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Michigan Technological University (commonly referred to as Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Its main campus sits on on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake. Michigan Tech was founded in 1885 as the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and was created to train mining engineers to operate the local copper mines. Science, technology, forestry and business have been added to the numerous engineering disciplines, and Michigan Tech now offers more than 130 degree programs through its five colleges and schools. ''US News and World Report'' ranked Michigan Tech's undergraduate program 116th in the nation based on peer assessment, student selectivity, financial resources and other factors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/michigan-technological-university-2292 )〕 Michigan Tech was also rated among the "Best in the Midwest" by The Princeton Review.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.princetonreview.com/MichiganTechnologicalUniversity.aspx )〕 Michigan Tech's athletic teams are nicknamed the Huskies and compete primarily in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). The men's hockey team competes in Division I as a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), and has won three national championships. The women's basketball team were national runners-up in 2011. ==History== Michigan Tech was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.mtu.edu/mtuinfo/history.html )〕 After much agitation by Jay Abel Hubbell, the state legislature established the school to train mining engineers. Hubbell donated land for the school's first buildings.〔Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May, ''Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State'' (Grand Rapids: Eerdman's, 1995), 359.〕 The school started with four faculty members and twenty-three students. It was housed in the Houghton Fire Hall from 1886 through 1889. A few years after the school's creation, enrollment grew to such a point that its name no longer reflected its purpose. The name was then changed to the Michigan College of Mines in 1897. This name lasted through World War I until 1925, but by this time the school had begun offering a wider variety of degrees and once again decided to change its name to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1927.〔 By 1931 enrollment had reached nearly 600. During the next few years, due to the Great Depression, money was scarce, causing department heads and even the president of the university, William Hotchkiss, to take pay cuts. Grover C. Dillman was president from 1935 to 1956. During this time, the school underwent many notable changes: a few of these include the construction of the Memorial Union Building and purchase of an ice rink and golf course. Around 1948, enrollment passed 2000 students total. In 1956, J. Robert Van Pelt became the new president of the university. He restarted many PhD programs and created a focus on research. This included the school's first analog computation class in 1956–1957. In the final years of his presidency, the school changed from a college to a university, changing its name a final time to ''Michigan Technological University''. The change from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology was necessary for two reasons, according to Van Pelt. First, the college had expanded too greatly and the current name was no longer an accurate title. Also, including "mining" in the name of the college was misleading.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.sas.it.mtu.edu/urel/welcome/history.html )〕 The name Michigan Technological University was chosen in order to retain the nickname of Michigan Tech that had already been in use since 1927. Although engineering still accounts for some 59 percent of all enrollment as of fall 2010, the University now offers more than 130-degree programs. Along with the new name, Michigan Technological University, the school gained new constitutional status in 1964. The new status gave responsibility for control of the university to its Board of Control rather than legislature.〔"Why a New Name and Constitutional Status for Michigan College of Mining and Technology" Vertical File: History- MTU-Name Change from MCMT to MTU. Michigan Tech Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.〕 File:Michigan School of Mines, Houghton, Mich..jpg|Michigan School of Mines, c1906 File:Michigan School of Mines, Houghton, Mich.jpg|Michigan School of Mines, c1906 File:Main building, Michigan School of Mines, Houghton, Mich..jpg|Main building, c1906 File:Chemical laboratory, Michigan School of Mines, Houghton, Mich..jpg|Chemical laboratory, c1906 File:Cirkut photo of Mining College, Houghton, Mich..jpg|Panorama, c1910 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michigan Technological University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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