Services of the center include the following:
- Assessing the interests of African-American students in educational and social programs and responding to the extent that personnel, facilities, and resources permit.
- Providing and encouraging effective advisement of minority student organizations and individual students as needed.
- Assisting in the orientation of African American students to the culture of the institution and providing support for those students as they progress through the university.
- Providing opportunities and support for African American students and organizations to develop and sponsor appropriate programs and to otherwise fully participate in the IUP co-curriculum.
- Providing training in leadership skills and other personal social skills for African American students and supporting those seeking to assist them.
- Promoting and sponsoring events that focus on African American heritage and multicultural diversity.
- Serving as a supplement to classroom instruction as needed.
- Aiding in the facilitation of academic and multicultural programs and workshops for faculty, staff, and students that focus on:
- awareness of cultural differences
- self-assessment of cultural awareness and possible prejudices
- changing prejudicial attitudes or behaviors
- Supporting the academic, student development, and programmatic goals of the office of Student Activities and Organizations, the office of Social Equity and Multicultural Affairs, and Women's Studies.
- Systematically promoting the participation of African American students for leadership roles in campus governance organizations.
- Encouraging and acknowledging outstanding accomplishments and contributions of African American students at IUP.
- Encouraging and participating in collaborative programming with African American groups and other university organizations.
- Assisting with, identifying, and responding to the specific programmatic and academic needs of African American students, making referrals to other university offices as appropriate.
- Providing mailboxes for a limited number of student organizations.
- Maintaining a resource library of African American cultural and educational resources (books, magazines, journals, videos, etc.).
- Maintaining meeting facilities to accommodate up to fifteen persons and a lounge with TV and VCR.
- Publishing a biannual calendar of events and a newsletter.
- Conducting an annual conference celebrating African American history and culture.
