CSUN Black Alumni Association Hosts Awards and Scholarship Event

“Celebrating a Legacy of Success: Linkages Beyond the Classroom” will be the focus of the California State University, Northridge Black Alumni Association’s first annual Scholarship and Awards Brunch. This event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Orange Grove Bistro on the CSUN campus located at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge. Proceeds from the brunch will go towards scholarships for African-American students attending CSUN.

The following will be honored for their outstanding character:

· Dr. William Watkins ’74 (Urban Studies), CSUN vice president of Student Affairs and Dean of Students - Shining Star Award

· Fluke Fluker ’88 (Kinesiology), co-founder The Village Nation - Community Service Award

· Charles Humphrey ’86 (Mechanical Engineering) and Andrea Humphrey ’88 (Economics) , pastors of H.O.P.E.’s House of Christian Ministries - Community Service Award

· CSUN Faculty, Founders of CSUN’s Department of Pan African Studies now known as Africana Studies - Legacy Award

“Since our chartering on Sept. 27, 2011, we have dedicated ourselves to connecting all those interested in promoting and supporting the needs of alumni, faculty, staff and students of African descent at CSUN,” said Shanté Morgan-Durisseau, president of the BAA ’90 (Journalism/Afro-American Studies). She said the event will reconnect alumni from across the decades, representing the Black Student Union, NSBE and all the Black Greek-letter organizations.

The goals and objectives of the Black Alumni Association are to create opportunities for Black and or African-American alumni to become more connected to, and interactive with the university; to honor and showcase Black alumni; to strengthen and improve the chapter, its alumni, faculty of African descent and students; and to heighten the perception of Africana Studies as a discipline and the accomplishments of students of African descent at Cal State Northridge.

CSUN has one of the largest population of black students in the CSUN system. Its Department of Africana Studies, which was organized in 1969, is one of the oldest black studies departments in the nation.

Tickets to attend the brunch are $40 person and can be purchased online at https://www.csunalumni.com/default.aspx?Page=EVNTEventDetail&EventID=1337.

For more information about the BAA visit, csunalumni.com/baa or please call (818) 677-7580 or email alumnievents@csun.edu