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University of Michigan (U-M, UM, UMich MI, or), often referred to simply as Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a public research university located in the United States referred to. Initially, Catholepistemiad or Michiganian University was founded in Detroit in 1817 as 20 years before Michigan Territory officially became a state, the University of Michigan is the state's oldest university. The University currently known as Central Campus 40 acres (16 hectares) moved on Ann Arbor in 1837. Since Ann Arbor establishment in a central campus and the North Campus spread to college campuses more than 34 million gross square meters, more than a combined area of 584 major buildings (781 acres or 3:16 sq km) has expanded to include two have been in Flint and Dearborn, Detroit a Center 's satellite campuses in. University was one of the founding members of the Association of American Universities.
In the United States it considered to be one of the leading research university that has very high research activity and a comprehensive licensing program, professional as well as the humanities, social sciences and STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) offers doctoral degrees in architecture, business , medicine, law, pharmacy, nursing, and dentistry degree in social work. (As of 2012), Michigan contains more than 500,000 alumni living body. Academic life, as well as Michigan athletic teams in NCAA Division I competition and collectively known as the Wolverines. They are members of the Big Ten Conference.
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1 History
2 Campus
2.1 Main Campus
2.2 North Campus
2.3 South Campus
3 organization and management
3.1 Donation
3.2 Student government
4 Academic
4.1 Research
5 The student body
5.1 Acceptance
5.2 Registration
6 Student life
6.1 Residential life
6.2 Groups and events
6.3 Media and publications
Athletics 7
7.1 School songs
8 Graduates
9 References
9.1 specific
9.2 General
10 External links
History
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Main article: University of Michigan History
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University of Michigan (1855) Jasper Francis Cropsey
By the University of Michigan and Michigan governor of District Judges, Catholepistemiad or Michiganian University as established on August 26, 1817 in Detroit. Rev. John Monteith was the university's founder and first president. Ann Arbor edge selected as the capital of the province, hoping 40 acres (16 hectares) were sunk; Lansing was chosen as the state capital, when the city offered the land for a university. Governor Stevens T. Mason What university would be moved in 1837 thanks to Ann Arbor. The original 40 acres (160,000 m2) was the basis of the existing Central Campus. [9] Ann Arbor first class taught by two professors of six first class and a second, with, was built in 1841. Eleven students graduated from the first start of the year in 1845.
In 1866, student enrollment in 1205 most of the Civil War veteran, was promoted. Women first aggressive dentistry, architecture, engineering, and medicine from the government in the professional studies curriculum including extended-M 1871 1909 until 1870 he served as the university's president, James Burrill Angell, within accepted. Of-M became the first American university uses the method of work seminars. Medicine was among students in the United States early in 1880 to get a college diploma graduates as valedictorian first Puerto Rican Jose Celso Barbosa. He returned to Puerto Rico and took medicine but also in senior positions in government.
from 1900 until 1920, the building for the university dentistry and pharmacy programs, chemistry, science, Hill Auditorium, large hospital and library complex and built many new facilities, including two in the country. University College of Engineering in 1920 and re-established an advisory committee of 100 industrialists to direct academic research initiatives. Ivy League university on the quota limiting the number of Jewish schools which will be adopted in the 1920s and 1930s, New York has become a preferred choice for bright Jewish students. In Because of its high standards, UM John F. Kennedy in his speech proposing the "East, Harvard University of Michigan graduate" as was common adverse parodied after self-expression nickname "West Harvard," won the Michigan Union on the front steps of the Peace Corps formation. During World War II, the US Navy-M research projects in such proximity fuze, PT boats, and radar jamming supported the military efforts.
After the war, recording rapidly expanded and by 1950 more than one-third (or 7700) G.I. supported by veterans, which reached 21,000 Bill. Cold War and the Space Race took hold, the state-M has received numerous grants for strategic research and development has contributed to the peacetime use of nuclear energy. alternative energy sources as well as the majority of this research work is carried out through Memorial Phoenix Project.
