33-563: Delaware State University ( DSU or Del State ) is a privately governed, state-assisted historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware . DSU also has two satellite campuses : one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown . The university encompasses four colleges and a diverse population of undergraduate and advanced-degree students. Delaware State University
66-460: A 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio. About 80 percent of first-year undergraduates receive need-based financial aid. It has a traditional Honors Program and a Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Honors Program to increase the number of students in science interested in pursuing biomedical research and obtaining doctor of philosophy degrees in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, and biopsychology . In addition to satisfying
99-475: A Student Emergency Relief Fund to address student needs brought on by COVID-19 crisis. Although the COVID-19 crisis continued throughout the year, Allen and the university reopened its residential halls for the fall semester 2020, allowing more than 1,700 students to resume their residency on campus while almost all classes continued to be held virtually. The business and affairs of the university are governed by
132-809: A completely tobacco-free policy. In 2017, the university received the ACAS Health Leadership Award in recognition of its efforts. The award was jointly presented by the Public Health Service Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health, the Truth Initiative , Arizonans Concerned About Smoking and the Arizona NAACP . In December 2020, MacKenzie Scott donated $ 20 million to Delaware State University. Her donation
165-629: A computer lab and each student has a dedicated data port for internet access, their own phone, a campus email address, and cable television access in all residence hall rooms. Most campus buildings also offer wireless connectivity. DSU is one of 148 schools in the country to receive Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation . The university owns two farms near Kenton and Smyrna , and has an Airway Science Program based at Delaware Air Park in Cheswold . Tony Allen became
198-612: A faster alternative to the Internet. Many fields have been able to use the Abilene network to foster creativity, research, and development in a way that was not previously possible. Users of poor quality libraries can now download not only text but sound recordings, animations, videos, and other resources, which would be otherwise unavailable. Another application is the robust video conferencing now available to Internet2 participants. Neurosurgeons can now video conference with other experts in
231-456: A wide variety of quality recreational programs for students, faculty and staff. Delaware State has over 60 student organizations on campus including a Student Government Association (SGA), gospel choir, and The Approaching Storm Marching Band. 39°11′10″N 75°32′33″W / 39.1861°N 75.5426°W / 39.1861; -75.5426 Statutory college#Outside New York State Too Many Requests If you report this error to
264-628: Is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The Delaware College for Colored Students was established on May 15, 1891, by the Delaware General Assembly . The name was changed to the State College for Colored Students by state legislative action in 1893 to eliminate confusion with Delaware College, which was attended by whites in Newark, Delaware . It first awarded degrees in 1898. In 1945,
297-526: Is an apartment complex and an residential hall. In addition, the university has activated two residential halls at DSU Downtown (the former Wesley College campus). The residential facilities include: Two dining halls serve the more than 1,500 on-campus students. As a part of the Internet2 initiative, the university maintains several research computer laboratories including a high-performance computational cluster in its DESAC center. Almost every building has
330-491: Is the largest single gift in the university's history. On July 1, 2021, Delaware State University officially finalized its acquisition of Wesley College , a 157-year-old private institution founded by the Methodist Church in 1873. This acquisition makes Delaware State the first historically Black university to acquire an institution that is not a historically Black college or university. The university has renamed
363-910: The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Accreditation Council for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetic Education (CCDE). The university's College of Business is accredited nationally and internationally by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). DSU's Aviation Program provides students with education and experience in preparation for careers in
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#1732782930372396-480: The Middle States Commission on Higher Education awarded the college provisional accreditation . Three years later, the institution became Delaware State College by legislative action. Although its accreditation was revoked in 1949, it was regained in 1957. On July 1, 1993, the institution changed its name yet again, this time to Delaware State University . Delaware State University is one of
429-639: The UK which facilitate research and conference collaborations as well as student exchanges. DSU athletic programs participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's (NCAA)'s Division I ( FCS for football). The Hornets compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as full members since the conference was founded in 1970. The university's Department of Intramural Sports provides
462-478: The aviation industry. Curricula in the program lead to a B.Sc. degree with concentrations in Aviation Management or Professional Pilot . Professional Pilot graduates will complete their Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements for Private Pilot , Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine and Certified Flight Instructor ratings while earning their bachelor's degree. Delaware State operates
495-470: The 12th president of Delaware State University on January 1, 2020, after serving the previous two and a half years as the university's provost and executive vice president. Three months into his presidency, Allen ended in-person classes and residential operations on campus following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic , and the faculty began offering curriculum online. The university raised $ 1.5 million for
528-912: The Internet2 Network, an Internet Protocol network using optical fiber that delivers network services for research and education, and provides a secure network testing and research environment. In late 2007, Internet2 began operating its newest dynamic circuit network , the Internet2 DCN, an advanced technology that allows user-based allocation of data circuits over the fiber-optic network. The Internet2 Network, through its regional network and connector members, connects over 60,000 U.S. educational, research, government and "community anchor" institutions, from primary and secondary schools to community colleges and universities, public libraries and museums to health care organizations. The Internet2 community develops and deploys network technologies for
561-483: The Internet2 Network. In 2010, Internet2 received a $ 62.5 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant, which allowed Internet2 to put in place a long term IRU for fiber and upgrade the network with its own DWDM optical network system. Ciena later announced that this was the first 100G nationwide optical network. The upgrade to the new optical system was completed in December 2012. Internet2 provides
