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Wilberforce
University
Wilberforce,
Ohio
Wilberforce
University is a private, coed, liberal arts historically African-American
university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, that is affiliated with
the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and participates
in the United Negro College Fund. Wilberforce University was founded
by a Black Bishop, Bishop Daniel Paine.
Wilberforce was the
first university owned and operated by African-Americans, and
is named for the 18th century English statesman and abolitionist
William Wilberforce. The school played a role in the Underground
Railroad. The campus is located three miles from Xenia, Ohio,
and 21 miles from Dayton, Ohio.
Founded in 1856 by
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilberforce closed temporarily
in 1862 during the American Civil War and reopened the following
year after being sold to the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Growth drove the need to build a new campus in 1967, located one
mile away.
In 1974, a tornado
destroyed much of the city of Xenia and the old campus, part of
the Super Outbreak tornado storm. The old campus contains the
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. Other old campus
buildings still in use include the Carnegie Library built in 1909,
Shorter Hall built in 1922, and the Charles Leander Hill Gymnasium
built in 1958.
Wilberforce is one
of two four-year institutions in the United States that require
all students to participate in cooperative education[1] to meet
graduation requirements. The cooperative program places students
in internships that provide practical experience in addition to
academic training.
www.wilberforce.edu
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