Ujima Education Office Records, 1995-2013

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The Ujima Education Office Records document the office’s administration, event programming, and student outreach efforts at Oregon State University. The collection contains documents collected by Earlean Wilson Huey during her time as coordinator of the Ujima Education Office. Established in 1997 to increase retention and recruitment of African American students at OSU, the office served as a mainstay of African American identity and community for nearly two decades.

Access to various materials in Series 1, 2, and 3 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

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ID: RG 266

Extent: 5.75 cubic feet

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Scope and Content Notes

The Ujima Education Office Records consist of materials documenting the office’s administration and budget, events and programming, interdepartmental communications and projects, outreach and research records, and student records. The collection is primarily made up of textual documents but also includes photographs, posters, and newspapers.

Series are broadly divided into four categories. The first series is all materials relating to students groups and outreach by Ujima that directly assisted students in their studies and adjustment to campus life. Series two is entirely devoted to programming, planning, and feedback about events held on campus by the Ujima office and collaborating organizations. A third series is devoted to materials relating to research on retention of African American students conducted by Ujima and their connected offices on campus. This series in particular contains large amounts of restricted material relating to student information. Finally, there are also a substantial number of Oregon newspapers including The OSU Barometer, The Portland Observer, and The Corvallis Gazette Times from various dates.

The Ujima Education Office Records were collected by Ms. Earlean Wilson Huey during her time as coordinator of the office. The office, devoted to assisting “African American students with cultural, educational and social development,” worked closely with many related office on the Oregon State University campus that are represented in this collection. These offices and organizations include Intercultural Student Services, Minority Education Office, the Black Student Union, and the Division of Student Affairs.

Intercultural Student Services (ISS) was an entity at Oregon State University that has since developed into the Center for Diversity and Cultural Engagement. ISS was founded to increase access and retention of underrepresented students by providing “facilities, cultural programs, activities, support services, and leadership development opportunities.” The ISS office worked closely with the Ujima Education Office and materials from these communications and projects make up a significant portion of this collection.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Statement on Access: Access to various materials in Series 1, 2, and 3 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All other materials in this collection are open for research. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Arrangement

Preferred Citation: Ujima Education Office Records (RG 266), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Acquisition Note: The Ujima Education Office Records were transferred to the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center by Earlean Wilson Huey in 2013.

Languages of Materials

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Container List

Series 1: Campus Resources, 1997-2012 Add to Shelf

Series 1 contains materials relating to organizations and departments that provided both academic and social resources to students, specifically Black and African American students, at OSU. This includes materials from the Black Cultural Center, Black Student Union, Black Graduate Student Association, Intercultural Student Services (ISS), Ethnic Studies Department, Women’s Center, and National Society of Black Engineers. Materials include office management documents such as meeting minutes, goal setting strategies, student surveys and budget analysis. It also includes multicultural resource guides, information on academic advising and scholarship application information.

Access to various materials in Series 1 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Box-Folder 1.1: Academic Counseling, 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.2: Advising, 1997-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.3: Black Cultural Center, 1998-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.4: Black Cultural Center, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: Black Cultural Center, 2012 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: Black Cultural Center Flyers, 2008-2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: Black Graduate Student Association, 1997-2012 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.8: Black Student Community Building, 2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.9: Black Student Union, 2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.10: Black Student Union, 2001-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.1: Black Student Union Annual Review, 1998 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 1.11: Black Student Union Finances, 1999-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.12: Black Student Scholarships, 1997-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.13: Earl G. Graves Scholarship, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.14: Educational Materials, 1998-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.15: Ethnic Studies and African American Studies Degree Requirements, 2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.16: Hubertus W.V. Willems Scholarship, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.17: Intercultural Student Services Materials, 2006-2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.18: Intercultural Student Services, 2008-2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.19: Intercultural Student Services, 2008-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.20: Intercultural Student Services, 2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.21: Intercultural Student Services, 2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.22: Intercultural Student Services, 2010-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.23: Intercultural Student Services, 2012 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.24: Intercultural Student Services, 2012-2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.25: ISS Demographic Assessment, 2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.26: ISS First Year Student Retreat Surveys, 2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.27: ISS First Year Student Success Workshop Surveys, 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.28: ISS Goals and Development, 2007-2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.29: ISS Meetings, 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.30: ISS Student Worker Survery, 2008-2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.31: ISS Survey Data, 2008-2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.32: Lillian and Samuel Sutton Education Scholarship, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.2: Minority Education Office Student Contact Log, 2003 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 1.33: Multicultural Resource Guide, 1998-2001 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.1: National Society of Black Engineers, 1997-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.2: OSU and other university Student Affairs Office materials, 2009-2012 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.3: Reading Strategy and Improvement Resources, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.4: Roy Wilkens Scholarship, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.5: Scholarships, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.3: Student Contact Information, 2006 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 2.6: Survival Guide, 1995-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.7: Tribal Colleges and Universities communications, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.8: USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.4: Ujima Web Materials, 1998 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 2.9: Women's Center, 2009-2011 Add to Shelf

