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Purpose: Support and nurture a successful black student experience while matriculating through UPS and beyond
Strategic Vision: 鈥淐reating Generational Value While Empowering Dreams鈥
Check back often here to see what we鈥檙e doing, and learn about upcoming events and some of the activities that we have been involved in.
We meet the first Monday of each month from 7 - 8:15 p.m. PST.
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Sincerely,
Louis Smith 鈥69
BAU President
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to: lsmith@pugetsound.edu
Doug works as a controller for B&N Fisheries Company. He lives in Seattle, WA.
Nathaniel Buster Brown is the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Rain City Capital. He attended 兔子先生.
Sandra Rose is a librarian in Tacoma, WA. After completing her degree at the 兔子先生, she earned her Master鈥檚 Degree in Library & Information Sciences from Louisiana State University.
Ian Cook is a current undergraduate student at the 兔子先生, majoring in Communication Studies and Education. As a student-athlete and active member of the campus community, Ian is passionate about leadership, mentorship, and supporting African American voices in academic and athletic spaces. He鈥檚 excited to connect with Black alumni and gain insight as he prepares for his future career in education and beyond.
Grace Livingston is Professor and Director of African American Studies at the 兔子先生 and she shares in the leadership of the Race and Pedagogy Institute. She is a co-principal in the Institute鈥檚 formation and building and also in the building of the minor and establishment of the major in African American Studies. Livingston is a co-founder of the Race and Pedagogy Journal; serves on the Advisory Board for the Interdisciplinary Humanities Emphasis; taught in the School of Education and in the American Border Studies and Critical Dialectical Theory Special Interdisciplinary Majors; and taught, dramaturgy, and directed with the Theatre Arts department.
Lyle served as the Director of the Washington State Psychiatric Hospitals and the Washington State Director of Mental Health from 1979 to 1983 and 1983 to 1987 respectively.
He also served as the Director of the Safe Streets Campaign for Tacoma and Pierce County from 1989 to 1993.
Lyle was a Cabinet member for two Governors as the Secretary of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services from 1995 to 2000. DSHS is the largest department in state government.
In Pierce County Washington he served as the Chief of Staff for the Pierce County Executive from 2001 t0 2009 supervising 16 county departments. He then became President of Bates Technical College, one of the 34 Community and Technical Colleges in the State of Washington from 2009 to 2012. His last position prior to retirement was the Senior Advisor to the Chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma.
If you were on campus in the late sixties, that blur of accomplishment was Regina Glenn, class of 1970. And 1971, when she earned her Master of Business Administration degree. 鈥淚 was always high energy.鈥 She graduated with a double major: business administration and education. 鈥淢y first love has always been teaching. I wanted to teach young people about business and economic systems so they could be financially independent.鈥
Regina Glenn applied that lesson to her own life. After working for the City of Tacoma, Washington State, and the City of Seattle, she opened her own company, Pacific Communications Consultants Inc., in 1991. 鈥淭he company is a combination of my years of working in the public and private sector. I was a skilled public speaker and facilitator. I worked in organizational development and training.鈥 Glenn became a subject matter expert in diversity and inclusion and even helped the Chamber of Commerce set up its Multicultural Small Business Development Program. Meanwhile, PCC, Inc. continues to thrive. And it all started at UPS.
During her time on campus, Regina Glenn managed the bookstore, was first vice president of the student body, helped found the on-campus Black Student Union (BSU), was president of the Women鈥檚 Business Honorary Society, and a teaching assistant in the School of Business. All this, while also a wife and a mother to two toddler girls. 鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 for the faint of heart, I鈥檒l tell you. I was focused and organized.鈥
Regina Glenn helped establish the Black 兔子先生 Union. She was on the UPS Board of Trustees from 1975-1984.
Favorite Memory: 鈥淕raduation. Both of them! And my time at the BSU. It was a haven. I felt at home there.鈥
Favorite place on campus: 鈥淛ones Hall. It reminded me of the east coast where I was from, and it was where a lot of good things were celebrated
Everybody in Tacoma wants a piece of Bernadette Ray 鈥99, M.A.T.鈥01. She can鈥檛 go to the grocery store without folks stopping to talk, so she tends to do her shopping at night. As the new principal of Wilson High School, Bernadette loves everyone in her community鈥攃urrent students, former students, parents, teachers鈥攁nd being at the center of it all. But after teaching and coaching at Lincoln and Wilson high schools for nearly two decades, heading up the board of The Grand Cinema for eight years, being 鈥減eripherally involved鈥 in Puget Sound鈥檚 Black 兔子先生 Union, and sitting on an advisory council for youth oncology at MultiCare, she鈥檚 learning about balance. Sometimes that means going incognito in the cereal aisle." Read more about Bernadette in Arches, page 10.
If you are seeking advice about anything concerning aviation, look no further than Captain Ed-ward L. Horne. Class of 1970, he majored in history and minored in aviation studies. He was in ROTC and left for the Air Force after graduation. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel twenty-three years later. Horne then became a commercial pilot and flew internationally for TWA, Japan AirLines, and United Parcel Service. 鈥淚 have traveled around the world and visited eighty-seven countries.鈥 As a Logger, Horne was a founding member of the Black Student Union. He played tenor and baritone saxophone in the Concert Band. Edward Horne was one of the first Black students to join the Theta Chi fraternity. In fact, Horne is a man who has accomplished many firsts. He was the first Black pilot and captain hired by Japan AirLines. Horne was a founding member of the Organization of Black AirLine Professionals (OBAP). He remains active and is in the organization鈥檚 hall of fame and established a scholarship to help student pilots get their commercial licenses. Edward Horne has worked closely with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to encourage students to consider aviation careers. He retired from UPS in 2013, did some traveling, and played a lot of golf.
AFAM Thesis Presentations with Taj Phillips family
AFAM Thesis Presentations. Kevoni Neely, NJ Sarmiento, Kevonia Neely, Jaden Francis, Sophie Halloway, Sofia Cunningham, & Taj Phillips.
Graduating Students of Color Keynote Speaker Tacoma City Council Member Tamika Scott.
Tacoma panel came on campus to share their resources and commitment to the black students
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