2024 Black History Month
February 2024 Schedule at a glance
Thursday, FEBRUARY 1
BSU Thrift Pop-Up
10:00am-1:00pm. Evangeline Room
BSU General Body Meeting
6:00pm-8:00pm. Helma B Constantine
Friday, FEBRUARY 2
BSU Trap Bingo
Evangeline Room, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Have fun with a purpose. Players are given a bingo card where traditional bingo numbers are replaced with music artists in Trap and Hip Hop. When you hear the artist on your board mark their name. The first person with 5 in a row marked off, plus the free space wins that round. Players must donate canned goods to receive a board or pay $2, donated items collected for Campus Cupboard.
Tuesday, February 6
Lunar New Year Celebration. Presented by Cultural Connections Board-UPC / VSOUL
11:00am-1:00pm. Rex Street.
Thursday, FEBRUARY 8
Get to know BSU Tabling
11:00am-1:00pm. Union Porch
Thursday, February 9
Community Event - Elevate North Lafayette
Downtown Convention Center - 124 S Buchanan St. Lafayette, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join LEDA and community partners for an experience designed to inspire, educate, and build the community's capacity for economic revitalization and equitable development featuring redevelopment and adaptive reuse expert, Monte Anderson, and his team at Neighborhood Evolution, Mike Keen and Beatrice Radle.
Friday, February 15
BSU Get Back in the Groove Study Hall
6:00pm-9:00pm. Magnolia Room
Friday, February 16
“‘A Moment of Profound Danger’: The Institutional Form of US Cultural Studies, 1983”
3:00pm -Dupré Library, Ernest J. Gaines Center
The English department will be hosting a guest lecture from Professor Andy Hines, the senior director of Swarthmore College’s Aydelotte Foundation and author of Outside Literary Studies: Black Criticism and the University (2022).
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 21
Standin’ on Culture: A Trivia Night full of Food and Fun. Cultural Connections Board-UPC
4:30pm-8:00pm. Cypress Lake Dinning Hall Louisiana Room
Free for students with Meal Swipes.
Thursday, FEBRUARY 22
Black Faculty and Staff Association Mentoring Mixer
6:00pm-8:00pm. Alumni House
Sunday, FEBRUARY 25
*COMMUNITY EVENT*
The 20th Annual African American Heritage Parade – Let Freedom Ring: Celebrating Twenty Years of Honoring our Legacy, Inspiring Our Future
2:00 pm Willow St
For more information call Maisha Chargois 337-761-6450
Thursday, FEBRUARY 29
AFR FEST: Music, Food and Vendors. Organized by Cultural Connections Board-UPC
4:30-7:30pm. Union Porch.
BSU Wild N’ Out/game night
6:00pm-8:00pm. Helma B Constantine
Students will participate in wild-n-out games such as Family Reunion, Rap Battle, Talkin Spit - Open to all UL students & staff
Contact the Office for Campus Inclusion by e-mail at diversity@louisiana.edu to add your events to the calendar.