Jun-09-05 May Alumni Council meeting notes
Jun-06-05 Subscribe to DAPAAA Listserv
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Do you like staying informed? Consider subscribing to listserv for job postings and breaking news.
dapaaa@yahoogroups.com.
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Jun-06-05 DAPAAA Discussion Forum
Jun-06-05 Co-Chair to Serve 2006-2009
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Besides the on-going Regional Director serve, we will be looking for a new Co-Chair this year. If you are interested in
running or want to nominate someone, please email: dapaaa@alum.dartmouth.org
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Jun-05-05 Regional Directors Search
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Where do you live?
We are looking for alumni who can coordinate with their area clubs and other affiliated groups to set up events in their region. To keep the club and its members active, we ask that each RD coordinate at least one event every six months. Events can range from a DAPAAA-only museum outing to a joint-sponsored admissions reception with the College and other clubs. Be creative!
Please email our Regional Chair, Erica Ryu at eryu@umich.edu if you live in the following cities. If you live in an area not listed below and are interested, also tell us!
Boston (MA/RI)
New York (NY, NJ)
Washington DC (MD, VA)
Chicago (IL)
Northern CA
Southern CA
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Nov-08-04 DAPAAA Re-Launch
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A Message from the Board of Directors:
Greetings! Yes, after a relatively quiet past two years, DAPAAA has returned and is ready to serve our community. Since our first reunion in Hanover in 2002, we have heard from some of you about the importance for a forum like DAPAAA.
There have been tremendous changes at Dartmouth, and the potential for alumni to affect even more change has grown. DAPAAA is a vehicle for us to communicate our interests and concerns to the administration, support our students, and network with each other.
However, this will not be possible without your help. With our numerous "real life" responsibilities, it is often difficult to find time to volunteer, but we hope that some of you recognize the obligation that we, as alumni, have to not let resources within our community--like DAPAAA--take backward steps and disappear. There are many ways for you to get involved and to ensure that DAPAAA remains a source of support and information and a strong voice within the College.
Since this is the first formal correspondence weOve had with you in two years, there is a lot of important organizational and College information to share.
As always, please send suggestions, concerns, comments, and questions to DAPAAA@alum.dartmouth.org. This is your organization. We need and value your feedback.
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DARTMOUTH NEWS
Nov-09-04 Tommy Lee Woon, Associate Dean of Student Life, OPAL
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Interview with Tommy Lee Woon
by Avni Shah '07
Born in Yuma, Arizona in 1950, Tommy Lee Woon moved soon thereafter and grew up in San Mateo, California in a Black-Asian neighborhood. His experience in this community strongly influenced his life in many ways. Tommy went to the College of San Mateo and transferred to the University of California-Davis for his Bachelor's degree in psychology. He also went on to earn his M.S. in Counseling at California State University in Sacramento.
Early in his career, Tommy took a number of jobs in counseling, including life-impacting positions serving ex-offenders, veterans, and Indo-Chinese refugees in the 1970's. He then worked at Oberlin College in the 1980s becoming the first person to hold an Assistant Dean/ Director of Asian-American Affairs title in the entire country. From there, he went on to Brown University, where he was Associate Dean of the College/Director of the Third World Center. After that, Tommy returned to California to work at Stanford University as an Assistant Dean of Students/Multicultural Educator. Now at Dartmouth College, Tommy is the first person to hold the position of Associate Dean of Student Life for the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL). He also holds an appointment at the Dartmouth Medical School where he teaches a class and helps to promote cultural competency in medicine.
Q: Why did you decide to come to work at Dartmouth?
TW: I came because Dartmouth has made a strong commitment to student life and to diversity, and I saw a unique opportunity to help create a comprehensive and integrated model for addressing diversity and leadership development. I was at a point in my career where I wanted the opportunity to make more impact in an institution. I was also excited about the opportunity to work with OPAL staff and senior administrators such as Jim Larimore and Holly Sateia.
