The Black Graduate Student Association is dedicated to the enhancement of the graduate experience for African-American students and students of African descent at Emory University. The organization has been established to serve as a foundation for building unity, support, and academic excellence among these students as well as the greater Emory community. The association will accomplish these goals by designing experiences that focus on, but are by no means limited to: recruitment; the transition from undergraduate to graduate school; academic support; and opportunities for fellowship, service, and activism.