University of the District of Columbia

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The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public university located in Washington, D.C. The university was formed in 1977 through the amalgamation of the Federal City College and Washington Technical Institute (both of which had been established in 1966 as the result of a study commissioned by President Kennedy on the educational needs of Washington) with District of Columbia Teachers College (itself formed out of the 1955 merger of the previously all-black Miner Teachers College and the all-white Wilson Teachers College).

UDC is also the only urban land-grant university in the country. By virtue of some of its ancestor institutions' histories, it is considered a historically black college. UDC is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. As it is a commuter school, it does not own any residential accommodations or dormitories. Its law school, the David A. Clarke School of Law (formerly the Antioch School of Law) has been recently incorporated as a part of the University.

The main (Van Ness) campus of UDC is located at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness St. in Northwest DC.

UDC currently offers over 75 undergraduate and graduate academic degree programs through the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Public Administration, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the David A. Clarke School of Law. Additionally, the public service arm, the Division of Community Outreach and Extension Services (COES), offers a variety of practical, nonacademic educational programs and training to the citizens of the District of Columbia.

The athletic teams are called the Firebirds and the team colors are Red and Gold. The school competes in the NCAA Division II.

[edit] International programs

The UDC's adult education department had a collegial relationship with the University of Nairobi for several years, including faculty exchange and doctoral student sponsoring.

In the Fall of 1996 an academic agreement of partnership was signed between the Modern Academy In Maadi, Cairo, Maadi in Egypt and the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. in the U.S. The UDC/MAM Program aims at encouraging and developing academic programs that will enhance the material, physical, and intellectual growth of students, faculty, and staff of both institutions.

The current activity of the UDC/MAM Program is to offer Cairo-based UDC Bachelor degrees, offering Computer Science and Business Administration in Management programs. With the renewal of the agreement in July 2001, the partnership witnessed an extension to the undergraduate program to cover the Accounting and Finance options in Business, Computer Engineering and Information Technology and Electronic Engineering and Communication Technology; in addition to launching the graduate studies in Business Administration (MBA).

[edit] See also

• Normal School for Colored Girls

[edit] External links

• The University of the District of Columbia
• The Modern Academy In Maadi
• The David A. Clarke School of Law