Q: When and how did OPAL come about?
TW: Support for this office emerged through the Student Life Initiative, which was launched about five years ago. A variety of advisors and directors serving historically under-represented groups were brought together to create the OPAL team. While most of the staff members have been together for four years, we've been officially the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL) for 2 years. We find that this unique model has increased communication, collaboration and support among these communities and enabled us to have a greater impact on the Dartmouth community as a whole.
Q: What is the mission of the OPAL office?
TW: The mission is to universalize education about diversity and leadership outside the classroom. This means that we are trying to make education about these matters meaningful and relevant for every generation of Dartmouth students.
Q: How do you do this?
TW: We organize activities to nurture a mosaic campus and culture where diversity enriches everyone. Our advisors and directors sponsor programs to provide cultural support - something we call Ocultural anchoringO- to ensure that historically under-represented groups feel at home while simultaneously working together to promote activities that build community and integrate the student body. We do this through a web of activities that are aligned to our core functions to promote cultural anchoring, multicultural education, and leadership development. They include cultural programs, partnerships with Residential Education and the Greek community, traditional Student Life Office activities such as the Leadership Discovery Program and Older and Wiser, and newer programs such as sophomore leadership retreats for Greeks and athletes, Diversity Dialogues, and Diversity Peer Program.
Q: What types of groups does the OPAL represent?
TW: We intrinsically serve all students on campus because addressing diversity and leadership involves touching all students. But we have an eye on serving historically under-represented groups. We tend to think of these groups as Asian Americans, Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, and women and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender individuals but we realize that it is more complicated then that. We also have a Men's Project in the Center for Women and Gender, and we recognize that bi- and multi-racial people and Arabs, for example, are historically under-represented groups, plus many individuals and groups can have more than one of these identities or can claim to be minorities or historically under-represented. Moreover, we are committed to ensuring that white students are included in our efforts to universalize diversity. This is why we see our responsibility as serving all students.
Q: What has your experience been like with Asian American related issues?
TW: I am product of the Asian American Studies movement of the 1960's. I am a child of Chinese laundrymen, railroad builders and seamstresses. I went to college over 30 years ago when the number of Asians in the United States was much smaller, less empowered, and more politically challenged. It was incumbent upon my generation to create new agencies in the academic and Asian communities to ensure our health and welfare in this country. As such, I see myself as someone who has actively participated in promoting social justice for the Asian Pacific American community. I helped to organize one of the first national Asian American Studies Conferences as a student, I was an Asian editor of a university student newspaper, and was a teaching assistant in Asian American Studies as an undergraduate, I attended anti-Vietnam war demonstrations, I was one of the founding members of Cleveland's Asian Pacific American Federation of Northeast Ohio, I've led student field trips to visit Asian community agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I pursued a career in Asian American affairs to cultivate Asian American leadership. It's been a huge part of my life, and to be honest it's hard to summarize it all. I am proud of to be Chinese American in particular and Asian American in general.
Q: How can alumni help?
TW: Be very proud of what Dartmouth is doing today in addressing diversity and please support Asian Americans at Dartmouth in particular. Stay involved with alumni activities; volunteer for alumni leadership positions and admissions work; and write opinion letters in Dartmouth publications. We need your visible leadership.
You can contact OPAL at OPAL@dartmouth.edu or contact Tommy Lee Woon directly at Tommy.Woon@dartmouth.edu. Please also visit the OPAL website at www.dartmouth.edu/~opal.
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Nov-09-04 Asian American Studies Update
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Asian American Studies
by Marie Choi '06
After over eight years of student advocacy for Asian American Studies (AAS), two major developments were established last spring. In June 2004, the Deanery announced the creation of a new line in Asian American cultural studies or literature and the formation of a faculty committee to conduct a feasibility study for an AAS minor at Dartmouth. Both the faculty search and the feasibility study are under way and the Pan Asian Council looks forward to a strong partnership with the Deanery in establishing an AAS minor.
