The AsACC Senior Night & Awards Banquet, originally scheduled for Sunday, April 26, 2020, will be celebrated on-line during the week of 4/27 thru 5/1. The AsACC Endowment Fund Scholarship winners are also announced at this event.
The AsACC Endowment Fund Scholarship was established in 2012 through an initial gift from the Slate Family: George, Laurel, Victoria (’07) and Rebeccah (’11). Both Victoria and Rebeccah were business majors and very involved throughout campus, particularly with the AsACC and its associated student organizations. It awards a $1,000 scholarship yearly, up to a max of four years, and may include graduate studies if done at UConn, and maintaining the GPA requirements.
Our first winner is finishing up her freshman year at UConn. A Dean’s List MIS Business major, this student has been an active member of AsACC’s AMP, KUBE, and Salaam programs, as well as the student orgs Pakistani Community at UConn and Asha for Education, to name a few. Having experienced financial and personal adversity, she understands the importance of Asian American activism and strives to fight for women’s rights, particularly in Pakistan. We are pleased to award an AsACC Endowment Fund Scholarship to - AREESHA KHAN.
Our next winner is a sophomore Materials Science & Engineering and MCB double-major. An impressive 4.0 GPA has identified him as a Babbidge Scholar in the Honors Program. He is a research assistant at IMS, shadows an orthopedic surgeon at UConn Health, and serves as an elected Board of Education official in his hometown. Within AsACC, he has risen from a KUBE Big to a Team Leader this year. And AMP is fortunate to have this current mentor as one of its Coordinators for next academic year. With a drive to bring diversity and cultural awareness to UConn students and beyond, we are so pleased to announce our winner - ROBERT MINH LU WILLIAMS.
Congratualtions to both our winners and we look forward to their continued activism and success at UConn.
Thank you to the Scholarship Committee - Prof. Jason Chang, Prof. Fred Lee, Prof. Cathy Schlund-Vials, Tommy Lee, and Kim Schwarz - for their support and work on this award.
For more information, contact: Sheila Kucko at asacc@uconn.edu