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Anheuser-Busch Fellows, Scholars and Interns |
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH MARCH FONG YU FELLOWS The Anheuser-Busch APEX March Fong Eu Community Fellowship was created in 1998 to create leaders in the Asian-American community. Funded by Anheuser-Busch and administered by Asian Professional Exchange, a not-for-profit organization of professionals, the scholarship is named after the former Secretary of State of California and U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia. Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) The Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan community based organization with multifaceted goals and purposes that are charitable, cultural and educational in nature. Established in 1993, APEX currently boasts a membership of 900-1000. APEX is also a chapter of a national umbrella organization called the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). Collectively, APEX and NAAAP make up the largest Asian Pacific American professional association in the United States, with chapters and affiliates in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. March Fong Eu Eu earned a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. from Mills College, and a Ph.D. in education from Stanford University. She was elected to the California legislature in 1966 as a Democrat representing Oakland and Castro Valley. Eu served four terms and was elected California secretary of state in 1974, making her the first Asian American woman ever elected to a state constitutional office in the United States. She became famous for smashing a toilet bowl on the state Capitol's steps during her successful campaign to ban pay toilets, which she said discriminate against women. In 1994 Eu was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia. In 2001, Eu indicated she was considering running for her old job as secretary of state. Her son, Matt Fong, a Republican, is a former state treasurer who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1998. 1997 Anheuser-Busch March Fong Eu Fellow - JENNIFER YEE, Los Angeles, CA Jennifer Yee was the first recipient of the fellowship. Jennifer, who holds a doctorate from UCLA, is currently Assistant Provost of Mount St. Mary’s College where she concentrates on faculty development, grant-project management, and higher-education research. The networking and mentoring aspects of the fellowship were crucial as an administrator in higher education have shown her that college students desire but lack the guidance and mentoring to help them make the transition from their formal education to professional and personal adult lives. Quote: "The fellowship experience affected me profoundly as it opened my eyes to issues in the APA community," says Yee. "I met some extraordinarily courageous people whose activism inspired me." In fact, those people Jennifer met while networking in the community provided guidance for her dissertation on democracy, community, and social justice. |
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