However, these developments would not have been possible without the efforts of many alumni and current students. The past few years have been a period of tremendous growth for the Asian American community and particularly the AAS initiative. We were able to build on the momentum gained by past students and further demonstrate the need for an AAS minor. Last year, under the leadership of Morna Ha '04 and Marie Choi '06, the Pan Asian Council held meetings with deans, top administrators, and department chairs to lobby for the establishment of a minor. In the winter, the Pan Asian Council sent a 12-page open letter to these administrators and deans making the case for an Asian-American Studies minor. This letter included several recommendations, which were not followed by the Deanery and administration. In the spring, the AAS task force conducted a successful letter-writing campaign, collecting over 1,100 signatures, a clear sign of the campus-wide support for the establishment of an AAS minor. Furthermore, the Student Assembly passed a resolution in support of an AAS minor, and various communities including the Afro-American Society, La Alianza Latina, and Native Americans at Dartmouth wrote statements of support for the AAS minor.
In addition to student advocacy, the support of alumni and faculty were invaluable in demonstrating the need for a minor. DAPAAA and Alumni for Social Change were an influential component of the letter writing campaign, showing administrators that this issue would not go away. A network of allies within the faculty and administrationNparticularly Nora Yasumura, Vernon Takeshita, and David KangNprovided the guidance, support, and advice that made this success possible.
To all of the alumni who wrote letters to administrators, sent us supportive blitzes, and laid the foundation for the AAS initiativeNthank you so much. They went a long way in maintaining our energy and hope that change can happen at Dartmouth. There is no doubt that this is an exciting time in Dartmouth's history but the fight for Asian American Studies is a long term initiative that will require continuous strategic efforts. Ongoing involvement from alumni is critical as we continue to advocate and work towards building a comprehensive curriculum at Dartmouth. For any alumni who are interested in getting involved in the initiative, would like to receive updates, or have any questions, please blitz Pan.Asian.Council@Dartmouth.edu.
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Nov-09-04 Korean Studies Update
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Korean Studies Update
By Avni Shah '07
In 1989, students garnered enough support to launch the effort to start a Korean Studies program. Over a decade passed, and Dartmouth remained one of the only Ivy League institutions without such an academic program. In the winter of 2001, students again formally pushed for the initiative. During this time, the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program (AMES) established a faculty task force, which later resulted in the decision to search for a tenure-track professor that would help start the Korean Studies program at Dartmouth. Three years later, the search was finally completed and the college hired Suk-Young Kim as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program and the Theater Department.
Professor Kim received her BA and PhD in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She continued her studies at Northwestern University where she also taught in the Asian Film and Theater department. She hopes to receive a PhD for Asian Film and Theater from Northwestern, after she defends her thesis. Having been at Dartmouth for two months, Professor Kim said, "Dartmouth is the best thing to ever happen in my life. Kids are bright and motivated and I am prepared to teach them." Professor Kim also mentioned that it is important for the Dartmouth community to garner support on many levels and across many departments for Korean Studies, so that when it is actually established, the program will have a consistent and continuous turnout rather than merely attracting students for a limited amount of time. Professor Kim adds, "It is important not to rush with such a delicate and important program such as Korean Studies. What we need to do is to bring programs to the campus that will bridge students' classroom lives and their outside lives. Next year, I want to bring a Korean Film Festival to the Loew Auditorium. I think more things like this would gain more support from the students to take the Korean Studies classes." We, as a community, need to continue our efforts for this program that was started by the alumni, and alumni also need to continue their phenomenal support that led Dartmouth to this point where the Korean Studies program is so close to fruition. The goal is to get lasting support for this program on all levels. With this support from students and alumni, we can ensure that this program will be here to stay.
