Texas Southern University 543894 225701379 2008-07-14T23:51:08Z Rjwilmsi 203434 gen fixes + link/fix date fields in cite templates (explanation [[User:Rjwilmsi#My_correction_of_dates_in_templates|here]]) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox University |name = Texas Southern University |native_name = |image_name = TSU.gif |image_size = |caption = |latin_name = |motto = |mottoeng = |established = 1947 |closed = |type = [[Public university|Public]], [[HBCU]] |affiliation = |endowment = $6 million |officer_in_charge = |chairman = |chancellor = |president = Dr. John Rudley |vice-president = |superintendent = |provost = Dr. Sunny E. Ohia |vice_chancellor = |rector = |principal = |dean = |director = |head_label = |head = |faculty = |staff = 350 |students = |undergrad = 9,585 |postgrad = 2,050 |doctoral = |other = |city = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] |state = [[Texas]] |province = |country = <br>[[United States]] |coor = |campus = [[Urban area|Urban]], 150 acres (0.61 km²) |former_names = Texas State University for Negroes<br>Houston College for Negroes |free_label = |free = |sports = |colors = [[Maroon (color)|Maroon]] and [[Gray (color)|Gray]]<br>{{color box|maroon}} {{color box|gray}} |colours = |nickname = [[Texas Southern Tiger|Tiger]] |mascot = |athletics = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] [[Division I-AA]] |affiliations = [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]] |website = [http://www.tsu.edu/ www.tsu.edu] |logo = [[Image:TexasSouthernTigers.png|150px]] |footnotes = }} '''Texas Southern University''' is one of the largest [[Historically Black Colleges and Universities|historically black universities]] in the [[United States|USA]]. Located in [[Houston, Texas]], the university was established on March 3, 1947 by the [[Texas Legislature]] and it was initially named Texas State University for Negroes. Prior to becoming a [[state university]], Texas Southern University was owned by the [[Houston Independent School District]] (HISD) and had been known as '''Houston College for Negroes'''. == History == In February 1946, [[Heman Marion Sweatt]], an [[African American]] man, applied to [[University of Texas School of Law|The University of Texas School of Law]]. He was denied admission because of his race, and subsequently filed suit. (See ''[[Sweatt v. Painter]]''.) At the time, there was no “[[separate but equal]]” law school for African Americans, and the Texas trial court, instead of granting Sweatt a ''[[mandamus|writ of mandamus]]'', continued the case for six months allowing the state time to create a law school only for blacks. As a result, Texas Southern University was established under [[Texas Senate Bill 140|Senate Bill 140]] by the [[Fiftieth Texas Legislature]] on March 3, 1947 as a [[state university]] to be located in Houston. Originally named Texas State University for Negroes, the school was established to serve [[African Americans]] in Texas and offer them fields of study comparable to that available to white Texans. The state took over the HISD-run Houston College for Negroes as a basis for the new university. At the time, Houston College had one permanent building, but, more importantly, an existing faculty, and students. The school was charged with teaching "pharmacy, dentistry, arts and sciences, journalism education, literature, law, medicine, and other professional courses," and further stipulated that "these courses shall be equivalent to those offered at other institutions of this type supported by the State of Texas." ===2006 Scandal=== Former president of TSU [[Priscilla Slade]] was fired in June 2006 over allegations of financial mismanagement. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/east/news/5448172.html|title=TSU regents pick Rudley as new president|work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref> She along with 3 others were indicted, and her colleague Quentin Wiggins received a ten-year prison sentence. Slade's trial resulted in a hung jury, and she faces retrial in the spring of 2008. If convicted she faces up to life imprisonment. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-12-1998912507_x.htm|title=Mistrial for former TSU president|work=USA Today}}</ref> The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, recognized by the Federal Dept. of Education for accreditation in southern areas, placed TSU on probation for noncompliance with regulations on financial management and administration. The university says improvements have been made and fully expects the probation to be lifted by the end of 2008. