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Homecoming 2024

Join students, alumni, families, and friends for our 2024 celebration!

Unite the past with the present, in a wonderful opportunity for alumni to rekindle ties with old classmates and families to reconnect with their students while experiencing an array of cultural, athletic and entertainment events.

Homecoming 2024 will take place at BSU on October 4 and 5.

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Whether you want to work at a Big Four accounting firm, teach the second grade, build a foundation for medical school, explore your art or anything else you can imagine — there is a place for you at BSU. Here, each day is a new opportunity to build your confidence, make new discoveries and show the world what hard work can do. And you’ll have every kind of support so that you can achieve every kind of success and realize your full potential — starting day one.

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first-generation students

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merit scholarships awarded to first-year students

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Imani Barbour, ’25

Imani Barbour, ’25

Social Work and Sociology major

“I entered college as an advocate. My majors are both heavily focused on the environment and about helping other people. I have dedicated my life in service of others.”

Alex Ray, ’25

Alex Ray, ’25

Psychology major

“Ultimately, I want to help people and be in a position where I can advocate for others. I want to better understand the social sciences and how they can affect the law...”

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BSU Votes
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Vote Casting Call

Campus-wide initiative seeks to inform newcomers to the electoral process

LGBTQIA+
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We Accept, With Pride

National organization dubs campus as among most LGBTQIA+ friendly

Undergraduate Research
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He's Diggin' It

Junior recounts summer spent uncovering regional artifacts

Faculty Focus
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Photographic Memories

Instructor uses art to help youngsters deal with loss