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"Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school."
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"My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman."
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"One half who graduate from college never read another book."
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"The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts."
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"My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils."
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"I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana."
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"The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions."
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"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."
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"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."
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"On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?"
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"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"
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"After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education."
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"Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice."
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"We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war."
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"During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities."
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"And the university's reputation will only continue to grow as stories like Elaine's are spread. Delaware State University's motto 'a past to honor, a future to insure,' couldn't be any more fitting for this transitional period you are going through."
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"Upon arriving, meeting their teachers and signing up for classes, these students began to realize that their attendance at Delaware State University was not a goal achieved, but rather a dream being sewn - a first step, if you will."
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"When Delaware State University was founded in 1890, it was not by choice, but by social reality."
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"I believe it is important for the university to always remember its roots."
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"I could not agree more. The students of Delaware State often looked to the school as their chance, their hand up, their hope. And they gave their all."
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"Their families helped them realize that there was more out there for them. These students came to Delaware State because of its inexpensive tuition, closeness to home, and solid reputation."
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