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Forty-two years after VAMC opened in 1872, and 40 years after the first international student enrolled, Mozaffar-ed-din Khan was the first international student from Asia to enroll at the university, coming from Teheran, Persia (sic). This was nearly…

In 1950, Yvonne Rohran Tung was the first Asian woman international student to enroll at the university, coming from Hong Kong. She entered the United States on March 3, 1949 at San Francisco as a student. She earned an M.S. from Cornell University…

In 1920, Tien Liang Jiu came from Hong Kong to the United States, where he spent his first year at the Virginia Military Institute. The following year, he transferred to Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute then) and proceeded to graduate in…

Tek Heung Fun was the first international student from China to enroll at the university. He came from Kwongtung, China.

In 1948, Chittaranjan Ishverlal Almaula graduated from the university. He came from Bombay Presidency, India as a graduate student.

In 1952, Fujio Umibe was the first Japanese international student to enroll. He was a graduate student from Yokohama, Japan.

In 1955, Tullio Giacinto Vigano was the first Filipino international student to enroll from Manila.

The Blacksburg Chinese School of VPI, an academic language and culture center for children and adults staffed by community volunteers and instructors, was founded by Dr. Joseph Wang, Professor Emeritus and founding member of the School of…

“[T]he Filipino American Student Association (FASA) has strived to preserve and promote our Filipino heritage through cultural, educational, and social activities.”

We are not entirely certain when the Asian American Student Union (AASU) at Virginia Tech was founded, but based on documentation uncovered regarding event programming, we estimate that the AASU at VT was founded in 1991. "The mission of the Asian…