The University of Arizona (also referred to as U of A , UA , or Arizona ) is a university public research at Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885, UA is the first university in the Arizona Region. In 2016, the university enrolls 43,625 students in 19 separate colleges/schools, including the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix and James E. Rogers College of Law, and is affiliated with two academic medical centers (Banner - University). Tucson Medical Center and Banner - Phoenix University Medical Center). The University of Arizona is governed by the Council of the Bupati of Arizona. The University of Arizona is one of the elected members of the Association of American Universities (a leading North American research organization) and is the only representative from the state of Arizona to this group.
Known as Arizona Wildcats (often shortened to "Cats"), the athletics team is a member of the NCAA Pac-12 Conference. The UA athlete has won national titles in several sports, especially men's basketball, baseball and softball. The official color of the university and its athletic team is the cardinal red and the navy blue.
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History
After the passage of the Land-Grant Morrill Act of 1862, the impetus for an Arizona university grew. The University of Arizona was approved by the legislative "Thirteenth Abduction" of the Arizona Region in 1885, who also selected the city of Tucson to receive the plunder to build the university. Tucson hopes to receive a seizure for a mental hospital in the area, which carries a $ 100,000 allocation instead of the $ 25,000 allocated to the only university in the region (Arizona State University was also leased in 1885, but at the time it was created as a school normal Arizona, and not university). Members of Tucson's legislative council were postponed to reach Prescott due to flooding in the Salt River and by the time they arrived, the back-room agreement that allocated the most desirable territorial institution was created. Tucson is largely disappointed by receiving what is seen as a lower prize. Without a party willing to provide land for a new institution, Tucson residents prepare to return the money to the Territorial Legislature until two gamblers and a sedan guard decide to donate the land to build the school. The Old Main building, the first building on campus, began on October 27, 1887, and the class met for the first time in 1891 with 32 students at Old Main, still in use today. Because there is no secondary school in the Arizona Territory, the university maintains separate preparatory classes for the first 23 years of operation.
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Academics
The University of Arizona offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. The value is given on a tight 4-point scale with "A" worth 4, "B" worth 3, "C" is worth 2, "D" is worth 1 and "E" is zero points.
Ratings
The World University Ranking Center by 2017 Arizona No. ranking. 75 in the world and 45 in the US The 2018 World University Rankings of Higher Education [3] was ranked the University of Arizona 161 in the world and 2017/18 QS World University Rankings rated it to 230. [4]
The University of Arizona is ranked 124th for the "National University" category by US. News & amp; World Report for 2017, and the 60th among "Top Public Schools." The James E. Rogers College of Law is ranked 48th nationally, and the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is tied to 76 national in primary care and is bound to 67 for research by the US. News & amp; World Report for 2017. The College of Medicine is also rated No. 7 among state medical schools for Hispanic students, according to Hispanic Business Magazine. By 2017, Eller's MBA program is ranked 24th among public institutions and 49 nationally by the US. News & amp; World Report , which puts the School Management Information System program as the 2nd, the Entrepreneurship program as the 5th and the Part-Time MBA among US public schools. US. News & amp; World Report also assesses UA as being tied to 33 for the online MBA program, tied to 49 for the best online graduate nursing program, and is tied to 33 for the nation's best online graduate engineering program. The UA graduate program is included in the top 25 in the country by US. News & amp; World Report for 2017 including Information Science (4), Entrepreneurship (15), Geology (3), Geophysics and Seismology (8), Speech Pathology (7), Rehabilitation Counseling (6), Earth Sciences (7) Analytical Chemistry (9), Atomic/Molecular/Optical Sciences (9), Audiology (9), and Photography (9).
The Assistance for Education Council puts the 12th UA among state universities and 24 overall in financial and reward support. Arizona Campaign , an effort to raise over $ 1 billion for schools, surpassed that goal by $ 200 million a year earlier than projected. In April 2014, the "Arizona Now" campaign was launched with a target of $ 1.5 billion. As of December 31, 2016, the campaign has raised $ 1.59 billion, two years ahead of schedule.
By 2015, the degree program Architecture and Architecture of Landscape (CALA) in architecture is rated 10 in the country for all universities, public and private, as reported in Intelligence Design . UA is ranked 20th in the overall undergraduate architecture program by the same publication.
The School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona is one of the most highly rated field study programs focusing on the Middle East in the United States. In addition to offering language training in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish (both Modern and orthodox), it is combined with the Middle East Studies Association.
The School of Geography and Development is ranked in one of the top geographic graduate programs in the US.
Reception
UA is considered a "selective" university by the US. News & amp; World Report . In the academic year 2014-2015, 68 new students are National Scholars.
UA students come from all US states. While nearly 69% of students are from Arizona, nearly 11% are from California, and 8% are international students, followed by significant student attendance from Texas, Illinois, Washington, Colorado, and New York. (Fall of 2013).
Tuition Fee
The tuition at the University of Arizona is $ 11,591 for those who are a full-time undergraduate and $ 30,745 for non-residents. As in other countries, tuition fees have increased due to a decrease in government support and a large increase of administrative staff over the teaching staff. Undergraduate students enrolled in UA's optional UA guarantee program in 2014 will remain at $ 11,591 for residents and $ 30,745 for non-residents through the academic year 2018-19. Students who are enrolled in a bachelor's degree program are automatically eligible for the Guaranteed Lecture Program and will not incur a tuition hike for 8 semesters continuously (four years). The Guaranteed Lecture program does not apply to rates for summer and winter sessions.
Honors College
The University of Arizona Honors College provides programs for over 4,500 students that create a smaller community atmosphere, such as the liberal arts college, within a large research institute. It started in 1962 with the acceptance of seventy-five students and has grown to 5,508 in the academic year 2016-2017. The main office for the University of Arizona Honors College near Park Ave. and 2nd Street, near the Harvill Lecture Hall building. These offices are known as The Slonaker House.