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Looking North viewed from the Master Library Main Campus Diag,
Lyndon B. Johnson, U-M gave a speech outlining his Great Society program as lead speaker during the ceremony to start the autumn of 1964. In the 1960s, the Vietnam War and the university campus was the site of numerous protests against the university administration. On March 24, 1965-Ma faculty members and 3,000 students in the leadership group first school in the country to protest against American policy in Southeast Asia "teach-in" was held. Sound, democratic society for a political party as students by campus sit-ins in 1966, a series of reactions, the living-M's management has banned the action. In contrast, 1,500 students in the House, a one-hour sit-in LSI, where administrative offices participated.
ago when the old-Ma noted architect Alden B. Dow students and student activism concern for security is desired, the building plans were drawn early 1960s available Fleming Administration Building was completed in 1968, was designed. But Fleming Building narrow windows, opened a campus riot rumor turned him out as designed and castles all located on the first floor above. Dow small windows are designed to be energy efficient claim denied these rumors.
In the 1970s, severe budget constraints slowed physical development of the university; but in the 1980s, the university has received research grants for increasing social and physical sciences. South African anti-missile Strategic Defense Initiative and investment has led to debate on the participation of the university campus. In the 1980s and 1990s, the university hospital complex tremendous renewal and significant resources allocated to the improvement of the North Campus academic facilities. In its 2011 annual financial report, it announced that it received $ 497 million per year dedicated over 10 years ago to renovate the buildings and infrastructure around the university campus. The University also stressed the development of computer and information technology throughout the campus.
At the beginning of the 2000s, the state-Men faced declining state aid due to lack of funds. At the same time, the university has worked to maintain a high academic standing while holding the proper course fees. The dispute between union workers and management-M Employees Organization, especially lecturers (LEO) and Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) had with the union representing graduate student employees. This conflict has led to a number of trade unions and to leave a day's work by their supporters. University $ 2500000000 building campaign is engaged.
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Law Library Interior
In 2003-M's affirmative action admissions policy regarding two cases, the US Supreme Court (Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger) was reached. President George W. Bush publicly opposed the policy before the court made a decision. The Court found that race is a factor considered acceptable federal funding for all public universities and private universities in university admissions. However, it was decided that it was unconstitutional, a point system. he accepted the second degree of university policy against the decision in the first case, the court upheld the Law School admissions policy.
In November 2006, Michigan voters banning most affirmative action in university admissions, Proposal 2 passed because the debate continued. This law, race, gender or national origin under the application no longer acceptable. Of-M and other organizations soon after the referendum was an accommodation for the implementation of the law. decision legal and constitutional options in response to the attempt to allow time for positive action results defenders. US Supreme Court in April 2014. Proposal 2 to protect under the Constitution, there Affirmative Action in Defense Schuette. Coalition decided. Admission office looking at other factors such as whether the student attended school education of disadvantaged students and parents will try to achieve a diverse student body said.
On May 1, 2014 President of the University of Michigan Barack Obama's White House Task Force ". On the processing of sexual violence and harassment complaints to federal possible violations of law" under investigation by the Civil Rights Office 55 is one of higher education institutions were selected sexual assault students such investigations to protect arranged for.
The University of Michigan has become more selective in the early 2010s. acceptance rate of new primary school enrollment rate has been fairly stable since 2010. In 2015, 26.2% in 2010, declined 50.6%.
Campus
North, Central, and South campuses Medical: Ann Arbor campus is divided into four main sections. physical infrastructure of more than 34 million square meters, or 781 acres (3.16 km2) includes more than 500 major buildings with a combined area. North Campus area primarily by the Huron River, while they are separated from areas of Central and South Campus, is situated adjacent. You also have spaces in cities scattered throughout the building for rent, many occupied by the University of Michigan Health System and its affiliates. An East Medical Campus recently outpatient treatment, with a few university owned buildings for diagnostic and outpatient surgery, Plymouth Road has been developed.
In addition to U-M Golf Course South Campus, the university Geddes Road works on a second golf course, called Radrick Farms Golf Course. golf course faculty, staff and alumni are just open. Other universities have a campus facility since 1950 Inglis, home. Inglis various social events, including the Home deputy board meetings, hold, and visit the man who used to host a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) mansion. The University also runs a large office tower called Wolverine south near Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor building. Another important facility in Ann Arbor Matthaei Botanical Gardens are located on the eastern foothills.
Four campus of the majority to connect North and Central campuses are connected by bus services. northeast and other health care facilities throughout the Ann Arbor, University Hospital of North and is located between the Central campus, there is a connecting service.
