2023 AACC Award Winners

2023 AACC Award Winners

First-Year Student Award - Recognizes outstanding first-year students who have made a splash within the AACC community. Courage, audacity, and initiative are all characteristics of these outstanding members that have shone from the start. Stella Choi
Outstanding New Member Award - Recognizes new members of an AACC affiliate organization who have demonstrated outstanding commitment, initiative, leadership, and made meaningful contributions to furthering their affiliate organization’s purpose.

Jairus Rhoades

Koby Chen

Rising New Student Organization Award - Recognizes new AACC affiliate organizations that have demonstrated an immense potential for growth and a strong commitment to furthering the mission and vision of the AACC. Yale Bengali Student Association (YBSA)
Graduate and Professional Student Award - Recognizes graduate/professional students who have demonstrated clear commitment and community engagement to the Asian and Asian American G&P community at Yale.

Abhishek Dev

Adam Toler

Collaboration Award - Recognizes Yale students or AACC affiliate organizations that have demonstrated outstanding creativity and a commitment to develop and promote programming jointly created with other organizations both within and beyond the Asian and Asian American community. South Asian Society, ‘2023 Yale South Asian Youth Initiative’

Community Engagement Award - Recognizes Yale students or AACC affiliate organizations that have demonstrated notable commitment to community engagement activities such as volunteerism, community-based learning, outreach, partnerships, curricular engagement or research.

Mark Chung
Yale College Award - Recognizes Yale undergraduate students who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to building pan-Asian American unity, solidarity across communities of color, and leadership in furthering the mission and vision of the AACC.

Jenny Lee

Exemplary Social Justice Contribution Award - Recognizes a Yale student or an AACC affiliate organization that has demonstrated outstanding work in fostering equity, social justice education, action and exemplifies the qualities of a positive change agent in our community.
Yalies for Affirmative Action (Y4AA)
AASA, MEChA, BSAY, NISAY

Program of the Year Award - Recognizes student-led programs that have demonstrated outstanding community building capacity among students, staff, faculty, and/or the greater New Haven community.

Muslim Students Association,
‘Breaking Bread and Barriers’