UNT Multicultural Center Through The Years: Major Multicultural Events

1968

North Texas Chapter of NAACP sponsors first Negro History week

1973

Center for Ethnic Affairs created with Alma Ayers as Director
All ethnic organizations on campus are brought together for the first time
Mexican American Student’s Association (MASA) founded
Rosalind Johnson elected NT’s first black homecoming queen

Black and white photo of a smiling African American woman, who wears a dress white tank with three white buttons on the front. She has short black hair.

Black and white photo of a groupp of people posing. Four women sit on the couch. Behind them stand six people, one of them a woman. In front of the couch sit three men.

Black and white photo of an African American woman wearing a dress and holding flowers in her arms. Next to her on the left of the photo is a man in a suit, with a mullet. He has hos hands on her hair. Behind him stands another man, who cannot seen by the face. In the background are people in the stands in the far back.

1975

Center for Ethnic Affairs changed name to Intercultural Center with Harve King as Director
First Minority Awards Banquet
First Sharing and Growth Conference

Black and white photo of an African American man in a suit, with two people standing by him talking to him. They are seen from the back. They all stand outside on campus. Under the picture is the main guys name, Harvey King and his title which is assistant dean of students.

News article with the title at the top in bold, followed by three columns of text. In the bottom right is a box with the word Plants inside it.

1976

Center for Ethnic Affairs becomes Intercultural Center
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Sr. speaks on campus during Black Emphasis Week

This is a news article with the title at the top in bold. Followed by four columns of text. Next to it on the right is a photo of an African American woman and man. It is titled Kingly Reception with more text under it.

1977

First Miss Black NTSU Pageant

News article with the title at the top. Under the title on the left are two columns of text. On the right are two photos side by side each other. They are of an African American woman. The left photo has another woman beside her, and the left photo has a man beside her.

1980

Argie Neil Madison becomes Director of Intercultural Services
First Black Emphasis Month

A news article with the title at the top, the subtitle under it says Coordinator Discusses Growth Process. The article consists of three columns of text. In the middle column is a photo of an African american woman, the photo title Argie Madison.

1981

“I Care” program created
First Black Arts Exposition

A news article with a black and white photo on the left side of two men. On the right is the article with the title at the top, followed by a subtitle. The article itself is three columns of text.

1984

First MLK Candlelight service

1985

Dr. Greg Sawyer becomes Director of Intercultural Services
I Care program recreated into STAR (Skill Training and Academic Retention)

Black and white photo of a man standing behind a podium in a classroom, the desks filled with different students sitting in them. The room has a brick wall.

1989

First Celebración Banquet

1995

Blue Ribbon Committee Formed to call out racial injustice on campus
Committee fights for the creation of the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Office of Multicultural Affairs and Intercultural Services are combined and renamed Center for Cultural Diversity with Dr. Pamela K. Hill as Director
NT men cross Denton in own Million Man March

News article with the title at the top. Under it are two columns of text. On the top right is a photo of a woman at a desk.

1998

First Native American Heritage Month held in collaboration with Texas Woman’s University’s Intercultural Services Office

Two square newspaper clippings side by side each other. The one on the right is small and has the word Native at the top followed by a bit of text. The bigger square on the left has the news article at the top and three columns of text. They both rest on bright orange paper, the words NT Daily and the date written at the top right in pencil.

1999

Center for Cultural Diversity renamed Student Ethnic Enrichment Center with Dr. Pamela Hill-Traynham as Director
First Women of Color Seminar

Two newspaper clippings rest on a green page. The one at the top contains the article title, with three columns of text under it. The top of the first two columns is broken up by a block with a quote. The clipping at the bottom contains the word Center in the top left corner and has three columns of text.

2000

First Equity and Diversity Conference

News article followed by four columns of text. The furthest column on the right consists mostly of a photo of an African American man.

2001

CATCH-UP program created

2002

Student Ethnic Enrichment Center changes name to Multicultural Center with Cheylon Brown as Director
Center partners with Denton’s Juneteenth Celebration Committe and hosts Juneteenth pageant on campus

A newspaper page. At the top, covering most of it, is a picture of a woman smiling in front of a colorful painted background. Over it is the text A Walking Ministry. Under the picture is the title of the article, followed by four columns of text.

2003

First Carnival

2004

Maya Angelou speaks on campus

A newspaper clipping with the title at the top. Under it on the left are three short paragraphs of text. To its right is a photo of an African American woman.

2005

First Asian Student Leadership Conference

A news article with the title at the top followed by five columns of text, on the last column on the right is a box with the letters asa in it in blue.

2007

First Black Student Experience Weekend Retreat

2014

Began partnership with Denton Black Film Festival

2016

Damian Torres becomes director of Center
Buddy System program transitions to Fortify the Leader in You (FLY)

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