In the Spotlight...NOU YANG, a JR education Major

Hi, my name is Nou Yang and I am a junior here at the University Wisconsin of Green Bay. I am an Elementary Education major with a minor in Mathematics. When I started off in September 2000, I was like any typical shy freshman who was scared of reaching out and meeting new people and faces. It was not until my junior year that I finally found the courage to make my way to the American Intercultural Center. It was here that I was introduced and exposed to numerous students with various different, yet similar points of view and interests. The AIC became home. Staff members in the AIC provide me with encouragement, countless advice, and guides to a successful academic year.

Dreaming is the best part of being human beings. And I believe it is these dreams the truly push us to conquer them and make those dreams a reality. Only a few of my dreams have been accomplished, but I did not do it alone. There will never be enough “thanks” to say to those who had made an enormous impact in my life. Your generosities, admirations, and strengths will never be forgotten. Nevertheless, when one becomes confused and lost, one should truly search deep within and discover the strength to carry on; only then can one start to see progress. Everyone has been down a similar path, so have I.
Keep up the great work everyone and best wishes to all students and their studies for this semester and more semesters to come.

Winners at the AIC
Diana Borrero-Lowe, Coordinator

Welcome back to the spring semester! In case you did not notice the wonderful, creative window painting on the office door, let me tell you that our office worker, Shia Vue Yang, painted the whimsical polar bear deep in dreams. Because of her highly developed creative powers, the American Intercultural Center (AIC) won second place in the Frost Fest Window Painting Contest. Academic Advising won first place.
If you missed OrgSmorg on January 27, just know that it was a lot of fun and there were tons of free things to eat, read and bring home. Student organizations were encouraged to decorate their tables with a “fish” theme and SASU (Southeast Asian Student Union) won first prize for their colorful, original table decorations plus they had baby fish to give away.

Mary Loeffler, senior, has been offered an official professional job and she hasn’t even graduated. Heidi Schacht, sophomore, has accepted a student exchange Resident Assistant job for next year in Colorado. Xiong Pao Thao, junior, has applied for a Johnson Company Summer Internship. Jose Leon, junior, is studying in Mexico on a student exchange program for spring semester. Eighteen SASU students have signed up to go to the 8th Hmong National Conference in Washington, DC in March. Eleven Intertribal Student Council members are attending the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque in April. There are a lot more winners at the AIC so stay tuned for future disclosures.

Pow Wow Set for April 12
Edmund BlackThunder, Multicultural Adviser

The Intertribal Student Council is in the initial planning stage for this year’s 11th Annual Powwow and Celebration which will be held April 12, 2003 at the Phoenix Sport Center on the UWGB campus. Grand entry will be at noon and 6:00 p.m. Supper break is at 4:30 p.m.
The following UWGB students will hold these positions: Head male and female dancers, Darwin Dick, Menominee and Sarah Butler, Ojibwe; Arena Director, LeAnthony “Pooga” Pecore, Menominee.

This event is free of charge. Chancellor Bruce Shepard will give the welcoming address again this year. The students and staff of the American Intercultural Center invite everyone to take part in this year’s celebration. For more information, call the AIC at 920-465-2720.

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