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The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) is a four-year university located in Crookston, Minnesota. With approximately 1,300 undergraduate students[1], it is one of five campuses in the University of Minnesota system. Currently, students from 27 countries and 40 states are enrolled (Fall 2009). Located on the northern edge of Crookston, Minnesota, off U.S. Highway 2, the 237-acre (0.96 km2) campus is situated in the Red River Valley, one of the richest and most diversified agricultural regions in the United States. The University of Minnesota, Crookston uses the marketing slogan "Small Campus. Big Degree." The statement is meant to highlight the attraction and benefits of a studing in small, friendly, close-knit campus environment while earning a degree from the University of Minnesota, a highly regarded brand name in education.
[edit] History In 1895, the Minnesota legislature appropriated $30,000 to construct experimental research farms at Morris and Crookston. The Great Northern Railway, under the guidance of James J. Hill, donated 476 acres (1.93 km2), and the Northwest Experiment Station was established. In 1905, the Minnesota legislature appropriated $15,000 to establish the Northwest School of Agriculture (NWSA), a regional residential agricultural high school. The school provided training in "the technical and practical business of agriculture and in the art of homemaking." The school year began in October and ended in March to accommodate farm students. In 1906, the Northwest School of Agriculture officially opened.
For two years the NWSA and the Technical Institute shared the campus. In the spring of 1968 a torch was passed—figuratively and literally—from the 60th and final graduating class of the NWSA to the first graduating class of the Technical Institute, now an official coordinate campus of the University of Minnesota. In all, 5,433 students completed their high school education at the NWSA. Later in 1968 the name of the campus was changed from the University of Minnesota Technical Institute to the University of Minnesota Technical College. By 1977, the University of Minnesota Technical College had more than 1,000 students taking classes in a range of degree options in the areas of agriculture; business; home and family services; and hotel, restaurant and institutional management. In 1988, the name was changed to the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). In 1993, the University of Minnesota, Crookston became a baccalaureate degree granting institution. That same year, the U of M, Crookston launched its "Laptop U" initiative, providing laptop computers to all students and faculty. It is widely recognized as the first college in the U.S. to have created a fully ubiquitous computing teaching and learning environment. [edit] CampusThe 237-acre (0.96 km2) campus, located on the northern edge of the city of Crookston, includes flower gardens bordering a spacious mall and a natural history area that contains virgin prairie land. Facilities built or renovated within the last decade include two recently completed apartment-style residence halls (2006 and 2009), the centrally located Sargeant Student Center (2005), renovated Kiehle Building (2003), an indoor animal science facility with an equine arena and stables, a recreational and athletic complex (new gym floor installed 2007), a horticulture complex, an environmental science facility, and an early childhood center. In addition to facilities dedicted to its undergraduate educational mission, the Crookston campus is home to a variety of partner organizations and agencies:
[edit] AcademicsThe University of Minnesota, Crookston delivers 28 undergraduate degree programs[2] and 50 concentrations in agriculture; arts, humanities and social sciences; business; math, science and technology; and natural resources. Since 2004 the campus has earned approval from the University of Minnesota Board of Regents to offer additional degree programs including Biology, Communication, Computer Software Technology, Criminal Justice, Health Sciences Pre-Professional, Marketing, and Organizational Psychology. The top five degree programs with the greatest enrollment (in order) are Business Management, Natural Resources, Manufacturing Management, Equine Science, and Animal Science. Six degree programs are also offered entirely online. They include Business (B.S.), Bachelor of Applied Health (B.A.H.), Applied Studies (B.S.), Manufacturing Management (B.M.M.), Marketing (B.S.), and Quality Managemetn (B.M.M.). The programs are administered through the Center for Adult Learning [3]. The curriculum of Crookston campus degree programs has a focus on applied skills and technology, and graduates of UMC have high placement rates in positions within their chosen discipline. Class sizes range from 10 to 65 students with a student-faculty ratio of 16 to 1. In 2006, the University of Minnesota-Crookston received full accreditation for the maximum period of ten years from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.[4] [edit] AthleticsThe University of Minnesota Golden Eagles compete in NCAA Division II athletics in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). The mascot is an eagle named "Regal". Men's varsity teams include football, basketball, baseball, and golf. Women's varsity teams include basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, equestrian, tennis, and golf. Learn more about U of M, Crookston Golden Eagle Athletics at [5] The UMC Golden Eagles hockey team played in the MCHA hockey-only conference through the 2008-2009 season. The University discontinued the varsity hockey program following the 2008-2009 season. UMC will honor the financial commitment to the new ice arena being built in Crookston, Minn. They signed a five-year lease that starts in 2010 [1]. The campus currently fields a club hockey team. [edit] AdministrationThe University of Minnesota, Crookston is governed by policies established by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The president of the University of Minnesota provides oversight to the chancellor at the U of M, Crookston. The senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs oversees both student affairs and the five academic departments with leadership in each area provided by a department head. For more detail, review the organizational chart[6] [edit] TechnologyTechnology is deeply integrated in teaching and learning throughout the institution. The Crookston campus gained national attention in 1993 when it became the first university in the United States to issue laptop computers to every full-time student and faculty member, something it continues to do as part of the campus culture and student experience. Students pay a technology fee each semester to help fund the initiative as well as related technology maintenance and upgrades. In return each student is issued a powerful laptop computer with standardized, preinstalled software. As the original “Laptop U” with more than 16 years of leadership in technology integration, the U of M, Crookston also helps students develop day-to-day technology skills in an environment richly immersed in technology and related applications. Employers consistently report that the U of M, Crookston graduates they hire are extremely well prepared for the demands of today’s technological workplace. The U of M, Crookston was also the first campus in the University of Minnesota system to offer degrees online. In 2006, the Higher learning Commission gave blanket approval for the Crookston campus to provide any of its traditionally offered degree programs online, as approved by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The U of M, Crookston is the only campus in the University system to receive this blanket approval from the HLC. [edit] Student organizationsThe student organizations are tailored to the interests of Crookston campus students. There are approximately 40 clubs and organizations for a student to join. Every academic area has one or more correlating student organizations, making it easy to meet and network with other students in the same interest area or major. The Crookston Student Association (CSA) is the student governing body and serves as a conduit for student concerns to administration.[7] The Crookston Student Association Executive Board meets weekly with its faculty and staff advisors to act on student concerns, plan campus events and represent the voice of the student across the campus and system wide. [edit] National recognitionU of M, Crookston has received national recognition for its technology integration and academic offerings including:
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