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NEWSLETTERS
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Proudly presenting our most recent newsletter, compiled in conjunction with the Office of the Advisor to Asian and Asian American Students headed by Nora Yasumura at Dartmouth College.
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The Summer 2005 Newsletter is here! Thank you Judy Kuan for putting it together.
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2004: November
ARCHIVES
Apr-15-02 DAPAAA E-mentoring
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Dear Members of DAPAAA:
Throughout the years, DAPAAA has been working to create innovative ways to strengthen the ties between the alumni/ae and Dartmouth undergraduate students.
As the real world looms ahead, college juniors and seniors are often nervous and uncertain about their future. To alleviate some of their fears and provide useful advice, we are restarting the e-mentoring program--a way for students to correspond with alumni/ae via EMAIL about career issues and life in the real world.
With the assistance of the Office of Asian and Asian American Student Advising, a Dartmouth junior or senior of Asian descent will be carefully paired with a DAPAAA member who shares similar career paths, goals, and interests to form a relationship. Our hope is that this relationship will prove to be meaningful and longstanding for all.
Though this program will work on a volunteer basis, we do ask for some level of commitment, given that the correspondence will require a bit of time and regularity. Students will not expect you to respond to them immediately as they understand that you have other commitments and responsibilities.
This is a great way for you to meet some current students of Asian descent and keep the ties with Dartmouth strong. If you are interested in corresponding with an undergraduate student through sharing your knowledge and experiences, please fill out the following questionnaire ASAP and return via email to Nora.Yasumura@Dartmouth.edu.
Name:
E-mail address:
Gender:
Graduating Year:
Undergraduate major/minor:
Postgraduate education (if any, please be specific):
Current/past locations of residence:
Field(s) of work, including positions held (please enclose resume if available):
Cultural/ethnic background (optional):
Phone number (optional):
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Feb-28-02 New Website
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Dear DAPAAA,
We are glad to present the membership with a refreshed look to our website. The new site offers more interactivity and organization. In the future we hope to deliver even more functionality such as discussion boards and dapaaa directory access.
We hope to make it personal and useful to all our members and the dartmouth community in general. If you have pictures of alumni gatherings or any relevant images of APA alumni, please submit them for the site! As the website is always evolving, please feel free to email the webmaster with suggestions or comments at w2@alum.dartmouth.org.
Your Webmaster,
Willy Wong '99
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Oct-11-01 Emil W. Chynn '87
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Emil William Chynn '87, MD is currently a LASIK surgeon in New York City. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) and a Board-Certified ophthalmologist.
Dr. Chynn is a member of: The American Medical Association, The American Academy of Ophthalmology, The Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, The Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, and The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
He was an undergraduate at Dartmouth College (Class of 1987) and attended medical school at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Chynn completed his residency at the prestigious Harvard University's Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, where he was on the teaching faculty of Harvard Medical School.
After Harvard, Dr. Chynn spent an additional year competing a full, one-year fellowship in Corneal Transplantation & Refractive Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, under George Waring, MD, who introduced LASIK into the US.
Dr. Chynn is also CEO of EyeInventions, LLC, a provider of integrated services designed to help inventors in the field of ophthalmology bring their ideas "from concept to market."
Dr. Chynn is currently offering DAPAAA members lasik for $1600 for both eyes. For more information, contact him at:
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Emil William Chynn, M.D.
LASIK Laser Vision Correction
15. W. 44th St. - 9th Fl.
NY, NY 10036
http://www.IWANT2020.com
(888) I-WANT-2020
(888) 492-6820
(212) 768-4490 (fax)
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Oct-11-01 Matt Yee '82
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Matt Yee '82 is a national Asian American recording and performing artist whose solo shows around the country regularly sell out. He is also Hawaii's favorite Cabaret Star.
