University of Arkansas at Monticello

University of Arkansas at Monticello
Motto Veritate Duce Progredi (To Advance with Truth as our Guide)
Type Public coeducational university
Established September 4, 1910
Endowment $22,764,898[1]
Chancellor Jay Jones, interim
Academic staff
 152
Students 3,483
Undergraduates 824
Location Monticello, Arkansas, United States
Colors Green and White          
Nickname Boll Weevils & Cotton Blossoms
Affiliations Great American Conference
Website www.uamont.edu

The University of Arkansas at Monticello is a four-year liberal arts university located in Monticello, Arkansas, United States with Colleges of Technology located in Crossett and McGehee, Arkansas. UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degrees, and associate (two-year) degrees in a variety of fields. UAM is also home to Arkansas' only School of Forest Resources.

The University is governed by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, which also oversees the operation of universities and other post-secondary educational institutions in Batesville, DeQueen, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fort Smith, Helena, Hope, Little Rock, Morrilton, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

UA-Monticello offers in-state tuition rates not only to Arkansas residents, but also to residents of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Tennessee.

History

The University of Arkansas at Monticello was established in 1909 by an act of the Arkansas General Assembly to serve the educational needs of southern Arkansas. Originally called the Fourth District Agricultural School, the school opened its doors September 14, 1910. In 1925, the General Assembly authorized the school's name to be changed to the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Arkansas A&M received accreditation as a junior college in 1928 and as a four-year institution in 1940.

During World War II, Arkansas A & M College was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.[2]

Arkansas A&M became part of the University of Arkansas system on July 1, 1971, and it was then that it actually became the University of Arkansas at Monticello. In that year, the University of Arkansas increased its racial diversity by adding three new campuses in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Monticello that either already had large numbers of Black students, or which in the case of the new campus in Little Rock, would soon acquire many of these.

On July 1, 2003, the University of Arkansas at Monticello expanded its mission to include vocational and technical education when the UAM College of Technology-Crossett and the UAM College of Technology-McGehee became part of the University of Arkansas at Monticello to create a larger system of postsecondary education in Southern Arkansas.

Organization

Schools

UAM is composed of eight distinct schools:

Divisions

UAM also has one specialized division:

Athletics

UAM pitcher Jeff Harvill delivers a pitch at Minute Maid Park in 2014.

University of Arkansas at Monticello athletic teams are known as the Boll Weevils and Cotton Blossoms. UAM is a member of the NCAA Division II and currently competes within the Great American Conference (GAC) for ten sports, including: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, softball, and women's volleyball. In 2011 the university left the Gulf South Conference to become a charter member of the Great American Conference (GAC) with six other GSC member schools.[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_2007_brief.php
  2. ↑ "U.S. Naval Administration in World War II". HyperWar Foundation. 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  3. ↑ Staff (March 9, 2011). "Great American Conference approved". Associated Press. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Derick Armstrong". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Garland Erastus Bayliss". Bryan-College Station Eagle. May 28, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.

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Coordinates: 33°35′27″N 91°48′47″W / 33.590832°N 91.813066°W / 33.590832; -91.813066

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