Series 2: Events and Publications, 1997-2013 Add to Shelf

Series 2 includes documents from the financial and budget planning, advertising, and implementation of events on the OSU campus. Materials include event programs, flyers, pamphlets, meeting minutes, budget requests, and location rental agreements. Materials come from specifically Ujima events and events that Ujima collaborated with other organizations to create, such as the Black Cultural Center and the Black Student Union. Series 2 also includes campus and student publications such as Campus Rhythms, Habari, and Promise. There are materials in the series pertaining to UMOJA, an organization with a mission to unite students and student groups of the African Diaspora

Access to various materials in Series 2 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Box-Folder 2.10: A Black Woman's Retreat, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.11: African American Youth Leadership Conference, 2009-2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.12: African Night, 2005-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.13: Barometer Opinion Pieces, 2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.14: Beloved Community Journal, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.15: Black Connect, 1999-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.16: Black Connect, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.17: Black Connect, 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.18: Black Connect, 2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.5: Black Connect Registration, 2007-2009 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 2.19: Black Cultural Center Events, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.20: Black Cultural Center Events, 2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.21: Black Pages, 1999-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.22: Brochure/Event Materials, 2001-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.23: Campus Rhythms, 1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.24: Conference and Meeting Minutes, 2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.25: Educational Opportunities Program, 2003-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.26: Events, 2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.27: Events, 2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.28: Events, 2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.29: Events, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.30: Events, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.31: Events, 2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.32: Event Payment, 2002-2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.6: Event Photos, 2004 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 6.7: Event Sign-Ups, 2003-2009 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 2.33: Garrett Reed and Associates Creative Programming, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.34: Graduation, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.35: Graduation, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.36: Graduation, 2011-2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.8: Graduation: Black Graduating Students, 2004 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 6.9: Graduation: Black Graduating Students, 2004-2007 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 6.10: Graduation: Black Graduating Students, 2009-2013 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 2.37: Greek: Alpha Kappa Alpha, 2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.1: Greek: Kappa Alpha Psi, 2003-2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.2: Greek Life Events, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.3: Habari, 2005-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.4: ISS Multicultural Connect Event, 2010-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.5: Justin Williams Memorial, 2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.6: Kaleidoscope, 1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.7: Lost Lake Enterprises, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.8: MLK Celebration, 2000-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.9: MLK Celebration Planning Committee, 1997-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.10: Memorial: Fredderick Thompson, 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.11: Multicultural Connect Sign-Up, undated Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 3.11: National Forum for Black Public Administrators, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.12: News and Memorials, 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.13: News Clippings, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.14: OSU Community Outreach, 2002-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.15: Owt-A-Town Productions, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.1: Pamphlet: The Black Panther Party Revisited, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.16: Pan-African Sankofa Room Dedication, 2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.2: Planning Black Connect, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.3: Posters: Black History Month, 2006-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.4: Posters: Divine 9, 2007-2008 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.17: Promise, 2003-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.18: Resources and Periodicals, 1997-1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.19: Social Activity Planning, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.20: Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.5: Speaker Event Posters, 2003-2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.21: State Penitentiary Communication, 1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.22: Summer Bridge Program, 2001-2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.23: Ujima Brochure, 2001-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.24: Ujima Community Building Dinner, 2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.25: Ujima Day/Night, 2002-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.12: Ujima Day Photos, 2004 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 3.26: Ujima Internship Program, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.27: Ujima Peer Mentoring Program, 2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.28: Ujima Welcome Dinner Evaluations, 2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.29: Ujima Welcome Dinner Feedback, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.30: Umoja Coalition, 1997 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.13: Umoja Coalition Meeting, 1997 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 6.14: Welcome Dinner Attendance Lists, 2008-2012 Add to Shelf: Restricted

Series 3: Institutional Diversity, 1995-2012 Add to Shelf

Series 3 contains materials relating to the recruitment and retention of Black and African American students at Oregon State University. This includes research and statistics collected by multiple offices on higher education diversity and minority student retention. The series includes management materials from the Department of Student Affairs, the Minority Education Office, and Housing and Dining Services. Materials include meeting minutes, strategic plans, enrollment summaries, annual reports, and research and statistics on retention.

