Tanya Crabb is Leaving Fresno State

It is with both regret and anticipation that I inform you that I will be leaving Fresno State. My last day of work is Friday, June 3, 2011.

It has been a pleasure and an honor working as a Fresno State Outreach counselor and coordinator of the African American and Veteran Outreach. I am truly grateful for all the support I have received from the community.

During this period of transition Outreach will continue to maintain the African American Facebook page, Blog, Twitter and YouTube account. They will continue the work of keeping the community connected and informed. If you have information that will benefit our community please email it to fsbulldogblack@yahoo.com

Also please visit out social media sites if you haven't already done so. The sites contain useful information that includes content pertaining to education, financial aid, scholarships, Fresno State news, jobs / internship related tweets, Fresno and Fresno State event.

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fresno-Bulldog-Black/181649388534759
• Twitter: @FSBulldogBlack
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FSBulldogBlack
• African American Student Blog: http://bulldogblack.blogspot.com/
• College of Arts and Humanities Blog: http://bulldogdreams.blogspot.com/
• Veterans Blog: http://bulldogveterans.blogspot.com/

Additional sources of support and information at Fresno State are:

• African American Edge Initiative Pilot Program: http://www.csufresno.edu/academics/edge/
• Omega Delta Sigma Veterans Fraternity Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Omega-Delta-Sigma-CSU-Fresno/159416887443077?ref=ts
• Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute: http://www.csufresno.edu/studentaffairs/programs/cvchi/

I hope the relationships we have formed continue to benefit our youth. Our young people need us. Remember, in community we are blessed. Without community we are less.

God Bless,
Tanya Crabb

Love your enemies. It makes them so darned mad. ~P.D. East

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me? But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?" ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect. ~Nikki Giovanni

African American Edge Initiative Pilot Program

Why Edge?

African American student retention rates are the lowest of any other racial or ethnic groups on campus. In Fall 2002, 73.6% of African American freshmen students returned for their sophomore year. By 2006, it increased to 78%, but still remained the lowest percentage of all racial or ethnic groups on campus. According to the final report of the Retention Oversight Group in 2008, “students’ race does not, in and of itself, influence retention” (p. 2). Instead, the students’ high school and first-term college GPAs are strong predictors of academic success.

It is evident that African American students on campus need a push to increase their GPAs and graduate on time. The research also shows that African American students who feel a sense of belonging, defined as feelings of membership in the larger community, develop a better attitude about their college or university.
Program Goals

The goal of the Edge Initiative is to provide formal, sustainable support from the University, and specifically African American faculty and staff, to give African American students an edge—the opportunity to see that they can succeed by working hard, while never giving up their identities.

For more info go to: http://www.csufresno.edu/academics/edge/index.shtml