*Editor’s Note: It was stated in the Jan 26. issue of the Nubian Message that, “ After completing thorough research of  various BBSA chapters such as those of Wake Forest University, Columbia University and UNC-Greensboro, [Delton] Green brought BBSA to NCSU in August of 2013.” To clarify, BBSA was formed at N.C. State after a “State of the Black Community in Poole” meeting held by Diversity Coordinator, Rhoshaunda Breeden. In May of 2013, Pommy Anu, an accounting student proposed the idea of creating a NCSU chapter of BBSA to Breeden, who wrote the organization’s constitution and applied for it to become an official campus organization. We will run a correction in the 2/5/14 issue of the Nubian Message. 

 

Eboni Bryson | Staff Writer 

Last week the Afrikan American Student Advisory Council (AASAC) welcomed the Black Business Student Association (BBSA)  to its roster. BBSA provides minority students an organization that does more than just focus on one area of business, but encompasses all business majors.

Delton Green, a senior in Business Administration, serves as President of the organization. After completing thorough research of  various BBSA chapters such as those of Wake Forest University, Columbia University and UNC-Greensboro, Green brought BBSA to NCSU in August of 2013.

After becoming an official campus organization, Green along with members of the BBSA executive-board began pursuing membership within AASAC. “AASAC has done a great job [this year] as far as marketing,” said Green. “As a new organization, it was really important to us to try to get our name out and to let everybody know this is what we are and this is what we’re doing.”

Before being accepted into AASAC, BBSA presented to members of AASAC at its Jan. 14 meeting. During the presentation, BBSA shared its vision and purpose as well as how its mission correlates with AASAC’s goal and contributes to the Black community. According to Marshall Anthony, AASAC Chair,  AASAC organizations reap many benefits from membership, including access to a “central hub of Afrikan or African American organizations at N.C. State.”

AASAC members raised as one point of concern that BBSA would be too similar to the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), but according to Green, BBSA’s alumni sector is one of the few ways its differentiated from the Accounting organization. “With its alumni sector, BBSA keeps in touch with alumni to reach out for help,” said Green. The two organizations have worked together in the past and are currently preparing a program for Black History Month.

“I’m very proud of what [AASAC] did last semester and this semester we’re going to raise the bar,” said Anthony. He is also looking forward to further progress throughout the semester, and is looking  forward to seeing what comes of AASAC and its new addition.

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