University of Vermont
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| Motto | Studiis et Rebus Honestis (Latin, "For studies and other honest pursuits") |
| Established | 1791 |
| Type | Public University |
| Endowment | $244,267,000[1] |
| President | Daniel Mark Fogel |
| Staff | 1,185 |
| Undergraduates | 9,040 |
| Postgraduates | 1,351 |
| Location | Burlington, VT, U.S. |
| Campus | Burlington, 450 acres (1.82 km²) |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I, 8 men's varsity teams, 10 women's; UVM Athletics |
| Nickname | Catamounts |
| Website | www.uvm.edu |
"UVM" redirects here. For other acronyms, see UVM (disambiguation).
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, or simply "The University of Vermont," is a public university located in Burlington, Vermont. The university was chartered at the impetus of Ira Allen in 1791, under the name "University of the Green Mountains," or in Latin Universitas Viridis Montis (UVM), and is the sixth oldest college in New England, after Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown universities. Ira Allen founded the University the year Vermont achieved statehood and ceased being the Vermont Republic. In 1865, the university merged with Vermont Agricultural College (chartered November 22, 1864, after the passage of the Land-Grant College Act). The official name of the combined entity has been "The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College" ever since. UVM is known for its programs in the biological, environmental, agriculture and life sciences, and in its past was referred to as a "Public Ivy."
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Bachelors, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Social Services, the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, the Graduate College, the School of Business Administration, and The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. In the fall semester of 2004, the university marked the opening of UVM’s new Honors College by enrolling its first 100 First Year Honors College Students. As of 2006, the Honors College has just fewer than 500 students enrolled in the Classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010 with a capacity of 700 undergraduate UVM students.
The Division of Continuing Education offers an array of certificates and specialized programs in partnership with various departments at the university. One may also find non-credit courses, opportunities for specialized training programs for businesses and online courses listed on the Continuing Education website [2]
The University of Vermont's 451-acre campus is located on a hillside overlooking the city of Burlington, Lake Champlain, Vermont's Green Mountains to the east and New York's Adirondack Mountains to the west. The largest hospital complex in Vermont, Fletcher Allen Health Care, has its primary facility on the UVM campus and is affiliated with the UVM College of Medicine.
[edit] Academics
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[edit] College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) program focuses on life sciences that make a difference in people's lives, from improving the safety and quality of the nation's food supply to studying DNA as part of AIDS and cancer research to stewarding the environment. Students can explore the majors of CALS as they pertain to their interests. The four primary majors include “Communities, People, and Food,” “Microbes and Molecules,” “Animals,” and “Plants.” There are a variety of choices within each of these areas of study. UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences also offers graduate programs with M.S., M.S.T., M.A.T., and PhD degrees. CALS is also home to the Center for Rural Studies.
[edit] College of Education and Social Services
The goal of CESS is to instill in all of its students a habit of learning, a willingness to engage the mind, and the tools to actively participate in and contribute to the various communities in which one might live and work. They are committed to assisting our students in their quest to become professionals who serve the education, social development, and human service needs of institutions, young people, families, and communities in Vermont, the nation and globally.
The College of Education and Social Services comprises the Department of Integrated Professional Services, Department of Education, Department of Social Work, and the Center for Disability and Community Inclusion. The college offers a broad range of programs ranging from early childhood to higher education, the individual to the family, and cognitive development to physical development.
Graduate students can pursue a post-baccalaureate certificate, a certificate of advance study, masters degrees in education, science, and social work, or a doctoral degree in education.
[edit] College of Engineering and Mathematics
In the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS), the phrase "in service to humanity" has become the organizing principle for all our programs of study: engineering, computer science and mathematics. Indeed, a sense of social relevance and social responsibility is pervasive throughout the College.
CEMS will offer distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs of national stature in engineering, computer science and mathematics, emphasizing unity of knowledge in a liberal education context, and preparing graduates for leadership roles in society as well as in their chosen profession.
The College is a treasured resource for the state of Vermont and is marked by faculty excellence and innovation in both education and scholarship, and by creative students disciplined in academic rigor, continuous self-discovery, effective communication, critical thinking and socially responsible decision making in order to build a sustainable future as members of the global community.
[edit] College of Medicine
In 1804, John Pomeroy began teaching students in his house in Burlington, as the first medical department at a State College or University. In 1822, the College of Medicine was established as the seventh medical college in the United States. Its founders were Pomeroy and the pioneering medical educator Nathan Smith.
UVM enrolls 100 medical students in each class. There are approximately 400 medical students total. Fletcher Allen Health Care is the primary clinical resource. Additional training takes place at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York.
