Hampton University

Hampton University was founded in 1868 in 바카라사이트 city of Hampton, Virginia with 바카라사이트 aim of providing education to former slaves during 바카라사이트 early years of 바카라사이트 American civil war. As 바카라사이트 war raged a camp of newly freed slaves formed near Fort Monroe which was under 바카라사이트 control of 바카라사이트 Union Army. It was decided that 바카라사이트 refugees needed some kind of education and Mary Peake, a free Negro held her first class of around 20 students under an oak tree on September 17 1861. This oak tree became known as Emancipation Oak and still stands on 바카라사이트 campus of Hampton University as a symbol of 바카라사이트 importance of education for all. A school was opened in 1863 to carry on Mary Peake¡¯s work and over 바카라사이트 years that school grew into 바카라사이트 thriving higher education institution it is today.

Hampton University is currently home to a few thousand students across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Hampton offers around 50 baccalaureates to undergraduate students and over 20 master¡¯s degrees to postgraduates as well as a number of doctoral programs. Studies are split across 11 schools and colleges ranging from Engineering and Technology and Nursing to Education and Human Development and Journalism.

The green, spacious campus is surrounded on three sides by water, giving Hampton its unofficial name ¡®Home by 바카라사이트 Sea¡¯. The campus stretches along 바카라사이트 banks of 바카라사이트 Virginia Peninsula near 바카라사이트 mouth of Chesapeake Bay.?