The University of
Arizona is a public research university located in Tucson, Arizona, United
States. Founded in 1885, UA were the first university in the Arizona Territory.
The university includes the Banner University Medical Center Tucson, which
operates a separate 4-year M.D. college in downtown Phoenix. As of fall 2014,
total enrollment was 42,236 students. The University of Arizona is governed by
the Arizona Board of Regents.
The mission of the
University of Arizona is, to improve the prospects and enrich the lives of the
people of Arizona and the world through education, research, creative
expression, and community and business partnerships.
Arizona is one of
the elected members of the Association of American Universities (an
organization of North America's premier research institutions) and is the only
representative from the state of Arizona to this group. Known as the Arizona
Wildcats (often shortened to Cats the athletic teams are members of the Pacific-12
Conference in the NCAA. UA athletes have won national titles in several sports,
most notably men's basketball, baseball, and softball. The official colors of
the university and its athletic teams are UA Red and Arizona Blue-after the
passage of the Merrill Land-Grant Act of 1862, the push for a University in
Arizona grew. The University of Arizona was approved by the Arizona Territory's
Thieving Thirteenth Legislature in 1885, who also selected the city of Tucson
to receive the appropriation to build the university. Tucson had hoped to
receive the appropriation for the territory's mental hospital, which carried a
$100,000 allocation instead of the $25,000 allotted to the territory's only
university (Arizona State University was also chartered in 1885, but at the
time it was created as Arizona's normal school, and not a university). Tucson's
contingent of legislators was delayed in reaching Prescott due to flooding on
the Salt River and by the time they arrived back-room deals allocating the most
desirable territorial institutions had already been made. Tucson was largely
disappointed at receiving what was viewed as an inferior prize. With no parties
willing to step forth and provide land for the new institution, the citizens of
Tucson prepared to return the money to the Territorial Legislature until two
gamblers and a saloon keeper decided to donate the land necessary to build the
school. Construction of Old Main, the first building on Campus, began on
October 27, 1887, and classes met for the first time in 1891 with 32 students
in Old Main, which is still in use to this day. Because there were no high
schools in Arizona Territory, the University maintained separate preparatory
classes for the first 23 years of operation.
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Reference
- "It's music to Wildcat alumni's ears" Arizona Daily Wildcat. November 4, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-09-12. 'Bear Down, Arizona' has become the school's motto and second fight song since the death of the man who first uttered the words 'bear down' in 1926.
- "The University of Arizona Foundation - 2014 Annual and Endowment Reports" University of Arizona Foundation. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- "Ann Weaver Hart confirmed as new University of Arizona president - Phoenix Business Journal" Bizjournals.com. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- "Employee Headcounts" 2013-2014 Factbook. University of Arizona. 2013.
- Stephanie Innes. "University of Arizona Medical Center changing its name — again"Arizona Daily Star.
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