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsu.edu/about/sacs/faq.pdf|title=FAQ Regarding the Status of TSU|publisher=Texas Southern University|format=PDF}}</ref> ==Campus== [[Image:TexasSouthernUniversityHouston.JPG|thumb|Texas Southern University]] The university currently sits on a 150 acre campus in the middle of Houston's [[The six wards of Houston#Third Ward|Third Ward]] and enrolls 9,544 students. ===Residential facilities=== The school has two residence halls for first-year and returning students <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsu.edu/student/housing/residence.asp|title=The Residence Halls|publisher=Texas Southern University}}</ref> * Lanier West Hall, for female students * Lanier East Hall, for male students Other housing options include: * Apartments with utilities included <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsu.edu/student/housing/uc.asp|title=University Courtyard Apartments/ Tierwester Oaks/Richfield Manor|publisher=Texas Southern University}}</ref> ** University Courtyard Apartments ** Tierwester Oaks ** Richfield Manor * The Greystone Apartments (utilities not included) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsu.edu/student/housing/greystone.asp|title=The Greystone Apartments|publisher=Texas Southern University}}</ref> ===Postal services=== [[United States Postal Service]] Texas Southern Post Office is located at 3100 Cleburne Street, 77004-4575. ==Academics== The university is currently compromised of ten schools and colleges:the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences , the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, the College of Education, the College of Continuing Education, the [http://science.tsu.edu College of Science and Technology], the [[Jesse H. Jones School of Business]], the Graduate School, and the recent established Tavis Smiley School of Communication. The [[Thurgood Marshall School of Law]] is one of the four public [[List of law schools|law schools]] in [[Texas]]. === Jesse H. Jones School of Business === As the fastest-growing School at Texas Southern University, the Jesse H. Jones School of Business remains on the forefront of contemporary trends. Current initiatives include curriculum changes that stress the importance of professional development, entrepreneurship, and globalization. As such, students receive the benefits of an applied and comprehensive approach to business practice. The '''Jesse H. Jones School of Business''' is guided by its 50-year commitment to service and education in the city of Houston. Houston’s business economy is significantly diversified with a strong energy base as well as high-technology industries, medical research, and professional services. The city’s employment growth is estimated to attract 31,000 new jobs among the 18 Fortune 500 companies and thousands of energy-related firms headquartered here. With Houston’s booming economy, the School’s mission is to not only provide students with a quality education for employment in today’s globally diverse job market but also afford them the tools t shift existing paradigms and change the way the business world works, for the better. === College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences === As one of the premier schools of Pharmacy in the Nation, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences produces a substantial number of the Pharmacists in the state of Texas. Furthermore, it has a rigorous program that produces soundly trained and highly skilled graduates with remarkable pass rates in the North American Pharmacy Licensure Examination (Naplex). The college has a state of the art campus in the highly acclaimed Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, Texas, that is designed to train the entry level and post-baccalaurate Doctor of Pharmacy students in a setting that imparts the most pertinent clinical knowledge in academia.This is attained in conjunction and collaboration with the other medical institutions in the TMC center. There are several professional organizations on campus like the American Pharmacy Association (APhA), American Hospital System Pharmacist (ASHP) and many others. These organizations play an integral role with the clinical academic course-work in sharpening the skills of its members to the utmost perfection befitting the academically saturated air that is ever blanketing the campus with a high octane intensity. The class of 2009, led by its able president who was anointed rather than appointed, by the guiding hand of Dr. Doris Jackson, has served as a model unit deserving of emulation and adulation by all and sundry in the program in particular and the school at large. The program has an intricate network of affiliated community, hospital, retail and private clinics that serve as an on-site training ground for final-year students who are poised to graduate. The college of Pharmacy admits about 125 students every academic year. Students are formally inducted into the program through the White Coat ceremony, a solemn and pertinent part of getting inculcated into the process of mentally charting one's excursion through the choppy