CSUB opens its first Black Student Success Center to support Black students.
- Fitzgerald Graves, former Black Student Union president, emphasizes the need for a dedicated space.
- The center aims to improve the graduation and retention rates of Black students at CSUB.
- Dr. Tracey Salisbury highlights the center as a bridge for students to connect with faculty.
- The center offers various services, including tutoring and scholarships, tailored for Black students.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: Fitzgerald Graves, former CSUB Black Student Union president and graduate student, shares his experience,”When I started at Bakersfield College I had this idea that everything would work smoothly, I would be accepted in striving for the goal of higher education and everyone supports that. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case and we’re forced to try to find a network of people that don’t understand our experience not only culturally but academically.”
Fitzgerald Graves started CSUB in 2017 and is currently a graduate student. He is one of the many Black students and faculty who have walked through the halls of CSUB trying to find a central location where they belong.
Faculty held a press conference outside of Dorothy Donahoe Hall announcing the grand opening for a Student Success center formerly known as the Dr. Thomas D. Wallace student success center for African American Success…