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Tuskegee University
Historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on July 4th in 1881 by Lewis Adams, and Booker T. Washington with help from the Alabama legislature via funding from two politicians seeking black votes.
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Former names | Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers (1881–1891) Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (1891–1937) Tuskegee Institute (1937–1985)[1] |
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Motto | Scientia Principatus Opera |
Motto in English | Knowledge, Leadership, Service |
Type | Private historically black land-grant university |
Established | July 4, 1881; 143 years ago (1881-07-04) |
Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $157 million (2021)[3] |
President | Mark Brown |
Academic staff | 263 full-time and 45 part-time (spring 2022)[4] |
Students | 2,570 (fall 2022)[5] |
Undergraduates | 2,100 (fall 2022)[5] |
Postgraduates | 215 (fall 2022)[5] |
Location | , , United States 32°25′48.76″N 85°42′27.81″W |
Campus | Rural, 5,200 acres (2,100 ha) |
Newspaper | The TU Campus Digest [6] |
Colors | Crimson and old gold[7] |
Nickname | Golden Tigers |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II – SIAC |
Website | www |
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The campus was designated as the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site by the National Park Service in 1974. The university has been home to a number of important African American figures, including founder and first principal/president Booker T. Washington, scientist George Washington Carver and World War II's Tuskegee Airmen.
Tuskegee University offers 43 bachelor's degree programs, including a five-year accredited professional degree program in architecture, 17 master's degree programs, and 5 doctoral degree programs, including the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Tuskegee is home to nearly 3,000 students from around the U.S. and over 30 countries.
Tuskegee's campus was designed by architect Robert Robinson Taylor, the first African-American to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in conjunction with David Williston, the first professionally trained African-American landscape architect.[8]