NAAAP-Seattle is pleased to announce the 2012 NAAAP-Seattle High School and College Scholarships to encourage promising Asian American students seeking higher educational opportunities. This scholarship will award three winners in the Greater Seattle area. Each winner will receive up to $2,500 to go towards educational purposes. (end) For more information, visit seattle.naaap.org/scholarship.
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NAAAP offers scholarship to Asian American students
Posted on 18 May 2012.
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Hokubei Hochi Foundation offers inaugural student internship program
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Hokubei Hochi Foundation has launched its inaugural student internship program, which includes travel to Japan.
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Newspaper Fashion Contest
Posted on 17 May 2012.
Newspaper Fashion Contest presented by Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation Entries will be judged on I. Originality in design II. Wow factor Using NWAW or Chinese Post newspapers for the design is highly recommended. Deadline for the newspaper fashion entry is June 22nd. To enter, design a garment (preferably incorporating NWAW or Seattle Chinese Post newspapers [...]
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APIs sound off on Obama
Posted on 17 May 2012.
Compiled by Staff Northwest Asian Weekly This month, for API Heritage Month,
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Speak out or clam up? — Part 1 of 2: Why Black and Asian women respond differently when faced with racism
Posted on 17 May 2012.
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “Recently, I was hanging out in the library. Somebody came up to be and randomly asked
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Last rites — API volunteers administer honors at military funerals
Posted on 17 May 2012.
By Jeffrey Osborn NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A military funeral consists of a number of ceremonial events including the firing of three
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Kin On raises $10,000 for Asian seniors at South China Benefit Dinner
Posted on 14 May 2012.
Kin On raised $10,000 at its South China Benefit Dinner with the help of more than 90 volunteers, including Jerry Lee, president of MulvannyG2 Architecture and member of Kin On’s board of directors, University of Washington students, the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, the Chinese Baptist Church Boy Scouts Troop 254, and many others. [...]
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Chinese American youth wins grand prize in the Art Institutes’ 2012 Passion for Fashion scholarship competition
Posted on 14 May 2012.
The Art Institutes schools announced Mary Lum of Cornelius, Ore. as their grand prize winner of the 2012 Passion for Fashion scholarship competition. Lum’s entry helped her win a half-tuition scholarship to study fashion design and fashion marketing and merchandising and fashion retail management at the Art Institute of Portland. For her entry, Lum submitted [...]
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Community members greet the China National Women’s Basketball Team at reception dinner
Posted on 14 May 2012.
On May 7, about 120 people, including local community leaders, turned out for a dinner at Ocean City Restaurant in the International District to greet the players of the China National Women’s Basketball Team. Assunta Ng, publisher of the Northwest Asian Weekly, organized the dinner. Notable attendees included Sun Fengwu, head coach of the Chinese [...]
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Jay Inslee and Organizing for America open office on Rainier Avenue South
Posted on 14 May 2012.
Jay Inslee and Organizing for America opened their office last week on 901 Rainier Avenue South at the corner of South Charles Street and Rainier Avenue South. The office opening was marked by a visit from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, and nearly 700 people. The office will serve as [...]
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