Vermont, University of

Vermont, University of

in full  University of Vermont and State Agricultural College,  

      public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Burlington, Vt., U.S. It is a land-grant university (land-grant college) composed of the Graduate College and colleges of agricultural and life sciences, arts and sciences, education and social services, engineering and mathematics, and medicine, as well as schools of allied health sciences, business administration, natural resources, and nursing. The Robert Hull Fleming Museum was designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White and built in 1931. Bailey/Howe Library, built in 1960, contains more than one million books. The university operates the Morgan Horse Farm, founded in Weybridge in 1878. Total enrollment exceeds 11,000 students.

      When Vermont formed an independent republic in 1777, legislators called for the creation of a university, but this was not accomplished until Vermont became a part of the United States in 1791. The University of Vermont, founded on land deeded by Ira Allen, is one of the oldest universities in New England and one of the oldest state universities in the United States. It opened in 1800 with a curriculum that emphasized practical as well as classical studies. The first master's degree was awarded in 1807. The College of Medicine was established in 1822 and became a part of the university in 1899. In 1825 the marquis de Lafayette laid the cornerstone of the Old Mill, the oldest building on campus. In 1865 the University of Vermont absorbed Vermont Agricultural College, which had been founded the previous year as a land-grant college under the aegis of the Morrill Act of 1862. Women were first enrolled in 1871, and in 1875 Vermont became the first university to admit women into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honour society. The Graduate College was created in 1952. Educators Wilbur Fisk (Fisk, Wilbur) and John Dewey (Dewey, John) attended the university in the 19th century.

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