University of Michigan-Dearborn
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| Motto: | Artes, Scientia, Veritas (Latin for "arts, science, truth") |
| Established: | 1959 |
| Type: | Public |
| Chancellor: | Daniel Little |
| President: | Mary Sue Coleman |
| Faculty: | 511 |
| Students: | 8,634 |
| Location: | Dearborn, Michigan, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban 196 acres (793,000 m²) |
| Website: | www.umd.umich.edu |
The University of Michigan-Dearborn, located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is part of the University of Michigan system. It was established in 1959 after a gift of 196 acres (793,000 m²) from the Ford Motor Company. On the campus there are approximately 70 acres (283,000 m²) of nature preserve. The University is also steward to 120 acres (0.49 km²) of Wayne County property. Since 1992, the Rouge River Bird Observatory has operated on campus. Also located on campus is Henry Ford's last home, Fair Lane, also known as the Henry Ford Estate, which is open to the public. In 2004, the university purchased the Fairlane Center from Ford Motor Company, located across Evergreen Road, giving the campus a sort of L-shape. The Fairlane Center houses the university's School of Management and School of Education and is split into two buildings, Fairlane Center North and Fairlane Center South.
The main liberal arts education building CASL (college of arts, science and letters) is affectionately known as "the castle" by most students. Many classes take place in the CASL building, which is one of the largest on campus. Most of the classrooms have computers, as well as lecture areas. The CASL building represents a major investment by the University of Michigan to their Dearborn Campus.
The school serves as a "commuter" school to the metropolitan Detroit area and does not have any student housing. Though in spring of 2008 the student body was asked to take a survey about the possibility of on campus housing, which could be completed by the end of the 2008-2009 school year. The hope is to offer a more focused smaller campus environment when compared to the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in arts and sciences, engineering, computer science, education, and management. In sports, the school's mascot is the Wolves and is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn was rated among the top six master's-level public universities in the Midwest in the annual guide to American colleges published by US News and World Reports.[1] In addition, the campus's College of Engineering and Computer Science was rated among the top 10 undergraduate engineering programs in the country whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's degree, with a top 5 spot in the undergraduate industrial/manufacturing focus.
UM-Dearborn's campus newspaper is The Michigan Journal and is available online at [2]. It is the largest weekly student publication in the metro Detroit area.
UM-Dearborn's on-campus and internet radio station is College Radio WUMD. WUMD is a student-run, free-format radio station that features diversity in music from punk rock to bluegrass, jazz to electronica, and everything in between. Starting in 2007, they started carrying live broadcasts of campus sporting events. WUMD is not an FCC-licensed broadcast station.
UM-Dearborn was the host of the 102nd Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society's yearly convention [3] from October 11th to October 13th 2007.
In 2007, national controversy involving the University of Michigan-Dearborn, as they announced plans to install footbaths in some of the campus bathrooms. Many people felt that the footbaths were being installed only to accommodate Muslim students, who are supposed to wash their feet before they pray. People argued that this was a violation of the separation of church and state because it is a public university. Though the real reasoning behind the footbaths was due to the fact that many bathroom sinks had been broken off from attempts to wash feet.[citation needed]
[edit] Athletics
National Runners-up:
- 1980 - Men's Ice Hockey - NAIA
- 1983 - Men's Ice Hockey - NAIA
- 1984 - Men's Ice Hockey - NAIA
- 1992 - Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA Division I
[edit] Photo gallery
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 Professional Education. |
 Automotive Design. |
 The Mardigian Library. |
[edit] External links
- Official University of Michigan-Dearborn Website
- Official University of Michigan Website
- UM-D College of Engineering and Computer Science
- The Mardigian Library
- Rouge River Bird Observatory
- Henry Ford Estate, Fair Lane
- The Michigan Journal, UM-D student newspaper
- Tau Beta Pi, National Convention information
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