Our People

Serious about your education, you also enjoy life and contribute your talents to the community. Like you, our people—TSU people—are 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 President

Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover assumed the presidency of Tennessee State University on January 2, 2013.  She continues 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 “Think. Work. Serve.”

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Our Faculty

You’ll find our faculty involved everywhere learning happens, everywhere they can be of service—from 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

Our alumni—from 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’s book authors Fredrick and Patricia McKissack, Wesley Industries President/CEO Delbert Mullins, and Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Ralph DeCook—make you proud to join their ranks upon graduation.

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

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