Written by AAPAAN Board Member Christine Quilpa After graduating from U.Va., I admit, I have missed being around Grounds and being involved with the strong Asian/Asian Pacific American community. And so in April, a month before Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, I wanted to check out the AAPAAN Signature Event. I figured that it also […]
Written by AAPAAN Board Member Joseph Nah Professor Brantley Womack, Ph.D., is the Cummings Memorial Professor of Foreign Affairs at UVA. He is the author of “China Among Unequals: Asymmetric Foreign Relations in Asia (2010). His current research includes asymmetric international relationships, the relationship of public authority and popular power in China; provincial diversification in […]
Written by AAPAAN Board Member Joseph Nah At the Signature Event, two Darden professors led an insightful panel discussion on the unique challenges that Asian-Pacific Americans face in the globalized economy. The panel consisted of Professor Ming-Jer Chen and Professor Martin Davidson. Professor Ming-Jer Chen, Ph.D. –the Leslie E. Grayson Professor at The Darden School– […]
Written by AAPAAN Board Member Joseph Nah On April 4, 2013, the Virginia General Assembly elected Judge John Tran as the next Circuit Court Judge in Fairfax County, Virginia. By this election, Judge Tran became the first ever full-time Asian American Circuit Court Judge in a Virginia court. He is scheduled to take the bench […]
Written by AAPAAN Board Member Rick Holzheimer For 2013, AAPAAN awarded two separate $500 Jack T. Chen Scholarships to Jason Liao (2014) and Ruyin Liao (2014) at UVA -AAPAAN’s Signature Event and Gala. The Chen Scholarship was created to honor Jack T. Chen and the ideals of academic achievement, involvement in the community, and excellence […]