The API Alumni Network is an official group open to Oregon State alumni and friends who identify with and support Asian and Pacific Islander alumni and students. Our goal is to hold space for learning and healing, fostering mentorship between alumni and students and facilitating new connections.

There are many ways to be involved: spread the word within your network, join us for an event as an attendee or as a volunteer, or join the leadership team to help plan group activities. Contact our leadership team or join our Facebook group for more information.

Objectives and Goals

Connect/Reconnect:

• Stay connected and reconnect with alumni and friends of Oregon State
• Expand networks of alumni both in and outside of Oregon

Engage:

• Engage alumni and students through social and professional opportunities and activities
• Fill out the interest form to learn more about how to make an impact with the API Alumni Network.

Advocate:

• Initiate mentor-based relationships between alumni and students

Give

• Give to programs that benefit and support API students at Oregon State
• Asian & Pacific Cultural Center (APCC)
• Educational Opportunities Program (EOP)

Resources

• Asian and Pacific Cultural Center (APCC)
• Diversity and Cultural Engagement
• Oregon State University Land Acknowledgement

Past Event Recordings

The Power of Humility, Connection and Resiliency
In a TED-style talk during API Heritage Month 2020, alumni shared diverse stories interwoven with common themes: humility, connection and resiliency. Watch the recorded webcast below.
Watch Recording

API Alumni Network Mixer 2020
Engaging with the API Alumni Network means reconnecting with familiar friends — and meeting new ones, too! View photos from a group mixer in Portland, the first event for the newly formed network.
View the Album