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Located three miles (5 km) from the county seat of Xenia, Ohio in the southwestern part of the state, what developed as Wilberforce University was founded as a collaboration among leaders of the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church). They planned to promote classical ...
Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for teacher and industrial training, it was originally located with Wilberforce University, a ...
Central State University was established by the state legislature in 1887 as a commercial, normal and industrial department, which was located at Wilberforce in the late 19th century. In 1947, the department had expanded to four-year programs and it was established as a separate institution.
Wilberforce University: Wilberforce: Ohio: 1856 Private [c] Named for William Wilberforce. Oldest HBCU to retain its original name, and the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. Yes Wiley University: Marshall: Texas: 1873 Private [h] Named for Isaac William Wiley; was Wiley College 1929–2023 Yes Winston-Salem State ...
The president of Wilberforce University announced that more than $375,000 in student debt has been wiped out for graduates of... View Article The post Wilberforce University president announces ...
Doctoral/higher research university 18,620 1809 Miami-Jacobs Career College: Dayton Private for-profit 1,200 1998 Mount St. Joseph University: Cincinnati: Private not-for profit Master's university 2,300 1920 Mount Vernon Nazarene University: Mount Vernon: Private not-for profit Master's university 2,317 1968 Muskingum University: New Concord
William Sanders Scarborough (February 16, 1852 – September 9, 1926) is generally thought to be the first African American classical scholar. Born into slavery, Scarborough served as president of Wilberforce University between 1908 and 1920. He wrote a popular university textbook on Classical Greek that was widely used in the 19th century.
"The Bishop Reverdy Cassius Ransom Memorial Library" is located on the campus of Wilberforce University, Ohio, at Payne Theological Seminary in honor of his religious, civil rights and humanitarian accomplishments. The library was dedicated on Friday, May 8, 2009.