“Honor to whom honor is overdue.” Transylvania remembers noted professor Constantine Rafinesque
Two hundred years ago, in 1819, Rafinesque arrived at Transylvania University, hired as a professor of botany and natural science.
Our Mascot
Today Transylvania announces a new Pioneer athletic mascot, Raf, who pays homage to the university’s legendary professor, Samuel Constantine Rafinesque, a charismatic naturalist whose tomb is on the first floor of Transylvania’s main administrative building, Old Morrison. The campus also boasts a fast-food dining area bearing his name. For nearly two decades Transy has been…