作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2024年6月6日

The California state Assembly honored 萨克拉门托 State on June 6 with a floor resolution declaring the University the state’s first Black-Serving Institution.

Lawmakers led by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty put forth the resolution to recognize the University’s ongoing efforts to boost Black enrollment and graduation rates. 博彩平台的领导人在俯瞰大会大厅的走廊上见证了这一仪式。

Sac州立大学没有资格获得联邦历史黑人学院和大学（HBCU）或主要是黑人机构的指定，这承认主要为非洲裔美国人服务的学院和大学。 但这所大学招收的黑人和非裔美国学生比科罗拉多州立大学系统中的任何一所大学都多，并且正在培养为他们服务的项目和倡议。

About 6% of 囊状态’s student population, or close to 2,000 students, are Black, and President Luke Wood has said the University should lead the way in ensuring they succeed in college and beyond.

“This distinctive recognition reaffirms 萨克拉门托 State’s commitment and dedication to serving the needs of our diverse student body, especially for our Black students,” Wood said. “I want to express my profound gratitude to the California state Legislature, 萨克拉门托 County and the city of 萨克拉门托 for recognizing us as a Black-Serving institution.”

该决议出台之际，议会正在考虑一项法案，该法案将为黑人学生人数至少占10%或1500名学生的学院和大学设立“黑人服务机构”称号。

伍德指出，萨克州立大学已经是指定的拉美裔服务机构，以及亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民服务机构。

“Currently, our Black students have to go out of state” to attend a college or university that carries the Predominantly Black Institution or HBCU designation, he said.

With the resolution, “we are publicly saying that we are here to serve Black students, same as our Latinx and Asian students,” he said.

与此同时，萨克州立大学正在增加为黑人学生服务的项目，包括全国第一所黑人荣誉学院（BHC），该学院将在秋季学期迎来首届班级。 BHC将为所有种族、文化和专业的优秀学生提供以黑人和非裔美国人经历为重点的综合课程。

“We are proud to be at the forefront of promoting access, success and excellence for Black students as we begin the first-in-the-nation Black Honors College,” Wood said. “We remain committed to advancing equity and social justice in every aspect of our institution.”

萨克州立大学还创建了一个黑人成功计划，以解决非洲裔美国人和黑人学生、教职员工和管理人员的整体需求。