About Me

• More 

Intro

If this was one of those weird icebreaker games that supervisors make you play at job orientations and you asked me to use one word to describe myself, it would have to be passionate. 

I embody passion in everything I do, whether I'm hooking students up with incredible educations in everything from psychology to journalism, listening as they play djembes and shout "Black Power" in front of the 'A' Building, or pulling off incredible homecoming weekends. In short, I work as hard as I play—and I play pretty darn hard.

Some people stereotype me as stuck-up, but this simply isn't true. Sure, I have a legacy to uphold as one of the preeminent historically black universities in the country, but I balance this by keeping activism, social awareness, and equality central to life on campus. 

I'm known to breed revolutionaries, and I'm proud that people like Amiri Baraka and Stokely Carmichael earned degrees in my hallowed halls.

Name

Bison

Hometown

A delightful place where tons of one-way streets and traffic circles were created in hopes of confusing spies pursuing government officials...and now citizens have to wait ten minutes for their frustrated Uber driver to circle around their location. Yep, it's our nation's capital.

Birthdate

March 2, 1867

Body Type

With a student body of around 10,000, I'm a little chubby around the hips. That just means there's more of me to love, though, which is good because Bison aren't typically homebodies. On a random Tuesday, you might stumble upon a rap cypher, prayer circle, and photo shoot while making your way across campus. What can I say? My students are a pretty cultured bunch.

Winter weight and all, I'm still able to keep classes moderately sized as the student to faculty ratio is ten to one. In other words, I have all the variety a large university can offer, but I keep things pretty intimate in the classroom.

Current Living Situation

As far as female freshmen dorms at Howard go, the Tubman Quadrangle is pretty much the flagship. Though it isn't the easiest on the eyes, if a sisterhood and the first place title at stroll competitions have always been your dream (and you can endure the lack of air conditioners in "Blazin' Baldwin" and "Heatley Wheatley"), then the Harriet Tubman Quadrangle is your cup of tea.

The Quad's brother Dorm, Drew Hall, is a definite for freshmen boys. It was the first male dorm on campus, and the pride freshman boys feel about this carries on to this day. If you don't believe me, you will when you're zapped awake at 9:00AM by the third round of "Drew Hall!" "You know!" chants as residents make their way to class.

After freshman year, things get a little fancier. College Hall North and College Hall South feature updated living conditions (no communal bathrooms here), and the East and West Towers are upperclassmen dorms equipped with apartment-style living and twenty-four hour visitation rights.

Relationship Status

No, I'm not the cocky-type, but I am confident. I don't mind reminding Hampton University who the real HU is. After all, I opened my doors one whole year before Hampton did.

Politics

you want to attend one of the oldest historically black colleges in the country and share your alma mater with legends like Toni Morrison.

Website

http://www2.howard.edu/