The University of Arizona Honors College is affiliated with the University of Arizona and is led by Dean Terry L. Hunt and Associate Dean. Laura Berry. Under the Dean and Vice Dean is the Office of Advising Academic Coordinator, Director of National Competitive Scholarship, Recruitment and Outreach Director, Development Director, Program Coordinator for Careers and Community Development and Engagement, Professor Honors, and Honors advisor.
The University of Arizona Honors College has a strong first year program for its students that includes general reading materials and the Colloquium/Paladin classes that all new students must take. The program requirements require that each honors student must complete 30 credit honors credits with graduation time and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5. To complete this credit hour, students may take a designated program as honorary at the University of Arizona or may turn an ordinary course into an honors program through honorary contracts. In addition, they should collaborate with faculty members and write honorary theses before graduating with honors from the University of Arizona.
The University of Arizona Honors College provides two on-campus dormitories for their students, Yuma Hall and ÃÆ' rbol de la Vida. Yuma houses 190 men and women and is located near Slonaker House on East North Campus Drive, in the Historic District. ÃÆ' rbol de la Vida houses 719 men and women and is located in the Park District, on the edge of campus on street 6 and Tyndall Avenue near Union Student Union. Yuma was renovated and transformed into an honorary dormitory in 1988, while ÃÆ' rbol de la Vida was first opened for students in the fall of 2011.
There are additional resources available to honors students at the University of Arizona Honors College. These resources include: longer library check-out dates, cheaper printing options in Slonaker Building, priority registration, additional honor advisors, smaller class sizes taught by Honors faculty, clubs and organizations that are only available for honorary students such as the Honorary Student Council and Honors College Ambassadors, and additional scholarship opportunities. However, there are also fees to participate in awards and additional student awards required prior to graduation.
Research
Arizona is classified as the Carnegie Foundation "RU/VH: University of Research (very high research activity)" university (formerly "Research University 1"). The University receives about $ 606 million annually in research funding.
Arizona is the most award-winning state university by NASA for research. UA gets over $ 325 million for the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) to lead NASA's 2007-08 mission to Mars to explore the Arctic Mars, and $ 800 million for the OSIRIS-REx mission, the first in US history to sample asteroids. The LPL work on the Cassini spacecraft orbits around Saturn larger than at any other university globally. The U of A lab is designed and operated inquiry of atmospheric radiation and imaging on the probe. UA operates a HiRISE camera, part of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. While using the HiRISE camera in 2011, UA Lujendra Ojha alumni and his team found evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars - a discovery confirmed by NASA in 2015. The UA receives more NASA grants annually from the next NASA's top nine - Universities supported by Jet Propulsion combined. In March 2016, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory UA was actively involved in ten spacecraft missions: Cassini VIMS; Grail; a HiRISE camera orbiting Mars; Juno's mission orbiting Jupiter; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO); Maven, who will explore the atmosphere over Mars and interact with the sun; Solar Probe Plus, historic mission to Sun's atmosphere for the first time; VIRTIS Rosetta; WISE; and OSIRIS-REx, the first US sampling mission to the near-Earth asteroid, launched on September 8, 2016. UA students have been selected as Truman, Rhodes, Goldwater, and Fulbright Scholars. "Student Awards". Highlights and Ratings . University of Arizona . Retrieved March 29, 2006 . Ã, According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the UA is one of the top 25 manufacturers of the Fulbright Award in the US
UA is a member of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, a consortium of institutions pursuing research in astronomy. The association operates observatories and telescopes, especially the Kitt Peak National Observatory located outside Tucson. UA is a member of the Association of American Universities, and a sole representative from Arizona for this group. Led by Roger Angel, researchers at the Mirror Laboratory of Steward Observatory in the UA are working together to build the world's most advanced telescope. Known as the Giant Magellan Telescope, this instrument will produce images 10 times sharper than those from the Hubble Telescope orbiting the Earth. The telescope will be completed by 2021. GMT will eventually cost $ 1 billion. Researchers from at least nine institutions are working to secure funding for the project. The telescope will include seven 18-ton mirrors capable of providing a clear picture of volcanoes and riverbeds on Mars and mountains on the moon at speeds 40 times faster than today's large telescopes of the world. Mirrors from the giant Magellan Telescope will be built in U of A and transported to a permanent mountain top site in the Chilean Andes where the telescope will be built.
Reaching Mars in March 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter contains a HiRISE camera, with Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen as the lead actor in the project. NASA's mission to Mars carrying the UA-designed camera captures the highest resolution images of the planet ever seen. The orbiter's journey was 300 million miles. In August 2007, the UA, under the leadership of Scientist Peter Smith, led the Phoenix Mars Mission, the first mission entirely controlled by a university. Reaching the planet's surface in May 2008, the mission's goal was to increase knowledge of the Arctic Mars. The Arizona Radio Observatory, part of the Watchdog Observatory, operates the Submilimeter Telescope at Mount Graham.
The National Science Foundation funded iPlant Collaborative in 2008 with a $ 50 million grant. In 2013, iPlant Collaborative received a $ 50 million grant extension. Rebranded in late 2015 as "CyVerse", a collaborative cloud-based data management platform that moves beyond life sciences to provide access to cloud computing across all disciplines.
In June 2011, the university announced that it would assume full ownership of the Biosphere 2 scientific research facility in Oracle, Arizona, north of Tucson, effective July 1st. Biosphere 2 was built by a private developer (funded primarily by Texas businessman and philanthropist Ed Bass) with the first closed system experiment that began in 1991. The university has been an official management partner of the facility for research purposes since 2007.
Library
According to the 2012-2013 Research Library Research Association's "Expenditures by the University's Research Library", the UA library is classified as the 41st overall university library in North America (out of 115) for university investment.
In 2012, the UA library system contains over six million printed volumes, 1,100,000 electronic books, and 74,000 electronic journals. The Main Library, opened in 1976, serves as a reference library system, periodically, and administratively; most of the main collections and special collections are stored here as well. The Main Library is located in the southeastern quadrant of the campus near McKale Center and Arizona Stadium.
