Names in the News

Attorney General Bob Ferguson visits Wing Luke Civil Rights Unit

January 16, 2017 By Admin

Members of the Attorney General’s Wing Luke Civil Rights Unit visited the Wing Luke Museum on Jan. 5 and met with staffers. The Unit was created by Attorney General Bob […]

Chongqing mayor resigns

January 9, 2017 By Admin

The mayor of Chongqing, Seattle’s sister city in China, resigned on Dec. 30, during the last session of 2016 of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee. According to People’s […]

Asian American leads Seattle’s newest charter school

January 9, 2017 By Admin

Walter Chen, an Asian American educator who grew up in the Seattle area, is now the founding principal of Green Dot Public Schools’ second middle school in Washington state. The […]

Attorney’s poem selected

January 9, 2017 By Admin

A poem written by Seattle attorney Dennis Lam has been selected by the Poetry on Buses project to be shared on public buses and online. A partnership between 4Culture, the […]

Citizenship certificates

January 9, 2017 By Admin

On Dec. 20, 20 young people, ranging in age from 14 to 18, received certificates of citizenship, designating them as U.S. citizens. Each had a parent naturalize, and received their […]

Morisawa traffic box art

January 9, 2017 By Admin

Crews finished installing street art work created by Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa on Dec. 22, at Aurora Avenue North and 205th Street Southwest in the city of Shoreline. Traffic control […]

Broadway costume designer Willa Kim dies

January 2, 2017 By Admin

Tony Award-winning costume designer Willa Kim died on Dec. 23 on Vashon Island, where she had been staying with a niece, according to the New York Times. She was 99 […]

New VP at The Seattle Times

January 2, 2017 By Admin

Sharon Pian Chan has been named vice president of innovation, product, and development for The Seattle Times, effective January 2017. She first joined The Seattle Times as an intern and […]

President of Athena University

January 2, 2017 By Admin

Chow Lee has been named the CEO of Athena University in Seattle. Athena University is a subsidiary of MingDao University of Taiwan. Lee is responsible for the operations of the […]

The Seattle chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) and MulvannyG2 Architecture entertained seniors on Dec. 22. The caroling event was held at Keiro Northwest Nursing Home […]