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.
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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
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- Kappa Alpha Psi
- Omega Psi Phi
- Phi Beta Sigma
- Iota Phi Theta
NPHC sororities
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Delta Sigma Theta
- Zeta Phi Beta
- Sigma Gamma Rho
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Other fraternities and sororities
- Alpha Phi Omega
- Gamma Sigma Sigma
- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
- Epsilon Gamma Iota
- Sigma Alpha Iota
- Alpha Nu Omega
- Alpha Kappa Psi
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Honor Societies
- Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society
- Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
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Notable alumni
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| Brent Alexander
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| National Football League
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| Bennie Anderson
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| NFL football player
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| Bill Anderson (American football)
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| NFL football player
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| Jimmy Blanton
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| jazz musician
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| Ralph Boston
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| athlete
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| Chandra Cheesborough
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| athlete
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| Hank Crawford
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| jazz musician
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| Richard Dent
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| NFL football player
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| Cleveland Eaton
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| Jazz musician
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| Cleveland Elam
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| football player
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| Harold Ford, Sr.
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| politician
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| John Ford (politician)
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| politician
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| Randy Fuller
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| NFL football player
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| Howard Gentry, Jr.
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| politician
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| Joe Gilliam
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| NFL football player
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| Moses Gunn
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| actor
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| Thelma Harper (politician)
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| politician
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| Claude Humphrey
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| NFL football player
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| Harvey Johnson, Jr.
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| politician
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| Joe Johnson
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| jazz musician
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| Ed Jones (American football)
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| National Football League
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| Anthony Mason (basketball)
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| National Basketball Association
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| Edith McGuire
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| athlete
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| Steve Moore
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| NFL football player
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| Lloyd Neal
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| National Basketball Association
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| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
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| NFL football player
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| Carl Rowan
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| journalist
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| Wilma Rudolph
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| athlete
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| Simon Shanks
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| NFL football player
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| Leon Thomas
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| singer
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| Rufus Thomas
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| singer (attended for one semester)
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| Carla Thomas
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| singer
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| Wyomia Tyus
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| athlete
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| Tina Tyus-Shaw
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| reporter
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| Alvin Williams
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| Cable Executive/Producer/Songwriter
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| Oprah Winfrey
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| media personality
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