PAASA
Program for Asian American Student Advancement
PAST EVENTS
Join the Program for Asian
American Student Advancement (PAASA) with MCC's Financial Aid Counselors to learn how to pay for college including: How to apply for financial aid, information on student loans, grant opportunities, meet our financial aid counselors.
Bullet Journaling with Khmer American Artist, Ammany Ty
Join the Multicultural Achievement Peer Program for a bullet journaling workshop with Ammany Ty. Take this opportunity to improve your time management skills! Bullet journaling is a funway and creative way to stay organized.
Ammany Ty is a multimedia artistand storyteller. She currently works as a Production Assistant for the Digital Storytelling in Asian AmericanStudies Team at UMass Boston, an AANAPISI-funded university. Ammany embarked onher bullet journaling journey in 2016 and has beenbullet journaling ever since.
Paint Night with Kyia Watkins
Friday, June 11, 2021, 6 PM
Join MCC's Multicultural Achievement Peer Program (MAPP) and the Program for Asian
American Student Advancement (PAASA) for Paint Night to create artwork and connect with other students and staff. All
materials will be provided and shipped to you upon registration. NOTE: THERE ARE LIMITED
SPOTS AVAILABLE.
Can you chew gum during Ramadan?
Virtual Asian American Connections Center
Join TRIO's Sajeda Khalifa and the Program forAsian American Student Advancement in
a virtual dialogue in increasing understanding about Ramadan, Eid, and working alongside
Asian Muslim students, staff and faculty.
Virtual Reflection Space
Violent cases against our Asian American and Pacific Islander community are occurring
everyday, with the most recent event making headlines.We will be holding a virtual
reflection space open to all students.
PAASA's Virtual Financial Aid Workshop
10 AM - 12 PM
Join the Program for Asian American Student Advancement (PAASA) with MCC's Financial
Aid Counselors to learn how to pay for college including: How to apply for financial
aid, information on student loans, grant opportunities, meet our financial aid counselors.
Strangers No More - Uncovering the Asian American Experience (flyer)
Join the Program for Asian American Student Advancement (PAASA) and our community partners in a virtual conversation about race, politics and history of Asian Americans with Dr. Paul Watanabe, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Identifying and Managing Stress with Licensed Counseling Psychologist, Dr. Marcia
Liu
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 2 PM - 3:30 PM
Join the Program for Asian American Student Advancement (PAASA) in an interactive virtual workshop with an Asian American licensed counseling psychologist. Dr. Marcia Liu is currently working at Hunter College in NYC specializing in the mental health needs of Asian American Pacific Islander students.
Asian Cultural Connections
New Student Onboarding
Tuesday, Jan. 19,
10 AM - 12 PM & Wed., Jan. 20, 2 PM - 4 PM
Welcome new students to Middlesex Community College for the Spring 2021 semester!
To ease your transition to the college, the Program for Asian American Student Advancement
(PAASA) will be hosting a virtual "Cultural Connections" Zoom event. This is a special
opportunity for you to meet and build connections with the dedicated staff members
and students of PAASA. You will learn about customized programs and services that
the Virtual Asian American Connections Center offers as well as other resources available
to you through the college.
Choose a morning or afternoon session!