Asian American Cultural Center - Rutgers

06/10/2024

🚨AACC is hiring a graduate assistant for the academic year Fall 2024 to Spring 2025.
💰 The pay is $20/hr and work 20 hours a week.

✅ Apply today by sending us your cover letter and résumé at [email protected]

Make sure to highlight in your cover letters & resume if you have any experience with student advising, planning events and programs for marginalized communities. Get excited to work with an amazing team. 🤗

06/05/2024

Did you know the Asian American Cultural Center is a partner for the Asian American Identities and Images Living-Learning Community? The priority deadline of June 15 for living-learning communities is fast approaching! If you are you a first-year or transfer student looking to make friends in a small residential environment at Rutgers, consider applying for a living-learning community via your housing application. Learn more at this link: https://ruoncampus.rutgers.edu/special-living-options/living-learning-communities/asian-american-identities-images

05/09/2024

Thank You to all those who attended our APIDA Gala Celebration!

We hope that all of our APIDA Graduates have a great summer and flourish in their careers as Rutgers Alumni and APIDA Graduates! You will always have a home at the Asian American Cultural Center.

We also want to take this time to thank all of those who spent time at any moment this year at the AACC and being a part of our community!

Hope you all have a great summer!

04/30/2024

Come celebrate end of the year with the AACC friends TODAY - Tuesday April 30th from 7:30 to 9:30pm
Open to all, there will be ice cream, cake pops, karaoke and food!!

Are you ready to sing your favorite song?

04/28/2024

Come hang out with us at our End of Year Farewell Party!

After spending some time with us at our APIDA Gala earlier in the day, come relax and hang out with some friends at the AACC Tuesday April 30th from 7:30 to 9:30pm
Open to all, enjoy some free ice cream, karaoke, and much more!!!!

04/24/2024

You’re invited to our DIY Fragrance Making event hosted by our very own senior intern Ryan Polanco (.y.p.o )

Come to the AACC to trial some of your own fragrances in order to make the perfect one for you! Sip on some FREE boba and FREE food as Ryan speaks about Social Wellness and the stereotypes in the APIDA community and how they can be harmful to the mental health of others.

04/24/2024

✨Meet Your Probationary AACC Managers pt.1✨

We are so excited to introduce AACC Probationary Building Managers for the spring semester! These students are currently training and will become managers next school year! Managers are the first faces you see when you enter the building and help run the center.

Here’s a few fun facts about our managers Dilruba, Olivia, Takanori, and Anthony! Swipe to learn more ✨

04/21/2024

It’s that time of year! Come and support our Junior Interns at their Art Gallery on April 26th from 1-3 PM. 🎨🖼️ Experience their final projects, a showcase inspired by a significant moment in Asian American history. 🏛️ And of course, don’t forget to enjoy the complimentary refreshments! ✨

04/21/2024

It’s that time of year! Come and support our Junior Interns at their Art Gallery on April 26th from 1-3 PM. 🎨🖼️ Experience their final projects, inspired by a significant moment in Asian American history. 🏛️ And of course, don’t forget to enjoy the complimentary refreshments! ✨

04/21/2024

Time to CELEBRATE 🎉
Join us for APIDA G.A.L.A (graduation and leadership awards) is on April 30 at 1PM in Busch Campus Center for a day of delicious cultural food and awards to celebrate the successes of our APIDA COMMUNITY . 🎓🏆🎖️🎗️

Suggested Dress Code : Formal or your best cultural outfit. Take out your best clothes and be ready to show off your culture! 🧕🏼🥻👘👗

Comment below & guess who you think will win org of the year?

04/15/2024

Get ready to drink some lassi while indulging in some masti at our Emotional Wellness event hosted by Senior Intern Roma ()!

Our guest speaker, CBC Mei-Ling Cheng, will talk about Emotional Wellness in the context of being APIDA and how to implement it in our lives. The night will finish with a scavenger hunt, karaoke, card games, bracelet making, board games, and a giveaway. See you there!🃏🎤 🧸

04/14/2024

Stressed about your transition from College life ➡️ IRL? 🫠 Adulting 101 will help you get set up for ✨success✨

-Hear from HR and employment experts on topics like offer negotiations and HR 
-Know what resources to leverage to have the best experience possible during your first few months on the job 
-Strategize moves to make early in your career to set yourself up for successful goal-setting and advancement

