About
PIAA is an expansion of the Transfer Asian Pacific American Student Success (APASS) Program within the department of Student Equity and Success (SEAS) focused on providing academic support services and resources for first-year and continuing students who may identify as Pacific Islander and/or Asian American. SEAS programs provide academic support services and resources for our underserved and underrepresented students.
Pillars: 4 A's
Access
Providing access for historically oppressed people both to college, during (financial aid, scholarships, etc), and afterwards into graduate school & career opportunities.
Allyship
We believe allyship with fellow Black, Indigenous, POC communities is essential to our collective success.
Action
We believe in empowering students to make positive change within their communities.
Aspiration
“We cannot create what we can't imagine.” - Lucille Clifton. Aspiration is community wealth.