AA/PI/SWANA Graduation (with free stoles!)

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Announcing the annual AA/PI/SWANA Year-End Ceremony on Friday, June 5th from 6-9:30pm (doors open at 5:30pm) at Merrill Cultural Center. 

This event celebrates graduating students who have contributed to the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Southwest Asian & North African (AA/PI/SWANA) community at UCSC with a ceremony featuring faculty and student speakers, awards, free cultural stoles for graduates as they cross our stage, and a food reception.

Inspired by Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this year’s YEC theme is "The Very Persistent Slug," which will celebrate the growth and determination of our graduating students. The Class of 2026 is nourished with the knowledge of their academic studies and life experiences, grounded in community, and is now breaking out of the slug-equivalent of their UCSC cocoons, ready to take on the world.

This ceremony is open for both undergraduate and graduate students who are/have graduated in Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2026, or Fall 2026. To sign up, graduates can register at bit.ly/aapirc-yec26. If anyone who is not graduating wants to help out with the event, we also have a volunteer sign up at bit.ly/yec26-volunteer. 

Please let us know if you have any questions and thank you for sharing this opportunity with your graduating students!

Best,

AA/PIRC

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Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC)

University of California, Santa Cruz

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