Medgar Evers College
The Academic Complex Building
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| Motto | "We Create Success, One Student at a Time." |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1970 |
| President | Rudy Crew |
| Undergraduates | 7,156 |
| Location | New York City (Crown Heights, Brooklyn), New York, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Sports | Cougars |
| Website | www.mec.cuny.edu |
Coordinates: 40°39′58.71″N 73°57′23.93″W / 40.6663083°N 73.9566472°W
Medgar Evers College is a senior college of The City University of New York (CUNY), offering baccalaureate and associate degrees. It was officially established in 1970 through cooperation between educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn. It is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, an African American civil rights leader who was assassinated on June 12, 1963.
The college is divided into four schools: the School of Business, the School of Professional and Community Development, the School of Liberal Arts and Education, and the School of Science, Health, and Technology. The college also operates several external programs and associated centers such as the Male Development and Empowerment Center, the Center for Women's Development, the Center for Black Literature, and the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy. The college is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Medgar Evers College is the youngest of the four-year senior colleges in The City University of New York. In the early 1960s, the Central Brooklyn community recognized the need and expressed a desire for a local public college. Through their local elected officials and various community organizations including the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council, and the NAACP, together comprising the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services, residents approached the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York with this request. After many discussions, on November 17, 1967 the Board "approved the sponsorship of Community College Number VII, with the indication of an intention to admit students in the Fall of 1969."
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