Umoja faculty, students unsupported, unheard by De Anza College administration
Annalise Freimarck and Kathleen Quinn
August 20, 2020
De Anza College faculty members and students claim they have felt no support for the Umoja program from upper administration, leaving Black students isolated and not invested in. The program, formerly known as the Sankofa Scholars, began in 2008 with a pilot, and then was officially launched in 2009....
DASB Senate discusses budget cuts
Taylor Park, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2020
The DASB Senate discussed justifications about budget cuts and raises within the proposed 2020-21 budget, including budget cuts in campus programs and student payroll and increases in wages for DASB Senate student payroll. DASB Chair of Finance, Halina Liang, discussed the proposed budgets for the...
Campus program student payrolls proposed to decrease in 2020-21
Annalise Freimarck and Kathleen Quinn
February 18, 2020
The proposed DASB Senate 2020-21 budget for student payroll is $301,000, a $33,000 decrease from this fiscal year’s budget of $334,000 because funding for many positions is being cut altogether. For the fiscal year of 2018-19, the student payroll budget was $445,000. The proposed $301,000 is a $144,000...
Umoja promotes Black excellence despite lack of visibility
Ruby Veloz, Staff Reporter
February 13, 2020
The word “Umoja” is a Kiswahili word meaning unity. This is what Claudia Barbosa, counselor and coordinator of Umoja at De Anza said she is trying to build among the black student population on campus. As of the fall quarter of 2019, De Anza only had 4% of its students identify a Black or African America...
Cornel West kicks off MLK weekend with deep-dive into race and poverty
Kathleen Quinn, Campus Beat Editor
January 23, 2020
At an event hosted by the Foothill-De Anza foundation, Dr. Cornel West spoke to community members and students about race, reparations, poverty, protest, religion and rhythm and blues on Jan 17, Friday. The event allowed students to come upstage to ask questions to the famous author and scholar at F...
De Anza celebrates African American History Month
Thomas Anthony, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2019
Inventors, artists, activists, leaders. Ordinary citizens. These are the some of the African Americans who have inspired and empowered attendees of the Black History Month celebration held on Feb. 12 at the Media and Learning Center. The event was not only for celebration, but for reflection and discussion...
DASB approves major expenditure
Mayer Adelberg, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2018
DASB senate approved a $5,000 expenditure for Umoja, a college success program for African-American students, at their Wednesday, Oct. 3 meeting. Following a 55-minute presentation by student representatives from Umoja, senate members voted 12-0 with four abstentions to approve the funds for student...
