Tipping Point Student Success Summit - January 18, 2024
"Given faculty acknowledgement that they didn't go to "professor school," we need to provide mandatory new faculty teaching training with ongoing training throughout faculty career."
"Always helps to be reminded what many of our students are experiencing outside the classroom and that many of them are attending college in very different circumstances than I did."

2024 Summit Resources

CSU Chancellor's Office

Advancing Black Student Success and Elevating Black Excellence:  The Chancellor's Strategic Workgroup on Black Student Success Report(opens in new window)

2023-24 Book in Common

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith 

https://www.csuchico.edu/bic/ 

Calendar of Events

  • February 29th - Panel Discussion -  "Founding Myths: Reckoning with the Shadow of Slavery in America" with Michelle Rose (Political Science and Criminal Justice), Alisa Wade (History) and Eran Zelnik (History).  Moderated by Matt Thomas (Political Science and Criminal Justice). 
  • February (dates and times still TBD) - Critical Conversations Series (collaboration with FDEV) on Unpacking White Supremacy Culture and Humanizing Conversation with Lateasha Meyers (Multicultural and Gender Studies) and Juni Banerjee-Stevens (Social Work) 
  • April - Prison Reform (public talk and follow-up FDEV workshop) with Nandi Crosby (Sociology) 
  • March-April - BIC Pop-Up Exhibit (Adrienne Scott and Museum of Anthropology with student curators) 
  • April 11th - BIC Author Clint Smith's campus visit

Cross-Cultural Leadership Center 

Calendar of Events

https://www.csuchico.edu/cclc/calendar.shtml 

  • February 7th - Black Dinner & A Story
  • February 22nd - Young, Black & Gifted Block Party
  • February 27th - Black Unity Brunch – 2/27/24 

Register on the CCLC Calendar 

Chico State Black Student Union

Calendar of Events

  • February 25th - Victory in Unity

“Elevating Excellence: A Holistic Journey to Black Success and Well-Being”

Resources 

Nunn, N. M. (2018). Super-girl: Strength and sadness in Black girlhood. Gender and Education, 30(2), 239-258.

The Emotional Toll of Racism: Racism fuels poor mental health outcomes for Black students (insidehighered.com)

National Equity Project: Training — National Equity Project

Podcasts

Balanced Black Girl

Therapy for Black Girls 

Fusion NFC

Fusion NFC Presenter

Noah Ross is a recent Chico State Business Entrepreneurship graduate. He was Captain of the Chico State Men's Soccer Team and worked as a social media manager for the university's Center For Entrepreneurship. Through the newest entrepreneurship class offered at Chico State, he and a few of his classmates cofounded a Smart Technology company called Fusion NFC(opens in new window).

Fusion NFC Presenter

Adventurer, scholar and entrepreneur, Ian Podsiad is a Chico State College of Business alum with a degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Management. Alongside Noah Ross and a group of students, he co-founded a smart technology company called Fusion NFC(opens in new window). While studying at Chico State, Ian was a member of the Rowing Team and developed a career as a professional rock climbing instructor and river guide.