Join Berklee Counseling Services for an engaging wellness session exploring stress within the Black and Latinx artist communities. This interactive discussion will cover various topics, including strategies to balance perseverance and burnout and community-specific stress management
Tough Talk Tuesday brings Black Scholars Initiative (BSI) students together for candid, small group discussions facilitated by Darrien Waugh, program manager, and BSI ambassadors. These intimate conversations provide a safe and supportive space for students to explore topics that impact their daily lives, including identity, resilience, mental health, and the unique challenges faced by students at Berklee.
Tough Talk Tuesday brings Black Scholars Initiative (BSI) students together for candid, small group discussions facilitated by Darrien Waugh, program manager, and BSI ambassadors. These intimate conversations provide a safe and supportive space for students to explore topics that impact their daily lives, including identity, resilience, mental health, and the unique challenges faced by students at Berklee.
Unlock the tools to take control of your artistic career at the Business Side of Your Art: Skills for Creative Success. This session offers performing arts students practical strategies to succeed in the business world.
Join us for the Black Scholars Initiative’s end-of-year celebration, an elegant evening to honor the achievements of our students and recognize the graduating class of 2025.
The Black Scholars Initiative is excited to offer our current mentors and mentees a chance to come together for community and networking as the spring semester begins.
Current BSI mentees and entering Spring 2023 students who are interested in joining the Black Scholars Initiative can RSVP here:
In collaboration with the Black Scholars Initiative, Tyren Freeman, assistant director of career engagement and advising, and Grace Bush, career services advisor, will be leading an engaging career consultation session for the Africana Studies Living Learning Community students in which they will answer students career questions.
Photo by Elizabeth Friar
Presented By
The Black Scholars Initiative and Counseling Services
BSI students are invited to join Lina Thelismond and Katherine Sparks from Berklee Counseling in an interactive wellness session discussing the difference between healthy versus unhealthy stress and how it presents in the Black creative community.
Presented By
The Black Scholars Initiative and Africana Studies
In collaboration with Africana Studies, the Black Scholars Initiative is hosting a community dinner for BSI and Africana Studies students. Come enjoy good food, community, and joy.
Savannah McLean
Presented By
The Black Scholars Initiative, Housing, Africana Studies
Black Scholars Initiative students will have the opportunity to travel off campus to engage in an engaging experience with Live Like a Local tours on March 29.
Black Scholars Initiative students listen attentively to the 2023 Senior Launch Luncheon guest speakers which included:
The Black Scholars Initiative and the Career Center are hosting a luncheon for Spring and Summer 2024 graduating BSI students to connect and engage with industry professionals. Students have the opportunity to mingle with their peers and enjoy a Q&A panel with the special guests. Guests to be announced.
Presented By
The Black Scholars Initiative and The Career Center
In collaboration with the Black Scholars Initiative, Tyren Freeman, assistant director of career engagement and advising, and Grace Bush, career services advisor, will be leading an engaging Career Consultation session for the Black Scholars Initiative students. Students will leave with a greater knowledge about career center resources and their career journeys.
Join the Black Scholars Initiative and Africana Studies for a community dinner created in collaboration for the students we serve. This dinner will give students a chance to gather for food, joy, and community.
Ledisi and BSI students at our December 6, 2023 Craft Your Career event.
Savannah McLean
Presented By
The Black Scholars Initiative and The Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
Ledisi is back for another exclusive session with the Black Scholars Initiative and the Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice to help students craft their careers!
