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The University of Montevallo is a four-year public university located in Montevallo, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1896, it is Alabama's only public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Programs are offered through the Michael E. Stephens College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Fine Arts, and graduate studies in English, Speech-Language Pathology and Education. Its current president, Philip C. Williams, was formerly Provost at Methodist College in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Dr. Williams succeeded Robert M. McChesney Sr., who retired August 1, 2006 after fourteen years of service to the university.
[edit] HistoryThe University of Montevallo opened October 1896 as the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School (AGIS), a women-only technical school that also offered high school-level courses. AGIS became the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute in 1911, further adding "and College for Women" in 1919. The school gradually phased into being a traditional degree-granting institution, becoming Alabama College, State College for Women in 1923. The school's supporters lobbied the Alabama Legislature which passed a bill on January 15, 1956 that dropped the designation "State College for Women", effectively making the school coeducational ( though its student body still maintains a 7:5 ratio of women to men). The first men entered the school that same month. The school first accepted African American students on [date] after [circumstances]. On September 1, 1969, Alabama College was renamed the University of Montevallo. Montevallo is located in the geographic center of the state of Alabama in an area rich with Civil War history. With slightly over 3,000 students, the university generates a significant economic impact on the surrounding communities in Shelby County. Many of the buildings on campus predate the founding of the college, including King House and Reynolds Hall. The King House is reserved for special guests of the campus, and Reynolds Hall is still used by the Theater Department and alumni relations. King House was reportedly the first home in Alabama to receive pane glass windows. Montevallo's campus is considered an architectural jewel. Its appearance is more in line with private, elite institutions. The central part of campus is a National Historic District. The main portion of the campus was designed by the Olmsted Brothers, who also designed Central Park in New York City and the Biltmore House grounds in Texas and California. [edit] Courses of study[edit] College of Arts and Sciences
[edit] Michael E. Stephens College of Business
[edit] College of Education
[edit] College of Fine Arts
[edit] The Graduate School
[edit] Campus resources[edit] The James Wylie Shepherd ObservatoryThe James Wylie Shepherd Observatory at the University of Montevallo had First Light on November 21, 2009. The facility provides incomparable observing and educational opportunities. Located 3 miles (4.8 km) from the main campus at the University’s 150-acre (0.61 km2) Gentry Springs property, the JWSO features a state-of-the-art PlaneWave 20-inch (510 mm) CDK 20 telescope mounted on a Chronos HD32 Harmonic mount atop a Pier-Tech 4 hydraulic adjustable pier installed in a fully robotic 20.5-foot (6.2 m) diameter Ash Dome observatory dome. The remote location provides ideal dark skies, far removed from city lights, and offers spectacular views of any part of the night sky. When further planned development is completed, the Observatory Complex will be a net-zero facility, offering the region’s premiere completely accessible telescope as well as a digital planetarium, an outdoor planetarium/amphitheatre, a docent cabin, a visiting scholars dormitory, educational exhibits and a visitor center in which groups can see images generated by the main telescope. Additional smaller scopes for solar and planetary observing will be placed at various locations outside the main dome. [edit] Ebenezer Swamp Ecological PreserveThe University of Montevallo’s Ebenezer Swamp consists of approximately 60 acres (240,000 m2) of wooded wetlands, and is located on near the headwaters of Spring Creek, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of the University in central Alabama. Spring Creek and Ebenezer Swamp form a portion of the headwaters for the ecologically diverse and environmentally sensitive Cahaba River Watershed. The Cahaba is the longest remaining free-flowing river, has more species of fish per mile than any river in North America, and is one of eight river biodiversity hotspots in the U.S. UM is creating the Ebenezer Swamp Wetlands Interpretive and Research Center (ESWIRC) to focus greater research on wetland ecology and to increase educational opportunities for high school and middle school students from across the state of Alabama. Research goals center on: establishing and maintaining an inventory of plant, animal, and fungal species; monitoring water quality, rainfall, and stream flow rates, and future studies of wetland ecological processes and the effects of encroachment along the swamp margin. Education goals center on raising the profile of the ecologic importance of wetlands to high school and middle school students, while simultaneously providing them with a sound introduction to the underlying principles of biology. [edit] Greek LifeInterfraternity Council Alpha