Matt most recently performed at The March on Washington, Pridefest America(in Philadelphia's Prince Music Theater), Northampton/L.A./Long Beach/San Francisco Pride Festivals, Palm Spring's Top Hat Theater, Fresno's New Express, Piaf's in San Francisco and Gentry on Halsted in Chicago. He is a 9 time ASCAP and Hawaii Music Award winning singer/songwriter, pianist, recording artist and comedian. He's been featured in Evening Magazine, countless cable TV shows, The L.A. Times and The San Francisco Chronicle.Frontiers Magazine, The Washington Blade, The Philadelphia City Paper,the Bay Area Reporter, The Bay Times, In L.A., Edge Magazine, Bay Windows, The Bottom Line, The Desert Daily Guide and most recently on the cover of Chicago's Nightlines Magazine.
Matt has shared the stage with Margaret Cho, Magdalen Hsu Li, Ru Paul, & Little Richard among others. He is a Diva in his own right. His shows incorporate fabulous costumes, lots of laughs, orchestral piano playing, Matt's wonderful voice, and warm insightful songs and stories about our lives. There's always lots of comedy, variety, and audience participation!
Matt recently released his new CD "Every Facet of My Heart". According to Matt, "This CD is a gift from my heart, truly a labor of love. It says what I've been wanting to say for a long time, that no matter who you are you need to Make Your Own Kind of Music and explore who you really are and who you're meant to be. This is reflected in my versions of spiritual Hawaiian songs, my pop originals to medleys and favorite encores." As a result of his tour, thousands of folks have been exposed to Matt's signature songs like "Make Your Own Kind of Music/The Mary Tyler Moore Medley" and the Stellar networks (Seattle) top 5 hit "I'll Reinvent Myself".
The CD is available at www.mattyee.com and Amazon.com. It is also available at selected Borders and Tower stores where Matt has toured. You can get updates on Matt's travels at www.mattyee.com
Matt would love to perform for your next event. If you'd like to sponsor his show, or need great entertainment for your next party, benefit, corporate function, pride festival or even a baby luau, please contact him at info@mattyee.com.
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Oct-11-02 Nora Yasumura, Asian American Advisor and Assistant Dean of Student Life
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In June of 1999, as part of the Student Life Initiative's initial recommendations my position (in addition to the Latino, LGBT and African American student advisor positions) was made full time and my title was change to "Advisor to Asian and Asian American Students and Assistant Dean of Student Life". Although my responsibilities have pretty much remained the same this new title has given me more access to resources on campus and reflects the colleges growing commitment to multiculturalism.
In addition to my new title, I am happy to report that I was able to move to an office with a window and was given a significantly larger programming budget. This has enable me to upgrade my dying computer, buy more Asian American videos and books, and better support Asian American programming events on campus. This past fall the four student life advisors also hired Dee Dee Samuels as our shared administrative assistant.
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Oct-11-02 Professor David Kang, Associate Professor of Government
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My book, "Crony Capitalism: corruption and development in South Korea and the Philippines," was accepted for publication by Cambridge University Press, and should come out later this year. Which is good news, since this is my tenure year and I'll hear the decision sometime this spring. At this stage I'm "cautiously optimistic," but you never know.
On the academic front we continue to persistently push for various programs. Vern Takeshita is taking the lead on Asian-American studies, while Dennis Washburn and I have submitted a proposal to the College asking for a Japan/Korea studies theme house that would house language students, provide a natural meeting place for the Asian-American groups on campus, and also be a focal point for speakers/movies/etc. We're also in the middle of maneuvering for a full-time Korean Studies position, and we hope to have some news on that later this year, although all these things go quite slowly. If any of you would like to help any of these projects by adding in your voice/pressure as alumni, that would be great! Contact any one of us or just write the President/Provost/Dean of Faculty yourself.
And, if any of you are in Hanover, please come by and say hello. I'm in 204 Silsby.
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Oct-11-02 Professor Woon Ping Chin, Asian American Literature
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Woon Ping Chin accepted a 3-year appointment as Visiting Professor in the English Department, starting next Fall. She will teach one course on Asian American literature in the Fall and another in the Spring, as well as an introductory English course.
