Tuskegee University

Tuskegee University
Former names
Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers (1881–1891)
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (1891–1937)
Tuskegee Institute (1937–1985)[1]
MottoScientia Principatus Opera
Motto in English
Knowledge, Leadership, Service
TypePrivate historically black land-grant university
EstablishedJuly 4, 1881; 143 years ago (1881-07-04)
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment$157 million (2021)[3]
PresidentMark Brown
Academic staff
263 full-time and 45 part-time (spring 2022)[4]
Students2,570 (fall 2022)[5]
Undergraduates2,100 (fall 2022)[5]
Postgraduates215 (fall 2022)[5]
Location
Tuskegee
,
Alabama
,
United States

32°25′48.76″N 85°42′27.81″W / 32.4302111°N 85.7077250°W / 32.4302111; -85.7077250
CampusRural, 5,200 acres (2,100 ha)
NewspaperThe TU Campus Digest [6]
ColorsCrimson and old gold[7]
   
NicknameGolden Tigers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division II – SIAC
Websitewww.tuskegee.edu

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 the Alabama Legislature.

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]

  1. ^ "Tuskegee University is Founded". aaregistry.org. African American Registry. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "NAICU - Membership". Archived from the original on November 9, 2015.
  3. ^ https://www.tuskegee.edu/Content/Uploads/Tuskegee/files/IE/TUFactBook22-23.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "College Navigator - Tuskegee University". nces.ed.gov.
  5. ^ a b c "Microsoft Word - Quick Facts 22FA" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Home". tucampusdigest.com.
  7. ^ Visual identity and COmmunications Policies for Tuskegee University (PDF). August 1, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "First African-American landscape architect launched career at Cornell". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved January 23, 2019.