Events & Calendar

Events 2007-2008

Date	Day	Event	Start/End Time	Set Up Time	Location
April
4/10	Thu	Learn about BGSA Core Mixer	6:30-8pm		Compadres Bar and Grill 3877 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306
This Thursday, the BGSA will be having a mixer for those interested in learning more about serving on the BGSA Exec Board. The current officers will be present and you will have an opportunity to ask questions in an informal setting. The mixer will be at Compadres Bar and Grill, 3877 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306. We will be there from 6:30 til about 8pm. BGSA will sponsor appetizers and drinks; so get there on time to be sure to get food. Please reply to me if you will be able to make it out.
4/4	Fri	General Body Meeting	5:30-7:30pm	5pm	Hacienda Commons
March
3/26	Wed	Palo Alto Bowl	9-12am		Palo Alto Bowl
Still around campus for spring break and looking for something to do? Come out to Palo Alto Bowl with BGSA TONIGHT Unlimited bowling and $.50 beers!!!! Unlimited bowling/$.50 beers/$.50 sodas starts at 9 PM and runs until midnight. Come out and BGSA will pay for your $10 cover & buy your first drink (either a soda or beer) Palo Alto Bowl 4329 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Click here for more info
3/9	Sun	IM Co-Ed BBall Semifinal Game	5-6pm		Arrillaga Rec Center
3/9	Sun	Journeys Dinah's Poolside Grill	11am		Dinah's Poolside Grill
3/7	Fri	General Body Meeting Environmental Racism	5:30-7:30pm	5pm	Hacienda Commons
3/5	Sun	IM Co-Ed BBall Quarterfinal Game	8-9pm		Arrillaga Rec Center
February
2/27	Wed	BGSA PhD Forum with guest, Dr. Reginald E. Mitchell	7-9pm		Old Union, Room 201
Our guest is Dr. Reginald E. Mitchell, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. Mitchell's primary area of research is concerned with characterizing the physical and chemical processes that occur during the combustion and gasification of pulverized coal and biomass. You don't have to be a scientist or engineer to attend this event.
2/22	Fri	Visible Men: Dave & Busters!	7pm		Bogota Room, GCC
2/10	Sun	IM Co-Ed BBall Game	5-6pm		Arrillaga Rec Center
2/1	Fri	Spirit of '68	5:30-7:30pm	5pm	Bechtel International Center
Together with Stanford NAACP, BGSA will kick off Black Liberation Month in an evening with renowned scholar Clay Carson (Martin Luther King Papers Project) and visiting scholar Clarence Jones, former legal counsel to Dr. King and one of the first black men on Wall Street. Join us as Dr. Carson and Mr. Jones take a 40 year retrospective on the national and historical significance of the 1968 "Take Back the Mic" student protest and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Come out and learn not only what the two events represented for black political action, but also how black leadership and action have changed over the last 40 years. Dinner will be served.
January
1/27	Sun	IM Co-Ed BBall Game	5-6pm		Arrillaga Rec Center
1/15	Tue	Black Ice Info Meeting	7pm		Havana Room(GCC)
December
12/7	Fri	General Body Meeting	5:30-7:30pm	5pm	Hacienda Commons, Rains
We'll be hearing from representatives of several community organizations who will talk about the services their groups provide, the role of Black volunteerism in their work and what it all means for us as members of the community. Also, this is your first chance to reserve spots for Black Ice Weekend 2008!!!!! You MUST be present at the meeting to reserve your spot or send a proxy. Spots are reserved through payment of a deposit or the full amount of the trip.
12/1	Sat	Community Service Project Open Hand	8-1:15pm
BGSA is taking a group of volunteers up to San Francisco to work with Project Open Hand (www.openhand.org) – a local organization that’s provided meal, grocery and nutrition counseling for people with symptomatic HIV and AIDS; congregate lunch and nutrition education for seniors and meal service for homebound and critically ill seniors for over 20 years. We’ll head out from Stanford at about 8:00 (yes, AM) and return around 1:15. Give a little back and do something great with your Saturday!!!
November
11/2	Fri	General Body Meeting	5:30-7:30pm	5pm	Hacienda Commons, Rains
This month, in light of Jena 6 and other incidents of campus racism across the country, we'll discuss how issues of race and racism impact us as graduate students here at Stanford and how we can take positive and empowering action. The Black Ice ski trip, community service opportunities and BGSA t-shirt design contest will also be discussed. As well, please remember to bring dues ($30).
October
10/27	Sat	Haunted Halloween Bash Part III	10pm		Jamillah's apt
10/20	Sat	Journeys Why Did I Get Married	7:30-10pm		Fairclough Lounge
10/19	Fri	Black Plaza	12-1pm	11:30am	White Plaza
Many may not know this, but Black Plaza was actually started by members of BGSA several years back, so mark this as something to make it out to - experience the Stanford Black Community, get food and a t-shirt.
10/16	Tue	PhD Forum with guest, Dr. Jerry Harris	7-9pm		Bogata Room(GCC)
Guest speaker for the PhD forum is Dr. Jerry Harris, a professor in the Geophysics department and director of the Stanford Center for Computational Earth and Environmental Science (CEES)
10/12	Fri	The Road Less Traveled: Black Graduate Student and Graduate Alumni Dinner	7:30-9:30pm		Old Union Clubhouse
Black graduate alumni and current Stanford faculty member Dr. Arnetha Ball will discuss her path through Stanford and how she arrived at her current position. After her talk, there will be dedicated time for networking with other graduate alumni attending the dinner.
10/5	Fri	General Body Meeting Getting Through Grad School	5:30-7:30pm	5pm	EV Village Center
We'll eat dinner, mix, mingle and glean wisdom from a 3 person panel of grad students about how to make it as a grad student when you're Black and at Stanford.
10/5	Fri	Happy Hour with BBSA & BLSA	9-11pm		Blue Chalk (630 Ramona St, Palo Alto)
There'll be free appetizers and some drink coupons to help you start off the weekend right. Appetizers will be available until 10:30pm. No cover until 11 pm.
September
9/28	Fri	Opening Banquet	12-1:30pm	11:30am	Faculty Club
Please join us Friday afternoon as we welcome (and welcome back) Black graduate students. Free lunch, door prizes, and words of welcome as we embark on another academic year.
9/29	Sat	BGSA Opening BBQ	2-6pm		Willis Lounge
All Ye Black Folks: Come on out to the Rescheduled BGSA Kick-Off BBQ this Saturday at Willis Lounge (in Rains by the volleyball courts). We'll be out there from about 2pm on into the evening. Meet the 1st year grad students, see the folks you haven't seen in awhile, bring your roommates and friends (even if they aren't black), and have a good time. Food, Dranks, Musak, Kicking It, Good Times! Be There!!!!!
9/21	Fri	GOALIE	12-2pm	11:15am	Law School Front Lawn of Law School
9/17	Mon	BGSA Open House	6-8pm		Nairobi Room at GCC (750 Escondido Road)
BGSA is having an open house tomorrow as part of the New Graduate Student Orientation. We'd love for current BGSA members to come out and support the event by being there to talk with new students who are interested in joining BGSA. We want them to feel welcome to BGSA and Stanford. As a bonus, there will be snacks on hand.
?	?	BLSA, BGSA leadership planning mtg	1-2pm	n/a
?	?	Stanford-Berkeley BGSA leadership planning mtg	3-5pm	n/a
?	?	BVSO Retreat	4:00-7pm	n/a
?	?	Core Retreat	TBA	n/a	Museum of the African Diaspora
?	Sat	Dine-Out at Maxwell's in Oakland (Joint w/ Berkeley)	TBA	TBA	TBA

