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Shaw University
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| Established | 1865 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Dr. Clarence G. Newsome |
| Undergraduates | 2,500 |
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | 14 Varsity Teams |
| Mascot | Bear |
| Athletics | 14 varsity teams |
| Website | www.shawuniversity.edu |
Shaw University is a historically black college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It offers several undergraduate degrees in the fine and liberal arts as well as natural science, and also degrees in allied health, business, public administration, education and computer science. Shaw Divinity School offers a Master of Divinity and Master of Religious Education. Shaw University is the oldest HBCU in the American South. A liberal arts university, Shaw is associated with the Baptist church and, as of 2004, enrolls over 2,300 students.
Shaw University was the first African American college in the Southern United States.[1] Started as a theology class by the Rev. Henry Martin Tupper in December 1865, the present university was called the Raleigh Institute from 1866 until 1870, when it was renamed Shaw Collegiate Institute after Elijah Shaw, the benefactor of Shaw Hall, the college's first building. In 1875, it became Shaw University. In 1873, Estey Hall was erected for female students, making it the first such dormitory in the U.S. on a coeducational campus. The Leonard Medical School, now closed, was founded in 1885 as the first four-year medical school in the South to train black doctors and pharmacists.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a major force in the American Civil Rights movement, began at a conference held at Shaw in 1960.
Categories: Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Historically black universities and colleges in the United States | Raleigh, North Carolina | Universities and colleges affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA | Universities and colleges in Raleigh-Durham | Educational institutions established in 1865 | Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada