St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Saint Augustine's University

Motto	Veritas vos liberabit
Motto in English	The truth will set you free
Type	Private, HBCU
Established	1867
Founder	Jacob Brinton Smith
Affiliation	Episcopal
President	Everett B. Ward
Students	1,500
Location	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Campus	Urban, 105 acres (0.42 km2)
Colors	Blue and White
Sports	Golf Football Baseball Bowling Volleyball Cross-Country Tennis Basketball Outdoor Track Indoor Track
Nickname	Falcons
Website	www.st-aug.edu

St. Augustine's College Campus
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Oakwood Ave., Raleigh, North Carolina
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	80002903
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1980

Coordinates: 35°47′10″N 78°37′13″W / 35.7861°N 78.6204°W / 35.7861; -78.6204

Saint Augustine's University is a historically black college located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The college was founded in 1867 in Raleigh, North Carolina by prominent Episcopal clergy for the education of freed slaves.

Founded in 1867 as Saint Augustine's Normal School, the institution first changed its name to Saint Augustine’s School in 1893 and then to Saint Augustine’s Junior College in 1919 when it began offering college-level coursework. It began offering coursework leading to a four-year degree in 1927 and changed its name to Saint Augustine’s College one year later with the first baccalaureate degrees awarded in 1931. In 2012, the institution again expanded its focus and changed its name to St. Augustine's University.

In April 2014, in the midst of what The Chronicle of Higher Education characterized as "significant turmoil" and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education described as "financial problems...stemming from a loss in enrollment and revenue," the university's board of trustees fired university president Dianne Boardley Suber one month prior to her planned retirement. At the same time, the board reinstated two senior employees that Suber had recently fired. Suber had led the university for nearly 15 years.

Dr. Everett Ward was appointed President in 2015 after serving as interim President since 2014.

Saint Augustine’s University was the nation’s first historically black college to have its own on-campus commercial radio and television stations (WAUG 750 AM, WAUG-TV 8, and Time Warner cable channel 10). It is also the only school in the Raleigh/Durham area to offer a degree in film production.