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University of Denver Information

The University of Denver (DU), founded in 1864, is the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States.[7] The University of Denver is a coeducational, four-year university in Denver, Colorado. DU currently enrolls approximately 5,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students. The 125-acre (0.51 km²) main campus is a designated arboretum and is located primarily in the University Neighborhood,[8] about seven miles (11 km) south of downtown Denver.

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History

The university was founded in March 3, 1864 as the Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Governor of Colorado Territory, who had been appointed by President Abraham Lincoln. John Evans, who also founded Northwestern University prior to founding DU, is the namesake of the town in Illinois named Evanston (the site of the Northwestern campus) as well as Mount Evans, a 14,264 foot mountain visible from the DU campus.

Mary Reed Hall and Harper Humanities Garden

Evans founded the school to help civilize the newly-created (1858) City of Denver, which was little more than a mining camp at that time.

As a co-educational institution, according to College Board, under a competitive standard, the average admitted applicant is at his or her top 25% of their graduating class.[9]

The reverse initials "DU" are used as the university's shorthand moniker (rather than the more intuitive "UD") as part of a Rocky Mountain and midwestern tradition of initial reversal, similar to the University of Colorado's "CU", the University of Tulsa's "TU", the University of Oklahoma's "OU", the University of Nebraska's "NU", the University of Missouri's "MU", and the University of Kansas' "KU."

Mary Reed Hall

The 'Colorado Seminary' was founded as a Methodist institution and struggled in the early years of its existence. By 1880, the Colorado Seminary had been renamed the University of Denver. Although doing business as the University of Denver, DU is still legally named Colorado Seminary. The first buildings of the university were located in downtown Denver in the 1860s and 1870s, but concerns that Denver's rough-and-tumble frontier town atmosphere was not conducive to education prompted a new campus (today's campus) to be built on the donated land of potato farmer Rufus Clark, some seven miles (11 km) south of the downtown core. The university grew and prospered alongside the city's growth, appealing primarily to a regional student body prior to World War II. After the war, the large surge in GI bill students pushed DU's enrollment to over 13,000 students, the largest the university has ever been, and helped to spread the university's reputation to a national audience.

Academics

Demographics

The University of Denver has 11,911 students in 2010. Of the 11,911 students, 5,502 are undergraduates. The ratio of undergraduate women to men is 53.8 : 46.2. Of the class of 2008, 67.0% are White, 2% are Black, 6.8% are Hispanic, 5.2% are Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.7% are American Indian, 8% are international, and 9.1% are race/ethnicity unknown. Around 60 percent of the student body is from outside the state of Colorado. For 2011 the average accepted high school student obtained a 3.74 GPA, SAT range of 1220 to 1500 and, an ACT of 28. Roughly 50% of the incoming freshman class for 2011 was in the top 10% of their graduating high school class.

Ritchie Center Tower

Rankings

University rankings (overall)
National
Forbes[10] 57
U.S. News & World Report[11] 82
Washington Monthly[12] 127
Global
QS[13] 501–550

The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings.

The undergraduate business program, The Daniels College of Business, was ranked 57th best in 2012 by BusinessWeek, and it was ranked the 71st best program by U.S. News in a 2008 ranking.[14]

[2]</ref> In 2011, The University of Denver's Daniels College of Business was ranked 2nd in the nation for its ethics programs among 111 undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek.[15][16]

The Sturm College of Law is currently ranked the 69th best Graduate Law School by U.S. News & World Report in a 2012–2013 ranking, and 13th for its part-time law program.[17]

The Creative Writing Doctoral Program in the Department of English, one of the oldest such program in the nation, is currently ranked 1st by Poets & Writers magazine.[18] The program was founded by the distinguished novelist, John Edward Williams, co-recipient of the 1973 National Book Award in Fiction, along with John Barth, for his novel Augustus.

The Graduate School of Social Work is currently ranked 26th by U.S. News & World Report

The Financial Times has ranked the Daniels College of Business Executive MBA program in the top 100 programs in the World in a 2011–2012 ranking.

In a 2012 survey performed by the College of William and Mary and published by Foreign Policy Magazine, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies ranked 11th in the world for its graduate masters program, ahead of such schools as Syracuse, Yale, Stanford, University of California-Berkeley, Oxford and MIT.[19]

In 2006, Men's Fitness magazine ranked DU in the top-25 fittest colleges in America because the university actively promotes a healthy lifestyle for its students. The Coors Fitness Center has top-of-the-line equipment, personal trainers, nutritionists and fitness classes. Students also can play in 30 club and 22 intramural sports, and DU is located near some of the city's best recreational opportunities and the great outdoors.

