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Hallowed Grounds
100

This dorm has ghosts that turn the hallway lights on and off.

What is Newman Hall?

100

The year Union was founded, and enslaved blacks were actually freed.

What is 1865?

100

This place is where students go to link with their friends when there is nice weather

Where is the Square?

100

This alumnus who graduated in 1906 was the First Secretary of the National Urban League; and, along with such individuals as Dr. Mary MacLeod Bethune and A. Philip Randolph, a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s unofficial “Black Cabinet” of advisors.

Who is Eugene Kinckle Jones?

100

Maroon and steel

What are the school colors?

300

This dorm has windows that do not function correctly.

What is LLC?

300

This college was founded in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia in 1867 and its name is commemorated by a dorm on campus

What is Storer College?

300

The hottest building on campus

Where is Barco-Stevens gym?

300

The first University Alumnus and first African-American to become president of VUU.

Who is Dr. John Malcus Ellison?

300

This organization wakes people sleeping in nearby dorms at 6am

What is the band (AOS)?

600

This dorm is the only one that contains carpet

What is White Hall?

600

Although this college first convened its classes in the basement of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Leigh Street, its campus was finally set up along the corner of Lombardy & Leigh Street, across from the present C.D. King Building.

What is Hartshorn College?

600

This place is where students go to pick up their refund checks.

Where is the financial aid office?

600

This alumna was initiated into the Alpha Eta chapter in 1947 enjoyed a successful career as teacher and administrator in the Richmond Public Schools system and served as Richmond City Schools Superintendent.

Who is Dr. Lucille Brown?

600

The university body wears all-black whenever we battle this school in any competition.

What is Virginia State University?

800

This dorm houses mostly athletes and has four floors

What is Huntley Hall?

800

This gate, which currently faces Lombardy Street, is situated between Ellison Hall and the Baptist Memorial Building

What is King Gate?

800

This place fulfills a lot of VUU (and VCU) students' craving for wings.

Where is Bodillaz?

800

The most distinguished political/public service career to date has of course been that of this attorney, State Senator, Lieutenant-Governor, and Governor of Virginia from 1990-94.

Who is the Honorable Lawrence Douglas Wilder?

800

This is where you will/had your most random conversations.

Where is the Hendo hallway?

1000

This dorm was named after the first University president who was known as “that man of iron and steel"

What is MacVicar Hall?

1000

Richmond Theological Seminary held classes in Richmond, Virginia at Lumpkin’s Jail, a former holding cell for runaway slaves. During the same time, this seminary was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society in Washington, D.C, and later became one of the four mergers of VUU

What is Wayward Seminary?

1000

This is where students go for free printing.

What is Baptist Memorial Hall?

1000

The Psychology Club on the campus of Virginia Union University was named after this alumna in her honor.

Who is Leah Lewis?

1000

This event took place on February 11, 1899 with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of present-day Kingsley Hall.

What is Founder's Day?