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Winter 2014 Quarterly Newsletter www.deanza.edu/impact-aapi/
Kulia i ka nu'u / Hawaiian Proverb: Strive for the summit.
IMPACT AAPI strives toward bringing about new developments and achievements in Year 2 of the AANAPISI Grant!
2014 APIASF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS SPRING CLASSES
1. CREM: Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking (EWRT 2) and Statistics (MATH 10)
CRN #40511 EWRT 002.01D and CRN #41937 MATH 010.06D; 9:30-‐11:45 a.m. MW & 12:30-‐1:20 p.m. MTWRF, Classroom MQ2A. Instructors: Amy Leonard and Doli Bambhania.
2. English Writing (EWRT 1A) and Human Biolgoy + Lab (BIOL 11) Instructors: Jeff Schinske and Jackson Yan CRN #42027 EWRT 01A.1YD 1:30-‐3:20 p.m. MW + 1 hour online. L62 and your choice of ONE from CRN #00243 BIOL 11.01+Lab 4:30-‐6:20 p.m. TTH KC 115 + Lab 1:30 – 4:20 p.m. T SC 211 OR
CRN #00244 BIOL 11.02 + Lab 4:30 -‐6:30 p.m. TTH KC 115 + Lab 1:30 – 4:20 p.m. TH SC 211
3. Preparation for General Chemistry
CRN #42979 CHEM 50.21 + Lab 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. TTH SC2204 + Lab 11:20 – 2:20 p.m. F SC 2204 Instructor: Ram Subramaniam
IMPACT AAPI Cohort Class Options:
Please visit our website and see the listing of spring quarter classes that the IMPACT AAAPI program has made special arrangements with the instructors to welcome a small cohort of IMPACT AAPI students. You will be able to work within these groups of fellow IMPACT peers should you choose to take any of these G.E. courses. Please go to: http://www.deanza.edu/impact-‐aapi/calendar.html and see “Class Options for Spring 2014.”
For more information and to enroll in these classes sponsored by the IMPACT AAPI GRANT, call Anu Khanna at (408) 864-‐5787 or e-‐mail
The IMPACT AAPI program celebrated the
accomplishments of our DeAnza scholars who were recipients of the 2014 APIASF Scholarship. The event took place on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 from 3:30 pm - 5:00
pm in the California History Center at DeAnza College.
The 2014 Scholarship Winners:
Bobrink, Jody Aletha Nguyen, Hanh Chi Tue Canuto, Bettina M Nguyen, My Duc Chang, Bianca Nguyen, Ngocanh Thi Chen, Yuheng Nguyen, Tai Huu Chou, Yi-‐Fu Nguyen, Trang Huyen Dang, Lilian Pham, Joshua Huyen Deol, Manraj Singh Rehman, Mahnoor Do, Lyli T Sanchez, Andrea Mae Flores Dong, Hoang Minh Te'o, Mona Lisa F Fifita, Ilaisaane A Ton, Hiep That Flanagan, Vanessa Mae N Ton, Linh Khaothong, Derek Tran, Joanne H. Luo, Jianheng Tran, Tam Thanh Nadiadwala, Ayesha Vang, Mai Chee Nguyen, Bao T Yoon, Victoria Yeajoo Nguyen, Colin Yu, Timothy
IMPACT AAPI TEAM Tom Izu, Project Director
Christine Chai, Staff Development Lead
Anu Khanna, Curriculum Lead
Tom Nguyen, Counselor
Susanne Chan, Counselor
Karen Oeh, Grant Assistant
Erick Aragon, part-time Counselor
Jeff Schinske, STEM Staff Development Facilitator
Karen Chow, PEER Mentor Liaison
IMPACT AAPI PEER MENTOR PROGRAM
The Peer Mentors for the CREM classes (EWRT 1A.18D and Math 114.06D) include Chianne Laiwa, Lilian Dang, Bianca Chang, Tam Tran, and Milborne Eugenio. The Peer Mentors for the LART 211 class are Henry Do, Christine Winn, and Linh Ton. Peer Mentors are helping facilitate classroom discussions, class community-building, peer editing, and other work as well as meeting with students outside of class to give feedback on homework or just offer moral support. IMPACT instructors Amy Leonard, Doli Bhambania, Veronica Avila, and Karen Chow, as well as IMPACT counselors Tom Nguyen, Susanne Chan, and Erick Aragon, and CREM and LART students benefit significantly from the Peer Mentor’s work.
Contact Karen Chow for more about the peer mentoring effort:
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http://www.facebook.com/ImpactAAPI!
The Purpose of Writing “What is written without purpose, will not be read
with much pleasure.” Linh Ton, Success Class (fall 2013)
Success Class, fall 2013
The IMPACT APPI Peer Mentor Program started its first quarter this winter with an enthusiastic group of students, most of whom have taken IMPACT AAPI courses
before.