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University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is Idaho's oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university.[1] The University of Idaho (officially abbreviated UI but commonly referred to as U of I) was the state's only university until 1963, and hosts the state's only law school, which was established in 1909 and accredited by the ABA in 1925. The university was formed by the territorial legislature of Idaho on January 30, 1889, and opened its doors on October 3, 1892 with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women. Today, the university has an enrollment exceeding 11,000. The university offers 142 degree programs, from Accountancy to Wildlife Resources, including bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and specialists' degrees. Certificates of completion are offered in 30 areas of study. The University of Idaho has one of the most scenic campuses in the western U.S. The Palouse region has rolling hills with rivers and lakes, with mountains nearby, offering a wide variety of recreational opportunities. The master plan for the UI campus was originally designed in 1908 by the Olmstead Brothers, the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted; the landscape architecture firm from Massachusetts that designed the U.S. Capitol grounds and Central Park in New York City. Other notable campuses designed by the firm include Stanford, California, Washington, and Notre Dame. As a rural land-grant institution, UI has the largest campus area in the state, located in the rolling hills of the Palouse region at an elevation of 2600 feet (792 m) above sea level.[2] Washington's land-grant institution, Washington State University, is located eight miles (13 km) west in Pullman. History
On January 30, 1889, Governor Edward Stevenson of the Idaho Territory signed the territorial legislature's Council Bill No. 20, which officially established the UI as the upcoming state's land-grant institution. Nearly four years later, the university opened for classes on October 3, 1892.
Campus
Administration Building There are several distinctive areas on campus. Administration BuildingThe east-facing Administration Building, with its 80-foot (24 m) clock tower and Tudor Gothic-style structure, was built in 1909 and has become a UI icon. The building holds classrooms, and auditorium, and administrative offices, including the offices of the President and Provost. There were two expansions made to the building, with the north wing added in 1912, and the south wing in 1916. The original building, with a single tall spire, was constructed through the decade of the 1890s and ultimately finished in 1899, but was reduced to embers in late March 1906. Arson was suspected, but never proven. After the fire there was debate whether to rebuild from the remains or start from scratch, however, the remaining structure was eventually deemed infeasible to recover and was demolished with dynamite. (photo) The original building's steps were saved and currently climb the small hill immediately southeast of the south wing. In the meantime, classes were held at various sites in Moscow; the Carnegie Library, the Methodist church, and local lodge halls. Insurance policies paid $135,000, but the new building cost twice that. To appease the state legislature, the UI Regents decided to build Morrill Hall first, use it for classrooms, and finance the new administration building over three years. The new Administration building was designed by prominent Boise architect John E. Tourtellotte. He designed the state's Roman Revival capitol building in Boise and other buildings, both public and private. He modeled the new structure after the venerable Hampton Court Palace in England. Construction began in 1907.[9] The 1909 Administration Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[10] Hello Walk
Hello Walk Hello Walk is one of the best-known and traveled pathways on the Idaho campus. But more than being surrounded by trees and grass, it navigates through a rich history of statues, landmarks and traditions. It includes Presidential Grove, where historical figures, such as Teddy Roosevelt and his wife, planted trees; the Spanish War memorial statute who had his hands cut off but reconstructed by a handless sculptor and Administration Lawn that was designed by the same brothers who designed Central Park in New York City. The walk was named after Alfred Upham, the president of the university in the 1920s. Upham insisted on saying ?hello? to all those he passed on his walk from his house ? now where the Campus Christian Center is ? to the Administration Building where his office was. He then insisted that this act of kindness be required of all students and faculty on campus, which is how the walk acquired its name. Hello Walk is still used, but the hellos that used to be mandatory