作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2024年6月14日

博彩平台正在与社区大学合作，为学生转入新成立的黑人荣誉学院（BHC）创造一条无缝衔接的途径。

At a June 13 ceremony that was part of the CSU’s Juneteenth Symposium, representatives of 16 community colleges signed memorandums of agreement (MOA) signaling their partnership with the University and the BHC, an event administrators called “a momentous occasion.” 预计未来几个月将有更多的社区大学加入该计划。

BHC将在2025年春季学期迎来第一批转学生。

The MOAs “are a first step in longer-term formalized partnerships,” said Jenni Murphy, interim vice president of Enrollment and Engagement for 囊状态.

“Our work to help our Black students cannot just be performative. 它必须有意义。 只有工作才能改变生活。 This is the real deal, and I’m extremely excited about it.” ——阿尔伯特·加西亚，萨克拉门托城市学院院长

感兴趣的学生可以从8月1日开始申请。 从合作社区大学获得至少3.8 GPA的符合条件的学生将获得Sac州立大学和BHC的保证录取。 大学将与各个学院合作，在教师交流、特别讲座和其他机会等方面支持学生。

Community college transfers, many of whom are people of color and have low incomes, represent “some of the best students we have,” 囊状态 President Luke Wood said. “We want to have the largest transfer population in the state.”

萨克拉门托城市学院院长阿尔伯特·加西亚（Albert Garcia）表示，这一举措对他的学院尤其有意义。

“囊状态 had its beginnings on Freeport Boulevard,” Garcia said, referring to the University’s first few years housed at Sac City, which is on Freeport. “It’s so wonderful to have our colleges connected in this way.

“Our work to help our Black students cannot just be performative. 它必须有意义。 只有工作才能改变生活。 This is the real deal, and I’m extremely excited about it.”

BHC被吹捧为全国第一所此类机构，专为对黑人历史和文化感兴趣的各种背景的学生而设计。 该学院将为所有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。

萨克州立大学招收的黑人学生比科罗拉多州立大学系统中其他22所大学中的任何一所都多。 The California Assembly recently 认可大学 as the state’s first Black-Serving Institution, and the CSU designated 囊状态 as headquarters for its 全州黑人卓越发展中心办公室.

“Too often, students from California want to go out of state for college because they believe that public education in California is failing them,” said Aniesha Mitchell, the University’s vice president for 学生事务.

“Unlike anything else in the state, the Black Honors College is specifically designed to meet the needs and aspirations of Black students,” she said. “We are intentionally cultivating the courageous leaders of tomorrow.”

以利亚·马丁（Elijah Martin）是一名转校生，于2022年在萨克州立大学（囊状态）获得本科学位，现在正在攻读研究生学位。他说，如果有机会成为BHC的学生，他会很高兴。

“Transitioning from a community college can be isolating,” said Martin, now a BHC recruiter. “You can lose that sense of belonging. I wish I would have had the Black Honors College.”.

伍德与参加6月13日签署仪式的每一位社区大学代表一一握手，并向他们做出了强有力的承诺。

“We plan on being the best partners you’ve ever had in supporting your students on our campus,” he said.

“When you send your students to us, we take that seriously,” Wood said. “We will make sure that they have everything that they need to walk across that stage at graduation.”