In 2002, the Center for Integrated Learning (ILC) was completed as a $ 20 million, 100,000 square foot (10,000 m 2 ) computer facility intended for use by incoming students. The ILC has classrooms, auditoriums, pages with vending machines, and an extended computer lab with several dozen workstations and 3D printing. Computers and 3D printing are available for use by the general public (with some restrictions) as well as by UA students, faculty and staff. Most of the ILC is built underground, below the eastern end of the Mall. ILC is connected to the basement floor of the Main Library. As part of the project, additional new office space for the Library is built on the existing fifth floor.
The Science and Engineering Library is located in the nearest building from the 1960s that stores the volume and periodical publications of those fields. The Music Building (in the northwest quadrant of the campus where many disciplines of clustered art) houses the Fine Arts Library, including reference collections for architecture, music (including sheet music, recordings and listening stations), and photography. There is a small library at the Center for Creative Photography, also in the art complex, which is devoted to art and photography science. The Law Library is in the law building (James E. Rogers College of Law), located at the intersection of Speedway Boulevard and Mountain Avenue.
The Arizona Health Science Library, built in 1996, is located at the Health Sciences Center on the north end of campus and in Phoenix at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. The library serves School of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health, Arizona Health Network University, and is a resource for healthcare professionals and citizens across the state.
Organization and academic center
The University of Arizona Poetry Center houses a vast collection of contemporary poetry. This is a huge collection of "open shelves".
Campus
The main campus sits on 380 acres (1.5 km 2 ) in the center of Tucson, about a mile (1.6 km) northeast of downtown. There are 179 buildings on the main campus. Many of the early buildings, including the buildings of the Arizona State Museum (one of the main libraries of 1927) and Centennial Hall, were designed by Roy Place, a prominent Tucson architect. It is the use of a Place red brick that sets the tone for a red brick facade that is the basic and ubiquitous part of almost any UA building, even built in the last few decades. Indeed, almost every UA building has a red brick as a major component of the design, or at least, a style accent to harmonize it with other buildings on campus.
Campus is roughly divided into quadrants. The north and south sides of the campus are depicted by a grassy expanse called the Mall, which runs from Old Main to the east to the campus' eastern border on Campbell Avenue (the main north-south artery road). The west and east sides of the campus are roughly separated by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center (see below).
Science and mathematical buildings tend to cluster in the southwest quadrant; intermediate athletic facilities to the southeast; building art and humanity in the northwest (with the dance department being the main exception because the main facility is far at the eastern end of the campus), with engineering buildings in the northern central area. The buildings of optics and space science gathered on the eastern side of the campus near the sports stadium and main library (1976).
Speedway Boulevard, one of Tucson's main east-west artery roads, has traditionally defined the northern boundary of the campus but since the 1980s, several university buildings have been built north of this road, evolving into an environment traditionally filled with apartment complexes and single family homes. The university has bought some of these apartment complexes for student housing in recent years. Sixth Street usually defines the southern boundary, with single-family homes (many of which are leased to students) to the south of this street.
Park Avenue traditionally defines the western boundary of the campus, and there is a stone wall that runs along most of the east side of the road, leading to the old Main Gate, and into the road leading to Old Main. Along or adjacent to all of these main streets are various retail facilities that serve students, faculty and staff (as in other similar university neighborhoods throughout the United States): shops, bookstores, bars, banks, credit unions, coffee shops and restaurants fast-food major chains such as Chipotle, Panera Bread, and Pei Wei. The area near University Boulevard and Park Avenue, near the Main Gate, has become a major center of retail activities such as a return to the early decade of university; many stores dating from the 1920s have been renovated since the late 1990s, other new retail stores have been built in recent years, and a ninth-floor Marriott hotel was built in this direct district in 1996. Stevie Eller Dance Theater, opened in 2003 (across from the Mall from McKale Center) as a dedicated 28,600 square foot (2,660 m 2 ) venue for the UA dance program, one of the most respected university dance departments in the United States.. Designed by Gould Evans, a Phoenix-based architectural firm, the theater was awarded the 2003 Excerpt Award from the American Institute of Architects, Arizona Chapter.
The Department of Computer Science has set up a webcam that provides feeds directly from the campus as seen from the top of the Gould Simpson building. The Berger Memorial Fountain at the entrance of the Old Main West honors UA students who lost their lives in World War I, and came from 1919. Arizona University produces renewable energy with solar panels (photo volta) that have been installed on the campus of the building. In 2011, the Sustainable Endowments Institute gave this university the value of the College Sustainability Report Card from "B." In 2015, the university opens ENR2, set to become one of the "green" buildings on campus with features like advanced air conditioning systems and 55,000 gallons of water-harvesting tank. Designed to resemble a slot valley in the Sonoran Desert, a 150,000 square foot building focuses on adaptation and reduces our carbon footprint.
The oldest campus building is located west of Old Main. Most of the buildings east of the Old Main date from the 1940s to the 1980s, with some buildings recently built in the years since 1990.
Student Union Union Memorial Center
The United Unity Memorial Center, located on the north side of the Mall east of Old Main, was rebuilt between 2000 and 2003. It replaced the 270,000 square foot (25,000 m 2 ) structure originally opened in 1951 with an additional year 1960s. The student union has 405,000 square feet (37,600m 2 ) space on four levels, and includes 14 restaurants, wholesale markets, two-tier bookstore with office supplies, 23 meeting rooms, eight lounge areas (including one dedicated to USS Arizona ), computer labs, US Post Office, and photocopy center.
The building was designed to reflect USS Arizona (BB-39). Various statues of place pepper, decorate the air with dog tag bells or light colors refracted to honor those who have served. A bell housed in the USS Arizona , one of two bells rescued from the ship after the assault on Pearl Harbor, has a permanent home in the clock tower of the Union Union Memorial Center on campus. The first bell arrived on campus in July 1946. The bells rang seven times on the third Wednesday of each month at 12: 07: 00 - symbolically from the sinking of warships on December 7, 1941 - to honor individuals in the UA, as well as after football matches in home.
