Virginia State University
- Virginia State University
-
public,
coeducational institution of higher learning in Petersburg,
Virginia,
U.
S.
The historically African-
American university consists of schools of agriculture,
business,
liberal arts and education,
science and technology,
and graduate studies and continuing education.
It awards a variety of bachelor'
s degrees,
and more than half of its departments offer graduate programs.
Total enrollment is approximately 4,
000 students.
Alfred W.
Harris,
a black state legislator,
sponsored the bill that founded Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1882.
An antagonistic lawsuit delayed the school'
s opening until October 1883,
and insufficient support from the state hindered its progress in its early years.
In 1902 the legislature reduced the school'
s collegiate programs and changed its name to Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.
It became Virginia'
s African-
American land-
grant (
land-grant college)
school in 1920,
and three years later its collegiate programs were reinstated.
It was renamed Virginia State College for Negroes in 1930 and Virginia State College in 1946;
it was raised to university status in 1979.
Norfolk State University,
Virginia State'
s Norfolk branch,
was founded in 1944 and became independent in 1969.
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Universalium.
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