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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, [5] it is the oldest of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. It is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Thurgood ...
Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University , which had a population of 988 at the 2010 census , [1] and 565 at the 2020 census . [2]
FIPS code. 42-029-76568. Website. www .thornburytwp .com. Thornbury Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,017 at the 2010 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township, Delaware County .
UTC-4 ( EDT) Area code. 610. Website. www .thornbury .org. Thornbury Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the population was 8,028, [3] up from 7,093 at the 2000 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township in Chester County.
Spring Garden College (1851–1992) – baccalaureate university in Philadelphia. United Wesleyan College (1921–1990) – Bible college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church, located in Allentown. Villa Marie College (1925–1989) – baccalaureate Roman Catholic university in Erie; merged with Gannon University.
Reba Dickerson-Hill. 1940. Dickerson-Hill was an artist who painted in the Japanese brush technique sumi-e. She graduated from Cheyney State Teachers College in 1940 and taught elementary grades in the Philadelphia School District before becoming a full-time painter. Her mediums included watercolor, oil and acrylics.
Cheyney Wolves. The Cheyney Wolves are the athletic sports teams for Cheyney University. They compete as an independent and formerly played in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). [2] Women's sports include basketball, cheerleading and volleyball. Basketball is the only men's sport the university currently offers as of 2019.
January 25, 1967 [4] Lincoln University ( LU) is a public state-related historically black university (HBCU) near Oxford, Pennsylvania. Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972 and is the second HBCU in the state, after Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. [5]