BookStores
The University of Arizona BookStores (UA Bookstore or UA BookStores) is a self-funded subsidiary unit within the University of Arizona Student Division, which means that BookStores operates without funding allocated from state taxes, tuition fees, or other campuses. subsidy. UA BookStores serves an important role in the provision of financial support for student scholarships, clubs and student led organizations (including UAS students, ASUA), for some UA academic departments, campus media (including campus daily newspaper, Arizona Daily Wildcat), several performing arts venues around the campus, and more. UA BookStores operates three on-campus store locations: Main stores at the United Nations Student Memorial Center (SUMC), Medical shop at Arizona Medical Science Center, and McKale Sports Stop located at McKale Memorial Center. The organization also operates souvenir shops at the Flandrau Science Center, UA Poetry Center, and Biosphere2 located north of Tucson. Off-campus locations include a campus remote shop on the UA South campus in Sierra Vista located south of Tucson, and the new UA Downtown campus located in the historic Montgomery Ward building, designed by Roy Place (during that period he also serves as UA official architect of the campus) in Downtown Tucson.
Arboretum at The University of Arizona
Most major campuses have been designated arboretum. Plants from around the world are labeled along the way of self-guided crops. The Krutch Cactus Garden includes the tallest Boojum tree in the state of Arizona. (The university also runs Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, located in the Pinal County countryside about 85 miles (137 km) north of the main campus.) Two herbariums are located on the university campus and both are referred to as "ARIZ" at Index Herbariorum >
The campus also offers hundreds of olive trees grown by prof. Robert H. Forbes. Many of these trees are over one hundred years old.
Organization
The University of Arizona, like its sister institutions Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, is governed by the Arizona Board or ABOR, a 12-member body. According to information published by the ABOR office and available on their Web site, eight members of the volunteers were appointed by the Governor to establish a period of eight years; two students serving on board for a two-year appointment, with the first year being a nonvoting apprentice year. Governors and Supervisors of Public Instruction serve as members of the ex-officio of voting. ABOR provides "policy guidance" and supervision to three major university titles, as determined by Title 15 of the Arizona Revision Statute.
Robert C. Robbins, MD, was named the 22nd UA president on March 7, 2017. He started his term on June 1, 2017. Previously, he was president and CEO of Texas Medical Center in Houston from 2012 to 2017. In a previous role, Robbins is a professor and chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, founding director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, president of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation and president of the West Thoracic Surgical Association.
Robbins replaces Ann Weaver Hart, M.A., Ph.D., who is the first female president of UA. He was named a single finalist for success as UA president after Hart announced he would not attempt to extend his contract beyond the final date of June 30, 2018. During his tenure, Hart leads the academic plan and academic business plan and the first agreement integrated with Banner Health to support bioscience research UA and medical education initiatives.
The famous past president of the University includes: Hart (formerly president of Temple University); interim president Eugene Sander, who retired from university after 25 years in charge as an educator and administrator, including nearly a year in the role of the interim president; Robert N. Shelton, who started his term in 2006 and resigned in the summer of 2011 to accept the presidency of the Fiesta Bowl, (BCS college football tournament played annually in the Phoenix area). Shelton's predecessor, Peter Likins, vacated his post at the end of the 2005-06 academic period. Other UA presidents in the past include Manuel Pacheco (first Hispanic who leads the university and for whom the Center of Integrated Learning is named), Homer L. Shantz, Kendric C. Babcock, Henry Koffler (first UA alumni leading university), John Schaefer, Richard Harvill and Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
Athletics
Like many major state universities in the United States, sport is a major activity on campus, and receives a large operating budget. The Arizona athletics team was nicknamed the Wildcats , a name derived from a 1914 football match with the California Occidental College champions, where L.A. The Times insists that, "Arizona men show wild cat fighting." The University of Arizona participated in the NCAA I-A Division at the Pac-12 Conference, which joined in 1978.
Team
Men's basket
The men's basketball team has been one of the nation's most successful programs since Lute Olson was hired as head coach in 1983, and is still known as a national powerhouse in the men's basketball division. Between 1985 and 2009, the team reached the NCAA Tournament 25 years in a row, which is the third longest series in NCAA history, after Kansas, with appearances from 1990-2017, North Carolina, with 27 consecutive appearances from 1975 to 2001. Wildcats has reached the Final Four of the NCAA tournaments in 1988, 1994, 1997, and 2001. In 1997, Arizona defeated the University of Kentucky, the then-defending national champion, to win the NCAA National Championship (NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship) -79 in overtime; Arizona's first national championship victory. The 1997 championship team became the first and only one in the history of the NCAA to beat the top three seeds on the way to the national title (Kansas, North Carolina, and Kentucky - the North Carolina match being the last game for the old UNC head coach Dean Smith). Point guard Miles Simon was selected as 1997 Final Four MVP (Simon also assistant coach under Olson from 2005 to 2008). The cat also boasts the third highest percentage of victories in the country over the past twenty years. Arizona has won a total of 28 regular conference championships in its program history, and 6 PAC-12 tournaments. Since 2005, Arizona has produced 15 draft NBA drafts.
The Wildcats play their home game at the McKale Center in Tucson. A number of former Wildcats have gone on to pursue a successful NBA professional career (especially during the Lute Olson era), including Gilbert Arenas, Richard Jefferson, Mike Bibby, Jason Terry, Sean Elliott, Damon Stoudamire, Khalid Reeves, Luke Walton, Hassan Adams, Stoudamire Salim , Andre Bruodala, Channing Frye, Brian Williams (later known as Bison Dele), Sean Rooks, Jud Buechler, Michael Dickerson, Chase Budinger, Jordan Hill, Jerryd Bayless, Derrick Williams, Kadeem Allen, Aaron Gordon, Solomon Hill, Rondae Hollis- Jefferson, Stanley Johnson, TJ McConnell, Lauri Markkanen, Kobi Simmons and Steve Kerr. Kenny Lofton, now known as the former Major League Baseball star, is the winner of a four-year letter as a Wildcat basketball player (and was in the 1988 Final team), before a year on the Arizona baseball team. Another famous Wildcat basketball player is Eugene Edgerson, who played in the Final Four squads of 1997 and 2001, and spent part of his professional career as one of the Harlem Globetrotters as "Wildkat" Edgerson.
