Chinese Association of the University of California, Irvine

History

The Chinese association at University of California Irvine was formed in 1969 by a group of Chinese basketball players, with the intent of promoting Chinese culture and heritage among the students and staff of the university and beyond. It has been 40 years since the club was created and the club’s size and scope has increased greatly in the duration. Currently, we are one of the largest social organizations on campus and have joined leagues with the Asian Pacific Student Association, which connects us to 14 other cultural clubs on campus. What’s more, we’ve branched out from being a solely cultural club to include community service and various kinds of social institutions. We’ve also formed three different special interest branches, referred to as constituents; Chinese Association Dragon Boat(2003), Chinese Association Martial Arts(2003), and Chinese Association Dance Crew(1994).

Being our 40th anniversary, CA has accumulated a large, supportive group of alumni. To view some information about our alumni, click here.

With an organization that has approximately 550 members, we support a family system which breaks our large group into smaller, more personal ones. Everyone still has the ability to interact amongst one another, but by having families, we also give our members the opportunity to get to know others who share similar interests.

We start the year with a bang during Orientation-Week by welcoming the new students and freshmen to our organization with an extensively prepared orientation. In the weeks that follow and during most of fall quarter, we try to tailor our weekly after-meeting events (which occur every Thursday night) to show the new students and freshmen some of the fun and exciting things that can be done around Irvine. These events, which include Car Rally and Broomball, are favorites among our returning members as well.

In addition to weekly after events, CA has traditional annual events. These include our winter ski-trip to Lake Tahoe, High School Outreach Program (HSO), Chinese Heritage Festival (CHF), Crossover sports, All UC dance competition, Culture Night performance, and Semi-Formal extravaganza. An in-depth explanation of each of these events can be found in the Annual Events page.

Chinese Association gives our members the opportunity to become involved, exposes them to what college life is like, and enables them to be a part of something so special, it can only be experienced within CA. As our past Alumni say, “the memories you make in CA will last you a lifetime.”

CAUCI has gone through many different websites. Below are links to some of the more recent CAUCI websites.
Do, note, these websites are no longer maintained, so there may be broken links and scripts. The past webmasters are more than happy to have you see their work.


The 2004-2005 CAUCI website
The 2005-2006 CAUCI website
The 2006-2007 CAUCI website
The Bittermelon site from 2006-2007
The Gallery from 2006-2007
The 2007-2008 CAUCI website
The 2008-2009 CAUCI website

Asian Pacific Student Association

The Asian Pacific Student Association (APSA) is a progressive network of constituent organizations that empower the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community at the University of California, Irvine. Through a commitment to education, advocacy, community outreach, and active political participation, APSA promotes diversity throughout the community at large. In pursuing these goals, APSA strives towards the establishment of equality in a multicultural society.

Click here to visit ASPA's website.