The Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) invites you to attend our 2nd annual Black Journeys Conference to be held on Friday, April 11th, from 1-3pm in the Bluedorn Family Presentation Room of Sumers Welcome Center.
Black Journeys will bring the WashU community together to recognize the personal and academic journeys of Black graduate students through:
- Student Testimonials
- Academic Showcases
Read below to learn more and to RSVP
Black Journeys Overview
Black Journeys is centered around increasing the recognition of Black graduate students at WashU. To further these efforts, BGSA invited the WashU community to nominate Black graduate students to share about their personal and/or academic journeys towards graduate education. We’re excited to announce the graduate students who will be participating in Black Journeys:
- Charity Ridgel | Occupational Therapy | School of Medicine
- Chinonso Anyanwu | Theatre & Performance Studies | Arts & Sciences
- Dennis Boyd | Social Work | Brown School
- Gifty Osei | Statistics & Data Sciences | Arts & Sciences
- Jennifer Beatty | Psychological & Brain Sciences | Arts & Sciences
- Khrystal Johnson | Psychological & Brain Sciences | Arts & Sciences
- Lesley Walker | Philosophy | Arts & Sciences
- SynClaire Arthur | Psychological & Brain Sciences | Arts & Sciences
- Tyler Cargill | Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering | School of Engineering
Student Testimonials
Leading up to Black Journeys, we’ll be posting video testimonials that highlight the participants’ journeys leading up to WashU, their experiences while here, and to what extent they envision reconnecting with the university post-graduation.
Stay tuned for our first testimonial coming March 31st!
Academic Showcases
During Black Journeys, participants will showcase the work relevant to their graduate studies. This work is not limited to “graduate-level research.” Instead, these showcases will encompass the wide variety of graduate work done across the university.
Event Overview
- 1:00-1:15pm: Remarks from BGSA about “Recognizing Black Graduate Students”
- 1:15-2:30pm: Black Journeys Programming
- 2:30-2:40pm: Break
- 2:40-3:00pm: Keynote Presentation from Dr. Seanna Leath
RSVP
We’re looking forward to the WashU community joining us to celebrate the recognition of Black graduate students’ personal and academic journeys towards higher education. Please let us know below if you’ll be able to attend. Your RSVP will help BGSA with ordering the appropriate amount of food and beverages for the event.