Dillard University
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Former names
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Straight University,Straight College, New Orleans University |
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| Motto | Ex Fide, Fortis |
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Motto in English
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"Strong Through Faith" (lit. "Out of faith, strong") |
| Type | Private, HBCU |
| Established | 1869 |
| Affiliation |
United Church of Christ United Methodist Church UNCF |
| Endowment | $58 million |
| President | Dr.Walter M. Kimbrough |
| Vice-president | Marc A. Barnes (Institutional Advancement) |
| Provost | Dr. Yolanda Williams-Page |
| Students | 1,250 |
| Location |
2601 Gentilly Blvd New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 29°59′42″N 90°03′55″W / 29.99500°N 90.06528°WCoordinates: 29°59′42″N 90°03′55″W / 29.99500°N 90.06528°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Student/Faculty Ratio | 9:1 |
| Colors | Royal Blue and White |
| Athletics | NAIA Division I – GCAC |
| Nickname | Bleu Devils / Lady Bleu Devils |
| Website | www.dillard.edu |
| Rev. Will W. Alexander | 1935–1936 |
| William Stuart Nelson | 1936–1940 |
| Albert Walter Dent | 1941–1969 |
| Broadus Nathaniel Butler | 1969–1973 |
| Myron Wicke | 1973–1974 |
| Samuel DuBois Cook | 1974–1997 |
| Michael Lucius Lomax | 1997–2004 |
| Bettye Parker Smith | 2004–2005 |
| Marvalene Hughes | 2005–2011 |
| James E. Lyons, Sr. | 2011-2012 |
| Walter M. Kimbrough | 2012–Present |
| University rankings | |
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| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | RNP |
| Washington Monthly | 83 |
Dillard University is a private, historically black liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 1930 incorporating earlier institutions that went back to 1869, it is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church.
The campus is near Gentilly Boulevard and the London Avenue Canal, established in the 1930s.
The history of Dillard University dates back to 1869 and its founding predecessor institutions--Straight University (later to be renamed Straight College) and Union Normal School (which was to become New Orleans University).
Responding to the post-Civil War need to educate newly freed African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana and the surrounding region, the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church founded Straight University on June 12, 1868.
Straight University also offered professional training, including a law department from 1874 to 1886, and its graduates participated in local and national Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era civil rights struggles.
Straight University was renamed Straight College in 1915.
The Union Normal School was established by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church on July 8, also in 1868.
In addition to Straight University, the AMA helped found several other historically black colleges and universities, such as Clark Atlanta University, Fisk University, Hampton University, Howard University (with Freedmen's Bureau), Huston-Tillotson University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Talladega College, and Tougaloo College. Straight University and Union Normal School later became Straight College and New Orleans University, respectively. Both schools offered elementary level education, but quickly enlarged curriculum to include secondary, collegiate, and professional level instruction.
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