About TSUAA, Washington DC Chapter

The TSUAA, Washington DC Alumni Chapter

The Metropolitan Washington, DC Alumni Chapter of Tennessee State University (TSU) Alumni Association (TSUAA-WDC) is part of an family of local TSU Alumni Chapter organizations located throughout the North American continent. Under the umbrella of the TSU National Alumni Association (TSUAA), local chapter associations, like ours, have formed to facilitate an unending thread of allegiance of TSU alumnae to the 'University'.

The Metropolitan Washington Chapter serves alumni in a region comprising the states of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the immediate Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Our purpose, goals and objectives are embodied in our chapter 'Mission' described below.

Our Mission

The Washington Metropolitan Chapter Alumni Association's mission is to provide local area Tennessee State University graduates an organized forum through which the collective of association members, supporters and community members can grow, learn and contribute to the betterment of Metropolitan Washington area communities. Specific goals and initiatives supported by the association include:

Fostering continuing camaraderie and fellowship among TSU grads,
Supporting higher educational opportunities for aspiring youth through direct and indirect financial and other assistance,
Enabling professional and interpersonal development of Chapter members through social contact and business networking,
Maintaining a strong bond between chapter members, the National Alumni Association, and the University, and
Promoting the "Legacy of Greatness", an attribute indigenous to TSU alumni.

Membership Information

Regular membership in the local alumni chapter is open to all TSU alumni living in the states of Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. Alumni means that you attended TSU for at least one semester or quarter term. Associate membership is offered to any non-TSU grad who has a genuine interest in the local chapter or the University. Annual regular membership dues are currently $65.00, comprising $40.00 for local chapter dues and $25.00 for membership in the National Alumni Association. Life membership dues within the National Alumni Association, also available to TSU alumni, are $500.00. Associate membership dues are $25.00 annually. Get more membership information here.

For TSU grad living in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area this Web site provides the following on-line member application services:

Chapter Meetings

Chapter meetings of the Alumni Association are held the second Wednesday of each month, except July and August, at the Disabled American Veterans headquarters building, located, as shown on the map below, at 807 Maine Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20006. Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. Click here to get chapter meeting dates.

Click here for a map and directions to the Alumni Chapter meeting site.

About TSU

By a 1909 Act of the Tennessee State General Assembly, the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School was created and began serving students in June 1912. In 1922 the institution was raised to the status of a four-year teachers' college and empowered to grant the bachelor's degree. The first degrees were granted in June, 1924. During the same year, the institution became known as the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal College.

The State General Assembly of 1941 authorized the State Board of Education to upgrade the educational program of the College, which included the establishment of graduate studies leading to the master's degree. Graduate curricula were first offered in several branches of teacher education, with the first master's degree awarded by the College in June 1944.

The University was elevated to a full-fledged land-grant university by the State Board of Education in August, 1958. The Land-Grant University program included: the School of Agriculture and Home Economics, the Graduate School, the Division of Business, the Division of Extension and Continuing Education, and the Department of Aerospace Studies. The School of Business was established in 1974. A School of Allied Health Professions was authorized in 1974, from which the School of Nursing was created in 1979.

Through successive stages Tennessee State University developed from a normal school for Negroes to its current status as a full University for all people. The present-day Tennessee State University exists as a result of a merger on July 1, 1979 of the original Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee at Nashville.

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