The SASE National Team was able to attend the MAASU Spring Conference on behalf of P&G. While the purpose of the trip was to recruit talented APA’s for P&G, the team was able to spread the word about SASE at the conference.
MAASU stands for the Midwest Asian American Student Union (MAASU) and is a 501C3 non-proft organization that “recognizes the needs of the APIA community by assisting schools with the establishment of APIA organizations, promoting leadership among students, addressing education needs and rights of the APIA community and developing a channel of communication among APIA student organizations in the Midwest.”
This year, MAASU was held at the Ohio State University and had over 700 student participants from over 18 schools. Schools traveled via charter bus from as far away as Oklahoma State University (over 15 hours!). The theme this year was “Make it Count,” based off of the 2010 census. The subthemes were Voice. Vision. Identity. and each workshop fit into one of these three subthemes.
The team was able to interact with students through the career fair and two workshops. The two workshops were on “Leveraging Your Strengths and Identity to Maximize Your Academic and Career Potential” and “Effectively Projecting Your Voice Through Your Resume.”
Leveraging Your Strengths Workshop video can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10100154353685895&ref=mf
Overall, the team had a great time working with the students at MAASU and were thoroughly impressed with the amount of time, effort, and leadership that went into MAASU. The team would like to thank everyone who was part of the process and put their hard effort into making the conference happen.
More photos can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=161849&id=123813888991
Photos below: 1. Team with the only 2-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, 2. MAASU Banquet for over 700+ participants, 3. Team with keynote speaker: Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor and current Deputy Chief of the FCC.
