Fisk University

Fisk University is a private university founded in 1866, six months after the end of the civil war. Fisk's own name was given in memory and honor of General Clinton B. Fisk, which provides facilities for the local community to establish a new institute at Union Station in Nashville, exactly in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The University is one of the premier Historically Black College or University (HBCU).

Through its faculty, the university offers a variety of degree programs in a variety of majors courses, ranging from undergraduate and graduate. In addition, the university also has a program called Vanderbilt, the Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program. Where in the program, the university provides a seamless transition for students to pursue education of Fisk's STEM master's degrees to Vanderbilt's Ph.D. programs. STEM itself is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

According to official data the university in 2013 ago, the number of student enrollment increased by about 5%, compared to the previous year, which is about 645 students. The data is sufficiently representative to show that from year to year university underwent significant progress.

In addition to the development of the university can be seen from the data of student, the university is also able to show progress, with many achievements and awards that have been achieved, for example, the prestigious R & D 100 award. Where, the university is the only HBCU ever won four awards. A very proud achievement.

Not only able to achievement, the university is also able to give birth to many prominent figures in the world, such as WEB Du Bois, the social critic and founding member of the NAACP. Given the prominent alumni, automatically will increasingly also the name of the university.

And for students who want to demonstrate achievement and develop talent in the field of sports, can join the university sports teams. Because, with the mascot, nicknamed the Bulldogs, the university's sports teams compete with other universities in the competition of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and is a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).