Asian and Pacific Islander Student Union (APISU)

Winter Term 2025

We warmly welcome YOU, our new and continuing Lane A/PI Titans, to Lane Community College 2024/2025 academic year! We look forward to brainstorming for fresh ideas, positive energy and collaboration with fellow students and staff with the many campus and student engagements and learning opportunities this Winter season and all through the upcoming terms in this academic year. From weekly meetings meant to connect our A/PI campus community of students as well as designed to hone skills for leadership development, to a wide array of campus engagements rich with the cultural beauty and indigenous values from extensive and diverse A/PI perspectives of the student membership, we warmly invite you to the many shared learning opportunities just by being part of all that APISU is in our Lane campus. Who is APISU? YOU are!

 Schedule of Events and Activities

APISU Weekly Meetings: Winter 2025

Mon., Week 1 to 10: APISU Weekly General Membership Meetings, 2pm-3pm. In-person at 1/212 (conference room) or virtual via Zoom. Register for the Zoom code by clicking on the link above under "Schedule of Events and Activities".

Week 1: Welcome Week

January 7 and 8: APISU Winter Welcome Week (Multicultural Center 1/206). Come stop by and say hello! Student leaders and advisor will be here to greet you and tell you about how you can be part of all the student engagements for APISU this term.

Week 2: Discover Your Resources

January 16: APISU Meet and Greet Luncheon, 12pm-1:30pm. Connect with fellow API students and campus mentors with a delicious catered lunch by Angkor Cafe. Reserve your spot and signup through the "Schedule of Events and Activities" link above.

January 15: APISU at the MCC Table, Resource Fair, 10am-2pm (CEN, 2nd Floor). Come say hello and connect with the Multicultural Center (MCC) and APISU at the Center Building (second floor) during Resource Fair day.

January 14: APISU Tabling, 9:30am-2pm (CEN, Food Court). Come say hello and connect with APISU at the Center Building food court area by the flags.

Week 3: Walk the Path

Youʻve found your classes, got acquainted with the syllabi of all your courses and found that awesome spot to hang out and study. What once was new is getting comfortably familiar and you can now concentrate on everything else and accustomed to the routine of college life. Time to meet more people and have more conversations!

Week 4: Connect with People

Week 2 was all about campus resources and areas or offices at Lane who are there to help you with tutoring, scholarships, advising, and even where to Chill Out (Zen Den). This weekʻs all about finding others with same interest and community. Enter the student orgs (like APISU!).

January 27-29: APISU Tabling at the Student Org Fair, everyday till Wed. Come visit the many tables of the clubs and student unions at the CEN atrium and find your group match! Donʻt forget to say "hi" to the folks at APISU!

Week 5: Discover More

Wed., Feb 5: APISU Presents: Ancient Sacred Traditions--Healing Wisdom for Modern Times, 3pm-5pm (MCC 1/206),  The Interfaith ’Ohana of Hawai’i’s 2025 World Interfaith Harmony Week event features leaders from Indigenous nations sharing the healing wisdom of their ancient traditions and how these traditions can help address the challenges of modern times. To attend, please email raesi@lanecc.edu.

Week 6: Honor and Celebrate

Tue., Feb 11: APISU Honors Lunar New Year 2025, the Year of the Green Wood Snake, 12pm-1pm (MCC 1/206). APISU helps bring awareness to our campus community of the diverse cultures of our Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Come join us and make a choice to broaden your understanding of culture. Refreshments and campus camaraderie!

Week 7: Tell Our Stories

We learn more about ourselves and each other when we engage in meaningful conversations and storytelling. Our A/PI communities are vast and far-reaching and the stories allow us to come together in harmony of our shared humanity.

Wed., Feb 19: Stories from the Waʻa (Canoe Stories): An Intercultural Conversation, 2pm-3pm (MCC 1/206). Share some short accounts of our lived experiences as Asian and Pacific Islander students, staff, and community.

Week 8: Life is a Q & A

Wed., Feb 26: Soup or Salad: Who Gets to Decide?, 2pm-3pm (MCC 1/206). We all have heard the phrases, "melting pot" or "we are a salad." What do these phrases even mean? Letʻs find out together in meaningful discourse to answer these and more. How can we have mindful conversations to create much-needed partnerships and collaboration within our A/PI community at Lane?

Week 9: Screen and Stream

Tue., Mar 5: APISU Presents "Film and Feastables," 1:30pm-3:30pm (MCC 1/206). More meaningful conversation prompted by film, streaming clips, and more. Bring your open mind, willingness to speak and engage, sense of adventure and appetite.

Week 10: Balance Body and Mind (Pre-Finals)

Tue., Mar 12: APISU Hosts "Wellness and Study Spot," 12pm-2pm (MCC 1/206). Let us help you get closer to accomplishing your self-care goals and together weʻll celebrate the term and prepare for finals.

Week 11: Finals Week

No APISU general membership meeting or events scheduled this week. Wishing you all the best on your finals!!!

APISU Student Organization Leadership

APISU is looking for highly motivated students committed to learning, developing and practicing their leadership skills in synergistic lead/supportive roles at the Asian and Pacific Islander Student Union (APISU) campus student organization. All currently enrolled and registered students are invited and encouraged to apply. Commitment requirements are flexible at per term or per academic year. Please send a letter of interest by email to Kumu Iwalani Raes at raesi@lanecc.edu.