APRIL 12, 2022 — UTSA is recognizing and celebrating Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with events in April and May. Originated by the U.S. Congress in 1977, AAPI Heritage Month is celebrated nationally in May. UTSA begins honoring AAPI month in April, allowing the campus community an opportunity to participate in a month’s worth of celebrations prior to the end of the spring semester.
The Multicultural Student Center for Equity and Justice (MSCEJ) is joining with other departments to lead programming throughout the month. Events will encourage learning more about the vast AAPI community, and celebrate and recognize the impact of the AAPI community globally and on the UTSA campus.
Throughout April, origami crafting stations will be available in the Multicultural Student Lounge.
The Racial Justice Book Club at UTSA will celebrate the month by reading Parachutes by Kelly Yang.
Here's a look at more AAPI Heritage Month events happening at UTSA:
Wednesday, April 20
Asian Fanfare
1 p.m., Paseo Principal (near Student Union)
This event features UTSA student organizations that focus on AAPI identities and showcases cultural dances, songs and other performances.
Saturday, April 23
Alpha Sigma Rho Annual Stroll and Performance Competition
6 p.m., Main Building Auditorium (MB 0.104)
Fraternity | Sorority Life organizations compete in a stroll and performance round. The event also includes performances from special guests.
Tuesday, May 3
The Resiliency of the Asian Immigrant Population
12:30 p.m., Virtual
The Dreamers Resource Center will continue this series that highlights the resiliency of the immigrant population. This event will include a panel discussion on how the family and/or the community inspires the Asian immigrant population, as well as the challenges panelists have encountered while in college and the resources they utilized to overcome them.
UTSA Today is produced by University Communications and Marketing, the official news source of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Send your feedback to news@utsa.edu. Keep up-to-date on UTSA news by visiting UTSA Today. Connect with UTSA online at Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Instagram.
The Texas Coalition for Heritage Spanish (TeCHS) seeks to provide a cooperative platform to support the success of Spanish heritage language speakers and their communities in Texas, assisting and promoting bicultural and bilingual development in the state.
River Walk Room (DBB 1.124,) Durango Building, Downtown CampusDr. Michael Doyle has had an immense impact on the field of catalysis and organic chemistry. Join in a one-day symposium. In order to honor Dr. Doyle’s colossal career accomplishments with his upcoming retirement, we are holding a one day symposium event
Riklin Auditorium (FS 1.406,) Frio Street Building, Downtown CampusThe San Antonio Military Health and Universities Research Forum (SURF) attracts presenters from around the nation to showcase the work of students, trainees, faculty and staff. The mission of the SURF conference is to “advance research collaborations among academic, military, and industry partners to improve health outcomes and readiness.”
TBDThe NHERI Summer Institute is a free event for early-career faculty, NHERI Graduate Student Council, K-12 educators from the San Antonio area, engineers, and researchers to learn more about the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) community.
La Villita Room (DBB 1.116,) Durango Building, Main CampusConnect with peer mentors and fellow first-gen and transfer students, and learn how you can join UTSA's First-Gen programs for the Fall 2023 semester.
Mentoring Hub (MS 2.02.02,) Multidisciplinary Studies Building, Main CampusBuilding the Dual Language Leader Symposium will provide a safe space for current and aspiring leaders to learn best practices, theories, policies, and systems that support a dual language bilingual education.
UTSA Southwest Campus, 300 Augusta St.Streaming of Spray the Word that will conclude with a discussion with San Antonio's Poet Laureate, Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson.
Aula Canaria (BVB 1.328,) Buena Vista Street Building, Downtown CampusThe University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.
To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.
We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education.
The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to ending generations of discrimination and inequity. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.
