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Fisk University
Fisk University began as the Fisk School in 1865 and was incorporated as a university in 1866. Fisk has
achieved an international reputation as a high-quality liberal arts institution. Before regional
accreditation was available to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Fisk gained
recognition by the Board of Regents of New York State and by leading universities throughout the nation.
Fisk later became the first historically black college to gain accreditation by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools. It is also the first HBCU to be placed on the approved lists of the Association
of American Universities, and the first HBCU to be granted a charter for the establishment of a chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa.
Fisk today is a respected and highly accomplished university. A well-prepared and committed faculty and
an outstanding student body earn Fisk high marks for its continuing achievements. A recent National Science Foundation study
revealed that more Fisk alumni earned doctorates in the natural sciences than African-Americans from any
other college. A significant percentage of the nation's black physicians, dentists, attorneys and actuarial fellows have
graduated from Fisk. Fisk also is included in Peterson's America's 200 Top Colleges for Science.
Fisk is home to a number of distinctive resources, including The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Jubilee Hall
(a national historic landmark), the NASA Center for Photonic Materials and Devices, the Fisk Infrared
Spectroscopy Institute, the Negro Collection (Fisk University Special Collections), the Carl Van Vechten
Gallery, which is home to the renowned Alfred Stieglitz Collection, and the Fisk Race Relations Institute.
For more information about Fisk University, please see the following web sites:
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