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Purpose

The purposes of the Wellesley College Asian Student Union are to cultivate awareness in and to promote the      understanding of Asian and Asian American affairs by sharing the many facets of the Asian and Asian American experience.

Our purpose includes reaching out to other Asians and Asian Americans in the Greater Boston Area by participating in community service programs and projects, such as the Meimei/Jiejie (Little Sister/Big Sister) program, which joins members of Wellesley's ASU with Chinese girls adopted from China in Boston's Families of Chinese Children (FCC) organization.

We are here to provide opportunities for the members of the Wellesley College Asian Student Union, the Wellesley College community, and other schools to come together on a cultural, political, and social level.

A Brief History of ASU

ASU first came into existence October 1995. It was listed in the Wellesley College Senate Minutes as an organization that received funding. Before this time, the organization was known as the Wellesley Asian Association.

The organization was constituted in April 1974, when it changed its name from the Wellesley Oriental Students Association because "Oriental" was deemed politically incorrect. The exact date as to when the latter group was first constituted is unknown.