Build Community & Empower Young Vietnamese Leaders

UVSA-Midwest

33 Universities · 11 States

Meet Our Events

  • Vietnamese Interacting As One (VIA-1)

    VIA-1 is an annual conference connecting 400 young leaders from all over the Midwest, funded completely by fundraisers, our alumni, and the partners that have built us up.

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  • Summer Extravaganza (SE)

    Summer Extravaganza is a yearly weekend getaway planned and funded by our community and partners. Campers from across the Midwest build friendships, strengthen teamwork, and create lasting memories through games and shared experiences.

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  • COSR Project

    The COSR Project is an annual collaborative initiative led by the Council of State Representatives (COSRs), designed to unite members across the region through a shared, community-focused event.

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  • E-Sports Extravaganza

    E-Sports Extravaganza is a four-part annual tournament featuring Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends, Rocket League, and Valorant. We invite gamers from local communities across the Midwest region to compete and meet new people within our community.

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Why Support Us?

I choose to support UVSA-Midwest because I found a community that's supported me personally and professionally and I'm forever thankful for the amazing experience. I hope that UVSA-Midwest can continue to provide future constiuents with similar experiences and feelings through it's programming.

-Serena Srun

I continue to support UVSA-Midwest because of the personal and professional opportunities I was able to to gain that allowed me to foster connections and friendships that span far beyond than what I could’ve imagined. Having been involved with UVSA-Midwest for 7 years now, I want to continue cultivating this same experience for our community in numerous ways.

-David Phan

Like many of my peers, I identify as Vietnamese and grew up in predominantly white/dominant spaces, and there was always an internal struggle reconciling my identities. I made great friendships along the way through college, but struggled at times to fit in, and it wasn’t until after graduating where I found UVSA-Midwest and its many partner organizations. There was a world of opportunities to learn more about my ethnic identity and history, connect with passionate and talented leaders, develop my professional soft skills. Serving this community brings me intrinsic joy and I continue finding fulfillment empowering our emerging leaders.

-James Nguyen

Our Previous Sponsors

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The Journey of Our Partners

Introductions

No business, just conversation. We want to make our intentions and mission clear from the beginning, and to begin to understand you as an individual, business, or organization. Getting to know one another will help us to understand how we fit into each other’s big picture.

Involving YOU With the Community

Put me in coach! How do we weave you, as our partner into our community? It’s easy. Our reach starts at a university level and their surrounding communities, then expands outward towards 11 different Midwest states in our region. Not to mention the businesses and organizations that we, and our 33 constituent schools, work with. You pick what level you want to start at, and we’ll get you there.

Learning to Benefit YOU

Let’s be real. We have a unique set of skills, and we’re not afraid to use them. UVSA-Midwest’s biggest strength is, and has always been, our community — whether it’s our connections, experiences, skills, or dedication, we love to share. By figuring out how we can best help you, and how our missions align, we start paving a path towards making a more meaningful impact together.

The Big Picture

We build you, you build us! We’ll provide the young talent, resources, ideas, and platform that will benefit you and your image, while you tell us in what ways you want to contribute to our initiatives. Whether it’s in-kind/monetary donations, volunteered skills and resources, or something else of your choosing, we’d love to show your identity alongside ours. Get involved, and win alongside us.

The Data Tells a Story Too

Though we are a registered 501(3)c non-profit that loves to use pictures and words to sell a story, we find it equally important to sell you with - Cold. Hard. Data. How has our community grown over the years? Where does our funding come from? How many alumni have we amassed over the years? How much do we give away in scholarships? How effective are our Collective Philanthropy efforts? What are we doing to improve?

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