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The state's oldest post-secondary institution is Loras College, a private Catholic school in Dubuque that was founded in 1839, [2] [3] seven years before Iowa became a state. [4] The state's only two law schools, the University of Iowa College of Law and Drake University Law School, are both accredited by the American Bar Association. [5]
The Iowa field hockey team plays its home games at Dr. Christine H.B. Grant Field on the university campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have won 16 conference championships (13 in the Big Ten), six Big Ten tournament titles, and the 1986 NCAA Championship, making it the first Midwestern university to win a national title. As of 2014, the ...
Plains States, Midwest States – MVFC: Illini-Badger Football Conference Illini-Badger-Hawkeye Football Conference (1989–1990) 1976: 2007: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin – NACC: North Central Conference North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1922–1929) 1922: 2008: Upper Midwest – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference [h] ‡ 1993: ...
The University of Nebraska's athletic teams are dubbed the Cornhuskers, a nickname that originated from the practice of hand-husking corn, which is a common agricultural activity in the state.
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.
Herky was actually named after the Greek God Hercules. The term "Hawkeye" originally appeared in the 19th century historical novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper; it was later used in its plural form to describe the people of the state of Iowa. The University of Iowa adopted this as the nickname for its athletic teams.
The "Hawkeye State" was first recorded as a nickname for Iowa in 1859. ... The nickname was adopted by the state in 1950 and was adopted as the mascot of Ohio State University in the 1960s ...
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