A photograph of students performing at a UNT award ceremony. One is playing the piano while the other one stands behind him and sings. The piano player is wearing a vest over a green button down shirt and the singer is wearing a vest over a dark grey shirt.

A photograph of a woman standing behind a podium at a UNT awards event. She is on a raised platform and is wearing a tan coat and floral dress with a pearl necklace.

A photograph of a student playing the piano at a UNT award ceremony. He is wearing a vest over a green button down shirt. There are also flags on either side of the piano.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing the serape stole that she just received. There is a table behind her with more stoles on it and the stairs and the stage are behind the table.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. He is wearing the serape stole that he just received. There is a table behind him with more stoles on it and the stairs and the stage are behind the table.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing the blue stole that she just received, which has a green, yellow, and red striped pattern on it and orange designs. There is a table behind her with more stoles on it and the stairs and the stage are behind the table.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is receiving a serape stole from one of the MC officials. There is a table behind them with more stoles on it and the stairs and the stage are behind the table.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing the serape stole that she just received. There is a table behind her with more stoles on it and the stairs and the stage are behind the table.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing the blue stole she just received, which has green, yellow, and red striped sections and orange scrollwork designs. There is also a table behind her with more stoles on it and the stairs to the stage are behind the table.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing the serape stole she just received. There is also a table behind her with more stoles on it and the stairs to the stage are behind it.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing the serape stole that she just received around her shoulders. There is also a table behind her with more stoles and the stairs to the stage behind that.

A photograph of a worker and student hugging at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. The student is wearing a serape stole that she just received. There is a table behind them with more stoles and a stage behind that.

A photograph of a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing a serape stole and is standing in front of the stage.

A photograph of a woman placing a stole on a student at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. It is a serape stole and there are more stoles in different patterns on the table behind them.

A photograph of a young woman at a UNT Multicultural Center award ceremony. She is wearing a serape stole with a colorful pattern. Behind her is a table with more stoles on it and a stage. Another woman is standing by the table to hand out the stoles and certificates.

A photograph of two people at a UNT graduation ceremony. One is wearing a dress and the other has on ceremonial regalia in blue, black, and gold. There is also a piano behind them.

A photograph of the violinists in a mariachi group performing at the 15th Annual Celebración Banquet. They are all wearing matching white tops, black pants, and green neck-bows.

A photograph of the guitarists in a mariachi group performing at the 15th Annual Celebración Banquet. They are all wearing matching white tops, black pants, and green neck-bows. There are people seated around tables in front of them who are eating.

A photograph of the singers in a mariachi group performing at the 15th Annual Celebración Banquet. They are all wearing matching white tops, black pants, and green neck-bows. The guitarists are standing behind them and there are people seated around tables in front of them who are eating.

A photograph of a guitarist and singers in a mariachi group performing at the 15th Annual Celebración Banquet. They are all wearing matching white tops, black pants, and green neck-bows. The guitarist is standing in front of the group and is holding his guitar without playing it.

A photograph of a mariachi group performing at the 15th Annual Celebración Banquet. They are all wearing matching white tops, black pants, and green neck-bows. There are several guitarists, violinists, and trumpet players with a group of singers in the middle. There are people seated around tables in front of them who are eating.

A photograph of a singer and a violinist in a mariachi group performing at the 2004 Fall Multicultural Center's La Raza Graduation event. They are wearing matching outfits including a white shirt, black pants with silver details, and a green neck bow.

A photograph of a large mariachi group performing at the 2004 Fall Multicultural Center's La Raza Graduation event. They are all wearing matching outfits including a white shirt, black pants with silver details, and a green neck bow. Several are singing and some are playing violins and guitars.

Photograph of five friends at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows five African American's (one man and four women). Two women and one man stand shoulder to shoulder. To the left stands another woman holding a plate a food and another girl sits in a chair with a plate on her lap. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer students to leaders of the Black student population. This retreat is an opportunity for students to discover their campus involvement interests, become introduced to black faculty, staff, and alumni, and ideally begin or cultivate a path to become a leader themselves. BSE participants leave the retreat with a better knowledge of the UNT resources available to them, a foundation that will prepare them to be successful at UNT and a community of support and family.