Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, discontinued the Black Student Alliance Invitational (BSAI), according to a report from the university’s student news outlet, The Duke Chronicle.
Hosted annually since the 1980s, BSAI introduced prospective first-year students to the Black experience at Duke through a two-day overnight stay on campus. Participating students were paired with upperclass mentors, attended networking events, and watched cultural performances by student groups.
Instead of BSAI and other events hosted by student organizations with Duke’s Identity and Cultural Center, the university recently hosted a “Blue Devil Nights” program open to all admitted students. The new event includes no overnight component and no programming specific to Black students.