This past fall term, Professor Chin taught the first ever "Asian American Literature" course. This class was extremely popular and the students reported that they loved her energy, creativity and humor. In addition to teaching this class, she was involved in several out of classroom events and programs. She did a poetry reading of her work, facilitated a post film discussion for the Asian Women Documentary Series, and was one of the faculty advisors for the new Dartmouth Asian American publication, "Main St."
Having Professor Chin as an ongoing participant in the Dartmouth Community is an exciting step foward in the development of an Asian American curriculum at Dartmouth. In 1996, Dartmouth began offering Asian American History courses with Professor Vernon Takeshita.
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Oct-11-02 Main St.
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Main St. is Dartmouth's new Asian American news and opinion quarterly. Its purposes are to provide a forum for dialogue and expression within the Asian American community as well as inform and encourage scholarship among the whole college community about Asian American issues. Main St. welcomes submissions from all groups insofar as they pertain to Asian American or minority issues.
The magazine is a GREAT way for alums to stay connected to the school. The staff would love any articles you could contribute. Since the magazine is financially independent from the College, monetary donations would also be appreciated. Please contact Shirley.Lin@Dartmouth.EDU or main.st@dartmouth.edu for more information.
From Shirley Lin '02:
"I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing on behalf of Main Street magazine and would like to know if DAPAAA would be interested in e-mailing its members a call for submissions. Our upcoming issue (#3 [Activism]) has a number of alumni contributors (Soon Hyouk Lee ['01], Hoi Ning Ngai ['00], Hoyt Zia ['75]) whose articles have added a greater dimension to the perspectives we present, and we hope that Issue 4 will continue along that trend. The next issue will be themed "Work" and we would like to include some alumni perpsectives: on their careers and/or APAs in the workplace. At the same time, we will also accept submissions (essays, opinion pieces, etc) on topics of their own choosing and not necessarily related to work."
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Apr-18-02 Census 2000 APA Statistics
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Learn some facts during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: May 1-31!
Population Total
11.9 million
The number of U.S. residents who reported as Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races in Census 2000. This group made up 4.2 percent of the total population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
A total of 2.7 million people reported they were Chinese alone or in combination with one or more other races or Asian groups in Census 2000, making Chinese the leading Asian group; Filipino (2.4 million) and Asian Indian (1.9 million) followed. (The Chinese population does not include Taiwanese.)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
874,400
The number of U.S. residents who reported as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination with one or more other races in Census 2000. This group made up 0.3 percent of the total population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn193.html
Income and Poverty
$55,525
The median income in 2000 of Asian and Pacific Islander households, the highest median income of any racial group. The 2000 income equaled the all-time high for Asians and Pacific Islanders.
http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/h05.html
10.7%
The poverty rate of Asians and Pacific Islanders in 2000. The 2000 rate equaled the lowest poverty rate the Census Bureau has ever measured for this race group.
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Education
44%
The percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders age 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher in 2000. The corresponding rate for all adults 25 and over was 26 percent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-211.html
86%
The percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders 25 and over who were high school graduates in 2000. This percentage is slightly higher than the 84 percent of all adults in this age group.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-211.html
1 million
The number of Asians and Pacific Islanders with an advanced degree in 2000 (e.g., master's, Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.), comprising a ratio of 1-in-7 Asians and Pacific Islanders 25 and over.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2000/cb00-211.html
Coming to America
7.2 million
The number of U.S. residents in 2000 who were born in Asia. Asian-born residents comprised 26 percent of the nation's total foreign-born population. The number of Asian-born people totaled just 800,000 in 1970, then more than tripled in the 1970s and nearly doubled again in the 1980s, reaching 5.0 million in 1990.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-18.html
In 2000, the five largest contributors to the nation's Asian-born population were China, India, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam. All five were among the 10 leading countries of birth of the foreign-born. As recently as 1970, no Asian country was on this list.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-18.html
Close to half (about 45 percent) of the nation's Asian-born population lived in three metropolitan areas in 2000: Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-18.html
47%
Percentage of the foreign-born population from Asia who were naturalized U.S. citizens in 2000. Only those born in Europe had a higher rate (52 percent).
