The primary purpose of the BGC shall be to promote a professional, informative, and social network for Black graduate students in order to ensure their retention and continued academic success at Princeton. In addition, the BGC serves to make the Princeton University community aware of and responsive to the needs and concerns of Black graduate students.

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The secondary purposes of the BGC shall be as follows:

• Assist Princeton University in recruiting qualified graduate students and faculty from ethno-racial groups that are underrepresented in academia.

• Encourage undergraduate students from underrepresented minority groups to pursue graduate degrees.

• Facilitate social events and fellowship among members and friends of the BGC; to promote excellence in teaching, research, and presentation of graduate work.

• Strengthen liaisons with administrators, faculty, other student organizations and the community at large.

• Create a sense of community, for persons of the African Diaspora, within the University and surrounding areas.