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University of Northern Colorado (UNC) is a baccalaureate (arts, sciences, humanities, business, human sciences, and education), graduate (primarily in the field of education), and research university located in Greeley, Colorado. It has a 2005 enrollment of over 12,000 students.

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History & Traditions

Brief History

The University of Northern Colorado opened on October 6, 1890, as the Colorado State Normal School to train qualified teachers for the state's public schools, with a staff of four instructors and 96 students offering certification after completing a two-year course. Greeley's citizens raised the necessary money for the first building. At that time, certificates were granted upon the completion of a two year course. In 1911 the school's name was changed to Colorado State Teachers College and offered bachelor degrees after completion of a four year course. In 1935 the name changed again to Colorado State College of Education to recognize the graduate program, which was started in 1913. In 1957 the name was shortened to Colorado State College to recognize the further growth of programs and offerings. Finally, in 1970 the name was changed to the current University of Northern Colorado.

Some of the campus' oldest buildings are as follows:

Presidents

Traditions

Campuses

Central Campus

West Campus

East Campus

Old Man Mountain

A group of cabins owned by the University located in Estes Park, Colorado.

University Structure

The Board of Trustees for the University oversees the administration and approves the University's annual budget. Several members of the University's administrative team are ex-oficio members of the Board (for example, the Vice President for Finance & Administration is also the Treasurer to the Board).

The University is organized into five colleges of approximately equal size. Within each college are several schools which administer the various academic programs.

Colleges

- Schools of Educational Research Leadership and Technology; Psychological Sciences; Applied Psychology and Counselor Education; Special Education; and Teacher Education - Schools of Communication; English Language and Literature; History, Philosophy, and Political Science; Modern Languages and Cultural Studies; and Social Sciences - Schools of Biological Sciences; Chemistry, Earth Science and Physics; Human Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Nursing; Sport and Exercise Science - Schools of Art and Design; Music; and Theatre Arts and Dance - Schools of Accounting and Computer Information Systems; Finance and Quantitative Methods; and Management and Marketing

Student Life

Cultural Centers

Athletics and traditions

The logo of UNC athletics, in use since 2004
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The logo of UNC athletics, in use since 2004

Sports teams at the school are called Bears. UNC is currently in the third of a four year process of moving from NCAA’s Division II to Division I (I-AA for football). UNC joined the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2006. The school mascot is Klawz the Bear and the school colors are Navy Blue and Gold. The Fight Song is simply the “UNC Fight Song”.

UNC won national championships in football in 1996 and 1997 while a member of NCAA’s Division II North Central Conference, and Rugby in 2005 as a member of USA Rugby's Division II West Rugby Football Union. Conference championships have also been won in many sports.

University Center

Student Organizations

Student Housing

Apartments



University Houses

Housing & Residence Life manages several single-gender and co-ed houses located within one block of either Central or West campus that house a range of 5-12 students per house.


Arlington Park Apartments

Construction of Arlington Park Apartments was completed in August of 2002. It featured a renovation of the original Arlington Elementary School and 5 new buildings for a total of 181,000 gross sq. feet. Located just 2 blocks from West campus and offers a variety of floor plans. A student housing development and management firm, Allen O’ Hara Educational Services will manage the facility under a 35 year management agreement, at the end of that time, the facility will revert to the University. The Apartments are named for Arlington Elementary School around which the facilities were built.

University Apartments

Formerly named the Student Family Apartments, UA was completed in 1967 in order to accommodate the growing population of students with children. Located 3 blocks east of Central Campus, this complex has 98 furnished and unfurnished two-bedroom apartments. These buildings include Hargrove Hall, West Hall, Dickerson Hall, Toussaint Hall, Cave Hall, White Hall and Ninemires Hall.


Residence Halls

UNC has sixteen student residence halls, twelve on Central Campus, and four on West Campus.

West Campus Residence Halls

On West Campus are McCowen Hall, Harrison Hall, Turner Hall, and Lawrenson Hall.  








Central Campus Residence Halls



Student groups


Greek Life


Social


Fraternities


Sororities



Cultural


Fraternities



Sororities



Achievements


Normal School

Founded in 1889 as the State Normal School, UNC met a vital need to train qualified teachers in the growing state of Colorado, which was then less than 15 years old. More than a century and four name changes later, the institution has grown to become a [Doctoral Research] university. At UNC's centennial in 1989, only 4 universities in the U.S. surpassed it in the total number of teachers trained. All current UNC programs are clustered around an institutional mission devoted to teacher education. Its early dedication to reaching the highest levels of educational excellence, coupled with the generation and dissemination of new pedagogical knowledge, earned UNC the name “Columbia of the West.” In 1985, the Colorado Legislature took the unique step of designating UNC as “the primary institution for undergraduate and graduate teacher education in the state of Colorado.”[[Citing sources citation needed]]



School of Music

The University of Northern Colorado School of Music is one of the larger and more successful programs within the University and is well-known in the region for its music education and Jazz Studies programs as well as having one of the first full-scale music technology centers in the country. The award-winning Jazz Studies program, reared from infancy by Gene Aitken, is currently led by Grammy-nominated jazz composer/pianist Dana Landry.  The program under Landry has received much acclaim in recent years.  The UNC Jazz Lab I under his direction has received the Down Beat magazine award for best college big band in 2005 and 2006.



School of Nursing



Notable Alumni





Further reading



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