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| − | The '''University of Vermont''' (or UVM) is a [[Vermont]] [[public school|public]] [[university]] chartered in 1791.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/about_uvm/?Page=history/default.html&SM=historysubmenu.html | + | The '''University of Vermont''' (or UVM) is a [[Vermont]] [[public school|public]] [[university]] chartered in 1791.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/about_uvm/?Page=history/default.html&SM=historysubmenu.html|title=History and Traditions|language=English|work=University of Vermont}}</ref> The school was initially private, but changed after the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862 and the addition of the State Agricultural College. It ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|language=English}}</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
Ira Allen, who is considered to be UVM's founder, undertook much of the funding and initial planning. The university's first building was destroyed by fire in 1824; [[Marquis de Lafayette]] designed its replacement, the Old Mill building.<ref name="history"/> | Ira Allen, who is considered to be UVM's founder, undertook much of the funding and initial planning. The university's first building was destroyed by fire in 1824; [[Marquis de Lafayette]] designed its replacement, the Old Mill building.<ref name="history"/> | ||
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| University of Vermont | |
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| City: | Burlington, Vermont |
| Type: | Public |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, skiing (alpine & nordic), soccer, softball, swimming, indoor & outdoor track and field[1] |
| Colors: | green |
| Mascot: | Catamounts |
| Website: | http://www.uvm.edu/ |
The University of Vermont (or UVM) is a Vermont public university chartered in 1791.[2] The school was initially private, but changed after the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862 and the addition of the State Agricultural College. It ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[3]
History
Ira Allen, who is considered to be UVM's founder, undertook much of the funding and initial planning. The university's first building was destroyed by fire in 1824; Marquis de Lafayette designed its replacement, the Old Mill building.[2]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.uvm.edu/~sportspr/?Page=teams.html&SM=teammenu.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 History and Traditions (English). University of Vermont.
- ↑ National Universities: Top Schools (English). US News.