Before hiring Lute Olson in 1983, Arizona was the first major Division I school to hire African-American head coach Fred Snowden in 1972. After 25 years of tenure as Arizona head coach, Olson announced his retirement from the Arizona basketball program in October 2008. After two seasons using an interim coach, Arizona named Sean Miller, head coach at Xavier University, as the new head coach of basketball in April 2009. During his tenure to date, Miller has led the Wildcats to four conference championships and six appearances in the NCAA tournament. Miller has served as head coach for four of seven seasons in Arizona history where the Wildcats have won 30 matches or more.
Football
The football team started at The University of Arizona in 1899 with the nickname "Varsity" (a name kept until the 1914 season when the team was considered "Wildcats").
The football team was particularly successful in the 1990s, under head coach Dick Tomey; His "Desert Swarm" defense is characterized by hard and stubborn tactics. In 1993, the team had the first 10-win season and beat the University of Miami Hurricanes at the Fiesta Bowl with a score of 29-0. It was the only closing game bowl in history 23 years ago. In 1998, the team posted a seasonal school record of 12-1 and made the Holiday Bowl beat Nebraska Cornhuskers. Arizona ended the season ranking 4th nationally in coach and API polls. Holiday Bowl 1998 was broadcast on television on ESPN and made the record now exceeded by being the most watched game of any bowl in the network's history. From November 2003 to October 2011, the program was led by Mike Stoops, brother of Bob Stoops, head coach of soccer at the University of Oklahoma (2000 national champion BCS); Stoops was fired on October 10, 2011. Former head coach of Michigan and West Virginia, Rich Rodriguez, was hired on November 21, 2011 to lead the Wildcats. The announcement was made by UA sports director Greg Byrne via Twitter. In his first season, Rodriguez brought the Wildcats to the New Mexico Bowl 2012, where they defeated the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. In the third season, the Wildcats win the Pac-12 South and play in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl. In 2015, the Wildcats play in the fourth consecutive bowl game, beating the University of New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl. In 2017, they lost to Purdue Boilermakers at Foster Farms Bowl, Wildcats 21 bowl game. [5]
Dave Heeke was elected as the 13th Athletic Director in Arizona in February 2017 and officially commenced his role on April 1, 2017. Heeke previously served as Athletics Director at Central Michigan University for 11 years and as a member of staff at the University of Oregon athletics department for 18 years. (Greg Byrne resigned in January to accept the same role at the University of Alabama.)
Rodriguez was released from duty on 2 January 2018, after an internal investigation of the university against sexual harassment charges made by former administrative assistant Rodriguez. After a nationwide search and a lot of media speculation, Kevin Sumlin was hired on January 14, 2018 as the new head coach of the Wildcats sport. Sumlin was previously head coach at Texas A & amp; M University and the University of Houston.
Baseball
The baseball team had its first season in 1904. The baseball team had captured four national titles in 1976, 1980, 1986 and 2012, with the first three coaches by Jerry Kindall and the most recent by Andy Lopez. The Arizona baseball team has appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series 34 times, including 1956, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1980, 1986, 2004, 2012, and 2016. Arizona baseball has appeared in the College World Series 17 times. Arizona is 7 all the time in a game win in regular season with 2,347 wins. Home games played at Hi Corbett Field.
Jay Johnson, former head coach of the University of Nevada baseball program, replaces Andy Lopez who retired after the 2015 season. In his first season as head coach Johnson guided his team to the 17th College World Series performance and 8 championship series performances.
Baseball Arizona also has a student section called The Hot Corner. Seventy-five former Arizona baseball players have played in the Premiership. Famous Alum including Terry Francona, Kenny Lofton, Shelley Duncan, Trevor Hoffman, Mark Melancon, Hale Chip, Craig Lefferts, JT Snow, Don Lee, Carl Thomas, Jack Howell, Mike Paul, And Schneider, Rich Hinton, Ed Vosberg, Hank Leiber , Ron Hassey, Brad Mills, Joe Magrane, Alex Mejia, Dave Baldwin, Brain Anderson, Terry Francona, Jack Daugherty, Scott Erickson, Heredia Gil, Casey Candaele, and George Arias.
Soccer
The Arizona University women's soccer team wrapped up their 2017 season on Nov. 17 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, ending with a 11-5-4 record, and seven Pac-12 wins, the most in program history.
Led by coach Tony Amato, the Arizona senior became the first group in the program's history to make three NCAA Tournament appearances, winning at least one game in every Tournament. The program has only two appearances in its history before the last four years. Ten members received academic awards PAC-12 for their performance in the class.
Softball
The Arizona softball team is one of the top programs in the country. The softball team has won eight NCAA Women's College World Series titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2007 under head coach Mike Candrea (NCAA Softball Championship). The team has appeared in the NCAA National Championship in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2010 (second achievement after UCLA), and has reached the World College Series 19 times. The Arizona Wildcats softball team won their first Pac-12 Championship in ten years after beating No. 12 UCLA Bruins 7-2, and qualifying for the 31st NCAA tournament in a row, creating a new NCAA softball record. Coach Candrea, along with former Arizona pitcher Jennie Finch, led the 2004 USS Olympic team to a gold medal in Athens, Greece. Wildcat softball team playing at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium.
Golf
The university golf team is also very successful. The men's team won the national championships in 1992 (NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships), and has produced a number of successful professionals, notably Jim Furyk. The women's team won the national championships in 1996 and 2000 (NCAA Women's Golf Championship). The women's golf program has produced professionals Annika SÃÆ'¶renstam and Lorena Ochoa.