The UVM College of Medicine ranked 7th for overall quality in primary care training among the country’s top 125 medical schools according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 graduate school rankings. [3]
[edit] College of Nursing and Health Sciences
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences' (CNHS) intimate size with the setting of a major research university creates an ideal academic environment for health sciences. Hands-on learning in the many facilities fulfills every student's desire for clinical training. Students from the various departments and programs graduate as qualified agents of health and change for any healthcare system.
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UVM contains three distinct departments, each offering its own unique contribution to the health field. The departments include “Nursing,” the “Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences,” and “Rehabilitation and Movement.” All of these departments offer multiple majors for those interested in health and healthcare.
[edit] Honors College
The Honors College offers an intensely focused, academically challenging environment for some of the university's most outstanding undergraduate students. With an honors residence hall in the heart of campus, the college provides students with an intellectually stimulating climate in which to pursue their studies. This residence hall is LEED certified, making it not only healthy to live in, but environmentally friendly.
The college sponsors numerous opportunities for students to participate in co-curricular programs and extra-curricular activities — special symposia, dinners with visiting scholars, trips to museums and theaters in Boston and Montreal, as well as weekly social events.
Students also benefit from special privileges, including early course registration, an extended borrowing period at university libraries and discounted tickets to performing arts events through the Lane Series.
Accomplished faculty from throughout the university participate in the Honors College as lecturers in a first-year ethics course and advanced seminars, participants in reading groups, speakers at the Plenary Lecture Series, and mentors to honors students conducting research.
Through the ethics course, small seminars, informal gatherings, and special research projects, students work alongside scholars from a broad section of the university's academic disciplines in the humanities, the sciences, engineering, nursing, medicine, education, business and more.
The Honors College is led by Dr. Bob Pepperman-Taylor (Dean/Professor of Political Science) and Dr. S. Abu Turab Rizvi (Associate Dean/Associate Professor of Economics).
[edit] Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources seeks to cultivate an appreciation and enhanced understanding of ecological and social processes and values aimed at maintaining the integrity of natural systems and achieving a sustainable human community in harmony with the natural environment. We pursue this goal by generating and broadly disseminating knowledge and by challenging students, colleagues, and citizens to acquire knowledge, skills, and values to become innovative, environmentally responsible, and accountable leaders. Excitement for discovery and a commitment to life-long learning are central. Our emphasis on the integration of natural science and cultural perspectives reflects the interdisciplinary context in which ecosystem management, resource planning, and environmental concerns must be addressed.
Formerly named the School of Natural Resources, the school is lead by Dr. Donald H. DeHayes (Dean/Professor of Forest Genetics) and Dr. Deane Wang (Associate Dean/Associate Professor or Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology). Notable faculty members include Dr. Lawrence K. Forcier, Dr. Saleem Ali, Dr. Robert Costanza, Dr. Robert E. Manning, Dr. J. Ellen Marsden, Dr. John H. Todd, and Dr. Mary C Watzin amongst many.
[edit] Athletics
The school's sports teams are called the Catamounts, any of various feline animals such as a mountain lion, cougar or puma. UVM is one of only two schools in the United States with this unique mascot, the other being Western Carolina University in the mountains of Southwestern North Carolina. The school colors are green and gold. UVM's varsity teams participate in the NCAA's Division I America East Conference and the Hockey East. The University of Vermont has not had a football program since 1974; a popular T-shirt on campus notes that UVM Football has remained undefeated since this date. The men's basketball team defeated Syracuse University in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament, earning their first victory in three consecutive trips to the event. Although the Catamounts won the America East Conference (2007) and made their fifth straight championship game appearance, they lost to Albany in the conference tournament and settled for a bid in the 2007 NIT. UVM has recently hired Ryan Curtis, a new head coach for the Men's Lacrosse program. The UVM ski teams have also had a long run of national championships. Soccer, lacrosse, hockey and basketball are the school's primary spectator sports. Centennial Field is located at the school.
[edit] Arts
The University of Vermont has a long history of supporting the arts in Vermont. UVM's Lane Performing Arts Series and Music Department sponsor instrumental and choral performances featuring national and international performers throughout the year; the Robert Hull Fleming Museum hosts traveling exhibits and displays of the museum's extensive fine art and ethnographic collections; Royall Tyler Theatre presents mainstage productions of varied themes, often featuring Equity actors along with student talent. Notably, in 1974 Professor William Metcalfe cofounded the Vermont Mozart Festival with Melvin Kaplan. Though the Festival was incorporated as a separate non-profit organization in 1976, its ties to Metcalfe and UVM have remained close throughout the years.
