Revise requirement for BST Degree (particularly the post graduate certificate) by September 2010 and formalize new courses for permanent course numbers. It is planned to also revise cluster requirements for the Black Studies Major; 2. Brainstorm proposal for new curriculum themes: history of important personalities, events, themes, theories, media, artistic traditions etc in Black studies. Revise and formalize new courses, obtain permanent course numbers etc and brainstorm and proposal for new curriculum themes: events, themes and theories on media, important personalities, artistic traditions and etc in Black studies;

Discuss and revise current student advising scheme for Bst Major; reset new levels of expectation taking - consider background levels of transfer, foreign and out-of-state students; provide continuous student guidance, supervision and progress oversight; compile and collate student Bst course evaluations and examine areas needing attention; Create online advising and individual student assessment questionnaire (Q & A)and information packet to extend student advising beyond curriculum issues; Implement annual whole–day open-house events to involve student groups; Reintroduce the Caribbean Cultural Association (CCA) annual student awards for exemplary students - to raise student levels of performance; draw up plan for student leadership training courses and programs; Review student assessment plan – measurement rubrics etc student performance levels; informational sessions on strategies for sustainable interest and performance.

Nothing has been more crucial for the growth of the Black Studies Department than staffing. Despite this limitation the department has managed to sustain the new Major when it took effect a few years ago. New themes on community development and sustainability, women’s issues, hip hop black youth achievement levels as have been introduced into the curriculum and found to be welcome and will be retained.1. New BST hire as approved in 2009 will be go forward to bring in an FTE 1.0 at the Assistant of Associate Level.2.Bst will propose new additional position for hire full time in the areas of i. Leadership and Community Issues ii. On Gender, Media and Law enforcement to keep up with the needs of the changing social and cultural environment in World Affairs and the expansion of the black experience 3.In 2011 a proposed hire to replacement retiring Faculty will be highly required. Should be in place by the beginning of 9/2012 at the latest.

Implement BST/High Schoos collaborative program/teaching training support;implement African American Film Festival initiative and the North Star Center/Museum Plan;implementation BST-PCC annual African Film Festival;implement Bst collaboration with Portland Development Commission historical markers of Portlandand BST initiative re: the Golden West Hotel Project and the African American Historical monument project; Increase national and international partnerships and collaborative student and Faculty projects eg. field based African and CAribbean overseas programs - and redesign the African Studies Overseas Program) into opportunities for a sustainable student interest in the black experience among communities, field schools; expand the Ghana initiative – collaboration with the Oregon African American Chamber of Commerce; and the Sister City partnership – Portland and Cape Coast; expand PSU/Univ. of Cape Coast educational partnership.