Main Campus
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Hill Auditorium and Burton Tower
he 1837 in Ann Arbor moved Main Campus Initially, North University Avenue, a school and dormitories for land forty acres professors bounded by South University (Mason Hall now stands) building and there were a few houses UM was the original location Street, East University Avenue and State Street . South University Avenue located on the Presidential House, the oldest building is the only building available, as well as the original forty-acre campus on campus today. Ann Arbor and Central Campus development at the same time, because there is no distinct boundary between the city and the university, and includes a mix of private and university buildings in some areas. Peak District and Central Campus: Located in Central Campus dormitories are divided into two groups.
Central Campus of Letters, Arts and Sciences Faculty of location and immediately adjacent to the medical campus. Ross School of Business, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Faculty of Law and graduate and professional schools, including the School of Dentistry, most of which are in Central Campus. two libraries, leading Harlan Hatcher Undergraduate Library and Shapiro Undergraduate Library (which is connected by a walking bridge) Main Campus, as well as archeology, anthropology, paleontology, zoology, dentistry and art museums housing collections are also available. Burton Memorial Tower on Central Campus of the building and nearby Hill Auditorium Kahn, an architect based in Detroit in 1904 and among the most important buildings designed in 1936 has been designed by Albert Kahn.
North Campus
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North Campus college in 1952 bought -that is newer than this central campus and so much modern architecture with farm land of about 800 acres (3.2 km2), the adjacent campus building independent of the city on a large plot, while the Central Campus buildings are classic or gothic style . Birmingham, Michigan-based architect Eero Saarinen, who created one of the early master plan for the North Campus and Music Building including Earl V. Moore School, designed several of the buildings in the 1950s. North and Central Campus of the bell towers each have a unique environment that reflects the dominant architectural styles. Each of the steeple bell sound that has a ton of great hosts. North Campus tower called Lurie Tower. Michigan's largest residence hall, Bursley Hall, University of North Campus is located.
North Campus houses the Faculty of Engineering, Music, Theatre & Dance, Art and Design, Taubman College of Architecture and Urbanism School and School of Information supplement. Campus Art, Architecture and Engineering Library houses are offered by Duderstadt Center. Duderstadt Center also multiple computer labs, video editing studios, electronic music studios, a sound studio, video studio, multimedia workspaces and a 3-D virtual reality room. Other libraries are located on the North Campus, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Bentley Historical Library.
South Campus
South Campus as Michigan Stadium, Crisler Center and is a site for sports programs, including major sports facilities like Yost Ice Arena. South Campus is the site of Buhler library storage facility, Revelli Hall, Michigan Marching Band, the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and student exchange and providing rehearsal space for theater groups Student Theatre Arts Complex, home. public security and transportation departments of the university offices are located in South Campus.
In-MUN golf course is located south of Michigan Stadium and Crisler Arena. This Alister MacKenzie, Augusta, Georgia (Master Tournament house) designers Augusta National Golf Club was designed by the late 1920s. Of course Michigan Golf Course is located at the top hole list, designed by the University Sports Illustrated named the 1931 spring opened to the public "the biggest golf course architect." UM Golf Course signature No. 6 holes a 310-yard (280 m) par 4, green, kidney-shaped four protected Alister MacKenzie second hole, two-tiered shelter with an elevated tee work three times Masters champion Nick Faldo and golf course architect selected by a five-person committee that includes Tom doak 18 dream. "So far the best holes designed by Augusta National architect Alister MacKenzie," the list of 4 April 2006 Masters preview from SI Golf Plus is located in the special edition.
Organization and management
See also: Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of the University of Michigan University of Michigan
College / school founder
College / school year established
Literature, College of Arts and Sciences, 1841
Medical school in 1850
1854 College of Engineering
Law school in 1859
1875 School of Dentistry
School of Pharmacy in 1876
1880 Music, Theatre and Dance School
1893 Nursing School
A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in 1906
1912 Horace H. Rackham Graduate School
1914 Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Training school in 1921
Stephen M. Ross School of Business in 1924
School of Natural Resources and the Environment 1927
School of Public Health 1941
School of Social Work in 1951
1969 School Information
1974 Art & Design Penny W. Stamps School
Kinesiology 1984 school
With two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn University of Michigan, Ann Arbor consists of a flagship campus. manages the university and was established by the Organic Act of March 18, 1837 The Board of Directors consists of eight members elected eight year period overlapping major biennial state elections. between 1837 and 1850 at the University of Michigan for the establishment and ran directly to the university Board of Trustees; Although they, by law, had to appoint a chancellor to manage the university, I did not. Instead of a list of professors conducted their day-to-day management tasks returning.
