Southern University
The Southern University and A & M College (also Southern University called) is a state university in Baton Rouge in the US state of Louisiana . It is one of the most famous historically African-American universities in the United States. There are currently 10,364 students enrolled here. Southern University is the main campus of the Southern University System .
history
Southern University and A&M College was founded in New Orleans in 1880 . In 1890 it was converted to the so-called land grant school . Due to the lack of space, the college moved to its current location, then Scotlandville, in 1914. In 1947 the law faculty was founded. The Southern University System was created in 1974.
Colleges and faculties
Southern University has various civil and military teaching facilities with a wide range of courses.
- Agricultural, Family & Consumer Sciences
- College of Arts & Humanities
- College of Business
- College of Education
- College of Engineering
- College of Sciences
- Graduate school
- Honors College (facility for gifted students )
- Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- School of Architecture
- School of Nursing
- Air Force ROTC (establishment of the US Air Force for officer training )
- Military Science Army ROTC
- Naval Science Navy ROTC
Sports
Southern University's sports teams are the jaguars . The college is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference .
Personalities
- Joe Ballard - Army Lieutenant-General, Ret. - Was in command of the Army Corps of Engineers
- Mel Blount (born 1948) - American football player
- Harold Carmichael (born 1949) - American football player
- Willie Davenport (1943-2002) - Olympic champion
- Mary Deconge (* 1933), mathematician, university professor and former nun in the Holy Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis
- Randy Jackson (born 1956) - musician
- Avery Johnson (born 1965) - basketball coach
- Branford Marsalis (* 1960) - jazz musician
- Rod Milburn (1950–1997) - hurdler, 1972 Olympic champion
- Earl Turbinton (1941-2007) - jazz musician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Academics - Southern University and A&M College. Retrieved April 15, 2012 .
- ^ Southern Jaguars. Retrieved April 15, 2012 .
State universities: Louisiana State University System ( Louisiana State University , Louisiana State University at Alexandria , Louisiana State University at Eunice , Louisiana State University in Shreveport , LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans , LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport , LSU Law Center , University of New Orleans ) | Southern University System ( Southern University , Southern University at New Orleans , Southern Law Center , Southern University at Shreveport ) | University of Louisiana System ( Grambling State University , Louisiana Tech University , McNeese State University , Nicholls State University , Northwestern State University , Southeastern Louisiana University , University of Louisiana at Lafayette , University of Louisiana at Monroe ) | Louisiana Community and Technical College System ( Baton Rouge Community College , Bossier Parish Community College , Delgado Community College , LE Fletcher Technical Community College , Louisiana Delta Community College , Louisiana Technical College , Nunez Community College , River Parishes Community College , South Louisiana Community College , Sowela Technical Community College )
Private and Church Colleges: Centenary College of Louisiana | Dillard University | Louisiana College | Loyola University New Orleans | New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | Notre Dame Seminary | Our Lady of Holy Cross College | Our Lady of the Lake College | Saint Joseph Seminary College | Tulane University | Xavier University
Coordinates: 30 ° 31 '28.8 " N , 91 ° 11' 24.1" W.