Past Winners
2012 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award:
Hermia Soo
Faculty/Staff: May Xiong
Alumni: Ho Chie Tsai
Asian American Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching: Caroline Yang
Undergraduate Student: Brian Chin, Pei-Lynn Juang, and Lorraine Pang
Organizations:Asian American Association and Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
Programs:
Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT), I Am Asian American Week, Midwest Asian
American Students Union Spring Conference, and Illinois Fast-A-Thon
2011 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award: Viveka P. Kudaligama and Siti Mariah Jackson
Faculty/Staff: Augusto Espiritu, JoAnne Ramirez
Alumni: Eboo Patel
Graduate Student: Constancio Arnaldo, Vincent Pham
Undergraduate Student: Cecilia Aragon, Junmin Luo, Melorie Masacupan, Bing Moraras, Swetha Ramanathan, Brenan Salgado
Organizations: ASHA, Taiwanese American Students Club
Programs:
Asian American Association: AAA-Palooza
Southeast Asian Week
2010 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award: Kuanwu Lin, Yuki Llewellyn, Annie Sit, Ian Wang
Faculty/Staff: Lisa Cacho, Anna Tsai
Alumni:Kelly Tsai
Graduate Student: Sharon Lee, Elana Schuster
Undergraduate Student: Connie Chuang, Cheng-en Lai, Alan Wong
Organizations: Indian Student Association, Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Programs:
Indian Student Association: Diwali Night
Philippine Student Association: Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) Conference
2009 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award: Ross Wantland, Pat Morey
Faculty/Staff: Junaid Rana
Alumni: Coach Yoshi Hayasaki
Graduate Student: Sarah Okner, Laura Chu
Undergraduate Student: Christina Chou, Jeffrey Mabilangan, Viraj Patel
Organizations: Philippine Student Association, Chai-Town Acapella
Programs:
Philippine Student Association: Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) Conference
Indian Student Association: India Night
Taiwanese Students Club: Illinois Chinese Adopted Siblings Program (I.C.A.S.P.)
2008 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award: Cathy Acevedo, Mary Ellerbe, Cury McKay
Faculty/Staff: Sumie Okazaki
Alumni: Betty Lee Sung
Graduate Student: Kevin Lam, Anne Saw, Stanley Thangaraj
Undergraduate Student: Harrison Hsueh, Trixie Layhadi, Alison Saulog
Organizations: Asian American Association, Indian Student Association, Philippine Student Association
Programs:
Philippine Student Association: Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) Conference
Indian Student Association: Gandhi Wee
Asian Pacific American Coalition: "I am Asian American" Week
Indian Student Association: India Night
2007 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award: Jamie Singson, Tina Wei
Faculty/Staff: Kent Ono
Graduate Student: Jennifer Chung, Sarah Park
Undergraduate Students: Anil D'Souza, Christine Gonzales, Carrie Kagawa, Jennifer Lo, Rubie Ruivivar, Tina Wei
Alumni: K.W. Lee
Organization: Asian American Association, Philippine Student Association
Programs:
Asian American Association: Asian American Ambassador Program
Asian Pacific American Coalition and the Together Encouraging the Appreciation of Multiculturalism: Multicultural Conference
Indian Student Association: Garba Raas Bhangra I & II
Midwest Asian American Students Union Spring Conference
Philippine Student Association: Filipino American Coming Together (FACT) Conference
2006 Awards:
Asian American Cultural Center's Community-Builder Award (New Award): William Riley, Jonathan Chu
Faculty/Staff: Kuanwu Lin
Students: Linda Luk, Erin Chiou, Patrice Yao
Alumni: Ang Lee, Jane Lin
Organization: Philippine Student Association
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Coalition Unseen Unheard Conference
Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization Graduate Student Conference
Philippine Student Association Filipino American Coming Together (FACT) Conference
2005 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Sharon Lee
Students: Calvin Chen, Matthew Lee, Jonathan Wang
Alumni: Iris Chang
Organization: Asian American Association, Taiwanese American Students Club
Programs:
Alpha Iota Omicron Disco Dandia
Indian Student Association Gandhi Week
Philippine Student Association Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) Conference
Taiwanese American Students Club Speaker Series
2004 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Nancy Cantor
Students: Jonathan Chu, Kathleen Dumlao, Antoinette Fadera, Narissa Nonzee, Sherwin Yen
Organization: Asian Pacific American Coalition
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Coalition Adapt
Asian American Artists Collective Identity: Films on the Identity Development of People of Color
Counseling Center Reflections of Beauty
Asian American Association Taste of Asia
Asian Pacific American Coalition Unseen Unheard Conference
2003 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: David Chih
Students: Pauline Chow, Frances Gestoso, Peggy Ho, Sandra Kim, Jennie Ly, Annie Yoo
Organization: Asian American Association, Asian Pacific American Coalition
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Coalition Community Responses to Attacks on Asian Women
Philippine Student Association Filipino Americans Coming Together Conference
Philippine Student Association Filipino Sampler: A Taste Everything Filipino
Asian Pacific American Coalition Unseen/Unheard Conference
Special Recognition: Susan Yung Maul
2002 Awards:
Students: Yeerik Moy, Jason Naito, Jeffrey Sichaleune, Jocelyn Yin
Organization: Asian American Association
Programs:
Taiwanese American Students Club: Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Student Association Midwest Conference
Lambda Phi Epsilon: Asian American Donor Program - Bone Marrow Drive
Midwest Asian American Students Union Spring Conference
Vietnamese Student Association Family Day
Special Recognition: Yuki Llewellyn
2001 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Clarence Shelley
Students: Valerie Garcia, Melissa Inpanbutr, Asako Kinase-Leggett, Anne Tanaka
Organization: Asian American Association
Programs:
Asian American Studies: Asian American Experiences Library Display
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Homecoming Float
Thai American Insight Samakee: Conference of Thai America
2000 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: George Yu
Students: Faisal Hadi, Paula Kim, Leah Tuazon
Organization: Asian Pacific American Coalition, Philippine Student Association
Programs: Asian American Artists' Collective Unity Slam
1999 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Pallassana Balgopal
Students: Mark Chu, Lena Choe, Debjani Mukherjee
Organization: Asian Pacific American Coalition
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Coalition: We Be Jammin'
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Unseen/Unheard Conference
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Iris Chang/Rape of Nanking Program
1998 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Clark Cunningham
Students: James Bui, Mathu Goel, Lilly Liu, Tarun Malhotra
Organization: Taiwanese American Student Club
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Language Program
Asian Business Society Conference
Indian Student Association: India Night
Taiwanese American Students Club: Intercollegiate Taiwanese
American Student Association Midwest Conference
1997 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Susan Maul
Students: Vida Gosrisirikul, Eddie Kao, Aarti Kotak, Gordon Liao
Organization: Philippine Student Association
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Unseen/Unheard Conference
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Asiantation
Korean American Student Association & Asian American Association: Pride that Binds Conference
Lunar New Year Celebration
1996 Awards:
Faculty/Staff: Yuki Llewellyn
Students: Jeremy Bautista, Gustav Goger, Oliver Tan Ong, Joline Robertson, Rebecca Yee
Programs:
Asian Pacific American Student: Leadership Fall Retreat
Asian Pacific American Coalition: Asiantation
Asian Pacific American Student: Leadership Spring Retreat
Asian American Association: 10th Anniversary and Reunion
Denise Uyehara: Performance of Hello Sex Kitty
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