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===Arts and media===
===Arts and media===
*[[Arthur Carmazzi]] - Founder of the Directive Communication Methodology
*[[Walter Van Tilburg Clark]] - Author of ''[[The Ox-bow Incident]]''
*[[Walter Van Tilburg Clark]] - Author of ''[[The Ox-bow Incident]]''
*[[Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps]], 1904 - Nevada State Architect 1919-1926
*[[Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps]], 1904 - Nevada State Architect 1919-1926

Revision as of 22:33, 9 April 2008

The University of Nevada, Reno
File:UNRSEA1.GIF
MottoOmnia Pro Patria
(All for our Country)
TypePublic, State Assisted
Established1874
Endowment$ 240 million
PresidentDr. Jiminy Glick
Academic staff
999 (Headcount)
Students15,146
Undergraduates11,962
Postgraduates3,184
Location
Reno
,
Nevada
,
United States
CampusUrban, 255 acres (1 km²)
ColorsCobalt Blue and Silver
NicknameNevada Wolf Pack
Websitehttp://www.unr.edu

The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada or UNR) is a university located in Reno, Nevada, USA, and is known for its programs in agricultural research, journalism, animal biotechnology, and mining-related engineering and natural sciences. Additionally, the university is fast becoming known for its journalism school, which has produced several Pulitzer Prize winners, and for its program in seismology, which is one of the most technologically advanced in North America. It is the land grant institution for the state of Nevada.

The university is also home to the University of Nevada School of Medicine, which was founded in 1969. The medical school specializes in family medicine.

History

Manzanita Lake in the Southwestern part of the campus.

The University of Nevada was originally founded in Elko, Nevada in 1874 as a small, makeshift prep school. In 1885, the state legislature voted to close the Elko institution and the fledgling institution was moved from Elko to its current home in Reno, where classes began two years later.

After several decades of struggling to implement requirements of federal Morrill land-grant legislation, the university made large strides toward becoming the modern institution it is today with the opening of the Desert Research Institute in 1960 and a medical school in 1967. The University of Nevada, Reno remained the only four-year academic institution in the state of Nevada until 1965, when the current-day University of Nevada, Las Vegas attained university status as Nevada Southern University.

There is now controversy over whether the university should be called UNR or Nevada. It stems from the sentiment of the Board of Regents that the university is not the sole University of Nevada in the state, and hence should always be identified by its full name, the University of Nevada, Reno. However, some claim that since it was the first university in the state, its historical name should be its official designation, as it is in many other multi-campus public university systems such as the University of Michigan. Several of the university's institutions retain the wording "University of Nevada", including the alumni association, the student government, the campus bookstore, and the athletics department (which refers to the school's teams simply as "Nevada").

Film history

The University of Nevada's classically-styled campus has served as the setting for many movies, including:

Campus

An older picture showing part of the campus in the foreground

Campus is located just north of downtown Reno overlooking Truckee Meadows and the downtown casinos. Modeled in the style of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village at the University of Virginia, many consider the campus to be one of the prettiest in the western United States.

The university's first building, Morrill Hall (completed in 1887), still stands on the historic "quad" at the campus' southern end. Lincoln Hall (all-male dormitory) and Manzanita Hall (all-female dormitory) were both completed in 1896, making them the oldest residence halls west of the Mississippi River.

Across the campus of the university exists the University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum, which was established in 1985, contains a collection of trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamentals and native flora, including over 60 genera and about 200 species of trees, many with several cultivars present. Thirty-six mature elm trees line the Quad.

The campus contains a statue of John William Mackay (namesake of Nevada's Mackay School of Mines, later renamed the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering), created by Mount Rushmore designer Gutzon Borglum.

Academics

File:Nevada-fountain.jpg
The fountain located in the University of Nevada Honor Court

Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources; the College of Business Administration; the College of Education; the College of Engineering; the College of Human and Community Sciences; the College of Liberal Arts; the College of Science; the Cooperative Extension Service; the Graduate School; the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering; the Reynolds School of Journalism; and the School of Medicine.

Nevada is one of the few universities in the western hemisphere to sponsor a center dedicated to Basque studies (Including Basque language), due to the large Basque population in northern Nevada.