The Aspen Institute’s 2011–2012 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools, recently ranked The Daniels College of Business the 15th best MBA program in the World. The survey puts emphasis on how well schools are preparing their students for the environmental, social, and ethical complexities of modern-day business.

F W Olin Hall for Biological and Natural Sciences

Academic Programs

In addition to traditional undergraduate programs, the University of Denver is home to the following graduate entities:

Divisions:

Colleges:

Schools:

Buchtel Tower and the Sturm College of Law Tower

Institutes and Centers:

Programs:

Interdisciplinary Programs:

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Students in the graduate programs represent over half of the total enrollment of the school.

Daniels College of Business; the eighth oldest business school in the country Nelson Hall Tower

Aside from the Sturm College of Law, the university operates on a quarter system, sometimes known as trimester academic calendar, in which an academic year is divided into three academic quarters lasting 10 weeks per each quarter. This academic system allows students to take more classes each year than students in a more traditional 15-week semester system.

Offering students a learning experience abroad, the Cherrington Global Scholars program offers every undergraduate the chance to study abroad at no cost above the normal university tuition, room and board.[20] The University of Denver has almost 70 percent of its undergraduate student body study abroad before graduation, placing it first in the nation among all doctoral and research institutions in percentage of undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs.

The art and music scene of DU is currently on the rise due to the recent construction of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts. This building houses the Lamont School of Music, the University of Denver Department of Theater, and the University's Newman Center Presents performing arts series. The Lamont School of Music is a structured conservatory setting which allows students to focus on their talents in a competitive manner. The theatre department, reestablished in 1985, is currently being transformed into a nationally competitive theatre school. Recently, their show "Henry the VI part iii" was selected as one of the best in the region was considered for national recognition.

Sturm College of Law: The Second LEED Certified Green Law School in the Country

Recently, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law has also undergone an internal renaissance. In 2003, the University of Denver ATLA trial team won the national championship in New Orleans, taking Harvard's title from the previous year.[21]

The Institute for Public Policy Studies (IPPS) boasts two former Colorado Governors as teaching faculty. Richard Lamm was joined in January 2007 by Bill Owens.

Denver is one of the few schools in the US that personally interviews every undergraduate applicant (with interviews in more than 25 cities per year), demonstrating that the university is very interested in the person, not just the applicant's credentials. The Hyde interview is named after an influential DU professor, Ammi Hyde, and most students describe the process as insightful rather than painful, so the interview should not be considered a deterrent for prospective students who are nervous that they will not perform well.

The university has recently established an Undergraduate Research Center. This Center provides funding for the Partners in Scholarship program, offering students the opportunity to work directly with a faculty member over the course of a quarter or over the summer. The student may design the research project with the faculty member's approval or may work with a faculty member on an existing research project, thus affording students an opportunity for close mentorship and relationship-building that strengthens the student's overall learning experience. Annual conferences on campus highlight student research efforts

The Ricks Center For Gifted Children is a private school on the campus of DU that teaches preschool through eighth grade. Since April 1997, the school has been accredited by The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCACASI). It was founded and is currently directed by Norma Hafenstien.

Campus

The heart of the campus has a number of historic buildings. The longest-standing building is University Hall, built in the Romanesque Revival style which has served DU since 1890. The cornerstone to this building is exactly one mile above sea level. Just a few blocks off campus also hosts the historic Chamberlin Observatory, built in 1894. It is still a fully operational observatory and is open to the public twice a week as well as one Saturday a month.

University Hall, built in 1890 Margery Reed Hall

The central campus area also includes Evans Chapel, an 1870s-vintage small church which was once located in downtown Denver, and was relocated to the DU campus in the early 1960s. Buchtel Tower (1913) is all that remains of the former Buchtel Chapel, which burned in 1983. The administrative offices are located in the Mary Reed Building, a former library built in 1932 in the Collegiate Gothic style. Margery Reed Hall (named for the daughter of Mary Reed) was also built in the collegiate gothic style in the early 1930s.

Under the leadership of former Chancellor Daniel Ritchie (now Chairman of the Denver Center for Performing Arts), about $500 million in capital improvements have taken place in the last decade and the learning inside these new buildings has improved in the same period, as admissions selectivity and rankings have improved dramatically.

In autumn 2003, DU opened a new $63.5 million facility for its College of Law, what was later named the "Sturm College of Law." The building includes a three-story library with personal computers accessible to students. Donald and Susan Sturm, owners of Denver-based American National Bank, had given $20 million to the University of Denver College of Law. The gift is the largest single donation in the 112-year history of the law school and among the largest gifts ever to the university.