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-18.html
88%
Percentage of Asians and Pacific Islanders in 2000 who were either foreign-born themselves or had at least one foreign-born parent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-18.html
Businesses
913,000
Number of Asian and Pacific Islander-owned businesses in the United States in 1997. These businesses employed more than 2.2 million people and generated $306.9 billion in revenues. They made up 4 percent of the nation's 20.8 million nonfarm businesses and 30 percent of all minority-owned firms.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-88.html
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-115.html
Asian and Pacific Islander-owned firms generated more than half (52 percent) of all minority-owned business revenues.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-115.html
Between 1992 and 1997, the number of businesses owned by Asians and Pacific Islanders increased about four times as fast as the total number of businesses (30 percent versus 7 percent). Receipts of Asian- and Pacific Islander-owned firms rose 68 percent, compared with a 40 percent increase for all U.S. firms over the period. (These data exclude C corporations for which prior comparable data are not available.)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-88.html
In 1997, more than 1-in-3 Asian and Pacific Islander-owned firms were located in the following metro areas: Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.; New York, N.Y.; Orange County, Calif.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and San Francisco, Calif.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-88.html
$336,200
Average receipts of Asian and Pacific Islander-owned firms in 1997. This total is lower than the average for all firms ($410,600), but higher than that for all minority-owned firms ($194,600). (The average for all firms excludes publicly held corporations and firms, such as mutual companies, whose owners' race or ethnicity could not be determined.)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-88.html
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-115.html
45,000
The number of Asian and Pacific Islander-owned firms with annual sales of $1 million or more each in 1997.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-88.html
Population Distribution
Nation Census 2000 was the first census in which respondents had the option of choosing more than one race to describe their racial identity. People who chose Asian alone in 2000 showed an increase of 3.3 million, or 48 percent, since 1990. However, if the population who chose Asian and at least one other race is added, the result is an increase of 5.0 million, or 72 percent. By comparison, the total U.S. population grew by 13 percent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
Similarly, the population who chose Pacific Islander alone in 2000 showed an increase of 34,000, or 9.3 percent, over 1990. However, if the population who chose Pacific Islander and at least one other race is added, the result is an increase of 509,000, or 140 percent.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn193.html
(Note: The data that follow pertain to the population who reported as Asian alone, as well as those who reported Asian and at least one other race.)
49%
The proportion of people reporting as Asian in Census 2000 who lived in the Western part of the United States.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
States
4.2 million
The number of California residents who reported as Asian in Census 2000, making the Golden State the state with the highest number of Asians. New York, Hawaii, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, Florida, Virginia and Massachusetts followed in order. Combined, these ten states represented 75 percent of the country's Asian population.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
58%
The percentage of Hawaii's population who reported as Asian in Census 2000, tops in the nation. California (12 percent) followed.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
Places
872,780
The number of people in New York city who in Census 2000 reported as Asian. New York led all the nation's places in number of Asians. Los Angeles was second, with 407,440, followed by San Jose, San Francisco and Honolulu (each with slightly more than 250,000).
