{"id":165997,"date":"2022-09-27T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=165997"},"modified":"2022-09-27T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:10:22","slug":"aanapisi-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/aanapisi-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Program serving Asian, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders celebrates milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College Chancellor Joseph Daisy, left, and Kauaʻi<\/span> Mayor Derek Kawakami<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A federal program that gives grants and related assistance to Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve those populations and low-income individuals is celebrating its 15th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Congress established the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions<\/a> (AANAPISI<\/abbr>) program in 2007 to improve the availability and quality of postsecondary education programs to support low-income, first-generation Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander students.<\/p>\n

All 10 campuses in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System<\/a> are members of AANAPISI<\/abbr>, and a number of UH<\/abbr> leaders traveled to Washington D.C. to celebrate AANAPISI<\/abbr> Week 2022 (September 26–October 2).<\/p>\n

In honor of the anniversary, Kauaʻi<\/span> Mayor Derek Kawakami presented a proclamation to Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College Chancellor Joseph Daisy<\/strong> declaring September 27, 2022 AANAPISI<\/abbr> Day on the island.<\/p>\n

“Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College is designated as an AANAPISI<\/abbr> affiliate college,” Daisy said. “This program recognizes that historically Asian Americans, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders as a group of students have been underserved and underrepresented. It is a population in need of support in higher education. Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College is also a designated minority serving institution, and as such the college is eligible for resources, including financial support, opportunities for leadership, and civic engagement that benefits this student population.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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