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A Brief Look at the Establishment of the Asian American Studies Program The creation of the Asian American Studies Program
as a minor in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS) began
in 1995 with intense student lobbying. A proposal to establish Asian
American Studies Program was submitted to the Office of the President
in February 1995 by Asian American Advisory Board (AAAB), a student
organization dedicated to this issue. Soon after they reviewed the
proposal, the Office of the President and the Office of the Dean
responded to AAAB with letters that expressed their views on building
a new program (please see the letters of communications below).
Then in April 1995, AAAB, along with other concerned students, went
on the Hunger Strike. This generated a lot of media attention and
raised awareness of this issue throughout the campus. Four years
later, in 1999, the Asian American Studies Program was established
as a minor in WCAS with two core faculty members. In June 2001,
the first AAS minor graduates were Tammy Leung and Vishal Vaid in
June 2001. Currently, the Program consists of three core faculty
members, one program director, and one staff.
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