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During its first meeting of the year, the Purdue Student Government approved renewing the Black Boilermaker Experience Ad Hoc Committee, appointed a parliamentarian and swore in a new senator.
From David Robert Lewis’ era to Eric Richardson’s, generations of Black Boilermakers have held each other up and built on one another’s successes.
Frieda and Winifred Parker were the first African Americans to live in an on-campus residence hall in 1946.
Charged by the Board of Trustees in the fall of 2020, Purdue University continues taking steps to enhance the experience for Black Boilermakers. As part of the multimillion-dollar Equity Task Force initiative, Purdue is hiring additional recruiters to help attract Black students; is expanding existing programs such as Emerging Leaders; and thanks to more than $25 million in donations, is introducing more scholarship opportunities for underrepresented minority students.