Asian Pacific American Heritage Week

Comedy Night with Hari Kondabolu

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:23:34 +0000

As seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live, HBO Comedy Arts Festival, and Comedy Central, APAHW and South Asia Society are pleased to present comedian Hari Kondabolu on Wednesday, October 19 at 7PM! Food will be served before the show. Admission is free!

Hari in action:

Clara C at UPenn!

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:01:03 +0000

Clara C is coming to Penn for APAHW’s kick-off on Monday, October 17! Doors open at 7PM. The show will also feature performances from Penn’s talented a capella groups, PennSori, PennYo, and Atma.

Check out Clara’s YouTube channel, and these videos below:

PennSori:

PennYo:

Atma:

APAHW is HERE! 10/16 – 10/22

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:44:37 +0000

It’s finally here! APAHW 2011 is coming your way October 16-22, 2011. Check out the schedule with event details here, or check out our Facebook page.

Priya Marathe

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:11:45 +0000

Major(s)/Minor(s): Biological Basis of Behavior
Other Involvements on Campus: Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative (APALI), Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI), Penn Raas, Oracle Senior Society
Where will you be this summer?: Philadelphia
Who’s your APA Hero?: Hines Ward
What’s your superpower?: Talking my way into your heart
Preferred Means of Communication: Constant [...]

Florence Sit

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:30:21 +0000

APAHW 2011 Programming Chair

Major(s)/Minor(s): PPE and Psychology
Other Involvements on Campus: Sigma Psi Zeta, APALI, Penn Asian Review, Rodin House Council
Where will you be this summer?: Hong Kong, Beijing and Penn
Who’s your APA Hero?: Far East Movement!!
What’s your superpower?: Stealing GSRs
Preferred Means of Communication: Email and [...]

Julie Shen

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:25:51 +0000

APAHW 2011 Volunteers Chair

Major(s)/Minor(s): Finance & Operations and Information Management with a Minor in French
Other Involvements on Campus enn Taiwanese Society: Co-President, Wharton Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Board, Penn Music Mentoring Program: Site Coordinator, alpha Kappa Delta Phi: Alumnae Chair, Shotokan Karate Club
Where will you be this summer?: Philadelphia
Who’s your APA [...]

Andrew Liang

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:21:51 +0000

APAHW 2011 Programming Chair

Major(s)/Minor(s): Bioengineering with a Minor in Math
Other Involvements on Campus: Penn Badminton Club President, Lambda Phi Epsilon Philanthropy Chair
Where will you be this summer?: I will be in Shenzhen, China, from June to August, working for Siemens Medical, doing R&D with MRIs and Spectroscopy imaging
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Jenny Xiang

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:33:55 +0000

APAHW 2011 Programming Chair

Major(s)/Minor(s): Biology with Minors in Chemistry and Chinese
Other Involvements on Campus: Sigma Psi Zeta sorority (Sister), Sangam (Vice President), PEER Mentoring Program (Vice Chair of Service), PennScience (Layout Co-Manager), School of Nursing (Research Assistant)
Where will you be this summer?: China (Hong Kong, Wenzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu) and Baltimore, MD
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Charley Ma

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:30:07 +0000

APAHW 2011 Finance Chair

Major(s)/Minor(s): Economics with Minors in Mathematics and Biophysics
Other Involvements on Campus: APSC, APO, PEER, WAX, SC3
Where will you be this summer?: New York City
Who’s your APA Hero?: Richard Aoki
What’s your superpower?: Sleeping
Preferred Means of Communication: @charleyma TWEET ME. but really anything
An [...]

Umar Sheikh

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:27:59 +0000

APAHW 2011 Programming Chair

Major(s)/Minor(s): SAST/BBB
Other Involvements on Campus: PPS, PRISM (interfaith)
Where will you be this summer?: California & either India or Penn
Who’s your APA Hero?: Kal Penn
What’s your superpower?: X-Ray visian
Preferred Means of Communication: Gmail
An unexpected, surprising fact: I can speak 5 langauages
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