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Numerous events to mark Black History Month at KU

The Office of Multicultural Affairs has scheduled a full slate of events in honor of Black History Month. The monthlong celebration was established in 1976. Events, times and locations (when available), sponsors and contacts for each event are below:

Black Popular Culture
Tuesdays in February, time and location TBA.
Contact: Earl Brooks, 785-383-7424, ehb@ku.edu.
Sponsored by: Black Student Union

Barack Chalk Jayhawk: Is America Ready for A Black President?
7 p.m., Feb. 7, Multicultural Resource Center.
Contact: Multicultural Resource Center, 864-4350

BSU Movie Night
7 p.m., Feb. 7, location TBA. "Coming to America."
Contact: Brandy Fogg, 760-927-7264, brandy88@ku.edu.
Sponsored by: Black Student Union

State of Black America
7 p.m., Feb. 11, Multicultural Resource Center.
Contact: Chris Reine or Derrais Carter, 913-271-3563, carterda@ku.edu
Sponsored by: Black Student Union

Career Fair Reception
5:30 p.m., Feb. 12, Kansas Union.
Contact: UCC, 864-3624, ucc@ku.edu.
Sponsored by: University Career Center and Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Office of Multicultural Affairs and University Career Center Career Fair
Noon to 5 p.m., Feb. 12 and 13, Ballroom, Kansas Union.
Contact: UCC, 864-3624, ucc@ku.edu
Sponsored by: University Career Center and Office of Multicultural Affairs

Big XII Conference on Black Student Government
Feb. 14-17, Stillwater, Okla.
Contact: Pamela Scott, 785-864-4351

BSU Appreciation
7:30 p.m., Feb. 18, Multicultural Resouce Center.
Contact: Cherie Moose or Camille Clark, bsu@ku.edu.
Sponsored by: Black Student Union

Brief presentation of BSU's founding
7 p.m., Feb. 20, Old Afro House.
Contact: Voni Hunter or Jasmine Kelly, 314-625-0905 or 913-636-7247, voni07@yahoo.com, jazzy@ku.edu.
Sponsored by: Black Student Union

Black History Month Musical
3:30 p.m., Feb. 24 St. Luke AME, 900 New York St., Lawrence.
Contact: Joyce McCray Pearson, 785-865-1480 or 785-865-1589, jpearson@sunflower.com.
Sponsored by: St. Luke AME Church

Black History Bowl
7:30 p.m., Feb. 25, Burge Union.
Contact: Jordan Brown or Koga Moffer, 913-302-8973, koga@ku.edu.
Sponsored by: Black Student Union

Unsung Heroz: Finer Women
Feb. 27, time and place TBA.
Contact: Antoyia Fortune, z.phi.b.omegatheta@gmail.com.
Sponsored by: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.

Black History Gala
6 p.m., March 1, Kansas Union.
Contact: Ebony Howard, ebby207@ku.edu.
Sponsorsed by: Black Student Union.

NOTABLE ALUMS

Roseann Runte, a French scholar who earned her doctorate at KU, is the new president - and first woman executive - of Carleton University, Canada's "capital university" in Ottawa. A dual resident of the U.S. and Canada, she was previously president of Old Dominion University. She also is president of the American Council of Education's Commission on International Education and a member of the International Parliament of Cultures.