Lycrosse Putra
The lacrosse team is a club team, not a sports university in Arizona, known as "Laxcats". Its existence, since the mid-1960s, is filled with a rich tradition of success. In 1960, Arizona was a Division I university program, trained by Carl Runk, an Arizona graduate and soccer player. In 1998, Runk retired after twenty-eight years at Towson University in Maryland.
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Many other Wildcats have met with success at the university. Alix Creek and Michelle Oldham won the NCAA Women's Doubles Tennis title in 1993, beating Texas in the Final. Though surprising to some, the University of Arizona has a noteworthy history in ice hockey. The school's hockey team, formerly known as Icecats, won over 800 matches between early 1979 and 2011. Icecats defeated Penn State for the National Collegiate Club Hockey National Championship in 1985. They also featured in eight Final Fours ('84, '86 , '87, '88, '91, '93, '94, '97) and ten Elite Eights. In 2011, they were part of ACHA Division I, and were officially known as the Arizona Wildcats hockey team. Robert M. Tanita is a nationally ranked college golfer who reached the NCAA final tournament as WAC champion in 1963.
Three national championships for a harmonized pool were won in 1980, 1981, and 1984, although the championship was at the Association of Women's Athletes for Women, and not the NCAA. Together with winning three national championships in a pool for a synchronized pool, the Wildcats also won their first NCAA Championship in men and women who swam and dived for the 2007-2008 season. Exploring this weekend, Frank Busch, the male and female head coach, was named NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year. Arizona men became the first team to claim the title the first time since UCLA's victory in 1982. Also, the men ended the winning streak of Texas and Auburn since 1998. At the end of the meeting, Texas Longhorns took second place while 2007 champion Auburn Macan took fifth. For women, Arizona worked on the disappointment of the 2007 defeat. The women won until the final day when Auburn won the title. Unlike 2007, Arizona women do not let anyone approach. The Wildcats won by 484 team points while Auburn Tigers came in second with 348 and Stanford Cardinal came in third with 343. The athletes of the swim team and women's diving have been touted by the NCAA. The NCAA Woman of the Year Award was won by UA swimmers Whitney Myers, Lacey Nymeyer and Justine Schluntz in 2007, 2009 and 2010 respectively. The three awards and awards of 1994 won by track and field athletes Tanya Hughes are the highest number of Women of the Year awards won by one university.
Individual national championship
A number of well-known individuals also won the national championships at the NCAA. NCAA The first Individual Champion of Arizona in Men's Swimming sport came in 1981 when Doug Towne won a 500-yard free game at the NCAA championship. Another individual champion took place in 1989 when Mariusz Podkoscielny won 1650-yard (miles) at the NCAA National Championships held at IUPUI Natatorium. Other swimmers include Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Ryk Neethling, Margo Geer, Kevin Cordes and Amanda Beard. Annika SÃÆ'¶renstam won in 1991 in golf, and Brigetta Barrett won a women's high jump in 2013. The cross country man has also produced two individual national titles in 1986 (Aaron Ramirez) and 1994 (Martin Keino) (NCAA Men's Cross Country Champions). Cross-country women also produced two individual national titles in 1996 (Amy Skieresz) and 2001 (Tara Chaplin) (NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship). Another important character is Vance Johnson footballer who won the NCAA long jump in 1982.
Rivalry
Strong athletic competition exists between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University located in Tempe, Arizona. The University of Arizona led an all-time record against Arizona State University in men's basketball (149-83), as well as in football (49-41-1). The game of football competition between schools is known as "The Duel in the Desert." The trophy given after every game, the Territorial Cup, is the nation's oldest competition trophy, distinguished by the NCAA. Competition has also been made with other Pac-12 teams, notably the University of California, Los Angeles that has provided decent softball rivals and was Arizona's main basketball rival in the early and mid-1990s.
Mascot
The university mascot is a pair of anthropomorphic wildcats named Wilbur and Wilma. Wilbur and Wilma's identity is kept secret throughout the year because the mascot only appears in costume. In 1986, Wilbur married his old boyfriend, Wilma. Together, Wilbur and Wilma appear along with cheerleading squads in most of the Wildcat sports events. Arizona's first mascot was a desert jungle cat named "Rufus Arizona", introduced in 1915.
Wilbur was originally created by Bob White as a cartoon character in the university humor magazine, Kitty Kat . From 1915 to 1950, the school mascot was a live forest cat, a species known locally as a stray cat. The succession of the living mascot is known by the common name of Rufus Arizona, originally named after Rufus von Kleinsmid, university president from 1914 to 1921. 1959 marked the creation of the first incarnate Wilbur, when John Paquette University students and his roommate Dick Heller came up with the idea of ​​making costumes for a student to wear. Ed Stuckenhoff was chosen to wear a costume on a homecoming game in 1959 against Texas Tech and has since become a long-standing tradition. Wilbur celebrated his 50th birthday in November 2009.
Song counter
In 1952, Jack K. Lee, an applicant for UA band director, departed Tucson by air after an interview with the UA administration. From the window of his plane, Lee studied the large letters on the roof of the UA gymnasium that read "BEAR DOWN." Inspired, Lee scribbled music and lyrics to up-tempo songs. By the time his plane landed, he almost finished it. A few weeks later, Lee was appointed as UA band director, and in September 1952, the UA band featured "Bear Down, Arizona!" in public for the first time. Shortly thereafter, "Bear Down, Arizona!" accepted as a bout song UA (Bear Down).
ZonaZoo
Officially executed in 2003, ZonaZoo is part of the official student and student ticketing program for the University of Arizona Athletics. The ZonaZoo program is jointly owned by Associates of the University of Arizona (ASUA) and Arizona Athletics students but is run by an individual team called ZonaZoo Crew. In 2014, ESPN placed ZonaZoo as part of the top cheer students in the PAC 12 conference and by 2015, ZonaZoo received the Best Student Section Award of the Year from the National School Student Association Association.