Other Campus Events

4/7	Mon	A Conversation with NBA Legend Al Attles. Player. Coach. Executive.	12-2pm	Stanford Law School Moot Courtroom
To be a part of the audience or if you have a question, email Hannah Gordon at hannahg@stanford.edu Sponsored by The Stanford Entertainment & Sports Law Association

Bay Area Events

Our events include:

• Monthly Meetings
• Journeys (Graduate Women's group)
• nvisible Men (Graduate Men's group)
• Ph.D. Forum
• Academic Workshops
• Outreach
• Cultural and Social Events
• Community Service Days
• Black Gravity - weekly
• Joint meetings with graduate students from other programs
• Talks/Lecture Series
• Mentoring

Programs Supported by the BGSA

• Black Plaza
• Blackfest
• Block Party
• Black Graduation
• NAIJA Culture Night
• Graduate Diversity Admit Weekend (GDAW)

We have traditionally also hosted and participated in annual events and programs that include:

• Black Ice
• Black Liberation Month
• Admit Weekend (GDAW)
• Opening Banquet
• End of the Year Banquet
• Joint meeting with UC Berkeley Grad students

• FALL
  • Opening Barbecue
  • PhD Forum
  • Service Day
• WINTER
  • Black Ice
  • Black Liberation Month
  • CTL/Writing Center workshop
  • GDAW
• SPRING
  • PhD Forum
  • Service Day
  • Memorial Day Barbecue
  • End of the Year Banquet
  • Black Grad