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Serious about your education, you also enjoy life and contribute your talents to the community. Like you, our people鈥擳SU people鈥攁re caring, helpful, dedicated, and professional. In the classroom, in the world at large... TSU people make a difference by making the world a better place.

Our Leadership

Continuing to improve our academic environment by strengthening our research, attracting and retaining the best and brightest students, encouraging service-focused programs, engaging and supporting expert faculty in diverse fields, building on our student-centered philosophy, and holding steadfast to our motto of 鈥淭hink. Work. Serve", our Leadership strategically guides the university.

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You鈥檒l find our faculty involved everywhere learning happens, everywhere they can be of service鈥攆rom collaborating with professional colleagues at other universities on topics such as fetal alcohol syndrome research and helping to secure funding for a Chair of Excellence in Supply Chain Management to investigating wireless network security issues. They also coach athletic teams to conference championships and debaters in forensics to national recognition. They form partnerships with leading educational organizations to strengthen K-4 math instruction, provide course materials in new formats like podcasts or YouTube videos, and focus on your education as their top priority.

Our Alumni

Joe GilliamOur alumni鈥攆rom cell phone microchip inventor Jesse Russell, Johns Hopkins cardiac surgeon Dr. Levi Watkins, and Nashville Citizens Savings Bank and Trust President/CEO Deborah Cole to children鈥檚 book authors Fredrick and Patricia McKissack, Wesley Industries President/CEO Delbert Mullins, and Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Ralph DeCook鈥攎ake you proud to join their ranks upon graduation.

Oprah WinfreyHonored by TSU as Distinguished Tigers, some of our more well-known alumni include media mogul Oprah Winfrey; esteemed actor Moses Gunn; Duke Ellington鈥檚 long-time string bassist Jimmy Blanton; Olympic gold medalists Wilma Rudolph, Edith McGuire Duvall, and Ralph Boston; retired four-star Air Force General Lloyd 鈥淔ig鈥 Newton; and NFL quarterback Joe Gilliam.

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