The purpose of this organization is to promote and enhance identity, a sense of community, professional welfare and development among faculty, staff and students.
- Address quality of life issues;
- Promote the development of leadership skills;
- Facilitate professional welfare and development;
- Enhance student growth and development through mentoring, role modeling, and cultural awareness;
- Stimulate a sense of social responsibility and improve communication among faculty, staff, and students
- Promote scholarship and cooperative research among faculty, staff, and students.
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Benjamin Banneker
(Nov. 9, 1731-Oct. 9, 1806)
Originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay, he was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction as a scientist. He was a Free Black, born into a family who had purchased their freedom. He studied on his own to become an accomplished mathematician, astronomer and clockmaker. He published several almanacs of his astronomical observations and wrote and collected mathematical puzzles written in verse.
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