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HOST INSTITUTIONS
Founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
is known as our Nation’s 1st HBCU. The founding of Cheyney University was made
possible by Richard Humphreys, a Quaker philanthropist who bequeathed $10,000, one
tenth of his estate, to design and establish a school to educate the descendants of the African
race.

Dr. Frank G. Pogue
President
Cheyney State University

The school began in Philadelphia as the Institute for Colored Youth and successfully
provided free classical education for qualified young people. In 1902, the Institute moved
to George Cheyney's farm, 25 miles west of Philadelphia. In 1913, the name was changed
to Cheyney State Teachers College; in 1921, the State Normal School at Cheyney; and in
1959, Cheyney State College. In 1983, the name was changed to Cheyney University of
Pennsylvania when Cheyney joined thirteen other institutions of higher education under
the umbrella of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
Cheyney University’s mission is to prepare confident, competent, reflective, visionary
leaders and responsible citizens. It strives to be known as a national liberal arts institution
of higher education for students of all races. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled.
Cheyney University currently offers 20 undergraduate degrees in the Arts and Sciences and
in Education and Professional Studies as well as graduate degrees in Educational Leadership
and in Public Administration. Cheyney University is a fully accredited member of the
Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
The University’s 275-acre campus features a new 400-bed residence, a new science center
and an entrepreneurial venture in which Cheyney University operates an aquaponic
greenhouse in collaboration with a private company.
Dr. Frank G. Pogue was appointed Cheyney University’s Interim President on October 9,
2014. His tenure as President of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Grambling
University and as well as Interim President of Chicago State University, the State
University of New York at Cobleskill (SUNY) and Vice Chancellor of the SUNY System
uniquely qualify Dr. Frank Pogue to strengthen and re-imagine Cheyney University as it
journeys towards it bicentennial milestone.

“Expanding Sponsored Programs and Research Possibilities With
Contracts: Understanding The Requirements For Success”
June 7-10, 2016
Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, Arlington, VA

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