Graduate Education
Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
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The Black Graduate Student Association's (BGSA) mission is to foster and support the unique journeys of Black graduate students. BGSA accomplishes this by providing scholarship opportunities, encouraging personal and academic development, participating in activism, facilitating mentorship connections, and encouraging collaborations with community-based initiatives. BGSA advocates for the interests of Black graduate students across all four ASU campuses, with a focus on building a unified network. Giving to the Black Graduate Student Association helps the organization empower and champion Black graduate students, ensuring they have the resources and community they need to thrive at ASU and beyond. Your contribution enables BGSA to create safe and welcoming spaces for scholars of color to connect, collaborate, and cultivate a sense of belonging within the university and larger community.
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
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