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Norfolk State University (NSU) is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts, historically black university located in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the Virginia High-Tech Partnership.

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History

The institution was founded in 1935 as the Norfolk State Unit of Virginia Union University (VUU). [1] Eighty-five students attended the first classes held in 1935. In 1942, the school became independent of VUU and was named Norfolk Polytechnic College. Within two years, by an act of the Virginia Legislature, it became a part of Virginia State College (now Virginia State University). In 1956 Norfolk State College granted its first bachelor's degrees.

In 1969 the college divided from Virginia State College and was named Norfolk State College. When the college was granted university status in 1979, it changed its name to Norfolk State University.

Academics

Norfolk State offers 2 Doctorate and 15 Master's degrees, including Master's degree programs in Optical Engineering, Computer Science, and Criminal Justice. The school also offers 36 undergraduate degrees, with a new degree being offered in Optical Engineering.

Schools

Norfolk State's undergraduate and graduate programs are divided into six Colleges. [2]
  • School of Business
:Accounting, Finance Information Management
Tourism and Hospitality
Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Center for Entrepreneurship
  • School of Education
:Secondary Education & School Leadership Development
Special Education
Early Childhood/Elementary Education
Center for Professional Development
Health, Physical Education & Exercise Science
  • School of Liberal Arts
:Military Science (Army ROTC)
English and Foreign Languages
Music
Fine Arts
Political Science
History
Psychology
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mass Communications & Journalism
Sociology
  • School of Science & Technology
:Allied Health
Mathematics
Biology
Nursing
Chemistry
Physics
Computer Science
Technology
Engineering
DNIMAS
CMR (Center for Materials Research)
Navy ROTC
Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
STARS (Science & Technology Academicians on the Road to Success)
  • School of Social Work
:Continuing Education Program
Child Welfare Education & Support Program
  • Office of Graduate Studies

Campus

Located on the former site of the Memorial Park Golf Course, which the city of Norfolk sold to the school for one dollar, the campus now encompasses of land and 31 buildings at (36.8495922, -76.2627174) [3] The Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall is a large health, physical education, and ROTC complex with a seating capacity of 7,500. Other facilities include a 30,000-seat football stadium; a television studio and radio station, an African art museum, and a multi-purpose performing arts center. Research facilities include a life sciences building with a planetarium and a materials research wing with crystal growth, organic synthesis, laser spectroscopy, and magnetic resonance equipment.

Student activities

The below list includes organizations registered with the Norfolk State University Office of Student Actitvities for the 2007-2008 academic year. [4]
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Association for Computer Mach.
Athletes in Action
Baptist Student Union
Biology Society
Caribbean Students Association
Cheerleaders
Chi Alpha Campus Ministries
Chi Eta Phi
Concert Choir
Dance Theatre
Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
DNIMAS Student Association
Finance & Banking Association
G.I.S.E.T. (Girls in Sci.Eng. & Tech.)
Golden Key Honour Society
Gospel Choir/Voices of Inspiration
Grace Campus Ministry
Graduate Student Association
Habitat for Humanity
International Student Organization
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Eng.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Junior Class
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity
LEGASI
Mass Communications Student Assoc.
Mu Omicron Gamma
NAACP
National Broadcasting Society
National Pan-Hellenic Council
National Society of Black Engineers
National Society of Minorities in Hos.
National Society of Pershing Angels
National Society of Pershing Rifles
Nursing Honor Society
Optical Society of America
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Pi Sigma Epsilon
Political Science Association
Pre-Alumni Club
Psychology Club
Residence Life Association
Senior Class
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Society for Advancement of Management
Society of Physics Students
Sociology Club
Sophomore Class
Spanish Club
Spartan Reflections Yearbook
Student Ambassadors
Student Athlete Advisory Com.
Student Government Association
Student Nurses Association
Student Va. Education Association
Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority
Veterans Club
Whitney Young Social Work Club
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.


The University offers organized and informal co-curricular activities including 63 student organizations, leadership workshops, intramural activities, student publications and student internships.

Marching band

The Spartan Legion Marching Band performs at campus events and during Norfolk State football games. They were featured performers in the Honda Battle of the Bands in 2007 and 2008.

National fraternities and sororities

All nine of the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations currently have chapters at Norfolk State University. These organizations are:

Organization Symbol Chapter Chapter Symbol
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ??A Delta Epsilon ?E
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. ?F? Epsilon Pi E?
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. ?ST Epsilon Theta ET
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. IFT Delta ?
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. ??? Epsilon Zeta EZ
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. O?F Pi Gamma ?G
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. F?S Delta Zeta ?Z
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. SG? Gamma Nu GN
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. ?F? Zeta Gamma ZG


Other National fraternities and sororities with registered chapters currently on campus include:
Organization Symbol Chapter Chapter Symbol
Mu Omicron Gamma Christian Fraternity Inc. ??G Gamma G
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia F?? Virginia Delta colony

Pi Sigma Epsilon ?S? Epsilon Tau ??
Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority ??S Epsilon Sigma ES
Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity KK? Iota Xi ??


Student media

Newspaper

The Spartan Echo is the official student-produced newspaper of Norfolk State University. The paper is available in a print and version.

WNSB (College Radio Station)

Norfolk State operates WNSB(FM) radio, which broadcasts in stereo 24 hours a day from the campus and covers all of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area, reaching the Eastern Shore of Virginia, northeast North Carolina and the Richmond, Virginia suburbs. [5] Established on :: , {{#ifeq: ({{#ifeq:  ( 1980 - -{{padleft:22 T : : ) and known as "Hot 91.1 ", WNSB's programming is also boardcast via the internet. [6]


Sports

For additional information on Norfolk State University athletics, you may also want to view articles in the following categories:
  • Norfolk State Spartans football players
  • Norfolk State Spartans basketball players
  • Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball coaches
Norfolk State sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision for all sports including football) in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Norfolk State was formerly a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (1953-1960) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1962-1996). [7]

Notable faculty and staff

This list of notable faculty and staff contains current and former faculty, staff and presidents of the Norfolk State University.
See also Norfolk State University faculty.
Name Department Notability Reference
Na'im Akbar Psychology Clinical psychologist, prominent lecturer, and author on the psychology of Africans
Anthony Evans Athletic Current interim head men’s basketball coach at Norfolk State University and former head coach at Delhi Tech (Delhi, N.Y.) and Ulster County Community College (Kingston, N.Y.)
Yacob Haile-Mariam Business an elected member of the Ethiopian parliament and a former Senior Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda This is a list of notable alumni which includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Norfolk State University.
See also Norfolk State University alumni.
Name Class year Notability Reference
Gordon Banks (musician) guitarist, producer, writer and musical director
Al Beard former American Basketball Association (1967-1976)
Ron Bolton 1972 former National Football League
Karen Briggs Violinist
Vincent Brothers convicted American mass murderer
Bob Dandridge 1969 former National Basketball Association
Ray Epps 1977 former National Basketball Association
Evelyn J. Fields former director of the Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Corps Operations and the NOAA Commissioned Corps. She was the first woman and the first African American to hold this position.
Derrick Francis DJ
Future Man percussionist and member of the jazz quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Paul Hines (football coach) football coach and the inspiration for Denzel Washington's character in the Disney film Remember the Titans
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