The Daniels College of Business was completed in September 1999 at the cost of $25 million dollars.[22] The business school has been nationally recognized by organizations such as Forbes magazine, Business Week, and the Wall Street Journal where it is ranked seventhth in the nation for producing students with high ethical standards.[23]

Additionally, the university also recently opened the $75 million Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts, which houses the acclaimed Lamont School of Music. The Center includes June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, a 1,000 seat, four-level opera house, the Frederic C. Hamilton Family Recital Hall, a 250-seat recital hall with the largest (3,000 pipes) "tracker" organ in the region, and the Elizabeth Ericksen Byron Theatre, a 300-seat flexible theatre space. The Newman Center serves as home to many professional performing arts groups from the Denver region as well as the University's Newman Center Presents multi-disciplinary performing arts series.

In the last two years, DU has also built and opened a new building for the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management (Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management). Inside the building there are numerous classrooms, a large wine cellar, meeting rooms, and an all-purpose dining room that hosts numerous city and university events, weddings, and formal parties. The school helps DU rank near the top of all hotel schools in the United States. The program had its first graduating class in 1946.

Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management Evans Chapel; built in the late 1870's

The university has the second highest telescope in the world located at 14,148 feet near the summit of Mount Evans called the Meyer-Womble Observatory. This telescope is most commonly used by the university's Natural Science and Mathematics Department, and more specifically the Department of Physics and Astronomy at DU.

Nagel Residence Hall was completed in the Fall of 2008 to house upperclassman and is one of the most unique buildings on campus, offering a wide collection of art throughout the building donated by the Nagel family. The building is certified Gold in LEED standards to be environmentally friendly and more sustainable. As well as Nagel, Nelson Hall is another LEED residence hall that was built in the last eight years.

In reference to new campus improvements to help DU athletics, DU completed the first ever (Peter S. Barton) lacrosse-only stadium that was specifically designed for the sport in 2005, as well as new Ciber field soccer stadium (2010) on the northern end of campus. Ciber field also contains new studio space for the School of Art adjoining the main grandstand, as well as the Pat Bowlen varsity sports weight training facility underneath the stands.

The environmentally friendly $25 million dollar Morgridge College of Education was opened in June 2010.

The university has five residence halls, Johnson McFarlane Hall (JMac), Centennial Halls, Centennial Towers, Nelson Hall and Nagel Hall. Johnson McFarlane Hall was recently energy star certified as one of the most energy efficient buildings on campus, and is the oldest co-ed dorm in the western United States.

Athletics

Main article: Denver Pioneers See also: Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey, Denver Pioneers men's lacrosse, and University of Denver Ski Team Ritchie Center Tower

DU's athletic teams are known as the Denver Pioneers and the school has been fielding varsity teams since 1867. Denver is a full NCAA Division I member, best known as a major power in winter sports. Ice hockey is DU's flagship spectator sport, with seven NCAA titles including back to back crowns in 2004 and 2005, producing over 60 NHL players and regularly selling out the 6,000 seat Magness Arena on campus, the showpiece of the Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness.As of August, 2010, The Pioneers' 28 NCAA titles are in the top 8 of all NCAA schools in terms of total titles – behind Southern California (76), UCLA (71), Stanford (60), Oklahoma State (48), Arkansas (43), Michigan (31), and Penn State (30). Skiing is another strong sport at Denver, with 21 NCAA titles (more than any other school in Division 1 history) with the Pioneers dominating the current decade. The Pioneers "three-peated" with NCAA titles in 2010, 2009 and 2008, won it in 2005 and as well as three consecutive titles from 2001 to 2003.

Magness Arena

Fight Song

The fight song for the University of Denver is Fairest of Colleges, written in 1916 by Dorothy Hickey.

The lyrics are:

D-rah! E-rah! N-rah! VER Boom.
Denver, our Denver,
We sing to thee,
Fairest of colleges,
Give her three times three,
Rah, rah, rah!
Long may we cherish her
Faithful and true.
University of Denver
For me and you.

Mascot

Recent mascot changes

Although the DU community indulged the Department of Athletics and Recreation's 1998 efforts to rebrand itself by creating a more marketable image, replacing "Denver Boone" with "Ruckus" was met with a lukewarm response and never gained much traction. By 2006, a movement to bring back the Walt Disney creation had begun to gain momentum. In 2008, a survey of the DU community showed an overwhelming 87% supported reclaiming Boone.[25] Nonetheless, Chancellor Robert Coombe maintained that Boone "does not reflect the broad diversity of the DU community".[26] Local[27][28][29] and national[30] media covered the controversy and in November 2008 the university announced its intention to identify a new mascot.[31] The new mascot was unveiled by students and alumni at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2009 Frozen Four festivities.

