HISTORIC BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES EXCHANGE
Africana Studies has an obligation to furnish a solid and well-grounded education that instills confidence and inculcates life-enhancing skills for all its graduates. Part of this building process requires that all of our students be exposed to an educational context that is predominantly African American and that immerses students in a setting with a preponderance of African American students and teachers. In addition, several Historically Black Colleges and Universities do not offer African American Studies courses in their curriculum. An exchange would benefit both cohorts. University of Arizona (UA) Students would spend at least one semester at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) and HBCU students would spend at least one semester at the UA.

ANNUAL PAN AFRICAN LITERATURE CONFERENCE
Africana Studies would host an annual scholars conference on Pan African literature. We would invite scholars, writers and poets from diverse regions of the Black world, including Africa and the Caribbean to participate in the conference. The objective would be to have intellectual and creative interfacing between these scholars, our faculty, students and the broader community.

STUDY ABROAD IN AFRICA
Africana Studies has been in the vanguard in promoting study abroad and exchanges with African Universities for the past six years. The result has been the establishment of numerous Memoranda of Agreements and exchanges with the following African Universities:
The University of Zimbabwe
The University of Venda for Science and Technology
The University of the Western Cape in South Africa
The University of Nairobi
The American University in Cairo

For Africana Studies, the program intends that all students would spend at least one semester, preferably a year, at an African University. Students would thus be exposed to the vagaries of African academic life and become intimately acquainted with the politics and culture of various African societies. Such exposure would serve to deepen student’s interest in Africa so that they would be encouraged to pursue Africana Studies for graduate study.

An equally significant element of these exchanges with African universities would be the exchange of faculty between the University of Arizona and the respective African University, for periods extending from one semester to a full academic year. Such interchange of faculty would elevate the international reputation of Africana Studies and provide opportunities for scholars, faculty, and staff from various universities with which we have an exchange agreement to pursue graduate work or engage in post doctoral research and creative teaching at the University of Arizona, enriching the academic lives of both institutions. A summer exchange of faculty groups is another avenue that would stimulate intellectual dialogue in a range of African Studies disciplinary areas.

The University of Arizona International Affairs

PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR MENTORING PROGRAM
This program will provide an overview of the historical and cultural issues, which explain the norms, values, and beliefs of African American youth in the Southwest. We shall also investigate how social, political, and economic forces shape the educational outcomes of African American children in the Southwest.

Africana Studies in conjunction with the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) African American Student Affairs and Big Brothers Big Sisters has provided a unique opportunity for UA students to put theory into practice. The mentorship program is an independent study course with a mentorship and tutoring component. Students will learn a variety of mentoring and tutoring models that will give them a better understanding of how to impact African American youth. In addition to attending class once a week for 2.5 hours, students are also required to spend 8 to 10 hours a week mentoring/tutoring/evaluating and observing a cohort of elementary school students within TUSD. Work-study is also available to those who are eligible.