are no longer vocalized to strangers. [11] Idaho CommonsThe Idaho Candlewalk Commons, completed on January 10, 2000, is the heart of campus and contains a food court, bookstore, copy center, coffee shop, Credit Union, and convenience store. Additionally, there is study space, wireless internet, laptop checkout, and many student services such as the offices of the Associated Students of the University of Idaho (ASUI), Academics Assistance, and Student Support. With the completion of the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) at the beginning of the fall semester of 2005, the second phase, the Commons gained classrooms and completed the vision of a common area where students could learn, study, relax and get university services all in one place. Student Union BuildingThe Student Union Building houses Financial Aid, Admissions, New Student Services, the Registrar's Office, the office of the Graduate & Professional Student Association(GPSA) and student meeting rooms. There is also wireless access, laptops available for check-out, a student computer lab, and a movie theater. This was the student common area until the Commons was built in 2000. The UI Bookstore, built in 1989 on a former parking lot, is located directly across the street to the east. ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center
West entrance to the Kibbie Dome Neale Stadium ( Tartan Turf, similar to Astroturf, was installed in 1972; the arched roof and vertical end-walls were completed in time for the 1975 football home opener on September 27th, enclosing the stadium to become the Kibbie Dome. The seating capacity is 16,000 for football games, 7,000 for basketball games (in a configuration known as the "Cowan Spectrum" since 2001), and 7,500 for concerts. Its innovative roof won the Outstanding Structural Engineering Achievement award from the ASCE in 1976. The original Tartan Turf was replaced in 1990 and lasted until 2007, when it was replaced with "Real Grass Pro," an infilled synthetic turf (similar to FieldTurf). Arboretum and Botanical Garden
North entrance to the University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden The original Shattuck Arboretum was conceived in 1910 by the head of the forestry department, Charles H. Shattuck. His efforts gradually turned a treeless slope southwest of the Administration Building into a dense forest grove. The aboretum was named for Shattuck in 1933, two years after his death. Until the late 1960s this area provided the background for left & center field of the MacLean baseball field ( The newer portion of the arboretum complex is south of the Shattuck area, in the valley below the president's residence (1967), along the eastern edge of the campus' 18-hole golf course.[12] Student Recreation CenterOpened in April 2002, the Student Recreation Center boasts a 55 foot (17 m) freestanding climbing wall, as well as a weight training area, cardio, of climbing area, jogging track, and two full-size gyms. The planned phase two includes adding a swimming pool, but has been delayed due to funding problems. UI LibraryThe UI Library is the state's largest, with more than 1.4 million books, periodicals, government documents, maps, videorecordings, and special collections. Included are those for Sir Walter Scott, and famous Idahoans like Ezra Pound, Vardis Fisher, Frank Bruce Robinson, and Carol Ryrie Brink. Directly north of the Memorial Gymnasium and built on the former site of tennis courts, the library opened in 1957, relocating from the Administration Building. The UI post office station was formerly housed in its lower northwest corner; it was moved to the new UI bookstore in 1990. The UI Library was expanded in the early 1990s and rededicated in 1994. Memorial Gymnasium
Memorial Gym Tower  ) ( )
The Memorial Gym was the primary venue for men's basketball until the Kibbie Dome was enclosed in September 1975. The women's team hosted its home games in the gym until 2001, when the Cowan Spectrum (inside the Kibbie Dome) was completed. The gym is still in active use today as the home court for the women's volleyball team, and several early season basketball games. It is also used extensively for intramurals and open recreation, as well as for ROTC. The MacLean baseball field was located directly south of the Memorial Gym, its infield was displaced by the construction of the College of Education building in the late 1960s. The swim center and physical education (formerly known as the "Women's Gym") buildings, which both opened in 1970, are adjacent to the south side of the gym. ( In 1977, the Memorial Gymnasium was added to the National Register of Historic Places after only 49 years.