[edit] Student life
[edit] Concerts
The University’s Concert Bureau (a.k.a. SA Concerts) is responsible for bringing quality live musical entertainment for the entire UVM community. SA Concerts features big name acts from across the country as well as local bands. The SGA funded club comprises an elected bureau of students who learn about the various aspects of the music industry by putting on shows and working with local sound and production professionals. Students are in charge of choosing and booking bands and are responsible for all production aspects on the day of show.
UVM’s Concert Bureau was established in 1971 and has brought well-known artists such as R.E.M., Phish (whose members attended UVM in the 1980s), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting, Lou Reed, Primus, String Cheese Incident, the Allman Brothers Band, Death Cab for Cutie, Jurassic 5, the Disco Biscuits, and the The Flaming Lips to name a few.
Since 2001, SA Concerts has organized an annual festival known as SpringFest, held on the last Saturday of April. SpringFest headliners have included Vida Blue, The Roots, Cake, Keller Williams, and Gov't Mule. SpringFest 2007 will be taking place on Saturday, April 28, 2007 and features Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Ziggy Marley, Rjd2, and Apollo Sunshine.
[edit] Publications
- The Vermont Cynic - student newspaper
- The Watertower - student newspaper; founded in 2007
- The Ariel - yearbook
[edit] Greek life
Fraternities:
- Pi Kappa Alpha
- Acacia Fraternity [4]
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
- Alpha Gamma Rho
- Phi Gamma Delta
- Kappa Sigma
- Sigma Phi Society
- Alpha Epsilon Pi
- Phi Delta Theta[ [5]]
- Lambda Iota Society
Sororities:
- Kappa Alpha Theta (chapter closed in 2005)
- Alpha Delta Pi
- Alpha Chi Omega
- Pi Beta Phi
- Delta Delta Delta
- Omicron Lambda Pi
[edit] Notable students and graduates
- Ray Collins, Boston Red Sox pitcher (1909-15) and later coached for UVM.
- Pedro Albizu Campos (1912-1913), one of the most prominent Puerto Rican political leaders in the history of Puerto Rico, renowned orator, lawyer and humanist; was either President or Honorary President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party from 1930 until his death in 1965.
- Urban Andrain Woodbury, Governor of Vermont.
- John Gregory Smith, Governor of Vermont.
- Bill Ruprecht, President & CEO of Sotheby's Holdings Inc.
- Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie; Vermont's 85th Lieutenant Governor, with two terms in office.
- Taylor Coppenrath, basketball player.
- John Dewey, Pragmatist philosopher and educator.
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge, wife of President Calvin Coolidge.
- Mike Gordon and Jeff Holdsworth of the rock band Phish.
- John LeClair, member of the 1992-93 Stanley Cup winning Montreal Canadiens. Has two 50 goals seasons in the NHL. Current member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- Erik Liljegren, correspondent for FOX News Channel.
- Gail Sheehy, author.
- Martin St. Louis, three time NCAA All-American winger. Led the Catamounts to their only Frozen Four appearance in 1996. Martin is a two-time NHL All-Star. He won the NHL Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy, along with the Stanley Cup as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004. He also won the Hockey World Cup in 2004 with Canada.
- Eric Perrin, an NHL forward for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Perrin also won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Lightning in 2004.
- Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for leading international action to ban landmines
- E. Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.
- Susan Powers, American folk artist.
- Kirk McCaskill, Major League pitcher for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox, and only Major League baseball player from UVM in the last half-century.
- TJ Sorrentine, Professional basketball player.
- Tim Thomas, NHL Goaltender for the Boston Bruins.
- Frances M. Grady, leader in Biotech industry in Boston/Cambridge.
- Megan E. Higgins, ESQ., Currently working with US EPA and Local DEM in RI, research fellow at Roger Williams University.
- Larry Gardner, - Third Baseman for the Boston Red Sox 1915 and 1916 Baseball World Series Champions and also won the World Series as a member of the Cleveland Indians in 1920.
- Howard Dean, (though not an alumnus of UVM's undergraduate college, attended a residency program through the UVM College of Medicine) later Governor of Vermont, and currently Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
- Ben Affleck attended UVM for two semesters before transferring to Occidental College.
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[edit] External links
- Official UVM website
- UVM's Faculty Senate
- UVM’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences
- UVM’s College of Education and Social Services
- UVM’s College of Engineering and Mathematics
- UVM’s College of Medicine
- UVM’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences
- UVM’s Honors College
- Summer University at UVM
- Athletics
- Campus Recreation
- College of Medicine
- The University's Student Government Association
- The University's Concert Bureau
- The University's Events Page
- UVM Student Media
- The Vermont Cynic (Student Newspaper)
- UVM College Republicans
- UVM College Democrats
- UVM Greek Life
- Groovy UV
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