UC Merced has a wide array of Black clubs and organizations that serve to foster a sense of community and connection; enhance academic success, political and cultural awareness, and social tolerance; provide professional and leadership opportunities; and more!
African Student Union
The African Students Union at UC Merced was established to provide and foster the awareness and appreciation of the various cultures of the African continent.
Afrikans for Retention and Outreach (A.F.R.O.)
To unite and establish an Afrikan community that focuses on academic excellence, community outreach and providing a mentoring program that fosters student development throughout their college experience.
Black Graduate Scholar Association
Established to further the development of the Black, African, African-American and Afro-Latinx graduate student body.
African Student Union
The African Students Union at UC Merced was established to provide and foster the awareness and appreciation of the various cultures of the African continent.
Afrikans for Retention and Outreach (A.F.R.O.)
To unite and establish an Afrikan community that focuses on academic excellence, community outreach and providing a mentoring program that fosters student development throughout their college experience.
Black Graduate Scholar Association
Established to further the development of the Black, African, African-American and Afro-Latinx graduate student body.
Black Student Coalition
Black Students Coalition's purpose is to provide a community away from home for the black community here at UC Merced with an emphasis on mental health.
Black Student Union
The B.S.U. exists to enhance political awareness, social tolerance, and academic success to the University of California, Merced students. In addition, B.S.U. fosters a connection between students and the local community.
BOLD: Black Students Organizing for Leadership & Development
BOLD is an interactive leader development program in which each workshop builds upon the others to create a universal understanding of leadership, unity, and advocacy from a global lens.
Black Student Coalition
Black Students Coalition's purpose is to provide a community away from home for the black community here at UC Merced with an emphasis on mental health.
Black Student Union
The B.S.U. exists to enhance political awareness, social tolerance, and academic success to the University of California, Merced students. In addition, B.S.U. fosters a connection between students and the local community.
BOLD: Black Students Organizing for Leadership & Development
BOLD is an interactive leader development program in which each workshop builds upon the others to create a universal understanding of leadership, unity, and advocacy from a global lens.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
East African Student Association
The major goal of the organization is to bring East African culture to the University of California, Merced campus.
National Society of Black Engineers
The National Society of Black Engineers seeks to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
East African Student Association
The major goal of the organization is to bring East African culture to the University of California, Merced campus.
National Society of Black Engineers
The National Society of Black Engineers seeks to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.
Black Excellence Symposium
The symposium stems from a commitment to advance racial justice and black liberation at UC Merced. Workshop and presentations address the topic(s) of anti-blackness, anti-black violence and policing, historical trauma and radical healing and/or black excellence and success.
Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce https://fmbcc.com/scholarships/
Jackie Robinson Foundation https://ucmerced.academicworks.com/opportunities/226
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) https://nsbe.org/scholarships/
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) https://ucmerced.academicworks.com/opportunities/2492
The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program https://ucmerced.academicworks.com/opportunities/2495
UCM Black Research Fellowship https://studentaffairs.ucmerced.edu/dean-students/uc-merced-black-research-fellowship-2022-2023
Asmeret Berhe, Ph.D.
(Director of the Office of Science for the U.S. Department of Energy from 2022 to 2024) Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences
Kevin Dawson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Soil Physics, School of Natural Sciences
Nigel Hatton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Literature and Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Maria Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Whitney Pirtle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marve Eggleston African American/Black Recruitment & Outreach Specialist
E: meggleston@ucmerced.edu P: (209) 658-3158
Liana Williams Coordinator, Black Academic Success Initiatives
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