Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities;
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta – In the early 1930s, the Kappa Alpha chapter of Zeta Phi Beta was established at Miner Teachers College. Zeta stated that its objectives included finer womanhood, sisterly love, and scholarship. The chapter’s work included...
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Buildings
WTI’s administration building and student center was dedicated in 1973. By this time, WTI was located on a 21 acre wooded site north of Van Ness Street north of Connecticut Avenue, NW
Wilson Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College
Wilson Teachers College was established in 1873 as the Washington Normal School. The name was changed to James Ormond Wilson Normal School in 1913 in honor of the man who was superintendent of schools when Wilson Normal School was founded. Wilson...
Wilson Hall, Erected in 1912, Was the First Resident Hall for Women, Serving Both Students and Faculty, at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School. The Dormitory Was Named in Honor of the School's First Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary L....
Confederate General; Battle of the Crater; Readjuster Party; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
William Mahone was a railroad engineer, a Confederate General, and a hero in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. After the Civil War he was one of the people who helped establish the Readjuster Party. The Party's support of the public...
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia -- Buildings
When UDC was created, the Van Ness campus was to house the Colleges of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, and Educations and Human Ecology. The College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the College of Business and Public...
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia -- Buildings
When UDC was created, the Van Ness campus was to house the Colleges of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, and Educations and Human Ecology. The College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the College of Business and Public...
When Frederick Humphries Became TSU's President in 1975, Nashville Still Was Home to Two Public, Four-Year Universities. In 1979, the University of Tennessee at Nashville Was Merged Into Tennessee State University and UTN's Site Became TSU's...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
Cooke, Paul P.;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Upon the merging of DCTC, FCC, and WTI, to form the University of the District of Columbia, Dr. Cooke retired as President of DCTC. He remained active with the University of the District of Columbia, and chaired its History Committee. In 1986, UDC...
