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The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. [10] It is part of the University of Minnesota system. UMD offers 17 bachelor's degrees in 87 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a two-year program at the School of Medicine, and a four-year College of Pharmacy program. [8] [11]
Black began his tenure as Chancellor of the University of Minnesota Duluth on August 1, 2010. [2] Before becoming Chancellor at UMD, he worked for Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, where he served as vice president for academic affairs from 2002 until he was promoted to provost and vice president for academic affairs in 2006.
In 2016, the average public university board had 12 members, while the average private university board had 29 members. [2] Some university governing boards are composed entirely of alumni of that university. [1] Other boards contain various elected officials, often the state governor, as ex officio members. [1]
The Minnesota State system office is located in the Wells Fargo Place building in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 2016, the Board of Trustees approved a rebranding of the system to the shortened Minnesota State. This change was met with criticism as this is also the nickname commonly attributed to Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Mike Hatch - former Minnesota Attorney General (1999–2007); 2006 candidate for governor; Emily Larson - mayor of Duluth (2016–2024) John Linder - former nine-term Congressman representing Georgia's 4th, 7th, and 11th districts; Don Ness - mayor of Duluth (2008–2016) Yvonne Prettner Solon - lieutenant governor of Minnesota 2011–2015
The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy opened in 1892 with Frederick J. Wulling serving as Dean. [3] Only six of the original 15 students completed the two-year program on time and were granted a pharmaceutical doctor degree in 1894. Three years later the first women were admitted to the college, all of whom graduated.
AMSOIL Arena is a multipurpose arena in Duluth, Minnesota, home to the UMD Men's and UMD Women's hockey teams. It opened in 2010, replacing the DECC Arena on the waterfront near Duluth's landmark Aerial Lift Bridge. Naming rights for 20 years were purchased by AMSOIL, a corporation based in Superior, Wisconsin, for $6 million, one-third up ...
The University of Minnesota was founded in Minneapolis in 1851 as a college preparatory school, seven years prior to Minnesota's statehood. [13] It struggled in its early years and relied on donations to stay open from donors, including South Carolina Governor William Aiken Jr. [23] [24]