Access to various materials in Series 3 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. For more information about access to restricted materials, please see our Guide to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

Box-Folder 3.31: Academic Success and Learning Styles Reports, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.15: Academic Success by Ethnicity Report, 2001-2004 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 3.32: Admissions and Recruitment, 2001-2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.16: Admitted Students Lists, 1998 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 7.1: Admitted Students Lists, 2009 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 7.2: African American Recruits, 2000 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 3.33: African American Student Recruitment Plan, 1997 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.34: Asian/Pacific American Education Office, 1999-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.35: Best Practices for Recruitment of Students of Color, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.36: BEST program, 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.37: Black College Student Retention Research, 1993-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.3: Black Students Lists, 2000-2006 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 3.38: Colorado State Black Issues Forum, 2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.39: Diverse OSU Speaking Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.40: Diversity Action Plan for The Ohio State University, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.41: Diversity (DIVRED), 1999-2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.42: Diversity News Articles, 1991-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.43: Division of Student Affairs Department Heads Meeting, 2001 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.1: Division of Student Affairs Departmental Assessment, 2003-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.2: Division of Student Affairs Departmental Assessment, 2006-2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.3: Division of Student Affairs Diversity Reports, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.4: Division of Student Affairs Minority Education Research, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.5: Division of Student Affairs Reports and Leadership Team, 2012 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.6: Division of Student Affairs Strategic Diversity Plan, 2001-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.7: Division of Student Affairs Strategic Diversity Plan, 2005-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.8: Enrollment by Ethnicity, 1995-1997 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.9: Enrollment Summaries, 1997-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.10: Graduation Summaries, 1996-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.11: Grad School Degree Summaries, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.12: Housing and Dining Healthy Campus Initiative, 2005-2009 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.13: Housing and Dining Reports, 2005-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.4: Incoming Black Undergraduate Students, 1999 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 4.14: Indian Education Office and Minority Education Office, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.15: LGBT Services, 2000-2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.5: Liability Waivers, 2011 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 4.16: Minority Education Office Annual Report, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.17: Minority Education Office Diversity Plan, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.18: Minority Education Office Events and Reports, 2005-2017 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.19: Minority Education Office Materials, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.20: Minority Education Office Student Surveys, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.21: Minority Students by GPA Records, 1998-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.22: National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) Institute, 2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.23: Non-OSU Academic Centers, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.24: Office of Community and Diversity, 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.25: Office of Institutional Research Retention Rates, 1994-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.26: OSU Strategic Plan, 2004-2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.6: Recruitment, 1997 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 4.27: Retention Statistics, 2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.28: Student Affairs Leadership Team (S.A.L.T.), 2003-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.29: S.A.L.T., 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.30: S.A.L.T., 2008-2010 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.31: S.A.L.T., 2011 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.32: S.A.L.T., 2012-2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 7.7: Student Lists by Ethnicity, 2003-2007 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 7.8: Student Lists by Ethnicity, 2005-2009 Add to Shelf: Restricted
Box-Folder 4.33: Start Information, 1998-2000 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.34: Student Athletes, 1998 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.1: Student Athletes, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.2: Ujima Recruitment Plan, 1996-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.3: Undergraduate Education Council, 1998-1999 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.4: University of Oregon Diversity Plan, 2003-2006 Add to Shelf

Series 4: Newspapers, 2002-2013 Add to Shelf

Series 4 contains full newspapers from primarily The Barometer, The Portland Observer, The Corvallis Gazette-Times as well as from The Liberty, The Forum, The Skanner, The Jewish Review, and OSU This Week. All of these papers originate from Oregon and are collected based on content rather than dates. The newspaper clippings in this series were gathered by the Ujima Education Office and include articles about Ujima, the African American community, higher education, or other topics related to the collection.

Box-Folder 5.5: Barometer, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.6: Barometer, 2003 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.7: Barometer, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.8: Barometer, February-October 2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.9: Barometer, October 2006-January 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.10: Barometer, January-February, 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.11: Barometer, February-March 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.12: Barometer, March-April 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.13: Barometer, April 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.14: Barometer, April-May 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.15: Barometer, June-October 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.16: Barometer, October 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.17: Barometer, 2009-2012 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.18: Barometer, January-February 2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.19: Barometer, February-June 2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.20: The Forum, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.21: Gazette-Times, 2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.22: Gazette-Times, 2013 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.23: Jewish Review, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.24: Portland Observer, 2002 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.25: Portland Observer, 2003-2004 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.26: Portland Observer, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.27: Portland Observer, January-February 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.28: Portland Observer, February-March 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.29: Portland Observer, March-April 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.30: Portland Observer, April-June 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.31: Portland Observer , July-August 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.32: Portland Observer, August-September 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.33: Portland Observer, September-October 2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.34: OSU This Week, 2002-2007 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.35: Skanner, 2005 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.36: The Liberty, 2007 Add to Shelf

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