Services
Center Activities
In cooperation with student and administrative organizations, CAAS hosts and sponsors invited speakers, film series, performance, and conferences that foster the intellectual, activist, and artistic engagement of the UT community and beyond. The CAAS also works closely with the Multicultural Information Center
to help promote leadership and solidarity amongst the Asian American Students organizations such as the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC), Asian Collections, and the Asian American Relations Group (AARG).
Asian American Excellence Awards Applications
In furthering leadership in the APA community, APAC has created these three applications for Asian American Excellence Awards - Application for Outstanding Asian American First and Graduating Students, Exhibition Entry Form for APA Month, and Organizational Awards Application. Take part in your community at UT-Austin and apply!
Please visit this website in the Spring Semester to download the scholarship application(s).
CAAS Funding Requests
CAAS provides funding for student and Austin organizations. For student organizations to apply to request funding, the student organization must be affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin and in good standing with the university. Austin organization's should not be affiliated with a student organization. Generally, funds will be distributed to organizations planning events that center on Asian American issues pertaining to community, community service, cultural, educational, leadership development, social, and/or campus unity-building activities. Funding amounts are based on each organization’s needs. Because of budgetary constraints, funding will be allocated towards events that support CAAS’s mission statement. Funding allocations may change year to year for co-sponsored events. Each student/Austin organization will most likely receive CAAS’s sponsorship once (1) per year, provided that the organization meets the application qualifications, submit supporting documents, and funding is available. To apply, please fill out the form below and email it to Kenyatta Y. Dawson or turn in the printed copy to CAAS.
Download a Student Organization Funding Request Form (PDF, 164K)
Download an Austin Organization Funding Request Form (PDF, 148K)
Forms are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.
University of Texas at Austin: Co-Sponsorship Procedures
Center Library
The library area of CAAS may be used for meetings, study groups, presentations, and events that require a small area. Hours of availability are from 8:30am - 5:00pm To check onÊavailability and to reserve the library space, please contact CAAS.
Asian American Awareness Month
In October 1992, Congress passed a law designating May as National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Across the country, numerous colleges, universities, community organizations and governmental agencies celebrate the diverse histories and cultures that comprise Asian Pacific America. The Center for Asian American Studies works in conjunction with other campus groups to organize events commemorating the role and contributions of Asian Americans in our society.
Asian American Welcome Week
Co-sponsored with the Multicultural Information Center, it is designed to draw new and current Asian American students together.
Asian/Asian American Faculty and Staff Association
The mission of the Asian/Asian American Faculty and Staff Association (AAAFSA) at The University of Texas at Austin is to support, celebrate, and empower Asian and Asian American faculty and staff by fostering a community that provides opportunities for networking, communication, and growth -- both personal and professional. AAAFSA also serves as a voice that represents and advocates for its members along with increasing awareness of Asian and Asian American issues within the University community.
UTvolunteer.org
UTvolunteer.org is a website that provides a variety of volunteer opportunities for UT students in the Austin area. These opportunities range from gutting homes in New Orleans to doing an internship with an online magazine. Within these opportunities are volunteer opportunities from Asian agencies such as ChinaCare and Texas Asian Chamber Of Commerce.
