Diversity at OU: Asian-Americans

 

1990: Mission: Unity

Picture of OU students of various genders and ethnicitiesMission: Unity, consisting of students, staff, faculty, and alumni, is formed to facilitate cross-cultural discussions about race.  Marc Allen Payne, a senior, is its founding president. The organization is later renamed Cross-roads. (11 July 1990 Board of Trustees minutes).

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2006: Asian-American Celebration

collage of diversityproject033, 041, 042, and 043From January  30 to February  3, OU holds its first  Asian-American Celebration  to recognize the uniqueness of cultures that "fall within the boundaries of Asia," including Russia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.

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Photos courtesy of the Oakland University Archives.