[10] Under the ElmsRare Camperdown elms line the walkway between the Music building, Child Development Center and Administration Building. These "upside-down" trees have been on campus for over 80 years and are among few of their kind in the Northwest. The weeping branches and knotty trunk are formed by being grafted upwards. Student lifeThe University of Idaho is a rural, residential campus, with a number of residence hall communities to choose from on campus as well as fraternities and sororities. Residence halls available for students include Wallace Residence Center, Theophilus Tower, Living Learning Communities, and McConnell Hall. Living on campus is not required at the University of Idaho, but many first-year students choose to live on campus. There are also apartments on campus for families, married couples, graduate students, law students and non-traditional students. The law cluster, is a group of apartments reserved for law students, allowing for a community close to campus for law students, facilitating study groups. Transportation
East entrance to the campus Student OrganizationsMany students participate in a wide variety of clubs and organizations. Clubs range anywhere from the sports to faith based, and everything in between. Palousafest is a fair that brings clubs and students together, and is a way for students to find out more about how to get involved with extracurricular activities. The fair is usually the weekend just before the fall semester starts. MoscowMoscow is a college town of about 21,700 residents. [14] It is located in the rolling hills of the Palouse region of North Central Idaho. The UI campus is adjacent to the southwest side of town; most stores, restaurants, and bars are within easy walking distance. Degrees & CollegesFrom 1894 through fall 2006, the University of Idaho has granted 71,599 bachelor's degrees, 19,028 master's degrees, 2,270 doctoral degrees, 222 honorary degrees, 917 specialist degrees, and 3,157 law degrees.[14] The university is organized into ten colleges, two of which are exclusively for graduate students (Law & Graduate Studies). In July 2002, the College of Letters & Science was split into two separate colleges: the College of Science and the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS). Concurrently, the College of Mines was discontinued; its programs were split between the College of Science and the College of Engineering.
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Athletics
The logo of the U of I Vandals The university's official colors are silver & gold (although black & gold are the prevalent colors for the athletic teams). Its teams, the Vandals, participate in the NCAA's Division I-A in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). In addition to football, the intercollegiate athletic program fields two teams (men's & women's) in the following sports: basketball, cross-country, golf, track (indoor & outdoor), and tennis. Volleyball, soccer, and swimming are sports offered only for women. Conference affiliationsUI joined the WAC in July 2005, moving from the Big West Conference, which it had joined in 1996, moving back to Division I-A after 18 years in I-AA. Because the Big West discontinued football after the 2000 season, the UI was a "football-only" member of the Sun Belt Conference for four seasons (2001-04). Prior to July 1996, UI competed in the Big Sky Conference for 33 years; it was a charter member in 1963. The Big Sky has been a Division I-AA conference since I-AA's formation in 1978, but from 1963-77, the conference was a "college division" (later Division II) for football. Although a charter member of the Big Sky, Idaho maintained its "university division" (Division I) status, with its additional football scholarships, by playing a non-conference schedule of Division I teams. Idaho moved down to the new I-AA division in 1978 as the Big Sky moved up from Division II. From 1922-58, Idaho competed with eight of the present Pac-10 schools as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference. The PCC disbanded in the spring of 1959; Idaho then competed as an independent for four years until the Big Sky was launched in 1963.[15] FacilitiesThe University of Idaho has numerous on-campus facilities for the athletic program.[16] The Kibbie Dome indoor stadium also houses the athletic department offices, locker rooms, weight room, and training facilities. The 16,000 seat arena, enclosed in 1975, is the venue for football and basketball. Since 2001, massive black curtains have been hung around the basketball seating configuration and the arena is called the "Cowan Spectrum." The Kibbie Dome's indoor facilities offer track & field and tennis a place to practice and compete with the five-lane, 290 meter track and nine tennis courts. The historic Memorial Gymnasium (1928) is the home for women's volleyball, and also hosts early season basketball games. South of the "Mem Gym" is the Swim Center and the P.E. Building (formerly the new "Women's Gym"), which houses practice gymnasiums. These facilities were completed in 1970. Outdoor facilities include the 18-hole