UB Department of African & African American Studies 40th Anniversary Reunion Speaker

When: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2009 at 5 P.M.
Where: 107 ALLEN HALL (THEATRE), UB SOUTH CAMPUS

2009 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Department of African & African American Studies at UB! We're marking this extremely important occasion with a Reunion Speaker and further series of events in the Spring semester.

In 1969, Dr. James Arthur Miller, now a Professor of English and Chair of American Studies at George Washington University, became the first Director of what was then the Black Studies Program while a doctoral student in the English Department.

Dr. Miller will join UB faculty, staff, students, and local alumni on November 3rd to share his experience building the Black Studies Program as a student, with students, as well as demonstrate the continued necessity for Black Studies programs today.

Please join us to celebrate 40 years of Black Studies at UB - and please share this event with your friends, family, and colleagues so we can make sure African & African American Studies is around for another 40 years!

Light refreshments will be provided prior to the event and an open question & answer session will follow. Instructors, please feel free to bring your classes to this event.

Organized by the Department of African & African American Studies.
Sponsored by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, Department of English, Caribbean Cultural Studies; UB Art Galleries; Global Gender Studies Graduate Student Association, Buffalo State Students for Peace, Buffalo Class Action, UB Black Student Union, UB Students Against Sweatshops, and more.

If anyone would like to volunteer at the event, or help us advertise for this event, please e-mail Sophia Azeb at azeb@buffalo.edu.

*PARKING/LOCATION INFORMATION*
Allen Hall has ample FREE AND PUBLIC parking at the "Park and Ride" lot off of Main Street.
For public transportation, the UB Shuttle from North Campus is free and relatively timely - from downtown, the NFTA Metro will take you right to University Station. Allen Hall is right next to the NFTA hub at the center of South Campus.

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