Cheyney University
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public, historically Black university founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth. It is the oldest HBCU in the U.S., offering bachelor’s degrees and operating within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Address: 1837 University Circle, Cheyney, PA 19319-0200
Phone: (610) 399-2275
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State System of Higher Education to Consider Mergers, Campus Closures
Due to reduced funds and a drop in enrollments, Pennsylvania’s state colleges may soon have to face the possibility of merging or the closure of…
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Student Awards, Cheyney Agreement Highlight Delaware County Community College’s Quarterly Newsletter
Your Connection is a quarterly newsletter for alumni and friends of Delaware County Community College. As you will read in the Summer edition below, student…
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Cheyney University Names a Nuclear Physicist as Interim Provost
Robert M. Dixon, a nuclear physicist, professor, and veteran administrator has been named the Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Cheyney University…
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Capitol Rally Could Be Cheyney University’s Last Chance
The nation’s oldest historically black university has been fighting to get out from under the thumb of institutional discrimination for decades, and a rally in…
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Dinniman, Harrison Make Case For Increasing Cheyney, Lincoln Enrollment
Pointing to the impact cuts in education funding has on economically struggling school districts and Chester County’s two historically Black universities, State Senator Andy Dinniman…















































