Langston University

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Langston University
Langston University seal
Langston University seal
Motto: Education for Service
Established: March 12, 1897 (1897-03-12)
Type: Public
Land-grant
HBCU
President: Dr. JoAnn Haysbert
Students: 3,922
Location: Langston, Oklahoma,
United States
Campus: Rural
Former names: Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University
Colors: Navy Blue and Orange
         
Nickname: Lions
Athletics: NCAA
Affiliations: Red River Athletic Conference
Website: www.lunet.edu
Image:Langstonuniversitylogo.png

Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States. Though located in a rural setting just 10 miles east of Guthrie, Langston also serves an urban mission with University Centers in both Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

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[edit] History

Langston University is named for John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress from Virginia, founder of the Howard University Law School, and American consul-general to Haiti. The school was founded in 1897 and was known as the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University.

[edit] Academics

The University offers associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines. It is known as a leader in the field of agricultural research, and hosts the internationally recognized E (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research. LU has nearly 4,000 students from all 50 states and several foreign countries representing the most diverse student body at an Oklahoma college[citation needed].

The university was accredited with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy program in 2005.[1]

[edit] Student activities

The student life at Langston University garnered the attention of BET and the second season of the reality television show College Hill was filmed there.

The university boasts one of the nation's top choral programs and its nearly 150 piece show band is sought after for bowl games, parades, government ceremonies and marching competitions across the nation and abroad.

[edit] Notable alumni

Name Class year Notability Reference
Bessie Coleman The first African American woman pilot and the first American woman to obtain an International Pilot's license. Coleman enrolled in 1910, but because of a lack of funds, she only completed one term [2]
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Langston graduates who stood at the forefront of the fight to integrate historically white law schools in the South
Dr. William H. Hale Past President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Nathan Hare wrote the conceptual proposal for the first department of black studies and was the first person hired to coordinate a black studies program in the United States.
Marques Haynes starred in basketball and football at Langston before going on to captain the Harlem Globetrotters and induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame
Dr. Ernest L. Hollaway Past President Langston University
Dr. Henry Ponder Past President of Fisk University, Talladega College, Benedict College, NAFEO and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  2. ^ Texas Roots - BessieColeman.com

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