 On behalf of the staff of the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center and Wright State University it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Bolinga Web Portal. The Bolinga Center has long been known for dynamic programming that transforms the heart and mind. For nearly forty years, we have provided educational programs around the Pan-African experience and provided academic enhancement to promote the retention of African and African American students. Our passion is student success and therefore we are dedicated to creating and sustaining a rich and vibrant learning community. We believe that diversity fuels a genuine connection to the world in which we live and deems us lifelong learners.
This year is significant in that we are embarking upon new terrain. As a new Director for the Bolinga Center I am energized by the tenacity of students, the warmth of alumni, and strength of our allies throughout the community. As we approach our 40th anniversary, we honor those who paved the way for the Bolinga Center and insisted upon a visible program that would keep the specific needs of African and African American students as the focus. This year, we dedicate our efforts to our founders as we move forward and press toward even higher ground. The Bolinga Center is an important part of the ongoing vision to distinguish Wright State University as a campus known and admired for its diversity.
In the following pages, you will find an array of programs and services created to strengthen and enhance the academic experience for all Wright State Students in general and for African and African American students specifically. We are proud to be partners in student success and work hard to consistently reinvent ourselves according to the changing needs of our community. Please consider visiting us in person for an unparalleled experience facilitated by one of the most committed teams in higher education.
With Warm Regards,
Dana Murray Patterson, PhD
Director, Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center
Wright State University
When the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center
was founded on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday,
January 15, 1971, its stated purposes were:
- to promote an understanding
of the culture and heritage of Black Americans;
- to make easily accessible, by
housing in one central location, variety of
resource materials on the black experience;
- to encourage research about
black people and aid in the resolution of problems
that have resulted from racial discrimination
and prejudice; and
- to work for the advancement
of the black creative arts.
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