NORMAL, Ill. - Community reigned true in the Uptown Circle last night. Support crowded the hill in front of the Children’s Discovery Museum to honor the lives that were lost on March 16 in the Atlanta spa shooting. Student organizers shared the realities of their lives. One of the organizers Yvin Shin says the ceremony was to help start discussions on what has been happening in the Asian American and […]
Photo courtesy AsiaConnect Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University is celebrating Asian Heritage Week April 5 –11. This week AsiaConnect encourages individuals to share their Asian cultural experience. President of AsiaConnect and associate professor at ISU, Li Zeng expands on the purpose of the week. “As the Asian and Asian American community, we are students, faculty and staff. We are busy. We don't have time to really get together. So, we plan events like this to bring everyone together […]
NORMAL - AsiaConnect is a university association of faculty and staff members with a focus on promoting Asian cultures and supporting Asian staff, faculty and students here at Illinois State. This week, AsiaConnect has been hosting events everyday to promote, share, and inform Illinois State students of Asian heritage and culture. Some events included the Japanese art of paper folding called 'Origami', a Filipino martial arts demonstration, the history of […]
