Tougaloo college catalog 2013 2015

Tougaloo College Edward O. Blackmon Administration Building, formerly Judson Cross Hall, was built in 1947. An attractive, two-story building of colonial design, it represents the culmination of an idea of the late President Judson L. Cross, who was instrumental in securing funds for its erection. The building was renovated in 2001 and currently houses administrative offices, including the Office of the President, Office of the Provost/Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Vice President for Finance and Administration. The building was re-dedicated as The Edward O. Blackmon Building in May of 2003, in recognition of his generous philanthropic support.

Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center, dedicated in May 2011, is the newest construction on the Tougaloo College campus. Named in honor of alumnus and U. S. Congressman, Bennie G. Thompson, the 27,000 square foot facility includes a series of multidisciplinary teaching and meeting spaces, including flat-floor classrooms, tiered case rooms, seminar rooms, a large conference suite and a 120-seat lecture hall. All classrooms and teaching spaces are equipped with the latest audio-visual and computer-aided media capabilities.

Ernst Borinski Social Sciences Complex is a pair of buildings that houses classrooms and offices for faculty and staff. It was officially dedicated by the Board of Trustees in February 1989, and named in honor of Dr. Borinski, longtime founding head of the Division of Social Sciences and civil rights activist.

L. Zenobia Coleman Library is a three-and-one-half story structure, opened in 1972, and named in honor of longtime chief librarian, L. Zenobia Coleman. Designed to provide an environment conducive to study, it has individual study carrels, computers, listening room, conference rooms, the Naomi J. Townsend Faculty Study for individual and group conferences and programs and the Jeanetta C. Roach Seminar Room.

Sarah A. Dickey Memorial Health Center is a one-story brick structure built in 1927, remodeled in 1968, and renovated in 2011. It is located next to Kincheloe Hall and houses the Jackson Heart Study program. The Center is named in honor of Sarah A. Dickey, a Mount Holyoke graduate, who founded the Mt. Hermon Seminary for Negro girls in Clinton, Mississippi, and dedicated her life to the school. The Mt. Hermon Seminary for Negro Girls enjoyed a beneficial relationship with Tougaloo College; and, in the Page 32