Morehouse College

Morehouse College

Former names	Atlanta Baptist Seminary Atlanta Baptist College
Motto	Latin: "Et Facta Est Lux"
Motto in English	And there was light
Type	Private Liberal Arts Men's College HBCU
Established	1867
Endowment	$130 million
President	John Silvanus Wilson, Jr.
Students	2,193
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Campus	61 acres, Urban
Newspaper	The Maroon Tiger
Colors	Maroon and White
Athletics	NCAA Division II SIAC
Nickname	Maroon Tigers
Mascot	The Maroon Tiger
Affiliations	NAICU CIC Annapolis Group ORAU ACS Oberlin Group
Website	morehouse.edu

**Morehouse's History at a glance**
1867	Augusta Institute established
1879	Institute moved to Atlanta and name changed to Atlanta Baptist Seminary
1885	The seminary moved to its present location
1897	The school was renamed Atlanta Baptist College
1913	School renamed to Morehouse College
1929	Morehouse entered into a cooperative agreement with Clark College and Spelman College (later expanded to form the Atlanta University Center)
1975	The Morehouse School of Medicine established
1981	The Morehouse School of Medicine became independent from Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. The college is one of the few remaining traditional men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.

Morehouse is the largest men's college in the United States with an enrollment over 2,000 students. The student-faculty ratio is 13:1. Along with Clark Atlanta University, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse School of Medicine and nearby women's college Spelman College, Morehouse is part of the Atlanta University Center. In 1881, both Morehouse and Spelman students were studying in the basement of Atlanta's Friendship Baptist Church.

Morehouse is one of two historically black colleges in the country to produce Rhodes Scholars, and it is the alma mater of many African American leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.