04/13/2024

04/11/2024

Get ready to unwind and get crafty at our DIY Scrapbooking event hosted by senior intern Sarah ()! 🎨✂️ Indulge in delicious sushi and bubble tea, while learning valuable tips on academic wellness from our guest speaker, CBC Mei-Ling Chen. Let’s plan ahead for success together! See you there! 🌸🎀🪻

04/08/2024

hey everyone! peer coord neda here! thank you all for coming to our annual iftar, we hope you enjoyed. be sure to stop by the aacc for more fun events happening during the rest of this month. from our family to yours ramadan and eid mubarak 🍉 🔑❤️ (see you all at farewell party 👀)

04/08/2024

Please join us for the fourth meeting of the Taking Space empowerment group on Thursday, 04/18/2024, from 6:45PM-8:45PM at the Asian American Cultural Center at 49 Joyce Kilmer Avenue in Piscataway!
Taking Space is a five-session, curriculum-based monthly series for students to speak what’s on their mind, process what they’re feeling, and be in community. We cover topics such as “Challenging Shame” and “Why My Body Is Not An Apology”. Though there is a curriculum, we are flexible to the needs of the students who attend.
Can’t wait to see you there!

04/04/2024

The AACC clothing swap is TOMORROW! Take the opportunity to cleanse and refresh your wardrobe! Even if you do not have clothes to swap, you are free to pick up whatever items you need to add to your closet!

04/04/2024

Looking for a way to get more involved at Rutgers and make new friends? Do you enjoy helping others and elevating them to their greatest potential? Consider applying to be a mentor at the Asian American Cultural Center! 🤩🤩

Applications for the AACC’s 2024-2025 Mentor Program are now open!

Click the link in our bio or scan the QR code to apply! RETURNING MENTORS should apply using the returning mentor application form in our bio!

04/02/2024

Join us at the Asian American Cultural center at 3 PM on Wednesday (tomorrow) for SAS class registration advising tips and making graduation plans.

04/02/2024

🛑STOP and GO!🛑to a night of Financial Wellness hosted by Senior Intern Isaiah ()!

Sip on some free boba (while supplies last) as Professor Siddharth Gopinath from Rutgers Business School will present as to why Asian American consumers are so important and powerful. The night will finish off with board games such as Monopoly and The Game of Life and a giveaway to win a FREE Nintendo Switch OLED! 🧋💸🕹️

03/27/2024

|| SPRING Grad Social this Friday from 3pm to 5pm at AACC.
Be there or be square ⏹️

03/22/2024

Come join us at the AACC for our second annual Iftar Night!

Shout out to our co-sponsors

During these difficult times, it is important that we recognize the strength in our community and voices

03/22/2024

Come to join us at the AACC for our second annual Iftar Night open to all

Shout out to our co-sponsors

During this difficult time it is important to recognize the power of our community and voices

03/08/2024

Went deep into the archives for today’s ⏪⏪⏪ A little look into the many, many events the AACC has hosted in previous 25 years! What would you like to see next? 🎤 🔊🎶

02/16/2024

🚨 Tonight at 7PM at BSC 🚨 Might see a dragon tonight 😉
🐉 It’s time to Party and celebrate Pan Asian Lunar New Year. There will be lots of free food, giveaways and entertainment 🤗 🎊

02/09/2024

The Asian American Cultural Center’s Pan Asian Lunar New Year celebration is only one week away! Join us on February 16, from 7-10PM at Busch Student Center MPR for amazing food, great performances, and a chance to win several grand prizes all for FREE! 🐲🔥🧧

01/11/2024

This year's gonna be lit! 🔥 Come out to enjoy to enjoy prizes and food!

01/11/2024

Join us at the AACC MPR on January 25th from 12-2pm in collaboration with the South Asian Studies department!

12/06/2023

🚨Now is the time to show up for the Palestinian people.🚨 The “temporary pause” has ended and Israel has resumed its genocidal campaign with hundreds more killed in recent days.

Join us this Wednesday 12/6 for a vigil on the Rutgers New Brunswick Campus the honor the over 15,000 precious lives lost and call on our leaders, Rutgers University Administrations, and President Biden to support and immediate and permanent ceasefire to prevent further loss of life. We also call for an end to military aid for Israel and the release of all hostages.

11/30/2023

🍉 tomorrow (12/1) is the day for our teach in and resource share for Palestine in the Rutgers academic building West Wing room 2125 (college Ave).

This will be a place for wellness and community

Food will be served at 2pm so be there on time. 🥘