Glenn Omatsu House - Asian American Studies House - CSUN

05/10/2025

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11/27/2024

Dear AAS Alumni, I am trying to set up an alumni panel to talk about jobs and careers after CSUN graduation. Are there any alumni in the health, business, or creative arts fields who could be part of our panel for January or February? Possibly a Friday late morning then lunch?

09/14/2017

Please sign this petition and spread the words. Ethnic studies, gender & women's studies, and q***r studies are in jeopardy because of the revised E.O. 1100.

CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White: Rescind the revised Executive Order 1100

04/12/2014

An update on the house renaming. It's the Glenn Omatsu House. https://www.facebook.com/events/612182965540158/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

03/29/2014

Please save the date April 29, Tuesday, 2:30 to 4 pm. We are having a dedication ceremony of renaming the Asian House to "The Glenn Omatsu Asian American Studies House." Please email me, [email protected], if you plan to attend the event. We will have a small refreshment after the ceremony and would like to account for the # of attendees. :-)

11/17/2013

Although I am the administrator of this page, I have no idea how this kind of FB page works. I would share Allan Aquino's photo but instead I have to upload it. This one from Allan shows our House being born.

11/14/2013

Alumni, what personal memories do you have with the Asian House? Here's a quick history that I collected from faculty and alumni:
• It was probably established in the late 70s or early 80s as a campus police headquarter.
• By the early 90s, AAS was established and there was a campaign to acquire the House as a center for activities and studies.
• AAS formally acquired the House on April 24, 1990 that began with a ribbon cutting ceremony. AAS did not have full and official House access until Spring 1994, the semester after the Northridge earthquake.
• In the early 90s, CSUN APSA (Asian Pacific Student Alliance) was the primary custodian of the House, scheduling and accommodating the meetings and events needs for our various API student organizations. APSA board members managed parking and the front desk, and bookkept sign-ins/outs for said student orgs.
• According to the March '94 (premiere) issue of "Pacific Voices" - the APSA-managed student newspaper, distributed in cooperation with the Sundial: "The three main purposes for the House are to provide academic support, a place for social activity, and to provide organizations a place where their members can meet". ***This quote is attributed to Eugene Shang (great guy, haven't heard from him in decades!), who was APSA's president and one of Kenyon's classroom assistants at the time.

03/25/2013

Celebrated Asian American graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang is coming to the Asian House next Tuesday (April 2) at 2:30 to give a comics workshop to interested students. That means sitting around and drawing comics with one of the most talented graphic novelists of our time. A few spaces left for lunch with him also at the Orange Grove Bistro at 11:30. Let me know if you are interested. Here is the info about his lecture later in the day.

03/12/2013

CSUN is home to some of the oldest, largest, and most innovative Ethnic Studies departments and programs in the U.S.
Come out and meet faculty and students interested in strengthening the Ethnic Studies Collective at CSUN!

Strengthening the Collective: Ethnic Studies at CSUN Friday, March 29, 2013

2-4pm
Ethnic Studies Panel/ Q&A
Asian American Studies Activities Center
18356 Halstead Ave.
Northridge, CA 91330

4-530pm
Reception/ Mixer
FREE FOOD & DRINKS!
Black House (next door to the AASAC)

https://www.facebook.com/events/421748251252134/?ref=3

02/28/2013

These are the oldest photos I can find.

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