Awards & Scholarships

2011-2012 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor

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Paul Ong is Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Asian American Studies at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. In Fall 2010 and Fall 2011, Prof. Ong served as the City University of New York’s Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Russell C. Leong is the founding editor of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s CUNY FORUM publication, and previously served as the CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at Hunter College/CUNY.

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2011 Asian American Film Festival

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Date: Friday, May 20, 2011 | Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre 365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaaricuny/sets/72157633927237633/ 2011 Winners & Runner-ups Fiction Film Winner: Home – Seimi Kim (Brooklyn College) Runner-up: Club Fizz – Yosuke Hosoi (City College) Documentary Film Winner: Teaching Outside the … Read more

CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship 2011 Recipient

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2011 Recipient Sahar Khan (City College of New York) Project – Islamic Studies Program The idea to start an Islamic Studies Program began in 2010 with student petitions, the creation of a proposal, and meetings with faculty, students and administration at City College of New York. Due to the growth of City College’s student population … Read more

CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship 2010 Recipient

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2010 Recipient Zhong Yang (Baruch College) Project – Helping Asian Students Get Into CUNY In order to help Asian students who are applying to CUNY, I made a film with my friends and instructor. The film covers most of the procedures required for applying to CUNY, as well as the preparation needed before applying. It … Read more

2010-2011 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor

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Paul Ong is Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Asian American Studies at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. In Fall 2010 and Fall 2011, Prof. Ong served as the City University of New York’s Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Russell C. Leong is the founding editor of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s CUNY FORUM publication, and previously served as the CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at Hunter College/CUNY.

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2010 CUNY Asian American Film Festival

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Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre 365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan https://youtu.be/abFOwwNwH-I https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaaricuny/sets/72157624546023286/ 2010 Winners & Runner-ups Fiction Film Winner: Behold the Swelling Scene – MunJong (Arckii) Kim  (Brooklyn College) Runner-up: Antithesis –  Jon-Carlos Evans (City College) Documentary Film Winner: Struggle for Existence – Laurie … Read more