1. CAPACITY BUILDING AT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON
Presenter: Patricia A. Neilson, Ed.D.
AANAPISI Director
AANAPISI Capacity Building Workshop
June 22, 2015

2. University of Massachusetts Boston
Only public research university in Boston, with a special commitment to urban and global engagement
In Fall 2014, of the 16,000+ undergraduate students, 52% were students of color
Asian Americans (Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and South Indians) were 11.6% of the full-time undergraduate students
Commuter campus
11.6% Asian Americans qualifies us to be an AANAPISI.

3. Capacity Building through…
Curriculum Development
Internal and External Partnerships
API Research Grant Funding
Digital Storytelling in Asian American Studies National Summit
This afternoon I’d to share four areas in which the AANAPISI funding has allowed us to build capacity.

4. UMB’s Integrated Model
UMB chose to use an integrated model instead of a cohort model for the delivery of services to our students. As you see by the figure here, the services provided by UMB is like a three-legged stool. The inputs are from the Asian American Studies Program, the Institute for Asian American Studies and the UMB Student Support Services. Our AANAPISI program builds connections, relationships, and partnerships on campus and with the local community.

5. Curriculum Development
Targeting Freshman/Transfer Students
Developing Required General Education First Year and Intermediate Seminars
Asian American Content
Scaffolding for the Writing Proficiency Requirement

6. First Year/Intermediate Seminars
First Year Seminars:
Global Diasporas: Roots & Routes
Asian American Visual Culture and Cool
Asian American Literature: Enemy, Identity & Home
Race, Culture and U.S. Adoption from Asia
Intermediate Seminar:
Rise Up! Asian American Leadership and Social Change
Enlisted 5 faculty to development the First Year and Intermediate Seminars

7. Research Grants Institute for Asian American Studies
20 Small Grants awarded from Year 1 to 4 to support applied/empirical research focusing on Asian American access and equity issues
Regional Asian American Research Conferences offered in years 2 and 5

8. Research Grants Include:
Immigrant Asian American Parental Involvement in College Access and Choices
The Impact of Asian American Studies on Asian American Students’ Success
Assessing Southeast Asian American Youth’s College & Career Readiness
The Culturally Engaging Environmental Influences on Asian American and Pacific Islander College Success
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP): Examining the Impact of Changes in the Federal Financial Aid Policy on Asian American Student Success
The Impact of Linguistic Modification of Multiple Choice Exam-type Test Items on Nursing Student Test Performance and Faculty Exam Writing Improvement: An Exploratory Study

9. Internal and External Partnerships
Within UMB
University Advising
Admissions and Financial Aid
Ross Center for Student Disabilities
University Health Services/Counselling Center
Office of Career Services and Internships
Success Boston Initiative
Student Success Program (TRIO)
Directions for Student Potential (Bridge Program)

10. External Partnerships
5 High Schools
6 Community Based Organizations
Writing Workshops
Year-end Publication
Campus Visits
Asian American Commission for MA
Federal Agencies (SBA, EEOC, DOE)
Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)

11. Digital Storytelling in Asian American Studies National Summit
Asian American Studies Media Literacy Course at UMB (AsAmSt 370)
APAHE 2014 UMB Student Presentations
Significant Impact of Digital Stories
Two AANAPISI Directors (Mt. San Antonio College & Mission College) inquired about bringing the digital story process to their campuses
AANAPISI Supplemental Grant Funding secured
Year-long, three phase collaboration
Culminating in Digital Story Telling National Summit (June 18, 2015)

12. Digital Story Introduction
19 Digital Stories were co-produced as a result of this collaboration
Stories highlighted themes of family migration, war, violence, intergenerational dynamics, social justice, disability access, health disparities, race and gender inequality, and other important intersecting issues.
Mekemke Lavaki’s story along with three other Tongan students from Mt. San Antonio College are the first Pacific Islander digital story along to be part of the UMB archives
We will be highlighting Meke’s story today but her story along with three other Tongan’s from Mt. San Antonio College

13. Conclusion Capacity Building has occurred:
UMB: because of new awareness of the value and impact of culturally competent advising, career, disability, and counselling services
In the Greater Boston Community: increased number of college visits and programming for high schools and community based agencies which has strengthen the odds of potential students attending UMB. Outreach to Asian American community festivals and celebrations enhances the chances of UMB as an option for higher education
Research grants have contributed much needed empirical and applied research to better serve Asian American underserved and under-represented students.
National Impact: APIASF/AANAPISI scholarships, Presentations, Asian American Studies Digital Story National Summit,
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