The university and surrounding community is served by several campus libraries. Between them, over a million books and bound periodicals are in circulation in addition to government documents, audio-visual materials, and various databases. The libraries are: Noble H. Getchell (main library), DeLaMare (engineering, computer science, mining, and geology), Life and Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, W. M. Keck Earth Sciences and Mining Research Information Center, Savitt Medical, and the Mary B. Ansari Map Library. Opening in Fall 2008 is the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, a $75.3 million project started in September 2005, which will replace the current Getchell library.

Student government

The Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) represents the undergraduate population at the university. ASUN has three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.

The president of ASUN, executive vice president, and vice presidents for clubs and organizations and programming constitute the executive. The Executive Council consists of the aforementioned executive officers and the speaker of the student senate.

The Senate is the legislative branch ASUN. Consisting of 22 senators elected from each of the university's colleges and schools, the Senate takes action on matters on behalf of the student body. The Senate's membership is apportioned by population in each college. The College of Liberal Arts (the largest), for instance, has seven seats in the Senate while the Reynolds School of Journalism has only one. The speaker of the Senate, also a senator, chairs all Senate meetings.

The Judicial Council, composed of seven justices and two alternates, hears matters related to the ASUN Constitution and other matters that require peer review, such as alleged violation of university policies. Justices serve a two-year term.

Elections are held on an annual basis for executive and legislative officers. GPA and completed credit requirements determine who is eligible for office. Credit requirements are graduated; the more senior the office in ASUN, the more credits must be completed in order to be eligible for office.

ASUN is duly constituted under the laws of the state of Nevada, the university's Board of Regents policies and is bound by its own Constitution.

Athletics

File:NevadaWolfPack.png
Nevada Wolf Pack logo

Though often known as UNR within the state, the university prefers to be called simply Nevada for athletics purposes; its sports teams are nicknamed the Wolf Pack (always two words). They participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football) and in the Western Athletic Conference.

Men's basketball

Further information: [[:Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball]]

In March 2004, the Wolf Pack men's basketball team qualified for the NCAA tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. The team earned a repeat trip in 2005 and beat Texas in the first round before falling to eventual national runner-up Illinois. The team returned for 2006 as a #5 seed but was upset in the first round by former Big Sky Conference rival Montana. They began the 2006-07 season ranked #24. The Pack's major star during this recent period of success was Nick Fazekas. In 2007, Nevada was ranked #9 in men's basketball, which is the highest ranking that Nevada has ever held. Guards Ramon Sessions and Marcellus Kemp both flirted with leaving as juniors for the NBA draft, however Kemp decided to remain at Nevada.

Football

Further information: [[:Nevada Wolf Pack football]]

The football team plays at Mackay Stadium, which opened in October 1966 with a capacity of 7,500. After several expansions, the stadium currently seats 31,000. The playing field sits at an elevation of 4610 feet (1405 m) above sea level. Originally natural grass, it was replaced with FieldTurf in 2000. Permanent lighting was added in 2003. The 2007 football team finished with a record of 6-7, losing it's bowl game to the University of New Mexico. It was the third consecutive year that the team had made a bowl appearance, a first in school history. The team was lead by fist team All WAC center Dominic Green and running back Luke Lippincott who lead the conference in rushing yards in addition to WAC freshman of the year, quarterback Colin Kaepernick. [1]

Other notable sports

  • Other notable successes have come in rifle shooting. The Nevada rifle team placed second in the 2004 NCAA Rifle team championship, losing to national champion Alaska Fairbanks. As of 2008, the rifle team has been to seven consecutive NCAA championships.[2]
  • The volleyball team has qualified for the NCAA tournament five times in its history, all coming from at-large selections. (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005).
  • The baseball team has made four appearances in the NCAA regionals, in 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2000. They have compiled a record of 5-8 in NCAA games, losing to Stanford in the finals of the Palo Alto Regional in 1999. Nevada finished the 1994 season ranked 19th in the country. [3]
  • The soccer team won its first WAC tournament title in 2006 and qualified for its first NCAA tournament since the program's inception in 2000. Nevada faced Fresno State in the championship match and after 110 minutes of scoreless play, the two teams went into a shootout where Nevada prevailed 4-2 in penalty kicks.
  • The softball team won its first WAC tournament title in 2006 and qualified for its first NCAA tournament since the program was reinstated in 2003. Jordan McPherson pitched all 41 innings for Nevada in the WAC tournament, without giving up a single earned run, while striking out 34 on the way to being named tournament MVP.[4]
  • The swimming and diving team won the AIAW-Division II national title in 1979 and has won 6 conference championships since 1996. They won the Big West championship five years in a row from 1996 to 2000, and won the WAC title in 2007.

