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Howard
University is one of the country’s
leading private universities.
Founded in 1867 in Washington,
DC, it is the home to 12 schools
and colleges offering undergraduate,
graduate, doctoral and professional
degrees in a number of disciplines.
Founding
Date
March
2, 1867 by Civil War hero
General Oliver O. Howard
President
Sidney
A. Ribeau, Ph.D., 2008 - present
Academic
Divisions
College
of Arts and Sciences, James
Donaldson, Ph.D., Dean
School
of Business, Barron Harvey,
Ph.D., Dean
School
of Communications, Jannette
Dates, Ph.D.
School
of Denistry, Leo Rouse, D.D.S.,
Dean
School
of Divinity, Alton Pollard
III, Ph.D.,
School
of Education, Leslie Fenwick
, Ph.D., Dean
College
of Engineering, Architecture
and Computer Sciences, James
Johnson, Ph.D., Dean
School
of Law, Kurt Schmoke, J.D.,
Dean
School
of Medicine, Robert E. Taylor,
M.D., Dean
College
of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied
Health Sciences, Beatrice
Adderley-Kelly, Ph.D., Dean
School
of Social Work, Cudore Snell,
DSW, Interim Dean
Graduate
School, Orlando Taylor, Dean
For
more information on Howard’s
academic divisions, please
visit:
http://www.howard.edu/academics/schools.asp
Campuses
Howard
University, Main Campus
School
of Law, West Campus
School
of Divinity, East Campus
Continuing
Education, located in Silver
Spring, MD
Atmospheric
Physics, located in Beltsville,
MD
Intercollegiate
Athletics
A
Division I-AA program
Member
of the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC)
19
Varsity Athletic Programs
Mascot:
Bison
Colors:
Red, White and Blue
Senior
Administrators
For
information on University
officers, please visit:
http://www.howard.edu/administration/Officers.asp
Mission,
Vision and Core Values
To
view the University’s
mission, vision and core values,
please visit:
http://138.238.41.254/presidentReports/Mission.htm
Strategic
Framework for Action
To
view the University’s
Strategic Framework for Action,
please visit: http://www.howard.edu/president/StrategicFramework/
and http://www.howard.edu/president/sfa2/
University
Media
WHUT
Founded
in 1980, Howard University
Television, WHUT-TV, was the
first African-American-owned
public television station
in the nation. It is
also the only university-licensed
public television station
located in the metropolitan
Washington viewing area, which
includes more than three million
households. http://www.howard.edu/tv/
WHUR
The
University’s commercial
radio station, WHUR-FM, has
been broadcasting from more
than 34 years and is a leading
station in the Washington
metropolitan area. It
is also the first and only
station in the area to broadcast
high definition radio.
WHBC
With
assistance from WHUR-FM, this
student-run radio station,
provides music, news and sports
to campus dormitories.
For
more information about Howard
University:
http://
www.howard.edu
Postal
Address:
Howard University
2400 6th Street NW
Washington, DC 20059
Main Number:
(202) 806-6100
University
Fact Book 2005: http://www.howard.edu/facts/
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