1. Mentoring Black Male Students
21st Century Men
Mentoring Black Male Students
Russell L. Bouyer, M.Ed.
Gabrian King, M.Ed.
March 6, 2017

2. Purpose
Black men are a population that is struggling to persist at predominantly white institutions. This session will showcase a Black Men’s program that covers the development, structure, and assessment with the goal of bettering the Black male student experience at a large public institution.

3. Learning Objectives
Gain a better understanding of the needs of the Black male student population
Learn how to provide an atmosphere for Black males on campus to express their views and emotions
Grasp a better understanding Black male identity development through student development theory

4. Why “Black” Men as Opposed to “African-American” Men

5. UNT by the Numbers

6. UNT Housing and Residence Life Fall 2015
Residential Men have on average a 0.3 lower semester GPA than women
African American men had the lowest UNT semester GPA
How low?
By a full point in comparison to other female minority groups
Why does it matter?

7. “Every time an individual changes roles or experiences transition, the potential for feeling marginal arises.”
-Nancy Schlossberg
Marginality
Feelings of marginality can promote contradictions in a person’s mind
Do I belong here?
Raised self-consciousness
Feelings of Inferiority
Mattering
The belief that we matter to someone else
Attention
Importance
Ego-Extension
Dependence
Appreciation

8. Faculty and Staff Ratio
January 2016

9. Cross Fhagen-Smith Model of Black Identity Development
Sector One- Infancy and Childhood
Sector Two- Preadolescence
Sector Three- Adolescence
Sector Four- Early Adulthood
Sector Five- Adult Nigresence
Sector Six- Nigresence Recycling

10. 21st Century Men Identity Development Academic Success
Pride Alliance, Office of Spiritual Life, Counseling and Testing
Academic Success
Student Academic Success, The Learning Center, Math Lab, Writing Lab
Civic Engagement
Center for Leadership and Service
Leadership
Alternative Spring Break
Study Abroad
Student Activities
Social Consciousness
Advocacy

11. Shared Investment = Shared Success
Relationships are the fundamental key to success to make an initiative work
Relationships with Campus Partners
Relationships with Students
Relationships with the Community
Shared Investment = Shared Success

12. Thank You!!!
Russell L. Bouyer, M.Ed.
Gabrian King, M.Ed