but navigable waters that constitute the program. The current dean of students is Dr. Barbara Hayes who has continued to guide the college into greater heights with a capable academic, research, and adminstrative team. With the revolutionary changes that are either on-going or in the pipeline in the world of pharmacy practice, the college is leading in ushering in the dawn of a new golden age in the training and practice of the profession of pharmacy not only in the great state of Texas but nationally and globally. ==Student activities== ===Athletics=== Texas Southern University's school colors are [[Maroon (color)|maroon]] and [[Grey|gray]] and the school's nickname is the [[Tigers]]. Texas Southern sports teams participate in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I-AA]] (Division 1 championship subdivision for football) in the [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]] (SWAC). Men's varsity sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, and track and field. Women's varsity sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. TSU's best known rivals are [[Prairie View A&M University|Prairie View A&M]], [[Southern University]], [[Jackson State University]], & [[Grambling State University]]. ====Athletic Facilities==== *[[Health and Physical Education Arena]] *[[TSU Recreation and Wellness Center]] ==The Alma Mater== The air is filled as our voices ring From earth to the heav’ns above. With voices raised; we’re singing praise, To the school we dearly love. Hail, Hail, Hail! to Texas South-ern Hail, to our dear Maroon and Gray Undivided we will stand By the greatest in the land, T-S-U, T-S-U, we love you. All roads lead to Texas South-ern, Paved with light for one and all. T-S-U’s a shining star And we’re proud of what you are, T-S-U, T-S-U, we love you. Hail, Hail, Hail! To Texas South-ern Hail to our Chiefs in reverence we sing. In our hearts you’ll always stay As you lead us on our way, T-S-U, T-S-U, we love you. -Words and Music by C.A. Tolbert == Notable alumni == <!--Alphabetical, by family (last) name, please --> {{AlumniStart}} {{Alum|name=[[Yolanda Adams]]|year=|nota=[[Grammy Award]]-winning [[gospel music|gospel]] singer|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Doug Delony]]|year=|nota=FOX 26 / [[KRIV]] Houston television news personality.|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=4103794|title=}}</ref>}} {{Alum|name=[[Ernie Holmes]]|year=|nota=Defensive tackle for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and one of the players on the [[Steel Curtain]]|ref=}} {{Alum|name=Congresswoman [[Barbara Jordan]]|year=|nota=the first black woman from a Southern state to serve in the [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. House]]|ref=}} {{Alum|name=Congressman [[Mickey Leland]]|year=|nota=[[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. House]]|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Lady Paula Merry]]|year=|nota=African-American children's book author|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Don Narcisse]]|year=|nota=Former [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] [[Wide Receiver]] (1987-1999) / [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] Legend|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Woody Sauldsberry]]|year=|nota=Former [[NBA]] player for the [[Golden State Warriors|Philadelphia Warriors]].|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Michael Strahan]]|year=|nota=Former Defensive End for the New York Giants|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Bennie Swain]]|year=|nota=Former NBA player for the [[Boston Celtics]].|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Senfronia Thompson]]|year=|nota=Longest serving woman and African-American in the Texas House of Representatives.|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Craig Washington|Congressman Craig Washington]]|year=|nota=[[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. House]] (Texas Southern Law School)|ref=}} {{Alum|name=[[Lloyd Wells|Lloyd C.A. Wells]]|year=|nota=First [[African American]] full-time professional football scout ([[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[American Football League]])|ref=}} {{AlumniEnd}} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== {{portalpar|Houston|Flag of Houston, Texas.png}} * [http://www.aacsb.edu/ AACSB Accreditation Web Site] * [http://www.tsu.edu/ Texas Southern University] * [http://www.tsuball.com/ Texas Southern University Athletics] * {{Handbook of Texas|id=TT/kct27|name=Texas Southern University}} {{HBCU}} {{Southwestern Athletic Conference}} [[Category:Historically black universities and colleges in the United States]] [[Category:Texas Southern University| ]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1947]] [[de:Texas Southern University]] [[no:Texas Southern University]]