The African Student Association (ASA) Student Community

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Hello, my Saron Berhane. I am first year undergraduate here at Salem College, intending on double majoring in chemistry and mathematics. I’m trying to start an African Student Association (ASA) student organization here at Salem and I’m looking for an adviser for this group. The African Student Association will be a student organization that create new atmosphere of social interaction and unity amongst the diverse African students within the student body by promoting African cultures, traditions, and heritages to the Salem college community. Having a student organization such as this is very critical to the Salem community. This organization will give different type of African students here at Salem a place they can connect with others who

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