PSU Homecoming 2024: “School Daze – Where It All Began”

PSU Homecoming 2024: “School Daze – Where It All Began”

Join us November 10-16, 2024 for the best homecoming yet!
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PSU Celebrates 2024 GCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship

PSU Celebrates 2024 GCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship

After a 13 year drought, we’ve officially brought the GCAC Tournament championship back to the “P.”

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PSU Appoints Two Exceptional Assistant Basketball Coaches

PSU Appoints Two Exceptional Assistant Basketball Coaches

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Philander Smith University shattered my preconceptions about small HBCUs. The warmth of the faculty, the opportunities, and the connections I’ve made here have shown me that the size of the school doesn’t define the quality of education.

 Jason Muka, ’23
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A rich tradition of EXCELLENCE

Founded in 1877, Philander Smith University is the result of the first attempt west of the Mississippi River to make education available to freedmen (former African American slaves). The forerunner of the college was Walden Seminary, named in honor of Dr. J.M. Walden, one of the originators and the first corresponding secretary of the Freedmen's Aid Society.