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| Type |
Public Land grant HBCU |
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| Established | 1851 |
| Endowment | $21.8 million |
| President | Ronald Mason, Jr., J.D. |
| Provost | Dr. Rachel Petty |
| Undergraduates | 5,137 |
| Postgraduates | 234 |
| Location |
Washington, D.C., United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors |
Red and Gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II – ECC |
| Sports | basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball |
| Nickname | Firebirds |
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| Website | www.udc.edu |
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The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is the only public university in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. UDC is one of the few urban land-grant universities in the country and a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
UDC traces its roots back to 1851. Myrtilla Miner founded the Normal School for Colored Girls in 1851. In 1879, by then known as Miner Normal School, it joined the D.C. public education system. A separate institution, The Washington Normal School was established in 1873 for girls and was renamed the Wilson Normal School in 1913.
In 1929, the United States Congress made both schools four-year teachers' colleges and designated Miner Teachers College for African Americans and Wilson Teachers College for whites. In 1955, following Brown v. Board of Education, the two schools merged into the District of Columbia Teachers College.
U.S. Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon and Representative Ancher Nelsen of Minnesota sponsored the District of Columbia Public Education Act, enacted on November 7, 1966, as (Public Law 89-791), which established two additional institutions. Federal City College was created as a four-year liberal arts college. It was originally planned to be a small, selective college of about 700 students. By the time the college opened in 1968, however, admission was open and applications had soared to 6000; students were placed by lottery. The Washington Technical Institute was established as a technical school. Both institutions were also given land-grant status and awarded a $7.24 million endowment (USD), in lieu of a land grant.
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