Paul Quinn College

So nearly half of them came out of the Black church.

Morris Brown, Lane College, Paul Quinn College, and Wilberforce University in Ohio, which was the first Black-owned and Black-operated college or HBCU in America.

Next, we have the land grant institutions.

Again, we talked about the Second Moral Act of 1890.

Thank you.

I am the Director of Entrepreneurship at Paul Quinn College.

I'm also a professor of entrepreneurship here.

We've had our entrepreneurship center for going on two years now, and what's really exciting about the entrepreneurship center is that our program is called Every Quinnite is an Entrepreneur, which essentially means that every student that attend Paul Quinn College has to start, uh, and/or operate a business as a graduation requirement.

So whether you are a business student, right? Whether you're, you're majoring in entrepreneurship or whether you are, you know, health and wellness, um, we still require that you start something, a venture of some sort, as a graduation requirement.

Interesting introduction.

Very well said.

Uh, very well said.

No, we're going to always put a spotlight on our heroes and sheroes that attended or currently attend our historically black colleges and universities.

Let's truck it on down to Paul Quinn College, established in 1872, home of the purple, black, and gold Tigers.

Ron Murray, it's

your time to shine, baby.

Ron Murray tapping in.

And if you know me, it's all about PQC.

Paul Quinn College.

The oldest HBCU west of the Mississippi River.

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... uh, to Paul Quinn College.

And, uh, at that time it was located in Waco, Texas.

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This is Matthew Rascoff with another episode of EdTech Insiders and our special mini-series focused on higher education and innovation.

We have a wonderful leader with us today, President Michael Sorrell of Paul Quinn College.

Thanks so much for being with us.

No, it's an honor to be here, Matthew.