Saint Agnes Hospital
Sara Hunter, wife of Saint Augustine’s College’s fourth principal, founded Saint Agnes Hospital in 1896 on the campus of Saint Augustine’s College to provide quality medical care for African Americans. During the same time, a training school for nurses was established with the hospital. In 1937, the Training School for Nurses was accredited by the American Medical Association. The three-story, 90-bed facility served as the only Hospital and training school for African Americans between Atlanta and Washington, D.C., for nearly half a century. In 1961, Saint Agnes closed, and its patients were transferred to Wake Memorial Hospital, known now as Wake Memorial Health & Hospitals. Facility currently closed; renovation plans are underway.
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Augmenting the College's liberal arts core curriculum are rigorous, in-depth programs in business; computer science; teacher education; the natural sciences; mathematics; interdisciplinary studies; theater and film; adult education; community development; communications; and military science, a required course for all members of the College's notable Army ROTC battalion.
In recent years, the College's annual enrollment has approximated 1,500 students, about half from North Carolina, the remainder from 37 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica and 30 foreign countries. Its faculty consists of nearly 100 dedicated men and women, all skilled teachers and scholars.
The College has a main campus accommodating 37 facilities, three of which - its Chapel, Saint Agnes Hall and Taylor Hall - are registered historic landmarks. Also, Saint Augustine's was the first historically black college in the nation to have its own on-campus commercial radio and television stations: WAUG-AM750 and WAUG-TV68, Cable Channel 102.
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