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Welcome to Fisk University

The Fisk Experience is epitomized by our Core values:

DIVERSITY
EXCELLENCE
TEAMWORK
ACCOUNTABILITY
INTEGRITY
LEADERSHIP
SERVICE

Here at the historic Fisk University, home of the internationally acclaimedJubilee Singersr and prolific African American scholars like W.E.B. DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, John Hope Franklin, and Nikki Giovanni, weprovide students a rich supportive environment, in which they can reach theirhighest potential academically, socio-culturally, and personally.

Our studentsare valued members of a learning community where academic excellence is theimperative. We hope your interest in Fisk University is just beginning and thatyou will build a lifelong connection with our beloved University because asconveyed by our creed, "…our sons and daughters are forever on the alter."Here are just 10 Great Reasons to join the Fisk family:

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
  • More than 80% of incoming Fisk students graduated in the top of their highschool graduating class.

    PREPARES LEADERS
  • A significant number of our graduates go on to pursue their graduateeducation at some of our nation's top graduate school institutions.

    PATHWAY TO SUCCESS
  • Fisk's graduation rate is higner than the national average.

    PREPARES SCHOLARS
  • Fisk produces more African-Americans who go on to earn doctoral degrees in the natural sciences.

    LIFE LONG LEARNING
  • A premiere liberal arts institution, Fisk empowers students for life.

    CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM
  • Cultural diversity is the hallmark of Fisk’s CORE curriculum.

    ONE OF AMERICA’S TRULY GREAT UNIVERSITIES
  • Fisk has a proven tradition of excellence spanning almost 140 years.

    CARING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
  • Fisk has a community of stellar professors and administrators who believe"students are our number one priority."

    ARTS AND CULTURE
  • Fisk is considered an intellectual and cultural oasis both nationally andglobally.

    SOCIAL JUSTICE
  • Fisk instills in students the belief that service to others is the foundation forhigher education.    Â