- TSU
is the only
HBCU to be ranked in Yahoo's 100 "Most Wired
Universities" (#55)
- 100% of residence halls and buildings are equipped
with computers with internet access.
- Students
can print an unlimited number of pages per semester
at no charge.
- Students can reserve library books electronically.
- Each student is allotted between 11-25 megabytes
of web space.
- TSU
is the
only HBCU recognized in the US News & World
Report's "Guide to America's Best Colleges"
for the past 10 consecutive years.
- Since
1987, when US Black Engineer magazine instituted
its awards program, nine
(9) TSU graduates have been honored as Black Engineer
of the Year.
- TSU
was selected by the US Department of Energy to
be the first
university to operate an isotope center in the
U.S. Isotopes are used to
diagnose heart ailments, cancer, and other illnesses.
- Sponsored
research funding
has reached $41 million,
the highest
research productivity among
all Tennessee Board of Regents institutions,
including Middle Tennessee State University, which
is more than twice TSU's size.
- TSU
is the only
institution in the country to discover a planet
outside the earth's solar system.
TSU is exceptionally strong in astrophysics, astronomy,
engineering, business, education and biology.
- TSU
has the No.
1 forensics program among black colleges in the
nation. The forensics program
is ranked sixth
in the nation among universities its size.
- TSU
is one of only
three historically black colleges in the nation
with a Phi Kappa Phi honor society, the most prestigious
honor society comprising all academic disciplines.
TSU was the
first HBCU to charter Phi Kappa Phi
on its campus.
- TSU
is constructing a 45-foot
statue called The Olympian in the Olympic Plaza
in honor of the 58 TSU Olympians
and legendary Coach Ed Temple.
- The
TSU administration has placed honors
floors and computer labs in all the residence
halls, as well as cable television hookups in
every room.
- TSU
students recently achieved a
98 percent passing rate on the National
Teacher Examination, four percent higher than
the state average.
- TSU's
Air Force ROTC
detachment was recently named the best small-to-medium
detachment unit in the United States and Puerto
Rico.
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