School Name: Fisk University
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Year Founded: 1866
Number of Students: 873 undergraduate/graduate students
Specialty Programs: Nursing
Greek Life:
• Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Inc.
• Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega Psi Phi Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Inc.
Alumni: W.E.B DuBois (scholar, author, first African-American to earn Ph.D from Harvard), Nikki Giovanni (poet, author), Diane Nash (founding member of SNCC)
What You May Not Know About Fisk: Fisk University is the home of a music literature collection founded by the noted Harlem Renaissance figure Carl Van Vechen.
