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Tennessee State University |
Tennessee State University Logo |
| Motto |
Think, Work, Serve |
| Established |
June 19, 1912 (1912-06-19) |
| Type |
Public, HBCU |
| Endowment |
$31,327,562[1] |
| Chancellor |
Charles W. Manning |
| President |
Melvin N. Johnson |
| Faculty |
430 |
| Undergraduates |
8,456 |
| Postgraduates |
1,933 |
| Location |
Nashville, Tennessee,
United
States |
| Campus |
Urban, 500 acres (2 km²) |
| Former names |
Tennessee A & I College |
| Colors |
royal blue and white |
| Nickname |
Tigers |
| Athletics |
National
Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Affiliations |
Ohio Valley Conference |
| Website |
www.tnstate.edu |
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Tennessee State University (TSU) is a land-grant university located in
Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the
only state-funded historically
black university in Tennessee. TSU has approximately 10,389
students with a student/faculty ratio of 24/1.
History
Though it was organized as the Agricultural and Industrial State
Normal School in 1909 and began serving students on June 19, 1912,
its status was raised to a four-year teachers' college in 1922. It
was then elevated to full-fledged land-grant university status by
the Tennessee State Board of Education in 1958. Since 1972 it has
been operated under the auspices of the Tennessee Board of
Regents.
The present-day Tennessee State University exists as a result of
the merger on July 1, 1979, of Tennessee State University and the
former University of Tennessee at Nashville. This resulted in a
downtown campus.
Academics
This university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award 42
baccalaureate degrees, 21 master's degrees, as well as the two-year
Associate of Science degree in nursing, dental hygiene, and doctoral degrees
in six areas (Biology, Computer Information Systems Engineering,
Education, Psychology and Public Administration).The College of
Nursing is accredited for the A.A.S., B.S.N., M.S.N. degrees by the
National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission. The TSU
College of Engineering, Technology & Computer Science is
accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET) offering baccalaureate degrees in the areas of
Architectural and Facilities Engineering, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, & Computer and Information Systems Engineering;
graduate degrees in the areas of Computer and Information Systems
Engineering, General Engineering (M.E.), Biomedical, Civil,
Environmental, Electrical, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
Engineering; with the Ph.D. in Computer and Information Systems
Engineering with concentrations in Computer Communications and
Networks, Control Systems and Signal Processing, Robotics and
Computer Integration, and Manufacturing. It is also accredited by
the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) offering
the B.S. in Aeronautical and Industrial Technology with
concentrations in Aeronautical Technology (through Academic Common
Market), Aviation Management, Aviation Flight, and Industrial
Electronics Technology (through Academic Common Market). The TSU
College of Business was the first to earn dual Association of
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB
International) accreditation (accreditation of both the
undergraduate and graduate programs at the same time) in 1994.
Campus
The 450 acre (1.8 km²) main campus has more than 65 buildings and is located
in a residential setting at 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd in Nashville, Tennessee. The Avon Williams
campus is located downtown, near the center of the Nashville
business and government district.
Student
activities
NPHC
fraternities
NPHC
sororities
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Other fraternities and
sororities
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Honor
Societies
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Notable
alumni
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External
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Coordinates: 36°09′57″N 86°49′49″W / 36.165874°N
86.830337°W / 36.165874;
-86.830337
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