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Philippine Culture Night & Awards Dinner

April 12, 2008 - Saturday - The University of Maryland College Park Filipino Cultural Association presents Philippine Culture Night & Awards Dinner. 5 PM-10 PM on the University of Maryland College Park campus in the Stamp Student Union Grand Ballroom. To purchase a ticket, please e-mail Jeanine Reyes at jreyes9@umd.edu and Colette De Castro at decastro.colette@gmail.com. Tickets are $15. Request a ticket early! The Stamp Student Union is located on the University of Maryland College Park campus. Directions can be accessed here. Parking information is located here. The Union ticket office where you can claim your admission wristband is located in Stamp Student Union. The event will be held in Stamp Student Union's Grand Ballroom.

Every spring, the Filipino Cultural Association (FCA) of the University of Maryland, College Park hosts its Philippine Culture Night--a celebration and showcase of Filipino culture through cultural and modern dancing, singing, an original play, and a traditional Filipino dinner.

Last year, the Filipino Cultural Association (FCA) in alliance with the School of Undergraduate Studies and the Asian American Studies Department at the University of Maryland, College Park along with members of the local Filipino American community embarked on a journey to establish a Filipino American Studies Program at the University of Maryland; the first in the mid-Atlantic region.

On the evening of Saturday, April 12, 2008, FCA will be hosting their annual Philippine Culture Night featuring an awards ceremony recognizing the accomplishments made in the establishment of Filipino American Studies and honoring local influential Filipino Americans. In honor of their contributions to the Filipino American campus and local communities, FCA will be awarding Mencie Hairston, a founder of Mabuhay Inc., Jonathan Glorioso Sterlin, and Ryan Herrera, 2006-2007 President and Vice President, respectively. The first two awardees of the Filipino American Studies Scholarship will also be announced. The night will be comprised of a traditional Filipino dinner along with the awards ceremony, cultural and modern dances, and musical and theatrical entertainment. It will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland.

1st Annual Filipino American Studies Gala

April 29, 2007 - Sunday - The 1st Annual Filipino American Studies Gala will be held at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center at the University of Maryland in College Park. Request a ticket early! Click here for directions to the Alumni Center. There is plenty of parking, but please read the signs where you park to make sure you indeed can park there.


The Filipino Cultural Association (FCA) in alliance with the School of Undergraduate Studies and the Asian American Studies Department at the University of Maryland at College Park, with support from Before the Beltway: Filipino Americans in the Capitol, is developing a Filipino-American Studies Program with its first course set to begin in September of 2007. FCA will be hosting a gala to raise awareness and funding for the program on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center at the University of Maryland in College Park.

The purpose of this event is to introduce the inauguration of Filipino American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. We want the audience to be actively involved in this historic milestone: Filipino American Studies in the nation's capitol.

That evening, we will celebrate the achievements of two remarkable Filipino Americans in the DC metropolitan area, Vangie Paredes and Christina Lagdameo. Ms. Paredes was a young lady when she was in Washington, DC in the 1940s, working with the exile government of President Quezon, and Ms. Lagdameo was responsible for pressuring the administration to establish the first Asian American Studies Program in the DC metropolitan area.