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Lane College
Motto	Esse Non Videri
Established	1882
Type	Private, HBCU
President	Dr. Wesley C. McClure
Students	2,000
Location	Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Campus	Urban, 25 acres
Colors	Cardinal and Royal Blue
Nickname	Dragons
Athletics	NCAA Division II
Affiliations	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Website	www.lanecollege.edu

Lane College is a four-year, historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Jackson, Tennessee, just northeast of the downtown area. It is primarily a liberal arts institution.

History

Lane College was founded in 1882 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church in America as the “C.M.E. High School.” Planning for the school had begun in 1878, but the school's establishment was delayed by a yellow fever epidemic in the region in 1878. Its primary purpose was the education of newly freed slaves, and the original curriculum focused on the preparation of "teachers and preachers."^[1][2] Bishop Isaac Lane of the C.M.E. Church is considered to have been the school's founder, and his daughter, Jennie Lane, was its first teacher.^[2][3]

Academics

Lane College has educational accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's degrees.^[3] Its academic divisions and programs are:

Notes

A.^{^} Dual degree program with Tennessee State University.

Athletics

The Lane College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, football, cross country, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball and tennis.

The athletic teams nicknamed the "Dragons" are sponsored and compete in Division II of the NCAA. The athletic teams compete as a part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

References

External links

• College website