President of the University of Michigan university is principal executive officer. office also appointed by the president and the Regents of the University of Michigan indicated that their meetings for the presidency created by the Michigan Constitution of 1850, but they were without a vote. Today, the president's office in Ann Arbor Ann Arbor campus and president living in the house of the President in the Central Campus, has the privilege of the university's oldest buildings. Mark Schlissel 14 and current president of the university, and serves since July 2014.
thirteen graduate school and has colleges.by records, the largest three license units Letters, Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the College are Ross School of Business. At the undergraduate level, Rackham Graduate Institute serves as a center of education administrative departments at the university. Literature, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, Faculty of Law and Business School Ross largest of which has 18 institutes and colleges. Professional degree School of Public Health, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, and are conferred by. Faculty of Medicine, medical care, research and education for the university's three hospitals, clinics dozens, and consists of several center is partnered with the University of Michigan Health System.
Donation
As of June 30, 2015, U-M's financial donations ( "University Endowment Fund") was worth $ 10.26 billion. donations are used primarily by donations to support teaching and research requirements. In mid-2000, M-permanent endowment to $ 800 million as determined by a huge $ 2.5 billion fund aimed to raise campaign called "Michigan Difference" entries. Scheduled to run through December 2008, the university had reached the campaign 19 months early target in May 2007. As a result, the campaign said raised $ 3.2 billion in 8 years. During the capital campaign in February, UM with 191 additional professorships have taken place in the second half important their donation in 2008 and unrealized losses Like 2009, bringing almost total all colleges and universities as 471 universities were equipped 2009 university spokesman from 20 to 30 percent loss estimates.
In November 2013, the university with the goal of $ 4 billion, the largest fundraising campaign to date "winner for Michigan" campaign launched.
Student government
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Central Campus: Angell Hall, Literature, one of the most important structures of Science and Arts College
Located in central Michigan Student Government Association (CSG) is a university student in the central government. with representatives from each of the university's colleges and schools, CSG students representing students and manages funds on campus. CSG University of Michigan independent 501 (c) (3) organization. In recent years, CSG air bus, campus and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County has organized the transportation between the airport and the 10,000 students who register Voice Your vote Commission (Vyve), the voting student led the efforts of universities to register the population of about 2004 Vyve non-partisan voting access students will work to develop and to increase the voter turnout. CSG October 2007. The rough for students after an interval of ten years, including a carnival and parade, graduation event was successful revitalization and the 2013-14 academic year, the student football cancel an unpopular change University was instrumental in persuading seating policy at Michigan Stadium.
Each university has students and school governing bodies. two great college at the University of Michigan Letters, Arts and Sciences (LS-A) and College of Engineering College of convenience. LS & Undergraduate students of LS & Student Government (SG LSI) is represented by. Engineering Student Government (ESG) manages the undergraduate student government affairs for the School of Engineering. Rackham Graduate School graduate students registered Rackham Student Government (RSG) is represented by. In addition, students living in dormitories Michigan University Dormitory Authority (RHA) is represented by.
Student government is a continuing goal while Regents is to create students who chairs the university's Board of Directors determined. other Big Ten schools with students reagents such assignment will be to ensure equality. In 2000, student Nick Wade and Scott Trudeau ran for the board as a third party candidate on the statewide ballot. Matt Wade exhaustion and Susan ran for the second time in 2002 with Fawcett. Although none of this successful campaign, a survey conducted by the measure in 1998, Michigan State had put them before the majority of Michigan voters have concluded that it will accept such a task. Forum requires a change in the makeup of Michigan constitutional amendment.
Academic [edit]
university rankings
National
ARW 17
Forbes 41
US News & World Report 29
Washington Monthly 13
global
ARW 22
QS 30
Times 21
University of Michigan North Central Association of Colleges and Schools accredited four-year housing is a major research university. Four years, it covers the majority of full-time enrollment of graduate programs and art, science and emphasizes training and licensing and coexistence between graduate programs are at a high level. University "has a very high" research activities and "comprehensive" undergraduate programs in medicine, dentistry and humanities doctoral degree in law, social sciences and offers as well as professional degrees in STEM fields. Public Ivies-Ma, Richard Moll has been included in the list. More than 200 undergraduate majors, 90 master's degree programs and 100 postgraduate and undergraduate degrees-M 6490, 4951 709 graduate and first professional degrees conferred in 2011-2012.
