University of Alabama Black Graduate Student Associaton

Are you interested in serving as a BGSA executive board officer? Nominations open today, April 3, and will close on April 17. Elections will take place on April 21.
 
The positions open for election include:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Parlimentarian
Social Affairs Chair
Treasurer

Visit the link in our bio to submit a nomination! We look forward to the future of BGSA and what our next executive board has to offer.

Join us this Wednesday for an exciting digital portfolio workshop led by Karen Burns from the UA Center of Instructional Technology! We are so excited for this opportunity and we hope to see you there. 💻

Join BGSA as we partner with ASA, BLSA, and GSA to host our third annual Black in Graduate School Panel on Wednesday, February 26th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the UA Student Center! This event is open to all and we look forward to seeing you there!

Join us TOMORROW for a joint karaoke night with . Prepare your best karaoke routine and meet us at UA Law School for an exciting night of fun and connection. See you there! 🎤🪩

We cannot wait to start Writing Wednesdays back up beginning TOMORROW! 🤭 Join BGSA via Team’s to set aside time for yourself to read, write, etc. in the company of others. Link to Team’s meeting in bio. Hope to see you there!

After inclement weather conditions in November, BGSA is excited to announce the rescheduled date for our BGSA Day of Service.

On February 8th from 1-3 p.m. BGSA will be supporting the Prewitt Slave Cemetery Association, a group of descendants, to help preserve the site and provide further historical information about the people laid to rest there to their families. BGSA’s primary tasks will be clearing leaves, filling holes, and marking sites. The cemetery is the largest known burial ground for enslaved and formerly enslaved people in the United States.

Be sure to RSVP at the link in our bio and join our GroupMe for further details about what to bring, what to wear, and carpooling information.

We can’t wait to see you this Wednesday in the Student Center for our first general body meeting of 2025! Learn more about financial literacy and connect with the UA BGSA community.

BGSA has a vacancy on the Executive Board for the Secretary position. Interested? For more information on how to reach out to us, check your email. We would love to have you on our team.

A day on, not a day off. Join BGSA as we participate in MLK Service Day. To participate, fill out the sign up form in our bio and we will take it from there! Once signed up through the form in our bio, meet at the UA Student Center on January 20th at 8:00 a.m. to begin a day of hands on community service. We can’t wait to see you there.

Happy Holidays from the UA Black Graduate Student Association. We can’t wait to see all our members merry and bright in the new year.❤️⛄️

This semester with BGSA has been one for the books! 🤩 We networked, learned so much, and had plenty of fun along the way. Thank you to all of our amazing members for making it so special - we can’t wait to see you next semester! ❤️

See you there! ✍️