The BMCC- Hunter AANAPISI Bridge Initiative (ABI) is a partnership between Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY and Hunter College, CUNY that provides student programs and faculty development to support the diverse needs of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and other high-need students at BMCC and Hunter, with a focus on those who are immigrant students, first-generation college students, English Language Learners, and students from low-income families.
ABI is funded through a five-year collaborative grant (2020-2025) from the U.S. Department of Education’s Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) program.
Workshops and student success seminars for BMCC and Hunter students that explore topics including: Asian American identities, financial literacy, mental health, navigating college, and academic skills.
Peer mentorship program targeting Asian American and/or first-generation college students who are incoming transfer students to Hunter College.
A multi-year assessment to gather data on BMCC’s diverse Asian and Asian American student population using surveys, focus groups and informal discussion.
BMCC and Hunter faculty development on incorporating students’ lived experiences in the classroom.
The term “Asian American” includes people from a diverse range of backgrounds, experiences, and communities including: South Asian, Southeast Asian, East Asian, Central Asian, West Asian, and Asian diasporas in the Caribbean.
Read MoreIn celebration of AANAPISI week, we reached out to students in our community to share why they support AANAPISI programs like the BMCC-Hunter AANAPISI Bridge Initiative (ABI). As a student at BMCC, Nabil Shah supported and spoke at ABI’s community event screening of the film, “In Search of Bengali Harlem.” He also participated in our creative writing seminars led by writer Bushra Rehman. Nabil recently transferred to Hunter, and is currently a transfer mentee in our Transfer Pipeline Program. Thank you, Nabil, for showing your support for AANAPISIs! 🎉
In celebration of AANAPISI week, we reached out to students in our community to share why they support AANAPISI programs like the BMCC-Hunter AANAPISI Bridge Initiative (ABI). After transferring from BMCC to Hunter, Maya Wong joined our Transfer Pipeline Program as a transfer mentee. She later became a Transfer Peer Mentor who supported incoming transfer students to Hunter. Thank you, Maya, for showing your support for AANAPISIs!
In celebration of AANAPISI Week, the BMCC-Hunter AANAPISI Bridge Initiative (ABI) reached out to the community for impact statements and received incredible responses from students and alumni who have benefited from our AANAPISI grant funded programs. Stay tuned next week to see what responses we got!
Why do you support AANAPISI programs like ABI? Add your thoughts in the comments below!
As funded AANAPISIs, BMCC and Hunter College received a multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create the BMCC-Hunter AANAPISI Bridge Initiative (ABI). ABI provides resources and opportunities open to all BMCC students. To learn more, visit our website at huntercap.org/abi! #AANAPISI #AANAPISIWeek @apiascholars
In the lead up to AANAPISI Week we celebrated our ABI Open house!!
We started off with a game of BMCC bingo and had 5 prize winners! Then we celebrated the start of the Fall semester with fun snacks and cool activities such as henna tattoos, coloring , journaling and spin the wheel with prizes to choose from! We ended the open house with special presentations from students in our previous writing seminars that moved the whole room. 💜
We are so thrilled to kick off this semester with you, here are some more highlights from the event!
