S.T.A.R. Timeline

AANAPISI S.T.A.R. Initiative Timeline:

• Summer 2022: San Francisco State University applied for Title 3, AANAPISI cooperative grant with Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College. 
• Fall 2022: The proposal entitled ARC (Access, Relevance, and Community) was awarded a 5-year federally-funded Title 3, Part A grant. The ARC partners began program planning. 
• February 2023: Director of Postsecondary Success secured a Program Services Coordinator position for AANAPISI & Colts-U Transfer Center. 
• March 2023: AANAPISI ARC partners host AANAPISI Day at San Francisco State University. 
• April 2023: AANAPISI ARC partners attended and presented the grant at the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education Conference in Oakland, CA. 
• May 2023: Cañada College AANAPISI working group formed. 
• June 2023: Cañada College receives Foundations for California Community College's Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Student Achievement Program funds & hired a Program Services Coordinator. 
• September 2023: launched S.T.A.R. (Success, Transfer, Access, Relevance) initiatives with the additional funds from AANHPI SAP and situated ARC program as a culturally responsive transfer pathway pillar of STAR.