Atlanta University Center
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| Atlanta University Center | |
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| AUC | |
| Motto | Strength in Diversity |
| Established | April 1, 1929 |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Website | www.aucenter.edu |
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) is the largest contiguous consortium of African-Americans in higher education in the United States. The center consists of four historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. The institutions included in this consortium are Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the Morehouse School of Medicine. The consortium structure allows for students to cross-register at the other institutions in order to attain a broader collegiate experience. They also share the Robert W. Woodruff Library.
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[edit] History
The AUC was created in April of 1929, when John Hope, then president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University saw the potential gains from such a consortium. The former Atlanta University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College signed the affiliation agreement and became the original members of the AUC. Clark College and Morris Brown College joined in 1957, followed by the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in 1959.[1]
[edit] Former members
Morris Brown College was a member of the AUC until it lost its accreditation and federal funding in 2002 because of financial mismanagement during the 1998–2002 tenure of Dr. Dolores E. Cross as school president.[2] The college has since rejoined the AUC. The ITC, while still fully operational, is now a former member.
[edit] Location
The AUC campuses are located near downtown Atlanta, southwest of the Georgia Dome.
[edit] Religious Institutions
Two denominational campus ministry centers have been established to serve the students of the Atlanta University Center. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta operates the Lyke House Catholic Student Center, and the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta operates the Absalom Jones Episcopal Student Center and Chapel. Each of these campus ministry facilities are named after notable Black American clerics.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "AUC Consortium Inc.: History". Atlanta University Center. http://www.aucenter.edu/history.php.
- ^ Atlanta Progressive News. http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0419.html. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
- ^ The Catholic Student Center is named for the late Atlanta Archbishop James P. Lyke (1939-1992); the Episcopal Student Center Center and Chapel is named after Reverend Absalom Jones (1746–1818), the first Black American priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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