Dr.
William B. DeLauder, President
1200 Dupont Highway
Dover
,
DE
19901
302/739-6292
http://www.dsc.edu
Enrollment 3,301
Background
The
State College for Colored Students, now known as Delaware State University, was established May 15, 1891 by the Delaware General Assembly under
the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1890 by which land-grant colleges
for Blacks came into existence in states maintaining separate
educational facilities. Through the conservative and practical planning
of the Board of Trustees appointed by Governor Robert J. Reynolds of
Delaware
, the College was launched upon its mission of education and public
service on February 2, 1892. Five courses of study leading to a
baccalaureate degree were offered: Agricultural, Chemical, Classical,
Engineering, and Scientific. A Preparatory Department was established in
1893 for students who were not qualified to pursue a major course of
study upon entrance. A three-year normal course leading to a teacher's
certificate was initiated in 1897. The College graduated its first class
of degree candidates in May 1898. The normal course of study was
extended to four years in 1911 and the Bachelor of Pedagogy degree was
awarded to students on satisfactory completion of the curriculum. Today,
Delaware
State
University
is a publicly supported comprehensive land-grant institution that grants
degrees at the bachelors, and masters levels.
HEALTH
RELATED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Delaware
State
offers the following
health related academic programs: nursing, natural sciences,
pre-professional, family and consumer science, social work, technology
(pre-engineering), and airway science.
OTHER
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Delaware
State
University
is participating in
the DuPont Minority Summer
Science
Internship Program. Participants
work under the supervision of a faculty mentor in physical, biological,
agricultural and computer sciences. Other academic programs include
business, education, humanities, mathematics, computer sciences, and
agriculture.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Delaware
State
University
is affiliated with the
University City
Science
Center
, a non-profit corporation owned by Delaware Valley Universities,
colleges, medical schools and department projects that seek to solve
problems of industry, government and academic institutions.
Additionally, DSU and the University of Vermont are working as
collaborators have instituted the DEVELOP program that is designed to
provide opportunities for African Americans, Hispanics and Native
Americans to earn a Master of Science degree at DSU and a Ph.D. degree
in an area of biomedical sciences at the University of Vermont.
OTHER
ACADEMIC CAPABILITIES
DSU has an Agriculture and Aquaculture Laboratory, Louis Stokes Food
Service Management Program, Center for Continuing Education,
Learning
Skills
Center
, and Center for Excellence in Teaching, and Physics, Biology and
Chemistry laboratories,
Media
Center
, Television Station, and Distance Learning. Food Service Program,
Health Education and Substance Abuse Programs, and a USDA Extension
Service.
CONTACTS
Dr.
Mildred Ofosu
Vice
Provost and Director of Sponsored Programs
302/
857-6811 Fax: 302/ 857-6894
Email:
mofosu@dsc.edu
Dr.
Tossie Taylor
Vice
President for Academic Affairs
302/739-4904
Fax / 739-5203
Dr.
Mary Watkins
Dean
of
School
of
Nursing
302/857-6750
HBCU Capabilities
1.
Information Systems
-
Computer
network including Internet Access
-
Local
Area Network (LAN)
-
Web
development and maintenance
-
Video
conferencing and broadcasting
2.
Health Services Research
Development
-
Testing
improved ways of providing services to different ethnic and racial
groups, languages and cultures
-
Testing
innovative approaches to the improvement of quality of health
service for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
-
Prevention
and education of HIV/AIDS
-
Health
services provided to the geriatric beneficiary
-
Health
disparities in vulnerable at risk populations
-
Physical
activity and Overweight and obesity
-
Tobacco
use and Substance abuse
-
Responsible
sexual behavior
-
Injury
and violence
-
Environmental
quality
-
Access
to health services to inpatient and outpatient services, physician
services, laboratory and x-ray services and well baby/child care
-
Primary
and secondary collection of exisiting data files and databases
-
Statistical
compilations and reporting
-
Telemedicine
technologies
-
Certified
nurse practitioner
-
Hospitals,
clinics, laboratories and research facilities
-
$44,900
grant from CMS from 3/1998 –2/2000
3. Community Health
Outreach/Education Services
-
Maintaining
a working relationship with Community Organization
-
Serve
on Community Advisory Boards
-
Provide
advertising services for promoting community public relations
-
Prevention
of cancer in special populations project
-
Community
key informant strategy
-
Service
to the disabled
-
Effects
of information and consumer knowledge on choice of health plan
-
Production
of consumer pamphlets, beneficiary booklets, educational directory
-
Workshop
facilitation
-
Translation
and interpreter services
-
Conduct
all Pre and Post meeting activities
4.
Program Evaluation
-
Provide
measurement instruments
-
Extraction
of specialized data from existing databases
-
Evaluate
relationship between compliance with medical regimes and patient
satisfaction with health services
-
Publications
evaluation and improvement services
-
Evaluation
of preventive health services for rural and urban areas for Medicare
beneficiaries
5.
Technical Assistance
-
Conduct
large surveys of beneficiaries
-
Provide
research methodology and statistical services
-
Assessment
of risk and adjustment system development life insurance industry
practices and economic issues
-
Provide
laboratory and research facilities
-
Consulting,
auditing and cost advisory services
-
Development
of cost reporting and analysis system
6. Training
Delaware
State
offers special
training in the Louis Stokes Food Service Management Program and its
community outreach programs.
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