Famous places
The McKale Center, which opened in 1973, is used by men's basketball, women's, women's gymnastics, and women's volleyball. The official capacity has changed frequently. The biggest crowd to see the game at McKale was 15,176 in 1976 for a game against the University of New Mexico, a major rival during that period. In 2000, the floor at McKale was nicknamed Lute Olson Court, for coaches who won the basketball program. During a memorial ceremony in 2001 for Lute's wife, Bobbi, who died after fighting ovarian cancer, the floor was changed to Lute and Bobbi Olson Court. In addition to the playing surface, McKale Center is the host for the UA athletic department office. McKale Center named J.F. Pop McKale, who was the director and coach of athletics from 1914 to 1957. Joe Cavaleri ("The Ooh-Aah Man") made his dramatic and inspiring appearance there. The Arizona Stadium, built in 1928 and last expanded in 2013, holds 56,037 subscribers. It hosts an American football game and has also been used to graduate universities. The grass is a bermuda grass, taken from the local Tucson National Golf Club. The Arizona home football record is 258-139-12. The biggest crowd ever at the Arizona Stadium was 59,920 in 1996 for the game against Arizona State University. Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium hosts softball matches. Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium hosted the baseball game until the 2012 season, when the baseball program began playing home games at Hi Corbett Field, a former Cactus League spring training facility located three miles southeast of the campus.
Student life
Fraternities and sororities
By 2017, there are 52 chapters of brotherhood and associations recognized by the University of Arizona. In 2006, approximately 10.3% of UA male students were members of the college fraternity, and 10.8% of female students were members of the student association. The fraternities and associations are governed by the four governing councils. The Interfraternity Council represents 25 fraternities, The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) represents 6 African-American fraternities and students, the Panhellenic Association (PHC) represents 20 student societies and United Sorority and Fraternity Council (USFC) represents 10 multicultural and multi-interest Greek organizations. Delta Chi Lambda is an association of Asian-American students founded at the University of Arizona in 2000. The Lambda round of Phrateres, a non-exclusive, non-profit social service club, was installed in 1937.
Clubs and student organizations
The new and expansive Student Union Building opened in 2003; it is the largest student union in the US that is not affiliated with the hotel. The University of Arizona is home to over 500 philanthropic, multi-cultural, social, athletic, academic, and student clubs and campus organizations. A list is found at the Associated Students of The University of Arizona (ASUA) through the Student Union. CSIL also houses the Arizona Blue Chip Program one of the largest college leadership development programs in the United States, with over 500 students active at one time throughout the 4-year program. Blue Chip was established in 1999 and has established a partnership with Wollongong University, in Wollongong, Australia where the sister program, the Black Opal Leadership Development Program began in February 2005. Structures, curriculum, students and even staff are exchanged between the two. institutions in a unique international leadership development initiative. Also located at CSIL is Camp Wildcat's office, a student-managed nonprofit service organization serving disadvantaged youth. Through funding from CSIL and Associated Students of the University of Arizona, the club is given resources and encouragement to explore unusual interests.
In 2008, University of Arizona students started their own branch (restored on 21 April 2010) from the Arizona Students for Life (ASFL) life association, whose goal is to help pregnant women and raise awareness about elective abortion.
In 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency recognized the University of Arizona for its food diversion efforts, giving special recognition to students who have established Compost Cats, a nationally unique organization.
The University of Arizona is home to Arizona Model United Nations (AZMUN). Founded in 1963, this UA student organization annually hosts several hundred high school students in bilingual simulations of the UN and other international bodies.
In 2008, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Student Affairs Questions Office was created to provide services to students and LGBTQ staff on campus and serve across groups of students called "Pride Alliance", a recognized group of LGBTQ students who have been active since the 1990s in providing support and visibility to LGBTQ students on campus.
The Strategic Learning Alternative Learning Center (SALT) helps students with learning challenges and attention to succeed in higher education. Established in the 1980-1981 academic year as a program within the Student Resource Center. At that time, SALT has provided academic and accommodation services for up to three students with learning disabilities. During the 1990s, The SALT Center is located in the basement of Old Main, the oldest building in the university. During this time, SALT staff are in tight offices while tutors hold tutoring sessions around Old Main, often sitting outside, immersed in the sound of daily campus life. In 2000, the SALT Center moved from Old Main and into a 16,000 square foot (4.9 cm 2 building) with the help of 500 donors, families and parents to help serve the population better students at the university. In 2013, the SALT Center has more than 550 students at the University of Arizona with learning disabilities, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and various learning challenges and other concerns.
For those who do not grow in the US or who work to earn English proficiency, the English Language Center as a Second Language (CESL) is also available. For over 45 years, CESL has offered a variety of English language teaching and learning programs. Students can study on campus while pursuing full acceptance to UA as they meet their English proficiency requirements.
Tradition
At the start of each fresh year, freshmen paint "A" in "A" Mountain, and since 1914, "A" remains Tucson and Wildcat landmarks. "A" was painted red, white and blue until all troops in the foreign war that came from the September 11 attacks returned home. This was endorsed by the government body of ASUA students shortly after the war in Afghanistan began in 2001. In 2016, "A" on mountain A has returned to white. Later in the school year, Spring Fling, the US Government Student Program, and the largest student-run carnival in the US, has been held annually by UA students since 1965, under a different name: Spring Rite. The event is held every April, and brings together the U of A community and the Tucson community. The UA Club, Camp Wildcat, initially started the festival as a fundraiser and continued to do so until the event was taken over by ASUA in 1975.
Marching band
The University of Arizona marching band, named The Pride of Arizona, played in the first round of the first Super Bowl. Recently, Daft Punk's Pride's 2014 event was selected by the CBDNA (College Band Directors National Association) as one of the top ten in the country to be presented at their National Conference in March 2015. They are directed by UA alums and former Pride of Arizona members of Chad Shoopman. Instrumentation includes woodwinds, brass, and marching percussion parts, as well as pomline, twirling line, and color guard.
