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| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
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Cheyney and Creek Roads
Cheyney, Pennsylvania 19319-0019
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President: Michelle Howard-Vital Ph.D
Charter Date: 1837
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General Information
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Cheyney University students represent a variety of races, cultures, and nationalities who receive education instruction
beyond the vision of Richard Humphreys. Cheyney graduates still become teachers, but students also enter careers such
as journalism, medicine, business, science, law, communication, and government service. The university offers
baccalaureate degrees in more than 30 disciplines and the master’s degree in education.
Cheyney University is proud of its more than 10,000 graduates. Well known alumni include journalist Ed Bradley of the
CBS program “60 Minutes;” Robert W. Bogle, publisher and CEO of the Philadelphia Tribune, the oldest newspaper
continuously owned an operated by an African American; Gladys Styles Johnston, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska
at Kearney; Congressman Curt Weldon who represents the 7th Congressional District (which includes Chester and Delaware
Counties); State Representative Michael Horsey who represents the 190th district in Philadelphia County; State
Representative Thaddeus Kirkland who represents the 159th district in Delaware County; Robert L. Woodson, Founder and
President of the National left for Neighborhood Enterprise (NCNE), Washington, D.C.; Samuel J. Patterson, CEO of Shepard
Patterson Systems and Information Consulting Firm; and Ambassador (retired) Joseph M. Segars. |
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Undergraduate Population: 1243
Graduate Population: 364
Percent Men: 48%
Percent Women: 52%
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Student Body: Coed
Degrees Available: Bachelor's, Master's
Distance Learning: yes
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In State
Tuition: 5565
Out of State Tuition: 12781
Room & Board: 5524
Application Fee: $20 - Deadline: June 15th
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| Choral Groups, Marching Band, Pep Band, Radio Station |
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| Basketball, Football, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling |
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| History
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, located in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, in the United States, was originally founded as
the Institute for Colored Youth in 1837 by Richard Humphreys.
It is one of the oldest historically African-American colleges and universities in the United States, although it was
not originally founded as an "institution of higher learning" as Lincoln University, PA was. Humphreys was a Quaker
philanthropist who bequeathed $10,000.00, one tenth of his estate, to establish a school for “the descendants of the
African race”. Humphreys changed his will to include this bequest in 1829 after race riots occurred in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The Institute for Colored Youth provided educational opportunities to many African Americans in the
Philadelphia area, and also employed a number of important African American educators, including Charles L. Reason
and Fanny Jackson Coppin, the first female African American school principal.
The school began at the corner of Ninth St. and Lombard St. in Philadelphia and moved in 1902 to George Cheyney’s farm,
twenty-five miles west of the city. The name of the school was changed several times; to Cheyney State Teachers College
in 1913, the State Normal School at Cheyney in 1921, and Cheyney State College in 1959. The current name was adopted
when the school joined the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 1983.
Basketball coach John Chaney, best known as head coach of the Temple University Owls from 1982 through 2006, began his
head coaching career with then-Cheyney State, coaching the school from 1972 through 1982. At Cheyney, Chaney's record
was 225-56, and he won his only national championship in 1978.
Cheyney State College was also the runner-up in the first ever NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
Tournament, in 1982. Cheyney State was defeated by Louisiana Tech, 76 - 62.
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