Welcome to Asia-Pacific College
Asia-Pacific College (APC) is a non-profit educational institution incorporated by the State of Hawaii in October 2004.
Aloha
The history of the 20th century tells a story of increasing interaction between the nations of the world as transportation, communication, and business technologies continue to develop. Many nations are facing new and demanding challenges, especially in business, politics, and national development.
The Asia-Pacific region needs leaders who can understand and face these challenges. Solutions to these new challenges will come from the next generation of leaders able to simultaneously see national needs in the context of regional and global conditions. This generation of leaders must be able to understand the changes sweeping the region, and they must work harmoniously and effectively with other nations and peoples to cope with them.
The primary vision for Asia-Pacific College is to develop able, effective, and balanced leaders of the Asia-Pacific region for the 21st century. APC seeks to provide a curriculum that blends theory and practice, history and analysis, scientific and humanistic views, and training that will produce leaders with a broad perspective on global economics, politics, business, and environmental concerns.
By bringing together students from several different countries in an atmosphere of friendship and scholarly exploration, APC seeks to develop a cross-cultural orientation fostering friendships that will continue to support and inspire its alumni for years to come.
We hope you can share our vision and join us in our programs.
Mahalo!
Yang Seok Yoo
President
Mission
APC’s mission is to provide intercultural leadership programs for students and professionals.
APC's mission proceeds from the belief that by enhancing intercultural understanding, we can develop a wider vision of the global community.
Such a view is increasingly necessary in the 21st century as the world societies are not only well-connected but they are increasingly inter-dependent to tackle modern challenges.
History
Asia-Pacific College (APC) is a non-profit educational institution incorporated by the State of Hawaii in October 2004.
Asia-Pacific College, founded by the late president of CAPE, Dr. Jai-Ho Yoo, is dedicated to the preparation of well-rounded, visionary future leaders.
It grew out of ideas and values that drive the Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange (CAPE), a non-profit organization in Honolulu, Hawaii, established in 1980.
APC takes a step further by providing an interdisciplinary certification program that integrates CAPE’s ideals of promoting harmony with practical leadership training.
Board of Directors
Paul Hooper, Emeritus Professor and former Chairman, Department of American Studies, University of Hawaii
Matt Matsunaga, Attorney with Schlack Ito, Honolulu, and former Senator, State of Hawaii
Nicholas Yoo, Senior manager, Information Technology firm
Yang-Seok Yoo, President, Asia Pacific College
Faculty
APC draws on the resources of the University of Hawaii and academic institutions in Hawaii and around the world for its instructors and facilitators.
Dr. Jeffrey Ady (B.A. and M.A., Murrow School of Communications at Washington State University; Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Kansas) is a professor at the School of Communication, University of Hawai’i.
Dr. Bruce E. Barnes (J.D., University of Hawai’i; LL.M., Columbia) is Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution for the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawai’i.
Dr. Robin Brandt (M.A. Public Policy; Ph.D. Political Science, UH-Manoa) has served as Director of the Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research and Training Center and teaches at the University of Hawai’i.
Dr. Caryn Callahan (Ph.D., Harvard University) is a professor in the School of Business at Chaminade University in Honolulu , Hawaii .
Dr. George Kent is a professor of political science at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Kent takes a special interest in children's rights and food advocacy and serves in various organizations including FAO of the UN.
Dr. Deane Neubauer is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii, Senior Advisor to the East-West Center, and Director of the Globalization Research Network.
Dr. Jungmin Seo (B.A., M.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; Ph.D., University of Chicago) is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawaii.
Learning Environment
APC conducts courses and workshops online and offline. Offline facilities for special events and workshops are held throughout Hawaii.