Symposium at Princeton focuses on higher education among black Americans

For immediate release: February 25, 2010 - Media contact: Jessica Brown, (609) 258-9637, jb4 [a] princeton (p) edu. Symposium at Princeton focuses on higher education among black Americans. A symposium designed to highlight important developments and achievements of black people in America will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the Friend Center on the Princeton University campus. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. The event, titled "A Legacy of Learning: Blacks in High Education," will feature talks on a range of issues facing the black community, as well as distinguished speakers, graduate student presentations and a panel exploring issues related to the recent earthquake in Haiti. Princeton University's Graduate School Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity is sponsoring the event in partnership with the Black Graduate Student Caucus in honor of Black History Month.   - "This symposium provides a unique forum to interrogate, engage and explore the importance of education and what education has meant in historical terms for people of the African Diaspora," said Karen Jackson-Weaver, associate dean of academic affairs and diversity in the Graduate School.