Shaw University is a private liberal arts institution and historically black university specializing in social research and the liberal arts, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA with its "College of Adult Professional Education" campuses located throughout the state of North Carolina. It is the oldest HBCU in the Southern United States. Shaw is affiliated with the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and is a member of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. which also supports the Shaw University Divinity School. Furthermore, Shaw University is one of the co-founding institutions of the NCAA Division II's Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Conference which is the oldest African American athletic association in the country, along with Howard University, Hampton University, Lincoln University, PA and Virginia Union University as co-founders. And as of the recent 2010-11 academic school year, the university have won the CIAA championships in Football, Basketball(both women's and men's teams), and Men's Tennis.