championship golf course, directly south of the Kibbie Dome. The first nine holes opened in 1933 and nine more were added in 1968[6]; the original clubhouse was replaced in 1969. West of the Kibbie Dome is the 400-meter outdoor track & field stadium, opened in the early 1970s and named for newly-crowned Olympic champion decathlete Dan O'Brien in September 1996. In addition, there are athletic practice fields east of the Kibbie Dome, as well as numerous tennis courts. The Guy Wicks baseball field, soccer field, and intramural fields are located at the spacious northwest corner of campus. MascotIn 1920, UI was still without a mascot, despite more than 20 years of being open. Athletics were hugely successful, and one sports reporter struggled on how to address the teams. The reporter wrote that the basketball team was vandalizing its opponents, and by 1921 the Vandal name stuck. [11] RivalriesWashington StateSince returning to Division I-A status for football in 1996, Idaho has rekindled its rivalry with Washington State, eight miles (13 km) to the west in Pullman. The annual game, usually played at Martin Stadium in Pullman, was renewed in 1998 after just two meetings in two decades, and is referred to as the "Battle of the Palouse." The Cougars hold an immense advantage in the series (70-18-3 .786), but the Vandals did win back-to-back meetings in 1999-2000, following 14 straight Cougar victories from 1966-98. The last game played on the Idaho side of the border in this series was in 1966, a mudbath won by WSU. This game followed consecutive Idaho victories in 1964-65, which had been preceded by nine straight Cougar wins.[17] Two of the recent games played in Pullman (1999 & 2001) were designated as Idaho "home games" to help reach existing NCAA minimum attendance requirements. The 2004 game was a designated Idaho home game for revenue purposes.[18] The 2003 game was played in Seattle at Seahawks Stadium. The three games played in Pullman from 2005-07 were all WSU home games. The last game in the series was played in 2007, a 45-28 WSU victory, their seventh straight over the Vandals. At the request of Vandals head coach Robb Akey, a former WSU assistant who became the Vandal head coach in 2007, the game will be played every four years rather than annually. Boise StateBoise is 300 highway miles (480 km) south of Moscow, and many UI students are from the Treasure Valley (greater Boise area), the major population area of the state. Idaho has had a major in-state rivalry with Boise State since 1971; BSU joined the Big Sky in 1970 but the football teams did not meet that season. BSU & UI moved to Division I-AA in 1978 and to Division I-A in 1996, joining the Big West. Since 2000, the Vandals' football and basketball teams have not been competitive against BSU, losing 9 straight football games and 14 straight men's basketball games. Dominance in this rivalry has come in streaks, as the Vandal football team won 12 consecutive games over BSU from 1982-93, after the Broncos had dominated the previous decade.[19] Both schools are currently members of the WAC. MontanaFor most of its history, Idaho had an intense interstate rivalry with the University of Montana in Missoula. The teams have met for football 84 times (second only to the 91 games with Washington State). UI and Montana first played in 1903, and played every year from 1914-95 (except during the war years of 1918 and 1943-44 when neither school had a team). Montana was also a member of the Pacific Coast Conference until 1950, and a fellow charter member of the Big Sky in 1963. Idaho leads the overall series 55-27-2 (.667), but Montana has dominated the rivalry since 1991.[20] The teams have played just five times since Idaho moved back up to Division I-A in 1996, with the I-AA Montana Grizzlies winning the last four, the most recent meeting being in 2003. The winner of the Idaho-Montana game claims the Little Brown Stein. Noted track athletesJoachim Olsen of Denmark, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist in the shot put, competed for the Vandals from 1999-2003, winning the NCAA outdoor championship in 2000. Dan O'Brien, a former hurdler on the UI track team in the late 1980s, won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, as well as multiple World Championships. He received his bachelor's degree in 1993, and the outdoor track & field stadium where O'Brien trained for these world titles was named for him in September 1996. Angela Whyte, Whyte was a four-time NCAA All-American and five-time Big West champion at Idaho, where she helped lead the women?s team to 2001 and 2003 Big West team championships. She also earned Big West Female Athlete of the Year honors in 2001 and Big West Female Track Athlete of the Year honors in 2003. Member of Canada's 2004 and 2008 olympic track teams. 2007 UI Football Season Results
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