USF Black Alumni Society

09/19/2025

✨ Congratulations to our raffle winner! ✨
You’ve won a FREE ticket to the USF Black Alumni Society All Black Party – The Night Cap! 🖤💚💛

But remember — this is more than just a party.
This is a fundraiser, and every ticket helps fuel the USF BAS Scholarship Fund, directly supporting our alumni and future Bulls. 🐂

📅 Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
📍 District 8 Nightclub | 9 PM – 3 AM
👔 Attire: All Black

Reunite. Celebrate. Give Back. 💫
Scan the QR code or click here👉🏾 https://bit.ly/NightCapUSF to grab your ticket now before they’re gone!

09/19/2025

WE OUTSIDE – Alumni Lawn Day Party 🔥
📍 Gibbons Alumni Center Lawn (see map)
🕛 12:00 PM | FREE

⚠️ VERY LIMITED seating! Bring your own lawn chairs + blankets to secure your spot. This is YOUR space to vibe, relax, and connect.

It’s tailgate vibes ALL DAY! Pull up and kick it with your Black Bull fam. Expect:
🎶 DJs spinning the anthems
🍔 Food trucks (for purchase)
🔥 Greeks strolling & repping – showcase starts at 1PM
🏈 Pre-game energy with SC State Alumni

What to bring:
✔️ Lawn chair or blanket
✔️ Comfortable shoes
✔️ Your best vibes + Black Bull pride 💚💛

🚗 Parking: $5 all day | Use the ParkMobile app
✅ Suggested lots: Lot D, 23A, 23B, 23T

This is a full-on Black Alumni takeover—the energy, the culture, the people. Don’t miss it.

💚💛 Don’t just watch the recap—LIVE it.

🤘🏾 See you OUTSIDE, Bulls!

09/19/2025

Happening Now 📣

📍 Meet slightly in front of the Marshall Student Center Welcome Desk

09/12/2025

09/11/2025

This year, we also proudly honor Nikki Gaskin-Capehart 💚
President & CEO of the Pinellas County Urban League, Nikki is the first woman to lead the 46-year-old organization, bringing over 25 years of public, nonprofit, and community leadership.

📅 Date: Sunday, Sept. 21st
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Gibbons Alumni Center, 4202 E Fowler Ave
🎟️ Tickets: $30 | Partner: Florida Blue
👉🏾 Buy Tickets: https://eventful.usf.edu/alumni/groups/black-alumni-society-reunion-weekend

✨ Celebrate Nikki and other trailblazers who embody vision, resilience, and community impact.

09/11/2025

We close out Black Alumni Weekend 2025 with reverence, gratitude, and celebration at the USF Black Alumni Awards Brunch.

This year, we proudly honor Martha Sylla Underwood
A USF alumna, tech leader, and entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience, Martha is the founder of Prismm, a company empowering communities through innovation, education, and service.

📅 Date: Sunday, Sept. 21st
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Gibbons Alumni Center, 4202 E Fowler Ave
🎟️ Tickets: $30 | Partner: Florida Blue
👉🏾 Buy Tickets: https://eventful.usf.edu/alumni/groups/black-alumni-society-reunion-weekend

✨ Come celebrate trailblazers like Martha who embody excellence, resilience, and service.

09/10/2025

WE HONOR | Awards Brunch 🌟
The wait is over—the award winners are in!

As we close out USF Black Alumni Society Weekend on Sunday, September 21st, 2025 we gather for one of our most distinguished traditions: celebrating lives of impact, vision, and excellence.

🏆 Honoree: Martha Sylla Underwood
USF Alumna, Tech Leader & Entrepreneur | Founder of Prismm, empowering communities through innovation, education & service.

🏆 Honoree: Nikki Gaskin-Capehart
President & CEO, Pinellas County Urban League | The first woman to lead the 46-year-old organization, with 25+ years of community, nonprofit & public leadership.

💚 Special Recognition: BAS Volunteers
We proudly honor the incredible Black Alumni Society Volunteers whose dedication, passion, and service keep our traditions alive and Black Alumni Weekend thriving.

📅 Sunday, Sept 21, 2025
📍 USF Gibbons Alumni Center
🎟️ Tickets are only $30 and can be purchased here: eventful.usf.edu/alumni/groups/black-alumni-society-reunion-weekend

✨ Join us as we lift up trailblazers, celebrate community, and close out the weekend in gratitude.

🤘🏽

09/08/2025

🐂💚Don’t be like the Gators.…
They thought they knew how things would turn out. Now they’re left contemplating. Don’t do the same and watch the recap wishing you were at USF Black Alumni Reunion.

This weekend isn’t just for alumni. It’s for faculty, staff, current students, future students and supporters of USF.
Where we are right now, we need to show up in a powerful way. Together, our presence will remind the university, the city, and the next generation that the Black Bulls community is vibrant, unstoppable, and here to stay.

Let’s be in the moment, not hearing about it after. & Only 11 days until it all kicks off Sept 18-21 RSVP now → https://eventful.usf.edu/alumni/groups/black-alumni-society-reunion-weekend

Let’s ride that Bulls energy into the best reunion yet.

10/30/2024

**Alumni in Oregon**
Join us for a powerful screening of Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts on November 11 at 7 PM PT at The Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, OR. This award-winning documentary shares the story of the Buffalo Soldiers — Black army regiments who fought bravely in military conflicts around the world and for civil rights at home.
Through reenactments, interviews, and animations, the film dives into the complex roles these soldiers played in U.S. history, with special ties to the Pacific Northwest. Don’t miss this moving event, with tickets generously provided by Suzanne Ward ’86!
To reserve your ticket, contact Suzanne at [email protected].