Kappa Lambda (Gamma Delta, 1995) Alpha Tau Omega (Eta Omega, 1972) Delta Chi (Montevallo, 1972) Lambda Chi Alpha (Sigma-Epsilon, 1972) Pi Kappa Alpha (Theta Beta, 1974) Pan-Hellenic Council Alpha Delta Pi (Zeta Delta, 1971) Alpha Gamma Delta (Gamma Upsilon, 1972) Chi Omega (Tau Kappa, 1971) Delta Gamma (Zeta Nu, 1991) Phi Mu (Kappa Chi, 1972) National Pan-Hellenic Council Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Sigma Theta Kappa Alpha Psi Zeta Phi Beta [edit] AthleticsThe University of Montevallo fields 10 NCAA Division II athletic teams that currently compete in the Peach Belt Conference. Men's athletics include: baseball, basketball, soccer, golf. Women's athletics include: basketball, soccer, golf, cross-country, tennis and volleyball. The university announced in September, 2009 their intention to reinstate Men's cross country [1] and tennis [2] in 2010, raising the number of varsity sports offerred to 12. [edit] Men's basketball
[edit] Men's baseball[edit] Men's soccer
[edit] Notable faculty and staff
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] TraditionsThe school mascot is a Falcon, and the colors are purple and gold. [edit] Crook Week/Senior MarchTraditionally, Crook Week was a week in late October when the senior class women would hide the "crook" -a staff shaped roughly like a shepherd's crook- and give obscure clues for the underclass women who were to find it. At the end of Crook Week was Senior March. When the chimes struck thirteen, if the underclass women did not find the crook, the seniors march on them, getting them out of their rooms and onto Main Quad where they would have a shaving cream and water balloon battle. If the underclass women found the crook, they were safe that year. This tradition ended in the 1990s because the administration considered it hazing despite that fact that participation on either side was purely optional. Today, Crook Week occurs the week before Founder's Day. The administration hides the crook and leaves clues as to where it can be found. The finder of the crook gets recognized at Founder's Day with a small cash prize. [edit] College NightThe oldest tradition at Montevallo is called College Night, an intramural competition between the Purple Side and the Gold Side. The tradition officially began on March 3, 1919, in honor of the school adding the name "college" to its title. The homecoming competition consists of sports events, management of the side finances and spirit. While these are key to the game of College Night, the primary focus is two student written, produced, and performed musicals—one for each competing side. For a small University in which the student-to-faculty ratio is only about 16-to-1, participation is key. A noticeable number of people participate in bringing the tradition together; at least 400 actually participate in the activities, but it is a tremendous success that draws those who do participate back after many years of being out of college. Each year, the school's Palmer Auditorium—a stately building boasting a large stage, orchestra pit and seating for 1200—is standing room only as alumni and spectators gather to witness the unique tradition that is College Night. College Night originated as a liberal arts school's response to its lack of a "proper Homecoming" - meaning an American football game. The campus is split into two teams, the Purple Side and the Gold Side. The two colors of the school, purple and gold, compete for the title of either "PV" (purple victory) or "GV" (gold victory). The student involvement is all-inclusive: there are athletic intramurals that count for points toward victory, cheerleading competitions, signs designed and painted by students to be judged and even community efforts and fund raising drives to gain points toward a victory. College Night has been cited by some as the longest running homecoming tradition in the United States. The fact that College Night is the oldest college homecoming tradition in the U.S. has been recorded for posterity by Alex Trebek - it has been a question (or rather, answer) on Jeopardy! two times.[citation needed] [edit] Current Events[edit] Conflict between the President and Board of TrusteesSince 2006, Philip C. Williams has held the position of president at the University. On September 9, 2009, the Board of Trustees voted to table the a decision to dismiss the president, thus accepting his resignation. The Board instead accepted a one semester sabbatical for the president, and mediation with him over disagreements.[3] The conflict arose over a Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE)provission, whereby each university has priority rights to offer classes in defined geographic areas; if a university wants to offer classes in the geographic area of another university it must seek the permission of that university. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) desired the ability to offer classes in Hoover at Jefferson State Community College. Although Hoover is a Birmingham suburb, it is located in Shelby County, which is under Montevallo's territory. Williams agreed to allow UAB to offer the classes, in return for UAB's support for the University of Montevallo to begin a Master of Business Administration program.[4] During the meeting of the Board of Trustees on September 9, 2009, students gathered at Reynolds Hall to support the Williams and protest the board's actions. [edit] References
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