Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education

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APAHE 2007 CONFERENCE
SUMMARY OF PLENARY AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
See detailed descriptions below
[As of May 1, 2007]

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007
LANEY COLLEGE : Laney College Theater

9:00-Noon: Pre-conference Career Workshop

1:00pm-1:15pm: Welcome/Greetings: Honorable Willie Brown - APAHE Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

1:15pm-2:45pm: Historical Roots of APAHE

3:00pm-4:30pm: Contemporary APA Admission & Access Issues

6:00pm: Dinner at Silver Dragon Restaurant, Honoring APAHE Founders

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007
OAKLAND MARRIOTT CITY CENTER

8:30am-9:00am: MORNING ADDRESS: The Honorable Edward Chen, Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court

9:00am-10:15am: Presidents Panel

10:30am-11:45am: WORKSHOP SESSIONS I
- After the Virginia Tech Tragedy: APA Student Mental Health Issues & Media Concerns
- Glass Ceilings & Other Barriers: Social Science & Community Perspectives
- Getting a Piece of the Pie: Using Research to Understand the Needs of APA Students
- Raising Money While Raising Awareness: APA Perspectives on Higher Ed. Fundraising
- Working Together to Achieve the First A/PI Retention Program: APASS at City College of San Francisco

12:00pm-1:30pm: KEYNOTE LUNCH & PANEL PRESENTATION ROOM
- Roberta Achtenberg - Chair, California State Univerity, Board of Trustees
- 21st Century Leaders: Students Defining Their Roles in Higher Education (panel)

1:45pm-3:00pm: WORKSHOP SESSIONS II
- The Deeper Meaning of Diversity: Benefits of Cultivating Multiracial Institutions
- Voices from the Field: On Becoming an Asian American Administrator
- Where is the “PI” in APAHE?: Pacific Islander Students Speak Up

1:45pm-3:00pm: WORKSHOP SESSIONS II
- Psychological Perspectives on Racism and Asian Americans
- The Kababayan Program at Skyline College: Filipino Empowerment through Education
- Southeast Asian Americans: New Patterns, New Challenges

3:15pm-4:30pm: WORKSHOP SESSIONS III
- APA Leadership in Governance
- Activism & Empowerment Through Campus Faculty & Staff Associations
- APA Career Paths in Administration
- APAs and Multicultural Alliances
- Meeting the Needs of LGBT Students and Staff
- Sprouting Roots in the Redwoods: Student Retention Efforts at UC Santa Cruz

6:00 PM: RECEPTION AT RESTAURANT PEONY
- Speaker: Assemblymember Alberto Torrico, Chair, California API Legislative Caucus

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007
OAKLAND MARRIOTT CITY CENTER

8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast Buffet
9:00am - 10:00am: The Politics of Higher Education: A View from the Capitol
10:15am - 11:00am: Townhall Discussion: APAHE’s Future Agenda

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APAHE 2007 CONFERENCE
DETAILED SUMMARY OF PLENARY AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
[As of May 1, 2007]

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007

9:00am–Noon
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
CAREER/JOB SEARCH & PRESENTATION SKILLS
Audrey Yamagata-Noji, Vice President, Mt. San Antonio College
Henry Gee, Vice President, Rio Hondo College
Christine Iijima Hall – Maricopa Community College District

1:00pm-1:15pm
WELCOME/GREETINGS
Elihu Harris – Chancellor, Peralta Community College District

1:15pm-2:15pm
HISTORICAL ROOTS OF APAHE (Plenary Session)
Pat Hayashi –Associate President, UCOP (emeritus)
Prof. Ling-Chi Wang – UC Berkeley (emeritus)
Prof. Dana Takagi – UC Santa Cruz

2:30pm-4:00pm
CONTEMPORARY APA ADMISSION & ACCESS ISSUES (Plenary Session)
Prof. Helen Hyun – San Francisco State
Bill Kidder – Special Assistant in Student Affairs, UCOP
Vu Tran – Director, UCLA Admissions Office
Abdi Soltani – Director, Campaign for College Opportunity
Melinda Matsuda – Vice President of Student Services, Chabot College

6:00pm
DINNER AT SILVER DRAGON RESTAURANT
Honoring APAHE Founders

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007

8:30am-9:00am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Honorable Edward Chen, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court (Northern California)

9:00am-10:00am
PRESIDENTS PANEL (Plenary Session)
Bob Suzuki — Cal Poly Pomona (emeritus)
Mohammad “Mo” Qayoumi – California State University, East Bay
Kenyon Chan – University of Washington, Bothell
Chui L. Tsang — Santa Monica City College
Ding-Jo Currie — Coastline Community College

10:30-11:45
WORKSHOPS

APA Student Mental Health Issues & Related Media Concerns
Elizabeth Gong-Guy — Director of Student Psychological Services, UCLA
Nan Senzaki – Psychologist, UC Davis Counseling & Psychological Services
Prof. Nolan Zane – UC Davis
Naomi Sakai – Coordinator, UC Davis Counseling & Psychological Services
Keith Kamisugi – Associate Communications Director, Equal Justice Society

