About Us

Our Mission

The University of Central Florida’s Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) is an organization representative of UCF’s goal to be more inclusive and diverse.
The BFSA’s mission is to promote an environment which fosters cultural sensitivity and enrichment by providing quality programming, networking opportunities and guidance to UCF’s Black students, faculty and staff; and the greater UCF community.

BFSA Bylaws- Ratified: April 21st, 2010

BFSA: Hall of Honor

Mr. Edwing Daniel Congratulations to Edwing Daniel on earning his Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration from the University of South Florida. Mr. Daniel is a Senior Assistant Director in the UCF Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Mr. Daniel is responsible for Customer Relations and prides himself on making sure all prospective students and their parents receive outstanding service when they contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.  Before focusing on Customer Relations he was responsible for recruiting students throughout the Eastern Region of Florida.   To nominate a BFSA: Hall of Honor candidate please click here

BFSA Scholarship Fund: Donation Center

Tee Collins Book Award
First Generation Student Scholarship
BFSA Foundation Scholarship Fund

BFSA Committee Chairpersons

LEGACY
LEADERSHIP and MENTORING PROGRAM

BFSA, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity Initiatives, is launching a leadership development and mentoring program.

The LEGACY Program is an effort to increase retention and success, develop leadership, and assist students in reaching their personal, academic, and career goals by uniting underrepresented sophomore, junior and senior students with a mentor at the University of Central Florida and/or the surrounding community.

LEGACY- Mentor Application.pdf

LEGACY- Information Card.pdf

The D.R.E.A.M. Team

Determined, Resolute, Empowered, Accessible, Motivated! This acronym describes members of the Black Faculty Staff Association (BFSA) who are determined to halt the downward spiral of underrepresented students and revive the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King…

BFSA, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity Initiatives, has launched a leadership development and mentoring program. The mission of the Leadership and Mentoring Program is to foster a more inclusive and responsive environment for ethnic minority students at UCF by enhancing the successful development of personal, educational, professional, and career goals. The focus of the Leadership and Mentoring Program will be the development of three core competencies in underrepresented students - Identity, Leadership, and Scholarship.

The Joseph C. Andrews Mentoring Breakfast is the annual culminating event for this and other campus mentoring programs for underrepresented students at UCF.