Black Alumni Association
The Bucknell University Black Alumni Association seeks to increase the diversity of the Bucknell campus community, and foster positive relationships between the University, multicultural students and Black alumni to build and maintain a strong network.
The Black Alumni Association meets each year during Homecoming, Family Weekend and Reunion Weekend.
Our Mission
- We assist the University in its mission and its efforts to increase the diversity of the Bucknell campus community, including students, staff, faculty and administrators.
- We foster positive relationships between the University, multicultural students and Black alumni to build and maintain a strong network.
- In collaboration with the Griot Institute for the Study of Black Lives & Culture, we maintain historical records that detail and highlight significant milestones in Bucknell's African American history.
- We communicate information to our members. We improve awareness of the Edward McKnight Brawley Fund and the student activities it supports toward a goal of increasing alumni giving.
- We engage Black alumni as donors, volunteers and advocates for Bucknell.
Our Executive Committee
Jakita Price '04, president
jakitarobyn@gmail.com
Alumni Engagement Committee
David Frisbey '07, chair
davidfrisbey@gmail.com
Membership & Nominations Committee
Thomas Bennett '06, chair
thomas.bennett.jr@gmail.com
Development & Brawley Fund Committee
Jacqueline Cooke '77, chair
jpcooke@juno.com
Outreach & Student Engagement Committee
Vacant
Kendy Alvarez '06, president emeritus
kalvarez@bucknell.edu
The Edward McKnight Brawley Fund
The Brawley Fund provides funds to underwrite a range of student activities, including undergraduate research, internships and study abroad, to assist students who have been historically underrepresented in these activities.