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{{short description|Defunct school in Michigan, US}}
{{for|business school of Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia|Elizabeth McDowell Lewis College of Business}}
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 | name                   = Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
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 | established            = 1928
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 | students               = 300
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 | city                   = [[Detroit]]
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'''Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design''' is a [[Private university|private]], [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis College's future cloudy |url=http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/SCHOOLS/708100376/1026 |author=Marisa Schultz |publisher=The Detroit News |date=2007-08-10 |accessdate=2007-08-10}}</ref>   It was also the first and only historically [[African American|black]] college in Michigan. Founded in 1928 as the '''Lewis College of Business''' by [[Violet T. Lewis]], it specialized in business-related topics.

The school originally closed in 2015 after losing its accreditation.<ref name=aaregistry/> However, the school became the first HBCU to reopen, rebranding as '''Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design''' in 2021 through the efforts of [[D'Wayne Edwards]], founder of the [[Pensole|Pensole Footwear Design Academy]], with an emphasis on design in addition to business.<ref>[https://www.michiganradio.org/show/stateside/2021-10-28/historically-black-college-plans-to-reopen-in-detroit-under-a-new-name-and-mission Michigan Public Radio: Oct. 28th, 2021: Historically Black college plans to reopen in Detroit under a new name and mission]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Burrell |first=Lilac |date=October 12, 2021 |title=Pensole Lewis College Slated To Be The First-Ever HBCU To Reopen, As Part Of $500 Million Detroit Investment |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuaburrell/2021/10/12/pensole-lewis-college-slated-to-be-the-first-ever-hbcu-to-reopen-after-500-million-investment/?sh=41269165dc09 |publisher=[[Forbes]] |access-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723044350/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuaburrell/2021/10/12/pensole-lewis-college-slated-to-be-the-first-ever-hbcu-to-reopen-after-500-million-investment/?sh=41269165dc09 |url-status=live }}</ref> The school is operating in a partnership with the [[College for Creative Studies]] while it works to obtain a new accreditation, campus, and legal & legislative approval to reopen.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design Is Now Michigan’s First and Only HBCU |url=https://footwearnews.com/business/business-news/pensole-lewis-college-business-design-hbcu-1203225139/ |author=Peter Verry |publisher=Footwear News |date=December 29, 2021 |accessdate=July 23, 2023 |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723044352/https://footwearnews.com/business/business-news/pensole-lewis-college-business-design-hbcu-1203225139/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The school was the founding location of the [[Gamma Phi Delta (sorority)|Gamma Phi Delta]], [[Eta Phi Beta]], and [[Tau Gamma Delta]] sororities.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606154057/http://lewiscollege.edu/1/ Official website] ([[Internet Archive Wayback Machine|archived]] in 2011)

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[[Category:Business schools in Michigan]]
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[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1928]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:2013 disestablishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:2021 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Unaccredited institutions of higher learning in the United States]]
[[Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2013]]
[[Category:Historically black universities and colleges in the United States]]


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