Rivalries

Annually, Nevada's football team plays its primary rival, UNLV, for the Fremont Cannon in the Battle for Nevada. Nevada is currently enjoying an 18-15 lead in the series, after beating UNLV in 2007 27-20 in Reno. Nevada's two out-of-state rivals, particularly in football, are Boise State and Fresno State.

Mascot

The Wolf Pack's mascot is an anthropomorphized wolf named Alphie, who took over the duties of cheering from his uncle, Wolfie, in 1999. In 2007, Alphie was joined by his younger brother, Wolfie Jr.

Conference affiliations

Nevada has been a member of the WAC since 2000.

Previous conference memberships include:


1954-1968 - Northern California Athletic Conference [5]

Student Media

Nevada's independent, weekly student newspaper, The Nevada Sagebrush, has been in continuous publication since 1893, making it one of the oldest newspapers still in publication in the state of Nevada. It comes out every Tuesday morning, and employs more than 40 people, 25 full-time. Prior to 2004, the newspaper called itself simply the Sagebrush. It was recently a finalist for a Pacemaker at the 2006 ACP student journalism awards.

There are other independent student publications on campus including The Nevada Blue and the Pack Patriot.

There is also the student radio station WolfPackRadio that also broadcasts at the radio frequency of 1700AM within a 2 two mile radius of the University. The station features student Dj's, shows and programs and artists from campus and independent sources usually within the Reno/Tahoe region.

Formerly Nevada's yearbook, The Artemisia has evolved into the second major publication circulating UNR, presenting itself as a bi-monthly documentary photography magazine in contrast to the weekly, newspaper-style of The Sagebrush. It is put out both in print and online, the online version providing both support for the published stories and independent content.

Nevada's literary arts journal Brushfire was created by a group of students in 1950. It is released once a semester and publishes original poetry, literature and art by students and some faculty and community members. It is the oldest literary arts publication in the state.

Greek Life

Fraternities

North-American Interfraternity Conference fraternities represented on campus:

National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations fraternities represented on campus:

Unaffiliated fraternities represented on campus:

  • Phi Delta Theta, (ΦΔΘ) - In 2002, Phi Delta Theta, left the North-American Interfraternity Conference due to ideological differences [1].
  • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia(ΦΜΑ), Men with an above-average interest in music
  • Lambda Psi Rho (ΛΨΡ), Asian-Interest Fraternity

Sororities

National Panhellenic Conference sororities represented on campus include:

National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities represented on campus include:

National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations sororities represented on campus include:

Unaffiliated sororities represented on campus include:

Secret Societies

Notable alumni & faculty

Notable Professors

  • Esmail Zanjani, In 2007, led scientists at the School of Medicine and created a sheep that has 15% human cells and 85% animal cells, the world's first "human-sheep chimera", which has the body of a sheep but half-human organs [2].
  • James Richardson, Ph.D. - Sociologist, critics of "cultic brainwashing" theories
  • Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. - Foundation Professor, Clinical Psychology & developer of Acceptence and Commitment Therapy [3].
  • Robert Metts, Ph.D. - Expertise in International Economics, Economic Development, Labor Economics; Presented at the United Nations on "Planning For Disability"

Pulitzer Prize Winners

  • Ron Einstoss, 1955 - Awarded in 1966 for coverage of the Watts Riot
  • Susan Forrest, 1982 - Awarded for general news reporting in 1988
  • Kristen Go, 1998 - Awarded in 1998 for her coverage of the Columbine High School shootings
  • Warren Lerude, 1961 - Awarded in 1977
  • Edward Montgomery, 1934 - Awarded for distinguished local reporting in 1952
  • Howard Sheerin, 1931 - Awarded for public service in 1956

Arts and media

Athletics

Politics and public service

Other notables

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statement regarding Phi Delta Theta's departure from the NIC". Phi Delta Theta. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  2. ^ Press TV - Iranian scientist creates sheep with half-human organs
  3. ^ NevadaNews - University of Nevada, Reno
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