About Edward Waters University Edward Waters University (EWU) is distinctively the state of Florida’s first independent institution of higher learning as well as the state’s first institution established for the education of African Americans. With a distinguished higher education lineage spanning more than 155 years, EWU is primed to continue its Emerging Eminence as a premier urban, private, Christian, historically Black, liberal arts university. Offering a close-knit, collegial, and intellectual community, EWU prepares students holistically to advance in a global society through a rigorous, inclusive, and socially relevant liberal arts curriculum. The University provides both undergraduate and graduate degree programs, buttressed by comprehensive academic support ser