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University of Michigan-Flint. The University of Michigan–Flint (UM-Flint) is a public university in Flint, Michigan. Founded in 1956 as the Flint Senior College, it was initially established as a remote branch of the University of Michigan, offering upper-division undergraduate courses. The institution developed into a fully-fledged ...
Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It was established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute as a private normal school. After the Michigan State Board of Education took over governance of the school it became a state institution and was renamed Central ...
The University of Michigan traces its origins to August 26, 1817, [1] when it was established in the Territory of Michigan as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania through a legislative act signed by acting governor and secretary William Woodbridge, chief justice Augustus B. Woodward, and judge John Griffin.
WebCT. WebCT (Course Tools) or Blackboard Learning System, [1] now owned by Blackboard, is an online proprietary virtual learning environment system that is licensed to colleges and other institutions and used in many campuses for e-learning. To their WebCT courses, instructors can add such tools as discussion boards, mail systems, and live ...
Mark J. Perry. Mark Joseph Perry (born 1966) [ 1] is an American economist, a previous professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at University of Michigan–Flint, and scholar at The American Enterprise Institute. [ 2][ 3] He is also a member of the Board of Scholars for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. [ 4]
The Regents of the University of Michigan, sometimes referred to as the Board of Regents, is a constitutional office of the U.S. state of Michigan which forms the governing body of the University of Michigan, University of Michigan–Flint, and University of Michigan–Dearborn . The Board of Regents was first created by legislative act in 1837 ...
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA 's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association. Team colors are maize and blue, though these are different ...
The University of Michigan's Flint campus selected "The Victors" as their sports nickname in an unofficial student vote in 2008. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Michigan alumnus Gerald R. Ford , the 38th President of the United States , often had the White House band play the fight song prior to state events instead of " Hail to the Chief ."