The Black Student Union and the Office of Inclusion, Equity and Belonging hosted the AFRAM Festival on Friday at the Campus Mall. The event celebrated Black history and culture with live performances, including praise dance, poetry, singing and dance. Attendees enjoyed barbecue, line dancing, a church fair, a photo shoot and custom AFRAM T-shirts. ... [Read More…]
Gallery: ASA’s CHOMA showcases a night of tradition, taste and choreography
The African Students Association held its formal event, CHOMA, in the Hunter Welcome Center on Saturday evening. Members of Nu Kappa Psi and Omicron Xi Chi volunteered to assist in food service. Both members and non-members were given a taste of traditional African food and enjoyed an evening of music and fellowship. Unlike former years, this ... [Read More…]
ASA seeks models for fashion show
The African Students' Association is looking for models to help showcase the diverse culture of ACU's students for its Project Reach fashion show. A model call will take place from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday at Chapel on the Hill to select students to appear in the fashion show. The ASA, in association with the Office of Multicultural Enrichment, ... [Read More…]
Jam session promotes ASA, entrepreneurs
The African Students Association hosted a Jam Session on Tuesday in Cullen Auditorium to raise awareness of their club, as well as support student entrepreneurs at ACU. Chantal Mwiza, sophomore accounting major from Kigali, Rwanda and treasurer of ASA, said she hoped the Jam Session caught the attention of multiple students around campus. "I ... [Read More…]
ASA plans A Walk to Remember in memory
The African Students' Association will host a campus-wide walk around the Lunsford trail Saturday, April 12 from 3-5 p.m. The Walk to Remember event will honor the 20th anniversary of the victims killed in the tragic Rwandan genocide. "The walk is organized as an active commemoration of genocide victims around the world," said Nancy Ndekwe, ... [Read More…]
Students from Africa create new OME organization
African Student's Association is now an official student group at ACU. Meetings begin this fall. About 20 students met last April to elect officers and plan for the upcoming year. Soo Hun Yoon, biochemistry major from Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa), was elected president of the ASA. He came up with the idea for the organization at the ... [Read More…]