Kena Gomalo of the Black Student Task Force and UO supporter Dave Petrone
In January, 2017, longtime UO donors Nancy and Dave Petrone helped launch fundraising for the UO’s Black Cultural Center with a $250,000 gift.
The new center will serve as a place of scholarship and as a cultural and social hub. It is tentatively planned for a location on East 15th Avenue near Villard Street at an estimated cost of $3 million. The gift from the Petrones will allow design and planning for the new building to begin immediately, with ground-breaking and final construction dates to be determined.
The center will be an engine for black students’ academic success, providing the room and resources to grow stronger intellectually, ethically, physically and as a community, according to Yvette Alex-Assensoh, vice president for equity and inclusion. It will connect black students with resources for student success and leadership, as well as serve as a site for seminars and programs that serve the UO and all of Oregon.
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