|
 
|
|
By 4 March 1876 the General Assembly had passed an act incorporating the school today known as Virginia Union University. Initially known as Colver Institute, the school was established shortly after the end of the Civil War by the American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS). At that time, the primary goal of the school was to educate and train recently emancipated African Americans to enter the Baptist ministry. Over the years, the mission of the institute would broaden to encompass numerous fields of study. Virginia Union University (VUU) was created in 1899 by the merger of the former Colver Institute (then known as Richmond Theological Seminary) and another ABHMS college, Wayland Seminary of Washington, D.C. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, the school expanded its course offerings to include a wide variety of subjects, including education, law, religion, foreign languages, English, social work, medicine, and business administration. Dr. George Rice Hovey, the second president of the university, obtained land near the campus for athletic fields and helped to establish a highly successful athletic program at VUU. It was also during the 1920s that nearby Hartshorn Memorial College, the first African American women's college in the United States to confer bachelor’s degrees, merged with the university. Over the years, Virginia Union University's enrollment has grown to more than 1,600 students. Today's students can obtain degrees in a wide variety of fields that help prepare them for a successful career. Introduction |
January |
February |
March |
April |
Credits |
Comments |