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
68%
Percentage of Honolulu residents who in Census 2000 reported as Asian. Among places with 100,000 or more residents, the only other that had more than one-half of its population reporting as Asian was Daly City, Calif. (54 percent). All of the remaining cities among the 10 with the highest percentage of Asians in their population were in California: Fremont, Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Irvine, Garden Grove, Santa Clara, Torrance and San Jose.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
Age Distribution
31.1
The median age of the Asian population in 2000, meaning one-half were above this midpoint and one-half below. The median age for the entire U.S. population was 35.3.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02cn59.html
Languages
6.9 million
The number of people who in 2000 spoke an Asian or Pacific Islander language at home.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn190.html
Computer Access
66%
The proportion of the nation's Asian and Pacific Islander adults 18 and over who, as of 2000, lived in a household with a computer. Asians and Pacific Islanders 18 and over had the highest rate of home computer access of any race or ethnic group. In addition, 44 percent of Asian and Pacific Islander adults used the Internet at home.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-147.html
Families
2.5 million
The number of Asian and Pacific Islander families in 2000. Of these, 80 percent were maintained by married couples, 13 percent by women with no spouse present and 7 percent by men with no spouse present.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-111.html
Asian and Pacific Islander families tended to be relatively large. In 2000, for example, 23 percent of Asian and Pacific Islander married-couple families had five or more members.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-111.html
Voting
While the rate at which Asian and Pacific Islander citizens voted (43 percent) remained unchanged between the 1996 and 2000 elections, the number of these voters increased by about 20 percent. This reflected growth in the voting-age population and citizenship of Asian and Pacific Islanders.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-31.html
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The preceding facts come from Census 2000, the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises and the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. The data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. Estimates from the C2SS exclude the population living in group quarters. Previous Census Bureau Facts for Features in 2002: African American History Month (February), Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), Women's History Month (March), St. Patrick's Day (March 17) and the Census Bureau Centennial (March 6). Questions or comments should be directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information Office (Tel: (301) 457-3030; Fax: (301) 457-3670; E-mail: pio@census.gov).
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1998: Volume 1
Oct-11-01 Letter from the President
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Dear DAPAAA,
We would like to inform you of a recent change in the 2001-2003 DAPAAA Executive Board. Dong Ouk Kim '81, who was to be our new president, regretfully had to decline his position due to familial and work obligations. Although we will miss the opportunity to work with him, we are excited to be build on the strength of DAPAAA's previous leadership and to grow this organization in even better and more creative ways. As Vice President, and now the Acting President of DAPAAA, I would like to introduce our 2001/2002 Executive Board:
Ruby Chan '00, Acting President
Edmund Wong '97, Treasurer
Justin Pae '00, Secretary
Hoi Ning Ngai '00, Public Relations Chair
Melissa Kho '99, Former Secretary & Executive Board Liaison
We would like to introduce Hoi Ning Ngai '00 in the appointed position of Public Relations Chair:
"As PR Chair, I believe that I can serve DAPAAA well by incorporating new and creative ideas to make the organization more visible to alumni as well as to current students on campus. It is my belief that we can move DAPAAA forward and expand our alumni membership base by drawing on all the different interests our alumni share -- helping the underprivileged, working with kids, music and art, government and politics. Moreover, making connections with other groups will bring DAPAAA out into the public arena as an organization with strong ties to the community. In addition, it is also my belief that a growing alumni organization needs to have strong ties to the student body as well. As young adults, students on campus look to alumni for guidance -- something we can provide even with limited time and resources. Projects like e-mentoring and mini-info sessions can give students a great deal of insight into what opportunities are available to them now and in the future. The most important goal for me as PR Chair is to work on events that will draw alumni and student attention and that will serve to propel DAPAAA forward over the next few years."
All of us are eager to take on our new leadership roles to strengthen the foundation of DAPAAA. This is detailed in the mission statement that was established by our founding members and will carry us forward. Our challenges this year will be to address our new alumni, expand our membership base, provide networking opportunities, plan meaningful and interesting events, increase visibility on campus, and establish a forum for DAPAAA members to exchange ideas and share their experiences.
Please feel free to contact any of us via our Dartmouth alumni accounts, if you are interested in getting involved. We look forward to hearing from you and engaging you in DAPAAA.
Warm wishes,
Ruby Chan '00
Acting President
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