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Shaw University is a private historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States.^[2] The school had its origin in the formation of a theological class of freedmen in the Guion Hotel. The following year it moved to a large wooden building, at the corner of Blount and Cabarrus Streets in Raleigh, where it continued as the Raleigh Institute until 1870.^[3] In 1870, the school moved to its current location on the former property of Confederate General Barringer and changed its name to the Shaw Collegiate Institute, in honor of Elijah Shaw.^[4] In 1875, the school was officially chartered with the State of North Carolina as Shaw University.^[5]

Shaw University

Latin: Universitatis Shawensis
Former names	Raleigh Theological Institute (1869–1870) Shaw Collegiate Institute (1870–1875)
Motto	Pro Christo Et Humanitate
Motto in English	For Christ and Humanity
Type	Private historically black university
Established	1 December 1865; 158 years ago (1865-12-01)
Founder	Henry Martin Tupper
Religious affiliation	American Baptist Churches, USA
Academic affiliation	UNCF
Endowment	$10.9 million (2019) [1]
Chairman	Joseph N. Bell
President	Paulette Dillard
Academic staff	59 full time
Students	1,141
Undergraduates	998
Location	Raleigh , North Carolina , United States
Campus	Urban ( 65 Acres)
Colors	Garnet and White
Nickname	Bears
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division II – CIAA
Website	shawu.edu

The main campus resides on 24 acres in the East Raleigh-South Park Historic District in downtown Raleigh. Shaw also owns and operates a 35-acre farm located on Rock Quarry Rd.^[6] Historical buildings, which either currently (Estey Hall) or previously (Shaw Hall) reside on campus, were designed by the famed Raleigh architect George S. H. Appleget and feature a Second Empire and Italianate architectural styles.^[7] Other architectural styles present on campus are Leonard Hall, a twin-turret Romanesque Revival style building, and several buildings featuring Brutalist style architectures.

Shaw is known for many significant historical achievements. It was the first university to offer a four-year medical school, the first to offer a school of pharmacy, and the first to offer a law school for freed slaves in the United States.^[8] The first building of higher education for African American women in the country was built and still resides on the campus of Shaw.^[9] Shaw is the alma mater of one United Nations General Assembly President, three founders of other North Carolina HBCUs, and numerous entertainers, lawyers, politicians, and educators.

Along with Howard University, Hampton University, Lincoln University and Virginia Union University, Shaw was a co-founding member of the NCAA Division II's Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Conference, the oldest African American athletic association in the U.S. The university has won CIAA championships in Football, Basketball (women's and men's), Tennis (women's and men's) and volleyball.