The Griot Institute for the Study of Black Lives and Cultures celebrates the beginning of the new academic year and welcomes first-year students and the general public to an annual opening event on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. on the Bucknell science quad. The opening event will feature the theater, African drumming and dance troupe Soul in Motion African Dance and Drum Ensemble, as well as the Bisonettes dance team.
The rain location is the Hildreth-Mirza Great Room.
Food will be provided and the event will provide an opportunity to learn more about Griot Institute events happening in the 2019-20 academic year.