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UW instates diversity graduation requirement

June 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly A long-time student-led effort to pass a diversity course requirement for all University of Washington undergraduates came to fruition May 24.

Filed Under: Features, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Asia Prime, Associated Students, Faculty Senate Chair Jim Gregory, Filipino American Student Association, First Nations, Helen Fillmore, International Relations, Kappa Sigma, Minority Affairs, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano, Northwest Asian Weekly, Red Square, Seattle, UW, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, social media

A diplomatic star is born in China’s first lady

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy’s latest star, charming audiences and cutting a very different profile from her all-but invisible predecessors on her debut official visit abroad to Russia. A celebrated performer on state television, Peng featured prominently in Chinese […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing News, Chen Li, China Policy Institute, Chinese, Communist Party, International Relations, Jiang Qing, Lin Zhibo, Moscow, PLA, Peng Liyuan, Premier Wen Jiabao, Steve Tsang, Tanzania, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Wang Fan, Zhang Peili

EDITORIAL: Duke party is a sign of larger issues

February 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Racist-themed fraternity parties have become old news now — they have cropped so often that they don’t really surprise anyone anymore. As offensive as they are, they’ve almost become expected, and that’s a shame.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2013, International Relations, Kappa Sigma, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15

COMMENTARY: Stereotyped impressions of North Koreans hurting Korean reunification

January 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia By Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia For Northwest Asian Weekly Compared to about a decade ago, when there was widespread opposition to reunification, a growing number of Koreans now seem to be settling for it. With increasing public discourse on the issue, including the current jostling over a mandatory reunification tax, the […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, International Relations, Kim Jong-il, North Koreans, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13

Before Locke confirmation, who’s manning the fort?

June 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tessa Sari Northwest Asian Weekly Robert S. Wang is a career Foreign Service officer with more than two decades of experience in the U.S. Department of State. He is the deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Beijing. He is currently serving as charge d’affaires, essentially acting as the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Institute, Beijing, Cambodia, China Studies, Chinese American, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Foreign Service, International Relations, International Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Philippines, Public Affairs, Robert Wang, Taiwan, UW, United States, Vol 30 No 25 | June 18 - June 24

Ban Ki-moon receives honorary degree from the UW and is ‘finally a Husky’

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ban Ki-moon, the eighth United Nations Secretary-General, is a dawg. He’s a University of Washington (UW) Husky, that is. The university awarded him a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Oct. 27 at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2009, AIDS, Austria, Ban Ki-moon, China Studies, Eumseong County, General Assembly President Han Seung-soo, International Relations, Iraqi High Tribunal, Meany Hall, Middle East, Saddam Hussein, Seoul National University, South Korean President Park Chung-hee, UW, United Nations, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13

Ban Ki-Moon to receive honorary degree from UW

October 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Washington (UW) on Oct. 26 at a formal convocation. The ceremony will be presided over by UW President Mark Emmert and will take place in Meany Hall for the Performing Arts on the UW Seattle campus.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, Harvard University, International Relations, Kofi Annan, Korean, Marjorie Severyns Ravenholt, Meany Hall, Myanmar, Northwest Asian Weekly, Public Administration, Seoul National University, UWTV, Vol 28 No 42 | October 10 - October 16

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