Xavier University celebrated its Centennial anniversary on Jan. 17, and the HBCU looked to its past to inform its future.
The tinkling of handbells rang out across Xavier University’s Gert Town campus on Friday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the nation’s only Catholic historically Black university.
Xavier University of Louisiana is a private institution that was founded in 1925. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,591 (fall 2023), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 66 acres.