Langston University
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Langston University is in Langston, Oklahoma. It is the only historically black college in the state. When the school was founded in 1897 it was known as the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University.
Though located in a rural setting just 10 miles east of Guthrie, Langston also serves an urban mission with University Centers in both Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
The University offers Associates', Bachelors' and Masters' degrees in a variety of disciplines. It is known as a leader in the field of agricultural research, and hosts an internationally recognized goat research center.
Langston University is named for John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress from Virginia, founder of the Howard University Law School, and American consul-general to Haiti.
LU has nearly 4000 students from all 50 states and several foreign countries representing the most diverse student body at an Oklahoma college. The university boasts one of the nation's top university choral programs and its nearly 200 piece show band is sought after for bowl games, parades, government ceremonies and marching competitions across the nation and abroad.
Rapid growth has resulted in the institution investing more than 70 million dollars in capital improvements and expansions in 2003 and 2004 alone. The grand opening of new classroom and faculty facilites for Langston University at Tulsa is expected in early 2006.
External links
- Langston University (http://www.lunet.edu)
- LUoldschool.com (http://luoldschool.com)
- HBCU Network (http://hbcunetwork.com)
- John Mercer Langston (http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT-images/JMLangston.html)
- E (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research (http://www.luresext.edu/goats/index.htm)