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91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Black Scholars United club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019. 

The organization promotes leadership, higher learning
and education for black students, and fosters harmony, equality and unity through community service projects
and activities.

“Black Scholars United is more than a club; it’s a community,” said JaLisa Lee, 2018-19 club president. “We promote unity among black students through cultural understanding, academic excellence, community involvement, student engagement and leadership.” 

Also in 2019, Shaquille Heath BS ’15, a former Black Scholars United member, published her essay “The Other Talk” in the New York Times in January. She wrote about what she and her peers experience when having “the talk” with their parents — not about the birds and the bees — but about their skin color, the rules of being black in America and the challenges it creates in their lives. Read more about Heath here.