Motto | "We Create Success, One Student at a Time." |
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Type | Public college |
Established | July 30, 1970 |
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President | Patricia Ramsey |
Undergraduates | 7,156 |
Location | , U.S. 40°39′58.71″N 73°57′23.93″W / 40.6663083°N 73.9566472°W |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Black and gold[1] |
Nickname | Cougars |
Website | www |
Medgar Evers College is a public college in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), offering baccalaureate and associate degrees. It was established in 1970 in central Brooklyn. It is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, an African American civil rights leader assassinated on June 12, 1963.
The college is divided into four schools: the School of Business, the School of Professional and Community Development, the School of Liberal Arts and Education, and the School of Science, Health, and Technology. The college also operates several external programs and associated centers such as the Male Development and Empowerment Center, the Center for Women's Development, the Center for Black Literature, and the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy. The college is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.