Universities and Colleges in Memphis, Tennessee: Baptist College of Health Sciences, Belhaven University, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Christian

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Baptist College of Health Sciences, Belhaven University, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Christian Brothers University, Harding School of Theology, LeMoyne Owen College, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Theological Seminary, National College of Business & Technology, Rhodes College, Siena College (Memphis, Tennessee), Southern College of Optometry, Southwest Tennessee Community College, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Victory University, Visible School. Excerpt: The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship institution of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. With an enrollment of more than 23,000 students, the University of Memphis has 25 Chairs of Excellence and five state-approved Centers of Excellence. The University maintains the Journalism and Public Relations department, Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI), Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Loewenberg School of Nursing, FedEx Institute of Technology and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology. Student Activities Plaza A faculty of approximately 900 professors serves about 15,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students. The Daily Helmsman, the independent daily newspaper on the campus, in operation since 1925, remains a prominent student organization. In addition, many other student organizations and academic departments, such as the University of Memphis Institute for Egyptian Art and Archaeology, the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Moot Court Board, the University of Memphis Advertising Federation and the University of Memphis chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, play an active and involved role in the community, both nationally and internationally. The University of Memphis attracts most of its undergraduate students from Memphis and West Tennessee, though many current undergraduate and graduate students have come from public and private schools across the southeastern United States as well as from all the other states and about 100 other nations. Over its history, the University of Memphis has graduated many famous alumni, including U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen, actor and former U.S. senator Fred D. Thompson, historian of the American South Joe Gray Taylor, Anfernee Hardaway, NBA and former University of Memphis basketball player, and DeAngelo Williams, former All-American college football running back. Among