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APIDA + Center

APIDA + Center

140 Squires Student Center

The APIDA + Center at Virginia Tech fosters a vibrant community and intentional space where students, faculty, staff, and community members are empowered to explore their multifaceted selves, engage in socially responsible action, and collaborate across differences through the academic foundation of Asian American Studies and rooted in the lived experiences of Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans.

Asian Studies Minor
Skylight within Squires Student Center

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We are committed to supporting student persistence, retention, and success by cultivating environments for transformative education through programs, annual events, and strategic partnerships. These experiences promote critical reflection, experiential learning, and a deepened understanding of community engagement and sustainability.

Through collaboration with campus and community partners, we advance wellbeing and belonging for all. We strive to create spaces where individuals feel accepted, connected, and valued.

Virginia Tech is a U.S. Department of Education federally designated Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).

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The mission of the Asian American Student Union is to serve the Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi American (APIDA) communities within Virginia Tech. It shall act as an umbrella organization over the branching undergraduate APIDA organizations. It shall strive to enhance and further the individual, cultural, and ethnic diversities that exist in the APIDA communities. It shall make efforts to address the problems, issues, and concerns of the APIDA communities to the administration and other fellow student organizations.

APIDA + Center

Contact

Dr. Nina Ha

Teresa Wilson, M.A.Ed