Who is BGSO?

Though members represent various ethnic backgrounds and many academic disciplines, we share a common mission to:

1. Nurture graduate students of color at Carnegie Mellon academically, professionally, and culturally.

2. Build relationships between graduate students, Carnegie Mellon undergraduates, alumni, and the greater Pittsburgh community.

3. Enable graduate students to enrich the broader community through service opportunities.
 

Message from the President:

Welcome Back BGSO!!

The Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO) of Carnegie Mellon University welcomes you and invites you to learn more about us. Our organization is open to all grad students from diverse disciplines and backgrounds who support our mission to improve the academic, social, and support environment for black graduate students on our campus.

As black graduate students, we believe in not only being successful academically, but also in contributing to our campus and community. Understanding the gift of education and community engagement, we seek to give back the help that may have been given to us. Most importantly, we want to support each other on the arduous path to becoming the nation’s leading businesspeople, scientists, policy experts, engineers, and teachers. BGSO supports you. We support us!

Catherine Carle
2012-2013 BGSO President