594-481: The U.S. research and education community with a network that satisfies their bandwidth-intensive requirements. The network itself is a dynamic, robust and cost-effective hybrid optical and packet network. It furnishes a 100 Gbit/s network backbone to more than 210 U.S. educational institutions, 70 corporations and 45 non-profit and government agencies. The objectives of the Internet2 consortium are: The uses of
627-1051: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 934383538 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:35:30 GMT Internet2 Internet2 is a not-for-profit United States computer networking consortium led by members from the research and education communities, industry, and government. The Internet2 consortium administrative headquarters are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan , with offices in Washington, D.C. , and Emeryville, California . As of November 2013, Internet2 has over 500 members including 251 institutions of higher education, 9 partners and 76 members from industry, over 100 research and education networks or connector organizations, and 67 affiliate members. Internet2 operates
660-844: The board of trustees. The board of trustees has all the powers accorded it by Title 14, Chapter 65 of the Delaware Code. The board consists of 15 members whose appointment or election is provided for in the Delaware Code and the governor of the state and the president of the university who are ex officio members with voting rights. The university consists of four colleges: DSU offers 46 undergraduate degrees, 21 graduate degrees, and six doctoral degrees (interdisciplinary applied mathematics and mathematical physics , applied chemistry , neuroscience and optics , integrative agriculture, food & environment, and educational leadership). The university also offers several cooperative and dual degree programs. Students receive instruction in classes with
693-558: The creation of the very-high-performance Backbone Network Service, or vBNS , developed in 1995 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and MCI for supercomputers at educational institutions. After the expiration of the NSF agreement, vBNS largely transitioned to providing service to the government. As a result, the research and education community founded Internet2 to serve its networking needs. The Internet2 Project
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#1732782930372726-421: The field during an operation in a high resolution format with no apparent time lag. The Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) award (not to be confused with IDEA awards ) was first announced by Internet2 in 2006 as a way of recognizing those who create and use advanced network applications at their best. The judging is conducted by many universities and based upon the following criteria: Winners of
759-587: The first historically black colleges and universities to have a no-smoking policy. On September 21, 2007, two 17-year-old Delaware State University freshmen were shot on campus. One died 32 days later on October 23, from critical injuries sustained in the attack. A freshman student from East Orange, New Jersey , Loyer D. Braden, was arrested and charged with murder. In 2015, the university began phasing out smoking on campus by restricting it to four designated areas and providing educational resources on smoking cessation tools and programs. In August 2015 it implemented
792-557: The former Wesley College. The 400-acre (1.6 km) main campus in Dover , the capital of Delaware , is approximately a two-hour drive from Philadelphia , Baltimore , and Washington, D.C. , and three hours from New York City . There university's has two satellite campuses located in Wilmington and Georgetown . The main campus in Dover contains thirty buildings, including: On the main campus there are five main campus traditional residential halls and three apartment-style residence halls for upperclassmen on campus. Off-campus there
825-463: The former Wesley campus "DSU Downtown", reflecting its close proximity to downtown Dover, Delaware , and has relocated most of its College of Health and Behavioral Science (Public and Allied Health, Psychology, and Social Work programs on that additional 41-acre site. That academic division has been renamed the Wesley College of Health and Behavioral Sciences as a way to preserve the history of
858-457: The future of the Internet. These technologies include large-scale network performance measurement and management tools, secure identity and access management tools and capabilities such as scheduling high-bandwidth, high-performance circuits. Internet2 members serve on several advisory councils, collaborate in a variety of working groups and special interest groups, gather at spring and fall member meetings, and are encouraged to participate in
891-401: The network span from collaborative applications, distributed research experiments, grid-based data analysis to social networking. Some of these applications are in varying levels of commercialization, such as IPv6 , open-source middleware for secure network access, Layer 2 VPNs and dynamic circuit networks . These technologies and their organizational counterparts were not only created to make
924-471: The only full-service, university-based flight school in the mid-Atlantic area. The Aviation program is approved by the State of Delaware Education Department for Veterans Flight Training. The institution has greatly increased its research endeavors over the past several years, as it has developed the research infrastructure needed to attract federal grants for projects in the following DSU Research Centers and in
957-692: The requirements for the major or majors and any minor, all undergraduates are required to complete the General Education Program, which includes: seven core courses, twelve foundation courses (across the curriculum), and the Senior Capstone Experience. Accreditations include the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN),
990-692: The sciences and mathematics: DSU is ranked 8th among the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S. News & World Report (2023). In 2018, the College of Business at DSU was named to the Princeton Review 's Best Business Schools for the tenth consecutive year (2009-2018). The university has over thirty formal international partnerships with institutions in countries including China, Cuba, Egypt , France, Italy, Japan, Korea , Mexico, Nigeria , Poland and
1023-507: The strategic planning process. As the Internet gained in public recognition and popularity, universities were among the first institutions to outgrow the Internet's bandwidth limitations because of the data transfer requirements faced by academic researchers who needed to collaborate with their colleagues. Some universities wanted to support high-performance applications like data mining, medical imaging and particle physics. This resulted in
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1056-704: Was a prime investor in the National LambdaRail (NLR) project. During 2004–2006, Internet2 and NLR held extensive discussions regarding a possible merger. Those talks paused in spring, 2006, resumed in March, 2007, but eventually ceased in the fall of 2007, due to unresolved differences. In 2006, Internet2 announced a partnership with Level 3 Communications to launch a brand new nationwide network, boosting its capacity from 10 Gbit/s to 100 Gbit/s. In October, 2007, Internet2 officially retired Abilene and now refers to its new, higher capacity network as
1089-434: Was originally established by 34 university researchers in 1996 under the auspices of EDUCOM (later EDUCAUSE ), and was formally organized as the not-for-profit University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) in 1997. It later changed its name to Internet2. Internet2 is a registered trademark. The Internet2 community, in partnership with Qwest , built the first Internet2 Network, called Abilene , in 1998 and
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