Glass Ceilings & Other Barriers: Social Science Perspectives
Prof. Deborah Woo – UC Santa Cruz
Thierry Devos – San Diego State
Monique Morris – UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall)
Dr. Kenneth Fong – CSU Trustee
Susan Kiyomi Serrano – U. of Hawai’i at Manoa

Getting a Piece of the Pie: Using Research and Practitioner Lenses to Understand the Growing Needs of APA Students
Julie Park – UCLA
Howard Wang — CSU Fullerton
Erin Kimura-Walsh – UCLA
Shimel Hersaychou – UC Merced

Raising Money While Raising Awareness: APA Perspectives on Higher Education Fundraising
Ted Wang – Foundation Consultant (moderator)
May Hu – Cal Tech
Floyd Shimomura, Esq. – UC Davis Alumni Association
Carol Hayashino – Sacramento State

Working Together to Achieve the First APA Retention: The APASS Program at City College of San Francisco
Nick Chang (Dean of Matriculation)
John Ho (Counselor)
Minh-Hoa Ta, Ed. D. (Director)
Pat Albano (Student)

12:00pm-1:30pm

LUNCH AND STUDENT PANEL
Rico Reyes, UCOP Student Affairs (moderator)
Holly Lim — UC Riverside, ASUCR President
Vanessa Coe — Laney Community College, ASLC Senator
Roderick Daus-Magbual – USF Graduate Student and Associate Director of Pin@y Educational Partnership,
Anthony Navarro — City College of San Francisco, ICC President
Paulina Tran — UC Berkeley, Organizer for API Issues Conference

1:30pm-2:45pm
WORKSHOPS

The Deeper Meaning of Diversity: The Learning and Democratic Benefits of Cultivating Multiracial Institutions
Prof. Robert Teranishi – NYU
Prof. Jose Moreno – CSU Long Beach
Tammeil Gilkerson – Chabot College
Ted Wang – Foundation Consultant

Voices from the Field: On Becoming an Asian American Administrator
Wanda Lee – San Francisco State
Laureen Chew – San Francisco State
Christine Iijima Hall – Maricopa Community College District
Susan Sung — San Francisco State

The “P” in APAHE: Pacific Islander Students Speak Up
Invited: Foloa Takapu, Pacific Islanders at CAL
Amelia Tuifua, Pacific Islanders at CAL
Michael Tuncap, Pacific Islander at Cal

Psychological Perspectives on Racism and Asian Americans
Prof. Alvin Alvarez – San Francisco State

APA Career Paths in Administration
Leroy Moroshita – Vice President, Business Administration, San Francisco State
Thuy Nguyen — Vice Chancellor of Legal Affairs, Peralta Community College District
Wyman Fong – Laney College

3:15pm-4:30pm
WORKSHOPS

APA Leadership in Governance
Carol Hayashino – Sacramento State (moderator)
Leslie Tang Schilling – UC Regent
Hal Gin – Chabot College Trustee
Dr. Kenneth Fong – CSU Trustee

Activism & Empowerment Through Campus Faculty & Staff Associations
Christine Iijima Hall – Maricopa Community College District
Karen Leong — Arizona State
Naomi Story — Maricopa Community College District
Carol Takao – Arizona State

APAs and Multicultural Alliances
Prof. Donna Maeda — Occidental College
Sharon Washington – UCOP, Interim Director of Faculty Equity Programs
Lupe Gallegos-Diaz — Director, Chicano/Latino Student Development at UC Berkeley

Meeting the Needs of LGBT Students
Chueh Jun-Fung — UCSB
Invited: Luna Yasui — Asian American Advocacy/CAA
Bonnie Sugiyama — Sonoma State University
Victor Hwang — API Legal Outreach

Sprouting Roots in the Redwoods: Student Retention Efforts at UC Santa Cruz
Nancy Kim
Maggie Kong
Libby Lok
Tran Nguyen
Laurent Policarpo
Patrick San Juan
No’el Tagab-Cruz

6:00pm
RECEPTION AT PEONY RESTAURANT
Honorees/Speakers:
Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, Chancellor – UC Merced
Belle Wei, Dean of the College of Engineering, San Jose State University
Assemblymember Alberto Torrico, Chair API Legislative Caucus

Saturday, May 5, 2007

The Politics of Higher Ed: A View from the Capitol (Plenary Session)
Dale Shimasaki — Strategic Education Services (Moderator)
Senator Leland Yee Senator Jack Scott
Assemblymember Mike Eng
Assemblymember Mary Hayashi
Assemblymember Ted Lieu
Assemblymember Fiona Ma
Assemblymember Nicole Parra
Assemblymember Anthony Portantino
State Controller John Chiang
USCCR Commissioner Michael Yaki
Paul Navarro – Governor’s Deputy Secretary, Leg. Affairs

Please Note: This is a draft of the conference program as of April 18, 2007. Workshop & Plenary speakers may change.