School colors
The current school colors are UA Red and Arizona Blue, which are recognized in the Pantone Matching System, with numbers PMS 200C and 281, respectively. In the CMYK system, the process color for UA Red is C: 18 M: 100 Y: 83 K: 8, and C: 100 M: 71 Y: 0 K: 58 for Arizona Blue. Before 1900, the colors were green and silver. Switches are made when favorable discounts on red and blue shirts become available.
Student governance
Overall, students at the University of Arizona have been represented by Associate of the University of Arizona (ASUA) students since 1913. Each year (usually in March), students choose a Senator to represent each of their respective colleges, three in Great Senator, Vice President of Administration, Executive Vice President and President for 1 year term. ASUA oversees the ZonaZoo and UA Spring Fling programs, while holding administrative oversight for nearly 600 student clubs on campus. Each Senator and all Administrative Officers are also appointed to serve at the various Faculties and Administrative Committees of the University of Arizona. Students for Sustainability became a recognized ASUA program in 2008. It focuses on efforts to institutionalize sustainability across the University of Arizona and greater Tucson areas.
In 1997, the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) broke away from ASUA and has since become a de facto body representing graduates and professional students. Every year (usually in March or April), graduate students and professionals choose representation by constituencies and large representatives. The President, Vice President of Administration (AVP), and Executive Vice President (EVP) are also widely selected by graduates and professional students. GPSC is a member of two national advocacy organizations, AdvocGE) for Post-Graduate Education (SAGE) and the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS). GPSC officers and representatives serve on many University committees. GPSC manages grant programs that support the research, project, travel, and professional development of graduate and professional students.
Campus residents also have their own student leadership organization known as "Residence Association". Anyone who lives on campus automatically becomes a member of the RHA. Each RHA subunit consists of a board hall of all 23 dormitories, or dormitories. Each Board Board is one of three structures, Traditional, Hybrid, and Open. In addition, each board of the hall has EcoRep for Sustainability, and two RHA Representatives are sent to represent their hall at RHA General Body Meetings and one ACT Rep for Social Justice. At these meetings, the assembled representatives and the RHA Executive Board, selected from within the RHA's General Board, discussed various issues and made decisions on all 7,000 campus residents. Members of the RHA Executive Council are elected for a one-year term during the spring semester and are inducted into an office at the RHA Banquet which is usually held during the latter part of April. Hall board members and RHA representatives are usually chosen by their respective dorm residents during the first two weeks of the autumn semester in late August and early September with their terms running until the end of the spring semester in early May. The Executive Board of the RHA consists of 8 different elected positions (President, Public Relations Director, National Communications Coordinator, Director of Business Administration, Director of Equipment Services, Training and Development Director, and Programming Director) together with two ex-officio members, designated Parliament positions and President NRHH as well as a counselor who plays the role of Student Leadership Coordinator in Residence Life. In 2011, the Residence Hall Association changed its Executive Board in an effort to make the EBoard more aligned with the IACURH Regional Board and NACURH National Board.
The University of Arizona Residence Hall Association held three Regional IACURH Residence Hall conferences, held in 1961, 1997, and 2004 as well as the "No-Sleek" Business meeting in 2013. In 2005 and 2012, the Arizona University Boarding House Association selected by NACURH (National Association of College and University Residence Halls) as National School of the Year from more than 400 schools across the United States. In May 2009, the University of Arizona hosted the NACURH National Residence Hall Conference (also held in 1963), bringing over 2,200 residents on campus from over 250 schools across the United States and Canada for 3 days from the school spirit and study how to become more sustainable and socially just. The theme of the conference (Our Place in Time) focuses on sustainability and social justice within the dormitory.
In movies and literature
The university has made itself known through many movies and television appearances. The Revenge of the Nerds (1984) film was filmed at the University of Arizona. In the film, Alpha Beta's "jock" house is a real-life home for the UA chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity until it was purchased by the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity in the late 1980s. The dormitory room (with balcony) seen in the film is located on the third floor of the historic Cochise Hall on campus. When the character moves at the beginning of the movie, the dorm behind the post office drop is Yuma Hall.
In the 1994 film Speed ​​Dennis Hopkins refers to the character of Sandra Bullock as Wildcat because of the emblem on his sweater.
In the 1989 film Leviathan, the character of Peter Weller, Steven Beck, often wears the Arizona Wildcats hat. In the 2006 film You, Me and Dupree , produced by Arizona Alum Scott Stuber, some characters watch Arizona Wildcats play football against Washington State University. While playing in their blue uniform, Arizona's score on the recovery slipped.
The movie Eating Out was taken on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson.
Episode Little House on the Prairie , titled "A Wiser Heart", uses Old Main as a prominent background throughout.
The film Night of the Lepus (1972) featured a short picture of Main Main in the first few minutes. Universities appear at the end of the movie as well.
Portions of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest novel took place on the campus of the University of Arizona, including a scene in the administration building that mocks the school bureaucracy. Wallace is a UA alumni.
Famous alumni and staff
Famous alumni include US Representative RaÃÆ'ºl M. Grijalva; creator of the Sesame Street television series and founder Joan Ganz Cooney Children's Workshop; NFL quarterback for Philadelphia Eagles Nick Foles; Triple Crown Winner, Bob Baffert; Jerry Bruckheimer, film and television producer; singer Linda Ronstadt; stand-up comedian, director and producer Garry Shandling; NFL tight end to New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski; NFL linebacker Lance Briggs; CEO and president of Macy's, Inc., Terry Lundgren; Today Show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie; Brian Schmidt, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics (1989); Barbara Kingsolver, author awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2000; Softball and Olympic gold medalist Jennie Finch; Richard Jefferson, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers; NBA Players for Golden State Warriors, Andre Iguodala; NBA head coach for Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr; NBC Alex Flanagan's side reporter; reporter, author, and talk show host Geraldo Rivera; musician and photographer Lind
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