Martin University (originally Martin Center College) is a private college in

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. It was founded by Fr

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, OSB and Jane Edward Schilling, CSJ in 1977 to serve low-income, minority, and adult learners. It is the only Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) of higher education in Indiana.

History

Originally named Martin Center College, the university has always been independent institutionally but grew organizationally out of the Martin Center, a nonprofit human services agency. It was named after both civil rights movement leader

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(died 1968) and St Martin de Porres (died 1639),

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people and all those seeking racial harmony. It is the only Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) of higher education in Indiana. (It is excluded from the designation

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(HBCU) because it was founded after the cut off date of 1964.) The original campus was at 35th Street and College Avenue. It moved to its current location on Avondale Place in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood in 1987. Housed initially in a former church and school, the campus grew to include many other structures in the immediate area. A $10 million Educational Center and adjoining Peace Garden opened in the summer of 2001. The brick-and-stone Educational Center contains nine classrooms; faculty and staff offices; an 800-seat Gathertorium; a two-story, glass-and-steel globe; a

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Room; student and staff lounges; and a smoking-cessation center.

Academics

Martin University offers 14 undergraduate degrees along with two master's degrees. Popular undergraduate degree programs at the university include Accounting, Addiction Counseling, Business Administration, Biology, Chemistry, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Criminal Justice and Liberal Arts. Its two graduate degrees are a

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in Urban Ministries and a

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Community Psychology, the latter designed to prepare candidates for state licensure as a

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. The university also has special programs in Long-Term Care and Medical Coding. Tuition in 2012–13 was $14,180, although 59% of the student body receives financial aid in the average amount of $2,600.

List of presidents

* Algeania Freeman * Charlotte Westerhaus (acting) * Eugene G. White * Sean L. Huddleston

References

External links

Official website
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