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MAASU Alumni Association

  An Everlasting, Engaging, and Empowering Community

 

Purpose

The MAASU Alumni Association (MAA) is a group for all MAASU alumni. MAA’s purpose is to continue building and sustaining lifelong relationships between MAASU and its alumni through the following ways:

  • Providing social and career networking for alumni

  • Engaging students as future alumni

  • Providing alumni opportunities to reconnect with MAASU

  • Recognize alumni for various accomplishments and service

  • Providing an avenue for feedback to MAASU leadership

 

 

Initiatives through MAA

  • Student Travel Scholarships to attend MAASU Conferences

  • Mentor/Mentee Program

  • MAA Regional Reunions

  • MAA Panel at future MAASU Conferences

 

 

MAA Membership

Your contributions will support the initiatives (listed above) along with the outreach and advocacy efforts of MAASU. An annual financial report will be provided by the MAASU Executive Coordinating Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information or questions about the MAASU Alumni Association,

please contact the Graduate Advisory Council: gac@maasu.org

Alumni Corner

                      Charles Chang

                      Founder of MAASU

                      The Ohio State University, 1991

 

"MAASU helped me find others like myself who were looking to build political power for the Asian American community in order to combat the racism, discrimination and violence perpetrated against us."

                     Chetana Musapeta

                     2012-2013 MAASU Chairwoman

                     Oklahoma State University, 2015

 

"Growing up in the Indian community we were told that were are Indian and just that. Even though we are from Asia, we are not Asian. So, I grew up with the idea I was not Asian. MAASU helped me find my Identity and that I was part of something bigger than myself. Before college, I didn’t have a sense of self-identity. I felt like I couldn’t relate to anyone about the difficulties that my family and I faced after moving from India in search for a better opportunity to realize how unrealistic the American dream is to immigrants. In that sense I felt very alone and an outcast. It wasn’t until I attended MAASU that I realized there even an organization that allowed space for people like myself to come together, share our stories, and feel like you were part of a family away from your family. I was finally able to find my voice."

                     Somy Kim

                     2013-2014 MAASU Programming Chair

                     University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2014

 

"MAASU helped me become an informed member of the Asian American community and challenged me to further define my identity as an Asian American in the Midwest."

                     Cat Knoerr

                     2013 Spring Conference Planning Chair

                     Unviersity of Michigan, 2014

 

"My MAASU experience has been integral in my personal and professional growth. As a Spring Conference Chair, I developed my own multi-racial identity, leadership skills and was able to help facilitate the same passions in other A/PIA students. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have been a SC chair, the experience has motivated me to be involved with Asian youth in Detroit."

                     Maruel Unrein  

                     2010-2011 MAASU Fundraising Chair

                     University of Kansas, 2012

 

"I was able to network with new friends and colleagues from different schools, enhance my organization skills working in a team setting and able to apply my event planning skills into my social networking events in Hawaii."

                     Kha Ly

                     2010-2011 MAASU Chairman

                     University of Missouri, 2011

 

"Ultimately, MAASU is what you make of it just like any organization or opportunity. For me MAASU was an incredible family that was spread across 12+ states. Every conference was a time to rekindle friendships and bonds that picked up exactly where they left off last. It wasn't odd to see friends from OSU (both Oklahoma & Ohio), Wichita State, Missouri State, KU, SLU, Mizzou and too many others to name at each other's events or just hanging out for the weekend. What I also found was the invaluable advice of extraordinary mentors who I still stay in touch with today. MAASU was, and still is, a network of some of the most amazing people and opportunities you can find in college and beyond."

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