 When Delaware State University was founded in 1890, it was not by choice, but by social reality. |
| Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school. |
| Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations. |
| Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress. |
| Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try. |
| These ivy league students are in the upper echelon of the college boards and had great opportunity in front of them regardless of where they go to college. Its in their very nature and it is something they expect. |
| We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it. |
| I could not agree more. The students of Delaware State often looked to the school as their chance, their hand up, their hope. And they gave their all. |
| Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State. |
| During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. |
| Getting to where Delaware State is today was a challenge my friends - a challenge proudly met by the people of this community and the Delaware State family. |
| Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing. |