Such Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi Tau Beta Pi national honor society has chapters as well as the U-M. "Highest in first place" the next degree 7% "with highest honor" rank in the top 3% of its students are advised and a subsequent 15% "with distinction". demonstrated high academic achievement and independent working capacity of at least 3.4 GPA gain honor student, Higher Honor, "" Highest Honor "Highly recommended for very" or "may." Students with two or more periods to win on top of a calendar year, says all is recognized as James B. Angell Scholars and annual honor Convocation will be invited to attend an event that undergraduate students with outstanding academic achievements.
-state undergraduate students $ 11,837.38 time out-of-state undergraduate students paid between alone courses annually between $ 36,001.38 and $ 43,063.38 to pay $ 16,363.38 annually.I need-based loans, grants, scholarships, provides financial assistance in the form of business operation and no need financial based undergraduate scholarship aid to 77% in 2007. for undergraduates in 2008, 46% graduated with a debt of about $ 25,586. [89] university I dedicate over $ 1.53 billion endowment fund to support financial aid for students is working to increase the availability of financial aid.
Research
See also: University of Michigan faculty and staff list
a founding member of the University Association of American Universities (1900) is one. Keep an endowed chair in the National Academy members and their discipline of whom 471, 73 people from the faculty over 6200 university manages one of the first in the US in the billion $ amount of any university's largest annual college research budget in 2009, The Faculty of Medicine spent over 445 million $ the Faculty of Engineering, while the second more than $ 160 million. The channel between laboratory-M is a university research commercialization and corporate interests have a technology transfer office. In 2009, the university used to be an agreement for the purchase of a property owned by Pfizer consummated. purchase roughly 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m2) wet laboratory space and administrative space of 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) property consisting of over 170 acres (0.69 km2) and includes 30 major buildings. As of the acquisition date was not announced intention of the university to the area, but is expected to ramp up research of new aerospace university and eventually will employ in excess of 2,000 people.
A. Alfred Taubman Medical School-Ma Biomedical Science Research Building
The University also ECG, gastroscopy with children from an important factor in the field of medicine and the announcement of Jonas Salk polio vaccine. Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan university's 13,000 acres (53 km2) biological station in the US is one of only 47 Biosphere Reserves.
UM researchers in the mid-1960s ( "M" Michigan stand where 360/67 initially 360 / was named 65m) IBM Model has become 360/67 mainframe computer part, he worked with IBM to develop a new virtual memory architecture model. Michigan Terminal System (MTS), U-M developed an early time-sharing computer operating system, except for the IBM 360/67 was the first system to use virtual memory features.
The National Election Studies-M and the University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index is housed. Also located Relations War-M project is scientific knowledge about the war. University optical major research centers, reconfigurable production systems, wireless integrated microsystems and social sciences are also housed. Institute of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and the University of Life Sciences is located at the university. Institute for Social Research (ISR), the country for interdisciplinary research in the social sciences longest running lab Survey Research Center for Group Dynamics Research Center, Center for Political Studies, Population Studies Center, Inter-Consortia home for Political and Social Research. Undergraduate students Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (uropean) as well as uropean / by Creative Programs, are able to participate in various research projects.
The twenty-M library system includes four separate collections roughly nineteen separate library with volumes of 13.3 million. The history and economics-ME on all pre-1990 journals on JSTOR archive database contains about 750,000 digitized pages, main house, which has a book digitization program was launched in collaboration with Google. University of Michigan Press, is part of the U-M library system.
Of-M, with Michigan State University in the late 1960s and the Wayne State University, Merit Network, founded one of the first university computer networks. Merit Network then and remains today, hosted by the administrative-M. IBM One suggestion partners, presented by Merit Network with MCI and Michigan State to raise 1.5 million to 56,000 from the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) won a national competition to expand the backbone of another important contribution took place in 1987 and then a second 45 million bits . In 2006-M University Research Corridor to create and attended Michigan State University and Wayne State University. The state's efforts to highlight the capabilities of three leading research institutions and the Michigan economy has made the transformation drive. Three universities electronics ( 'MY-s' pronunciation mile) lambdarail Michigan, Chicago three university campuses and other national and international network ports between 10 Gbit / s connections are connected via a high-speed data network that.
Students in participating schools in the school library the other participants "in-house" viewing privileges are allowed.
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