Gordon Louie, doctoral candidate in Higher Education and Student Affairs, is committed to creating a more welcoming and inclusive environment within higher education. One way he hopes to help do that is by serving as an inaugural member of the UI Pan Asian Council at the University of Iowa.

His work to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, whether on campus as an inaugural member of the UI Pan Asian Council and soon-to-be member of the UI International Student Advisory Board, or in the larger Iowa City community in helping to organize game nights, is rooted in providing a safe space in which to tell your story and listening to others’ stories.

Learn more about Louie's journey to the University of Iowa and his time in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program in Iowa Now.