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The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. [4] It is the flagship [5] campus of the University of Arkansas System. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, classes were first held in 1872, with its present name adopted in 1899.
The University of Arkansas Razorback Transit System operates 19 routes (11 standard fixed routes, 6 reduced routes, 2 Razorback football gameday routes) on the campus and vicinity of the University. [2] Razorback Transit provides both fixed route bus and paratransit service. All service is free.
Southern Arkansas University Tech: Camden: Public Associate's college: 943: 1967 HLC: University of Arkansas: Fayetteville: Public Research university: 30,936: 1871 HLC: University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville: Batesville: Public Associate's college: 1,008: 1991 HLC: University of Arkansas Community College at Hope: Hope: Public ...
It was also home for one year to the semi-pro Arkansas Stars. The facility is located behind the first base stands of Baum Stadium, home of the Razorback baseball team. The baseball and indoor track facilities are one-half mile south of the main University of Arkansas campus, across Razorback Road (Arkansas Highway 112).
The new stadium cost approximately $492,000 and was funded by the Works Progress Administration, with the University of Arkansas only paying 22% of the contract. [11] [12] [13] The stadium opened for the 1938 football season as University Stadium, holding a capacity of 13,500 spectators.
Arkansas Union. The Arkansas Union (sometimes referred to simply as the union) is at the center of campus and student life. It contains a large computer lab with over 70 computers, a coffee shop (Hill Coffee Co.), the campus multicultural center, movie theater, auditorium, ballroom, food court, bus station, post office, offices for student government and student organizations, a satellite ...
The original and flagship campus was established in Fayetteville as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.The system now includes both of the state's land-grant colleges, as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) was later designated as such under the 1890 Morrill Act; it left the system in 1927, but returned in 1972.
Gearhart Hall at the University of Arkansas is a building on the university's campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [ 2 ]