![State Representative Theresa Mah stands and gives a speech during the Asian American in Politics event. Mah spoke about her experience becoming the first Asian American elected to serve in the Illinois General Assembly. (Emily Beebe | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1281-1200x879.jpg)
State Representative Theresa Mah visits NIU
By Emily Beebe, Assistant News Editor
| April 24, 2024
![A group of people sit and talk at the Asian American Resource Center while enjoying catered food from Thai Pavillon. The AARC hosted its 20th anniversary event Tuesday. (Emily Beebe | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1080-1-1200x900.jpg)
AARC hosts 20-year anniversary event
By Emily Beebe, Assistant News Editor
| April 17, 2024
![Senior business administration major Say Paw (from left), junior nursing major Melita Inthabandith and sophomore communications major Virak Khoeun stand at a table selling food. Homemade food prepared by students was one of the primary items sold during the Asian Night Market. (Jenny Javkhlantugs | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_4282-900x1200.jpg)
VIDEO: Students embrace Asian Culture at night market
By Jenny Javkhlantugs and Ria Pathak
| April 15, 2024
![Students paint and relax during the Solar New Year event Thursday at the Asian American Resource Center. Students celebrated Solar New Year by watercolor painting and writing four accomplishments from the past solar year. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_4955-1200x900.png)
AARC paints for Solar New Year
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| April 12, 2024
![Jakob Furgat speaks to the group about the Esports culture in Asia on Tuesday night in the Esports Arena at Altgeld Hall. The event was hosted by the Asian American Resource Center Ohana Series in collaboration with NIU Esports. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Esports-2.jpg)
AARC teams up with NIU Esports
By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Writer
| March 26, 2024
![Students and staff gather around a table in the conference room at the AARC, filling plates with lo mein, sticky rice and potstickers. Food was available to all attendees of the event Tuesday, including veggie potstickers for attendees who don’t eat pork. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-6-AARC-Lunar-SR-6-1200x800.jpg)
Lunar New Year celebrations bridge cultural traditions
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| February 7, 2024
![Virak Khoeun, a sophomore media studies major, returns to the spread of food and adds some additional lo mein to his plate. Other events the AARC will host in celebration of the Lunar New Year this week include time for students to pick up a red envelope from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Neptune Dining Hall. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2-6-AARC-Lunar-SR-9-1200x800.jpg)
IN PICTURES: AARC commemorates year of the dragon
By Sean Reed, Photo Editor
| February 7, 2024
![The ensemble of Stir Friday Night!, a nonprofit theater company, stands on stage Monday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. The troupes performance consisted of improv and improv-based games, including the pictured Dr. Know it all, an improv game where the group answered questions from the audience one word at a time. (Daniel Massa | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_1455-900x675.jpg)
NIU kicks off AAPI Heritage Month
By Daniel Massa, Lifestyle Writer
| April 5, 2023
![AARC Director Michelle Brings (left) poses with former Board of Trustees Trustee Robert Boey at the AARC Building opening.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/c7645e86fe4464e022d3c9c837222c06-900x675.jpg)
AARC gains updated facility in new Wirtz Drive location
By Sophia Mullowney
| October 18, 2018
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