Tuskegee University is a private,historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee,Alabama. It was founded on July 4th in 1881 by the Alabama Legislature.
The National Sea Grant College Program is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a national network of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs involved in scientific research,education,training,and extension projects geared toward the conservation and practical use of the coasts,Great Lakes,and other marine areas. The program is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with the national office located in Silver Spring,Maryland. There are Sea Grant programs located in every coastal and Great Lakes state as well as in Puerto Rico and Guam.
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,or IMSA,is a three-year residential public secondary education institution in Aurora,Illinois,United States,with an enrollment of approximately 650 students.
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a public university in Pembroke,North Carolina. UNC Pembroke is a master's level degree-granting university and part of the University of North Carolina system. Its history is intertwined with that of the Lumbee nation.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort is a public college with three campuses in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. It is part of the University of South Carolina System,enrolls about 2,000 students,and offers over 50 areas of study. The main campus is in Bluffton. The institution's campus in Beaufort houses the school's honor programs and the Department of Visual Arts &Design. The campus location on Hilton Head Island is home to the institution's program for hospitality management.
Robert Woodward Barnwell was an American slave owner,planter,lawyer,and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America. Barnwell was a public defender of slavery and secession;he personally owned at least 128 enslaved persons.
The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence,Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a 130-acre (0.5 km2) campus in a residential section of Florence,UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia,Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The four cities compose a metropolitan area with a combined population of 140,000 people.
South Carolina State University is a public,historically black,land-grant university in Orangeburg,South Carolina. It is the only public,historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina,is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund,and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) is a private Nazarene liberal arts college in Nashville,Tennessee. It was founded in 1901.
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal,Huntsville,Alabama. Founded in 1875,it took its present name in 1969. It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. It was one of 23 established to train African Americans to teach in segregated schools. Some closed but most steadily expanded their role and became state colleges in the early 20th century and state universities in the late 20th century. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District,also known as Normal Hill College Historic District,has 28 buildings and four structures listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places.
The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The 10 member institutions are located in the South Atlantic states of South Carolina,Georgia,and Florida. In addition,seven affiliate members participate in one sport each;namely sports not sponsored by their home conferences.
Gertrude Mary Cox was an American statistician and founder of the department of Experimental Statistics at North Carolina State University. She was later appointed director of both the Institute of Statistics of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and the Statistics Research Division of North Carolina State University. Her most important and influential research dealt with experimental design;In 1950 she published the book Experimental Designs, on the subject with W. G. Cochran,which became the major reference work on the design of experiments for statisticians for years afterwards. In 1949 Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute and in 1956 was President of the American Statistical Association.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium of American universities headquartered in Oak Ridge,Tennessee,with offices in Arvada,Colorado and Cincinnati,Ohio and staff at other locations across the country.
E. Travis York,Jr. was an American agronomist,professor,university administrator,agricultural extension administrator,and U.S. presidential adviser. York was a native of Alabama,and earned his bachelor's,master's and doctorate degrees in agricultural sciences. He served as the director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service,the administrator of the federal Extension Service,the interim president of the University of Florida,and the chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
Robert R. Jennings is an American former academic administrator who served as president of Alabama A&M University from January 2006 to March 2008 and president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania from 2012 to 2014.
Charles Bowles Glenn was an American educator who served as superintendent of the Birmingham,Alabama school district from 1921 to 1942,and was president of the National Education Association from 1937 through 1938. Glenn was one of the earliest proponents and implementors of character education in schools,and he is the namesake of Charles B. Glenn Middle School—formerly Charles B. Glenn Vocational High School—in Birmingham.
The 2008 South Carolina Senate election were held on Tuesday,November 4,2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The current composition of the state delegation is 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Senators are elected for four-year terms,all in the same year.
Laguna State Polytechnic University is a state university in the province of Laguna,Philippines,with four regular campuses and several auxiliary sites. It is currently classified as SUC Level III.
Denise M. Trauth is the ninth president of Texas State University. On June 11,2002,Texas State Board of Regents voted unanimously in favor of Trauth beginning her term as President.
The Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) is a public community college in Beaufort,South Carolina,United States,that serves the Lowcountry region of South Carolina.
