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Student Life: Being Black at Penn State

Collected by: Pennsylvania State University

Archived since: Feb, 2021

Description:

This web archive collection is comprised of multicultural organizations and events at Penn State and its surrounding areas. The web archive is designed to depict the student life of students of color.

Subject:   Universities & Libraries Society & Culture

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Title: Black Male Leadership Symposium (BMLS)

URL: http://bmlspsu.weebly.com/

Description: "Black Male Leadership Symposium is a Smeal Organization that has the goal to empower black males for the future by fostering unity, promoting academic achievement, and developing leadership and professionalism skills."

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Title: African Students Association Penn State

URL: http://www.africanstudentsassociation1969.org

Description: The African Students Association "mission has been to foster a fraternal relationship and a better understanding amongst our fellow Africans."

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Title: VALLEY Magazine - About Section

URL: http://www.valleymagazinepsu.com/about/aboutvalley/

Description: "VALLEY is Penn State’s premier student-run life and style publication. Our mission is to recognize other students for their academic and extracurricular accomplishments, and to feature local style, entertainment and lifestyle trends. We publish one print issue a semester and also post daily online content throughout the academic year."

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Title: Penn State Student Minority Advisory and Recruitment Team (SMART) - Undergraduate Admissions

URL: https://admissions.psu.edu/smart/

Description: "The Student Minority Advisory and Recruitment Team (SMART) was founded with the goal of sharing the success of underrepresented students at Penn State and assisting with the recruitment of ethnic minorities."

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Title: AMBITIONS Dance Team - About page

URL: https://ambitionspsu.wixsite.com/dance/about_us/

Description: "Our purpose is to have an open group and a dance company that will help to expose dancers to a variety of different styles and techniques along with having a focus on creating, shaping, and presenting choreography."

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Title: Africana Research Center

URL: https://arc.la.psu.edu/

Description: "Though our focus is global and international in scope, the ARC’s primary objective is to stimulate and sustain the development of relevant and appropriate initiatives at Penn State that foster diversity and an increased understanding and appreciation of the history, life, and culture of African diasporic peoples."

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Title: PSU Black Caucus

URL: https://blackcaucus.wixsite.com/pennstate

Description: "The Penn State Student Black Caucus serves as an umbrella organization for all the minority students, student organizations and student groups on the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University."

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Title: Black Student Union

URL: https://bsups3.wixsite.com/bsupsu/

Description: BSU aims "To promote the recognition and involvement of African American students at Penn State with the intention of creating a strong voice on campus and to make an impact on the decisions regarding students of the University Community."

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Title: Caribbean Student Association - About page

URL: https://csapennstate.wixsite.com/csapennstate/page2/

Description: "The Association seeks to create awareness among its members and fellow students of the rich, creative and developing history of our islands by researching and documenting past and present events."

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Title: Palmer Art Museum Exhibit African Brillance: A Diplomat's Sixty Years of Collecting

URL: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSt0gBZRr_vORfucLjFCsdjpcQzCg0pa4wPGmUNodNvphd25jSjGwn2pyo93WSk8v4_umje5zmj76xu/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.ge5c5fd87d_0_43

Description: All of the materials were collected by Allen Davis, a Penn State alumnus, virtually showcases his findings after researching African artifacts for years.

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Title: Multicultural Undergraduate Law Association (MULA)

URL: https://latinocaucus.psu.edu/delegate-organizations/professional/mula/

Description: "MULA’s mission is to increase diversity in the field of law by promoting multiculturalism; to that end, we strive not only to help our members get into the law school of their choice but also to help our members succeed in the law school of their choice."

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Title: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

URL: https://naacppennstate.wixsite.com/naacpchapter/

Description: "The purpose and aims of the Penn State College Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People shall be to improve the political, educational, social and economic status of minority groups; to eliminate racial prejudice; to keep the public aware of the adverse effects of racial discrimination; and to take all lawful action to secure its elimination, consistent with the efforts of the national organization and in conformity with the Articles of Incorporation of the Association, its Constitution and By-Laws and as directed by the National Board of Directors."

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Title: Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS)

URL: https://orgcentral.psu.edu/organization/manrrs/

Description: "Our Mission at MANRRS is to promote academic and professional advancement by empowering minorities in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences."

