MINNEAPOLIS (March 26, 2012) — Minneapolis Public Schools Safe and Drug-Free Schools Coordinator Julie Young-Burns was recognized March 14 with the Champion of Youth Award through the Community Justice Project at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.

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MINNEAPOLIS (March 23, 2012) — Patrick Henry High School has received authorization to begin offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB-MYP), serving students in ninth through tenth grades. The IB Program is an international educational program that is designed to increase all students’ learning with a global perspective.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2012) — The Department of the Interior on Thursday announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

The 17 grants, totaling nearly $2.9 million, are part of Interior’s ongoing efforts to capture and tell a more inclusive story of American history.

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Joan Brzezinski, executive director of the University’s China Center and Confucius Institute.

Joan Brzezinski has been named executive director of the University of Minnesota’s China Center and Confucius Institute.

Brzezinski has been the interim director of the China Center while serving in her permanent position as director of the Confucius Institute. In this new position, she will oversee all projects and programming within both units, including fundraising for China initiatives and identifying opportunities to expand the University system’s relationships in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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SAN FRANCISCO (March 19, 2012)  — Three Minnesota youth leaders are implementing social action projects designed to help their community in particular and the planet in general.

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LEAP President and CEO Linda Akutagawa.

Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2012) — Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) reveals the surprising results of its newest leadership series report on Asian and Pacific Islander inclusion on Fortune 500 boards in 2011.

According to LEAP’s report, only 116 APIs held 135 board seats in the Fortune 500 last year. APIs make up 6 percent of the total U.S. population and their purchasing power is anticipated to grow significantly by 2015. The statistics shed light on the stark reality of the meager number of API leaders in the corporate world.

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By David K. Yoo

LOS ANGELES — The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, as an official U.S. Census Information Center, and as a co-partner with National Coalition for Asian Pacific Community Development, is pleased to provide this 2012 statistical portrait of the Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations produced by the US Census Bureau for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2012.

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Ka Zoua Xiong

White Bear Lake, Minn. (March 9, 2012) — Ka Zoua Xiong, a student in the Century College Translation and Interpreting Program, recently won high praise from the Hmong community by translating into Hmong a hilarious new play about culture conflict.

The well-attended play, “Confessions of a Lazy Hmong Woman” by May Lee-Yang, was performed at the beautiful theater in the Paul Wellstone Center on St. Paul’s West Side over two weekends in February. Over 1,400 people saw the play, which is about a Hmong-American woman who is struggling with her feminist views of the so-called “good Hmong daughter.”

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Cher Yang of St. Paul, bottom right, and other members of the Century College team that took second place at the Midwest State Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Feb. 25 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

White Bear Lake, Minn. (March 8, 2012) — A Century College team of eight tech-savvy students and three alternates finished second in the Midwest State Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Feb. 25 at Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

The Century team was the only two-year college team to finish among the top three winners. St. Cloud State University finished first and Minnesota State University Mankato State finished third. The Century team was advised by instructor Dave Keller of the Microcomputer Support Technology Program.

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William S. Richardson School of Law’s 2012 National Native American Law Students Association moot court team, front, from left, Fawn Jade Koopman, Elika Otoya Stimpson, Teri Wright, Catherine Hall, Caycie Gusman, and Ana Won Pat Borja. Rear, from left, Tyler Gomes, Zachary DiIonno, Jarrett Keohokalole, Randall Wat, and Adam Roversi.

HONOLULU (March 1, 2012) — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law students won seven out of nine top awards at the National Native American Law Students Association’s 20th Annual Moot Court Competition, held in Honolulu on February 24–25.

The Mānoa students won first, second and (tied) for third place in the best advocate category. They also placed first and second place in the best oralist category and second and third in the best brief category.

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