Delaware State University

Delaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware. With approximately 4,200 students, DSU is the second-largest university in the state and encompasses six colleges and a diverse population of undergraduate and advanced-degree students. The State College for Colored Students was established on May 15, 1891, by the Delaware General Assembly. It first awarded degrees in 1898. In 1944, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education awarded... the college provisional accreditation. Three years later, the institution became Delaware State College by legislative action. Although its accreditation was revoked in 1949, it was regained in 1957. On July 1, 1993, the institution changed its name yet again, this time to Delaware State University. On September 21, 2007, two university students were shot on campus near Memorial Hall around one a.m. Classes were canceled for the day.
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