BSA Executive Board 2017-18by Simone E., Editor-in-Chief
This year, the Black Student Alliance (BSA) finished Black History Month off with a week of exciting events. The B.L.O.C. Awards started BSA week off with a bang. Students flooded to the Tennessee Room in their evening gowns and high school prom dresses, excited for an evening full of awards for themselves or their friends. As people walked onto the red carpet, Tender, a student band on campus, played everyone into the event as both faculty and students enjoyed food. The evening was full of fun videos, award presentations, good music, and the Purpose Award was given to a faculty member on campus who has impacted countless minority students by empowering them and giving them knowledge that only he can give. Chris Stokes was honored and cheered on at the event, and the B.L.O.C. Awards, which stands for Black Leaders On Campus Awards, ended with so many black student leaders being awarded with awards they deserve and enough pictures to last a lifetime. The next program of the week was D.A.P., or the Diversity Awareness Program. This is a program put on by Justin Brown, the creator and founder of the program, and it brought to life questions that many students have, but never answered, about diversity. Now, what exactly is diversity? Attendees of the event participated in a 90-minute workshop that incorporated different elements of accountability for change, cultural progression, and role-playing cultural situations, which worked to answer that question while simultaneously bringing new questions to light. The Black Entrepreneur Expo was an event where both consumers and business owners benefitted. It was a chance for UTC students and staff to show the rest of the campus what business venture they were pursuing or attempting to pursue. Each business owner had the opportunity to introduce themselves, and students had the opportunity to support black businesses as well as win fun prizes. If you missed this year’s BSA Week, be sure to get involved in BSA in order to find out about next year’s events!
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