OpenFieldSelma University · Selma, Alabama, United States
Selma University is a historic private Baptist Historically Black University (HBCU) founded in 1878 in the historic Civil Rights landmark city of Selma, Alabama. Renowned for theological education, pastoral leadership, African American religious history, and community health.
Selma University features the historic Dinkins Hall, the Pollard-McCall Library, and the Selma Bible College. It has played a pivotal historic role in educating African American ministers, educators, and civil rights leaders in the Alabama Black Belt for nearly a century and a half.
Selma University operates an accessible, open-admissions policy welcoming high school graduates and transfer students. Applicants submit high school transcripts or GED documentation, a personal statement of educational purpose, and pastoral or community recommendations.
Comprehensive biblical curriculum covering Old and New Testament exegesis, homiletics, systematic Christian theology, church administration, and pastoral counseling.
Interdisciplinary curriculum preparing community leaders in non-profit organization management, civil rights history, community healthcare advocacy, and local economic revitalization.
Two-year foundation in church educational ministries, Sunday school administration, youth leadership development, and biblical storytelling.
Fundamental biological sciences curriculum preparing students for careers in medical laboratory science, allied health professions, and public health in the rural South.
Graduate theological education providing comprehensive pastoral preparation, Greek and Hebrew linguistic fundamentals, African American church history, and hospital chaplaincy.
Undergraduate research fellowship documenting oral histories of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement, church organizing strategies, and civil rights preservation in Dallas County, Alabama.
President & Professor of Educational Leadership
Office of the President
Dr. Angion has led the revitalization of Selma University, focusing on institutional accreditation, community development in the Alabama Black Belt, and histori...
View researcher profile ↗Adjunct Professor of Public Administration & Urban Policy
Department of Social Sciences
First African American Mayor of Selma, Alabama; scholar and civic leader analyzing municipal administration, civil rights historic preservation, and community e...
View researcher profile ↗Dean & Professor of Biblical Studies
Division of Religious Studies
Prof. Richardson specializes in African American church history, biblical hermeneutics, and homiletic traditions of the historic southern civil rights movement....
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