U-M AAAPI Alumni Club

10/07/2026

🕕 Today's the day! 〽️
Join us tonight to hear Dean Liu's journey from assistant professor to leading Michigan Engineering and what's in store for the future. Register for this free virtual event, and share with your friends!
https://umalumni.my.site.com/s/lt-event?id=a1QUS00000CskLV2AZ

10/06/2026

🔔 Don't forget to register!
Having served as the chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the EECS Department, and as associate dean for academic affairs at Michigan Engineering, Dean Liu started her term as the 17th dean of the College of Engineering earlier this year. Register for the free virtual event to hear her unique perspective on the role of Michigan Engineering in this rapidly evolving world.
https://umalumni.my.site.com/s/lt-event?id=a1QUS00000CskLV2AZ

10/05/2026

📢 THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY!
Did you know that Dean Liu founded a company to give enterprise security "credit scores"? Hear her talk about her 26-year journey with Michigan Engineering by signing up for the free virtual event here: https://umalumni.my.site.com/s/lt-event?id=a1QUS00000CskLV2AZ

09/25/2026

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all who celebrate!🥮🎑

📪 Our regular newsletter will be going out soon with lots of updates, sign up to receive it here: https://alumni.umich.edu/communities-clubs/subscribe/?tfa_4=ES%20-155

09/23/2026

Our first Fireside Chat is coming up! Join us virtually on Wednesday, October 7 (6-7 PM ET) as we sit down with Dr. Mingyan Liu, the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering.
Michigan Engineering

Free registration required:
https://umalumni.my.site.com/s/lt-event?id=a1QUS00000CskLV2AZ

06/09/2026

A couple weekends ago, we went to the Umbrella Arts Festival, which was organized by our own alumna Melissa Raman Molitor in . It was a well organized event with Asian craft and food vendors, performances, and other activities! Proud to see all our alumni in Chicagoland are up to in making an impact on their communities!

05/30/2026

University of Michigan Club of Greater Chicago - UMCGC Evanston ASPA

Michigan alumna Melissa Raman Molitor is planning this event today in Evanston, a north suburb of Chicago! Come if you can!

🎉 TODAY’S THE DAY! 🎉

Join us at the Umbrella Arts Festival for a full day of art, food, performances, shopping, and community celebration ☂️✨

📅 May 30, 2026
⏰ 12 PM – 5 PM
📍 Fountain Square — Downtown Evanston
🎟️ FREE & open to all!

Come explore incredible local artists, small businesses, cultural organizations, live performances, delicious food vendors, and so much more 🌏💖

Bring your friends, family, and neighbors—we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

🌐 https://champ.ly/UO2ml2dV

05/22/2026

The Department of American Culture, Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies, represented by its new Director, Associate Professor Dr. Melissa Borja, and Assistant Professor Dr. Retika Adhikari, honored the first recipients of the AAUM Asian/Asian American Pacific Islander (A/AAPI) group’s endowed fund to support APIA Studies at Michigan: graduate students Henry Chen (research on socio-cultural aspects of the Chinese Exclusion Act), Wren Palmer (research on mainstream media depictions of Pacific Islander warrior culture), Gina Hsu (research on responses to invasive aquaculture from Asia), and undergraduate student Paolo Poquiz (research on activism in rural communities). President Ed Sim, Secretary Tak Takahashi, VP of Scholarships Ram Ramanujam, and Lecturer Roland Hwang represented the AAUM A/AAPI group. We look forward to hearing more from these scholars in the future!

The APIA Studies endowed fund will annually award students conducting APIA studies research. The A/AAPI group has three scholarship funds supporting the Maize and Blue Cupboard, School of Engineering and APIA Studies. Please consider donating at the below links:

Support of the Maize and Blue Cupboard https://lnkd.in/eqRwQgVV

Support of the Engineering School Student Success and Wellness Fund
https://lnkd.in/dqxp6GMY

Support of the Asian/Pacific Islander Studies program https://lnkd.in/efS_A6NK

05/09/2026

Last Saturday, Michigan alum Alice Chow, a Human Relations Commissioner with the Village of Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago, organized their fourth AAPI Festival to celebrate diverse Asian cultures. It included family-friendly crafts, good food from local restaurants, and cultural performances, all from a diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander American cultures. The event was fun for all and we are already looking forward to Wilmette's fifth AAPI festival next year!

University of Michigan Club of Greater Chicago - UMCGC Wilmette Park District Wilmette Chamber of Commerce Wilmette Public Library

05/01/2026

Join fellow Michigan Alums and their families at the Village of Wilmette’s AAPI Heritage Month Festival, a family friendly event organized by UM A/AAPI Michigan alum and Wilmette Human Relations Commissioner Alice Chow, to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander culture and heritage.

The festival will have food, crafts, and interactive booths and performances. The event is free for the public.

Please contact Jacob Molewyk at [email protected] to coordinate a meet up time and place to enjoy the festival together as a group of UM Alumni.

May 2, 2026 (Sat)
1 – 4:00 PM CT
Wilmette Community Recreation Center
3000 Glenview Road, Wilmette, IL 60091

University of Michigan Club of Greater Chicago - UMCGC

The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Festival is next weekend on Saturday, May 2! Come join us at the Community Recreation Center from 1pm to 4pm, as we celebrate AAPI culture from across the world with various demonstrations, performances, and food! Check wilmette.gov/AAPI for updates.