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Title: Minority Association of Pre-Medical/Health Students

URL: https://orgcentral.psu.edu/organization/mapspsu/

Description: "Our mission is to provide knowledge, skill, and experience to underrepresented pre-health students within the healthcare fields!"

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Title: National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)

URL: https://orgcentral.psu.edu/organization/national-association-of-black-accountants/

Description: "The mission of NABA is to address the professional needs of its members and to build leaders that shape the future of the business profession with an unfaltering commitment to inspire the same in their successors."

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Title: National Society of Black Engineers: Penn State Chapter

URL: https://sites.psu.edu/psunsbe/

Description: "This organization was created to help provide and show a development in diversity within the engineering community."

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Title: Queer and Trans People of Color at Penn State

URL: https://sites.psu.edu/qtpocpsu/

Description: "We are a student run organization based on Penn State's University Park campus that provides a safe space for those who identify as people of color and as queer/trans. Our mission is to unite, amplify and make our voices known to the Penn State community."

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Title: WIRED IN – Women International Racial Ethnic and Diverse Intercultural Network

URL: https://sites.psu.edu/wiredin/

Description: WIRED IN is "a network of students in the College of IST who support programs and initiatives that caters to underrepresented students."

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Title: Penn State W.O.R.D.S. – Penn State WORDS Writers Organizing to Represent Diverse Stories (WORDS) at The Pennsylvania State University #WHATCHUGOT

URL: https://sites.psu.edu/wordspennstate/

Description: "We are Writers Organized to Represent Diverse Stories (W.O.R.D.S.), and we seek to abolish the practice of “self” and replace it with teachings of the importance of relationships, community and self-love."

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Title: National Pan-Hellenic Council at Penn State

URL: https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/cultural/

Description: "The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is the governing body for National Pan-Hellenic Council ("Divine Nine") and historically black fraternity and sorority chapters."

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Title: Minorities in Sports at Penn State

URL: https://twitter.com/MiSPennState/

Description: "Minorities in Sports Next: Penn State Chapter strives to unite students with a passion for sports, inform them on industry career options, and provide other resources beneficial to their success."

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Title: African American Studies Department Letter to President Barron

URL: https://twitter.com/afam_psu/status/1272951218286088192?lang=en

Description: Tweet and responses from the African American Studies Department at Penn State, including link to a letter dated June 10, 2020 addressing what African-American Studies professors have endured and what needs to change.

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Title: Bellefonte Art Museum: Underground Railroad Exhibit

URL: https://www.bellefontemuseum.org/exhibits/25/

Description: "The exhibit contains information about the operations of the Underground Railroad, art work depicting the courage and suffering of the enslaved African Americans and stories about the local citizens who helped and supported them."

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Title: First Black Student to attend Penn State: Calvin H. Waller (1899)

URL: https://www.blackhistory.psu.edu/timeline/calvin_h._waller_first_colored_student_admitted_to_penn_state

Description: "This timeline-based website chronicles the struggles and successes experienced by African Americans at Penn State." Calvin H. Waller is the first Black student to attend Penn State in 1899.

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Title: Penn State student’s Instagram account highlights racist experiences against Black students at university | University Park Campus News | collegian.psu.edu

URL: https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_5f827cd8-c157-11ea-b23a-8b2a0d3a4e62.html

Description: Collegian article discussing the Instagram page and previous ways in which Black people have been mistreated.

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Title: Underground Railroad: A Journey to Freedom Virtual Tour

URL: https://www.facebook.com/bellefonteartmuseum/videos/1077942685919908/

Description: Facebook virtual tour. "The exhibit contains information about the operations of the Underground Railroad, art work depicting the courage and suffering of the enslaved African Americans and stories about the local citizens who helped and supported them."

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Title: PSU Underground Article about BLUEprint Peer Mentoring

URL: https://www.psuunderground.com/2019/07/30/penn-state-blueprint-offers-support-to-students-of-color/

Description: Indepth article about BLUEprint which is the peer mentoring program for minority students through the PRCC.

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Title: The Underground - About page

URL: https://www.psuunderground.com/about/#

Description: "The Underground is a multicultural student-run media site devoted to telling the untold stories within the Penn State community."

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