3,308 research outputs found
Andy Chan oral history interview and transcript
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Andy Chan was born in Queens, New York City in 1965. He moved to Houston in 1971 because of his father’s graphic artist career at Shell Oil Company. After studying environmental design at Texas A&M University for a year, Mr. Chan decided to go home to help his parents’ various businesses in the restaurant and graphics industries. He transferred to Texas Southern University and graduated while still working 40 hours a week in his father’s company. Eventually, Mr. Chan started his own business, Alpha Omega Graphics, which focused on the more cutting-edge side of desktop publishing.
After having children, Mr. Chan decided to sell his printing business and do more service within public education and the Houston School Districts. He served as PTO President for various elementary and middle schools, and currently serves on the District Advisory Committee. After a successful project renovating Fire Truck Park in Southside Place, Mr. Chan decided to run for City Council, and was also appointed Mayor Pro Tem in 2016 during Hurricane Harvey. This past May, he won the election for Mayor of the City of Southside Place. Mr. Chan is the first American Born Chinese to become Mayor in the state of Texas.
In this interview, Mr. Chan discusses his upbringing in New York City and Houston, his entrepreneurial endeavors throughout and after college, and his work in public education and service. He also discusses the importance of giving back to one’s community, his Asian-American identity, and his family
Andy Chan Interview
Full text linkBio: [by David Escobedo] Andy Chan is a Chinese immigrant that does a new style of Chinese traditional painting. His art career began in Hong Kong where he attended the Lingnan School and learned the Lingnan style of Chinese painting. Andy Chan is a well-known and established artist in his community in Chinatown Chicago. His art is beautifully done in composition and rendering. Andy is currently facing struggles with his health, which imposes on his ability to create large works and plans to make large art shows
Andy Chan in front of his work
No full textPhoto by Chris Miller of Andy Hoi-Csiu Chan in front of his work on display at the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, IL. August 2009. Use with permission from (http://thisoldpalette.blogspot.com/2009/08/exhibit-andy-chan.html)https://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_gallery/1120/thumbnail.jp
AUT823910_Lay_Abstract – Supplemental material for Examining the impact of physical activity on sleep quality and executive functions in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial
No full textSupplemental material, AUT823910_Lay_Abstract for Examining the impact of physical activity on sleep quality and executive functions in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial by Choi Yeung Andy Tse, Hong Paul Lee, Ka Shing Kevin Chan, Boades Veronica Edgar, Alison Wilkinson-Smith and Wing Him Elvis Lai in Autism</p
Global Media Ideas - Infinite Pathways to Creative Succes - Andy Elwood - Part One.mp4
No full textDuring the X Media Lab: Global Media Ideas summit in June 2011, media and technology writer Brad Howarth conducted interviews with industry experts for Creativeinnovation. This video is part one of Brad Howarth's interview with Andy Elwood, Directory of Business Development at Gowalla. Andy Elwood discusses the idea behind the application and how their founder Josh Williams went from inspiration to launching the idea as a business and where they stand in the market today
Global Media Ideas - Infinite Pathways to Creative Succes - Andy Elwood - Part Two.mp4
No full textDuring the X Media Lab: Global Media Ideas summit in June 2011, media and technology writer Brad Howarth conducted interviews with industry experts for Creativeinnovation. This video is part two of Brad Howarth's interview with Andy Elwood, Director of Business Development at Gowalla. Andy Elwood discuss how other companies should be taking advantage of the location platform to create experiences of their brand, not just using the platform as a point of data generation. Elwood also observes that Australian brands and creative companies are well positioned to become market leaders in this platform which is still relatively new world-wide
Marie and Andy Auzin visit the Old Town part of Riga Latvia
No full textMarie and Andy Auzins visit the Old Town part of Riga with cousin Elita Petersone in 19942.1.3 Current Latvian History in Europe (Pre-Post WWII), 2.1.1 Physical Attributes of Latvi
20 x 20 : Twenty Years of Conundrum Press
No full text"To celebrate twenty years in operation he [Andy Brown] asked one author or artist for each year of the press who had a book out that year to contribute something new, something that represented Conundrum. For some it would have been the first book he or she had ever made. So in the end twenty Conundrumites represent twenty years, hence 20×20. There will be digging deep into the archives, there will be memoirs, there will be comics, drawings, and photographs. There will be laughter and tears of joy." -- Publisher's website
Episode 62: Andy Jones: Asking the Right Questions
No full textAndy Jones, B.A. \u2706 is a writer, pastor, and CSP alumnus who lives in the Bay Area. In this interview, he shares about his experiences as a CSP student and staff member, his ministry journey, and how he became a published author. His books bring tremendous theological insights in an accessible and understandable manner
Scalpelloidea Chan & Dreyer & Gale & Glenner & Ewers-Saucedo & Pérez-Losada & Kolbasov & Crandall & Høeg 2021, SUPERFAM. NOV.
No full text†SUPERFAMILY SCALPELLOIDEA SUPERFAM. NOV. Diagnosis: As for the family Scalpellidae.Published as part of Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T., 2021, The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms, pp. 789-846 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 830, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160, http://zenodo.org/record/563727
- …
