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  • Morris College
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  • Morris College was founded in 1908, initially as a grade school, high school, and college. The college is named after the Reverend Frank Morris because of his outstanding leadership throughout the African American community of South Carolina. The college's first president was Dr. Edward M. Brawley (1908-1912). Morris College awarded its first bachelor's degree in 1915 under the administration of college president Dr. John Jacob Stark.
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campus
  • 24
Affiliation
  • Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina
Nickname
  • MoCo
Footnotes
  • "South Carolina's Best Kept Secret"
Country
Name
Type
Nota
  • politician, Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 19th district
  • Civil Rights activist, local president of CORE, participated in Freedom Rides
  • participated in Freedom Rides
  • politician, Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 51st district. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee and is chair of the Legislative Black Caucus.
  • one of the original legendary Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
Students
  • 900
Colors
  • Blue and Gold
President
  • Dr. Luns C. Richardson
Athletics
  • NAIA Division I
endowment
  • 1.0E7
Established
  • 1908
Affiliations
  • Association of Independent Institutions
State
City
Website
Motto
  • "Intrare Libris, Dispartire Servire"
faculty
  • 50
mottoeng
  • "Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve"
Year
  • 1940
  • 1961
  • 1963
  • 1965
  • 1975
Mascot
  • Hornets
abstract
  • Morris College was founded in 1908, initially as a grade school, high school, and college. The college is named after the Reverend Frank Morris because of his outstanding leadership throughout the African American community of South Carolina. The college's first president was Dr. Edward M. Brawley (1908-1912). Morris College awarded its first bachelor's degree in 1915 under the administration of college president Dr. John Jacob Stark.