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The University of Minnesota (officially the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) apart.
The University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District is a historic district located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, it includes a number of historic buildings that were constructed during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and represents the oldest extant section of the University of Minnesota campus.
Eastcliff (mansion) Eastcliff is a 20-room house overlooking the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, which serves as the official residence of the president of the University of Minnesota system. It was first built in 1922 by local lumber magnate Edward Brooks Sr. and donated to the university by the Brooks family in 1958 ...
Romulus, New York, US. Died. September 17, 1929. (1929-09-17) (aged 96) Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. Signature. William Watts Folwell (February 14, 1833 – September 17, 1929) was an educator, writer and historian who was the first president of the University of Minnesota.
Ruby Pernell, former professor, University of Minnesota; first African American faculty member hired at a state flagship university in the 20th century; Laurence E. Peterson, professor, University of California, San Diego; Francis J. Pettijohn, former professor, Johns Hopkins University; Mark Pharis, professor, University of Minnesota
Pounce the Cougar [9] Website. morris.umn.edu. The University of Minnesota Morris (UMN–Morris) is a public liberal arts college in Morris, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and was founded in 1960 as a public, co-educational, residential liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts degrees.
Early history and plans for Duluth Normal School. Although the University of Minnesota Duluth did not officially make its appearance until 1947, plans for a college in the Duluth area were first made in the 1890s. [12] The state legislature planned for a teaching school for women (then referred to as a normal school) [13] and in 1895 they ...
The Minnesota Golden Gophers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Minnesota in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.Minnesota was one of seven original founding members of the Big Ten Conference, then known as the Western Conference, in 1896. [1]