Tougaloo College

500 W County Line Rd, Tougaloo, MS 39174 -  View Map

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• Founded in 1869 by the American Missionary Association, Tougaloo College was chartered on the principles that it “be accessible to all irrespective of their religious tenets, and conducted on the most liberal principles for the benefit of our citizens in general.” Tougaloo acknowledges and respects its traditions, remains dedicated to the equality of all people, and continues to be a value-oriented community where students are guided by a concerned faculty and staff. The members of this community apply current knowledge to prepare students for lifelong learning related to new information and emerging technologies, as well as humane standards in a global society.
• The liberal arts curriculum at Tougaloo College is based upon two assumptions: first, that students should have a general education drawn from broad academic areas, as well as specialized training in one major department; and second, that students should have freedom, within certain established guidelines and with the advice of the faculty, to choose their own course of study.
• Tougaloo offers an undergraduate curriculum designed to encourage students to apply critical thought to all areas of life, to acquire a basic knowledge of the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences, to develop skills required in selected professions; and to provide leadership in a democratic society and in a changing world.
• Tougaloo College has been recently noted in U.S. News and World Report, Money Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education and other publications for its student selectivity. Tougaloo College is included among a prestigious group of 18 percent of the 790 Southern four-year colleges and universities. Tougaloo is one of 146 colleges and universities on the Princeton Review’s 2006-2007 list of the Best Colleges and Universities in the Southeast.
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In the News:

• Tougaloo Art Colony an annual inspiration (The Clarion-Ledger)
  posted on July 18, 2011 at 09:33:24 am
  For some, it's summer camp for grownups. For others, it's like going to church. For still others, the annual art colony at Tougaloo College is a kick out of the stuck box.
• Word of Mouth (UB Reporter)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 02:09:56 pm
  UB Alert: Emergency text, e-mail messages. Sign up > Brittani Franklin attends Xavier University in New Orleans, Donteeno Todd attends Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., and Caitlin Nicholson attends Dartmouth College in Dartmouth, N.H. But all are spending the summer at UB, along with a dozen other undergraduates from as far away as Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and as close as Buffalo.
• Freedom Rider: Civil rights era not being taught (The Clarion-Ledger)
  posted on June 26, 2011 at 07:00:22 am
  As a student at Tougaloo College during the civil rights era, Thomas Armstrong felt obligated to be a part of the movement.
• Person of the Day: Rev. Otis Moss III (Jackson Free Press)
  posted on June 21, 2011 at 07:27:51 pm
  Rev. Otis Moss III, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ of Chicago, visits Tougaloo College to speak to teenage girls this week. Moss speaks Thursday at the Unita Blackwell Young Women's Leadership Institute at Tougaloo College near Jackson. The event is closed to the public.
• Tougaloo ceremony honors Freedom Riders (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
  posted on May 23, 2011 at 08:33:50 pm
  Hundreds packed Woolworth Chapel on the Tougaloo College campus to honor some well known Civil Right's heroes.

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