Black Graduation Sponsors
The success of this event is due to the support and partnerships with various stakeholders who have dedicated time, resources and space. We want to thank them all for their contributions and for supporting this year’s graduates, including the Black Graduation Planning Committee. Below is a list of our donors and sponsors.
- UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity
- UW Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center
- UW Multicultural Alumni Partnership
- UW Student Life
- UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- UW Health Sciences Center Minority Students Program
- UW Seattle Black Opportunity Fund
- UW Tacoma Black Opportunity Fund
- UW Housing and Food Services
- UW Intercollegiate Athletics
- UW Q Center
- UW College of Education
Black Graduation Committee
The UW Black Graduation Planning Committee (BGPC) is comprised of students, faculty and staff who are charged with the planning and coordination of this annual event. The committee and student groups voted in 2019 to move the committee under the Associated Students of University of Washington Black Student Commission (ASUW BSC).
Listed below are this year’s committee members.
Chair: ASUW BSC: Nebiat Markos
Staff Co-Chair: Paul Metellus
Staff Committee Members
- Adiam Tesfay
- Brian Tracey
- Byron D. Brooks
- Jana Matthews
- Karen Beaudry
- Kenneth ‘KaeBee’ Burns
- Kizz Prusia
- Nicole Jordan
- Phil Hunt
- Dr. Rashida Love
- Dr. Stacey Hardin
- Tamara Long
- Tyneshia Valdez
Student Organization Collaboration
- ASUW Black Student Commission
- African Student Association
- A Vision for Engineering Literacy & Access (AVELA)
- Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
- Black Student Union
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)