How has the African/African-American Studies program grown at EKU?
I would like to think that the African/African American Studies Program has grown a lot but its still barely a year old and largely and unknown on this campus. I think that until every single college in the university’s total curriculum offerings reflects the need to offer classes that will provide the kind of broad minded education that every single graduate of this institution needs to be truly educated, the program is in danger of just being a token. How does the program contribute to our learning community? In the absence of an African American cultural center or even a multicultural center on this campus, the program can serve as a recruiting tool for students and faculty of color and an opportunity for students to engage in interdisciplinary analysis of past and present social and cultural issues relevant to Africans and African Americans. It benefits all EKU students by providing training in diversity that is much needed to function in our fast changing global society. What are