However, Chancellor Coombe acknowledged Boone's place in DU's history and stated that "it seems reasonable that students and alumni be allowed to use the image as a celebration of that past, to the extent that they may choose." An independent group of alumni resurrected "Denver Boone" on their own as the unofficial mascot of the DU students and alumni community. A costume was privately procured and the initiative was funded entirely by independent alumni contributions.[32]

Chancellors

Chancellors of the University of Denver [5]:

The Iliff School of Theology

Notable alumni

Chamberlin Observatory Meyer-Womble Observatory near the summit of Mt. Evans; The third highest optical telescope in the world

Scientists

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Politics, Government and Military

Business and Industry

Media

Sports

Arts and Letters

See also

References

  1. ^ Separated brethren: a review of Protestant, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox & other religions in the United States. Our Sunday Visitor. http://books.google.com/books?id=sw9ILcqw2hsC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=salvation+of+separated+brethren&source=bl&ots=ydrVxGCZ6w&sig=L_-DZRvpoMtZSDkrT6HNQcmd4aU&hl=en&ei=xfSvS52yE4faNZX_zJkF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=methodist&f=false. Retrieved March 27, 2010. "Among Protestant denominations, Methodists take first place in hospitals and colleges. Some of their one hundred colleges and universities have all but severed ties with the denominations, but others remain definitely Methodist: Syracuse, Boston, Emory, Duke, Drew, Denver, and Southern Methodist. The church operates three hundred sixty schools and institutions overseas. Methodists established Goodwill Industries in 1907 to help handicapped persons help themselves by repairing and selling old furniture and clothes. The United Methodist Church runs seventy-two hospitals in the United States."
  2. ^ "Schools by Jurisdiction". United Methodist Church. http://www.gbhem.org/site/c.lsKSL3POLvF/b.5392245/k.60B4/Schools_by_Jurisdiction.htm#Western. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
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  4. ^ a b http://www.du.edu/ir/pdf/profiles0910/FacultyAndStaffSummary.pdf
  5. ^ a b c http://www.du.edu/ir/pdf/profiles1011/QuickFacts.pdf
  6. ^ University of Denver (August 1, 2008). "University of Denver – The Look of Campus". http://www.du.edu/experience/life/look-of-campus/. Retrieved August 1, 2008.
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  8. ^ Denver Neighborhoods (Statistical) Map. City and County of Denver. Retrieved on August 25, 2006
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  14. ^ Business Week Undergrad Business Rankings 2008
  15. ^ http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/bs_ugrank_tab_0303.html?chan=bschools_special+report+--+best+college+business+programs_special+report+--+best+college+business+programs Bloomberg Businessweek Undergrad Business School Rankings 2011
  16. ^ Harden, Mark. University of Denver's Daniels business college ranks 2nd in nation for ethics. Denver Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/05/10/daily58.html Retrieved on 1/11/2011.
  17. ^ U.S. News 2009 Law School Rankings
  18. ^ [1]
  19. ^ "TRIP Around the World: Teaching, Research, and Policy Views of International Relations Faculty in 20 Countries". Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations. College of William & Mary. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/ivory_tower. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  20. ^ "Study Abroad". http://www.du.edu/intl/abroad/index.html.
  21. ^ "The University of Denver Law Students Win National Mock Trial Competition in New Orleans". http://www.justice.org/members/lawstud/STAC/03winners.aspx.
  22. ^ University of Denver Daniels School of Business (March 17, 2010). Grad Profiles – University of Denver Daniels School of Business. Web Site.
  23. ^ Daniels College of Business (September 17, 2007). Wall Street Journal Rankings : Daniels College of Business : University of Denver. Press release.
  24. ^ DU Today: Chancellor issues decision on student effort to "bring back Boone"
  25. ^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/09/rosen-bring-back-boone/
  26. ^ http://letsgodu2.blogspot.com/2008/10/chancellor-coombes-email-to-students.html
  27. ^ ""Divisive" mascot of DU won't rise again". Denver Post. October 22, 2008. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10780962.
  28. ^ http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=102323
  29. ^ www.thedenverchannel.com/video/17928409/
  30. ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/27/denver-axes-mascot-boone-in-diversity-drive/
  31. ^ Effort to identify new 'Pioneer' symbol kicks off
  32. ^ http://media.www.duclarion.com/media/storage/paper481/news/2009/04/07/News/Boone.Battle.Moves.Forward-3700194.shtml
  33. ^ Hoffman, Jascha. "Arnold Kramish, Expert on Nuclear Intelligence, Dies at 87", The New York Times, July 15, 2010. Accessed July 15, 2010.
  34. ^ http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2566

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