15 Facts About Shaw University

Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Shaw University owns and operates a 35-acre farm located on Rock Quarry Rd.

Shaw University is the alma mater of one United Nations General Assembly President, three founders of other North Carolina HBCUs, and numerous entertainers, lawyers, politicians, and educators.

Shaw University Hall was built with a 165-foot frontage, four stories high and possessing a tower, was the most commodious school building in all of North Carolina at that time.

Shaw University graduated fifty-seven law students before it closed in 1916.

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Shaw University was followed as dean by Edward A Johnson, who was the law school's first graduate and later the first African-American member of the New York State Assembly.

In 1968, Shaw University became the first black college to own a radio station.

President Talbert O Shaw University increased the student body from 1,600 to 2,700, restructured debt and created the Raleigh Business and Technology Center.

Shaw University led a research study to investigate why not a single African-American soldier who served in World War II had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Department's decision in response to Shaw University's study marked only the third time that the military re-evaluated military records to award the Medal of Honor.

Shaw University has historical, symbolic, and ongoing affiliations with the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc and the American Baptist Churches, USA.

Shaw University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Council on Social Work Education, and the American Psychological Association.

Shaw University offers a non-degree teaching certificate for individuals who have earned a bachelor's degree or higher in education or related major and wish the fulfill the requirements to obtain a teaching license.

Shaw University's marching band, better known as "Platinum Sound", was reestablished in the Fall of 2002 along with the reestablishment of the football team.

Shaw University is a member and co-founder of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II's Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference.