African Students Association celebrates a milestone

Yaw Sam, part-time Marketing lecturer and BrandGeniuz CEO (left), and Priscilla Kissi-Appiah, the general secretary for the African Students Association, kick off the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. The African Students Association celebrated its first anniversary. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

Attendees stand up for the Nigerian, South African, Jamaican, Kenyan and United States national anthems during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

Dennis Atorque, president of the African Students Association, talks about the group and its impact during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday evening in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

Olivia Mackey, a second-year student in the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine (left), and computer science graduate student Kwabena Aboagye-Otchere chat during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday evening in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

BrandGeniuz CEO Yaw Sam sings karaoke during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

Ekemini Akpabio, social media coordinator of the African Students Association (left), and member Timi Gbadamosi participate in a fashion show during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

Applied statistics and data science graduate student Vincent Agbenteavu dances during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER

Ewuradwoa Nketiah, an ASA member (right), serves chicken to biomedical science junior Lani Brewer during the ASA Fall Social 2024 Saturday in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus. Angel Ballesteros/THE RIDER