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The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, more commonly known as the University of Vermont or UVM, is a public research university and, after 1862, the U.S. state of Vermont's sole land-grant university.〔(History and Traditions : About UVM : University of Vermont ). Uvm.edu (2013-02-12). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.〕 The University of Vermont is labeled one of the original "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League. Founded in 1791, UVM is among the oldest universities in the United States and the fifth college established in New England after Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown.〔 The university's campus is located in Burlington, Vermont's largest city. Features of the UVM campus include the historic University Green, the Dudley H. Davis Center—the first student center in the nation to receive U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold certification—the Fleming Museum of Art, and the Gutterson/Patrick athletic complex, home to UVM's Division I athletic teams. The largest hospital complex in the state, the UVM Medical Center, has its primary facility adjacent to the UVM campus and is affiliated with the UVM College of Medicine, one of the ten most-selective medical schools in the United States, with an acceptance rate of 4.0% annually.〔(10 Medical Schools With the Lowest Acceptance Rates ). US News. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.〕 ==History== The University of Vermont was founded as a private university in 1791, the same year Vermont became the 14th state in the union. In 1865, the university merged with Vermont Agricultural College (chartered November 22, 1864, after the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act), emerging as the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. The University of Vermont draws 6.8% of its annual budget of about $600 million from the state, and Vermont residents make up 35 percent of enrollment; 65 percent of students come from other states and countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 author=University of Vermont )〕 Much of the initial funding and planning for the university was undertaken by Ira Allen, who is honored as UVM's founder. Allen donated a parcel of land for the University's establishment. Most of this land has been maintained as the university's main green, upon which stands a statue of Allen.〔 The citizens of Burlington helped fund the university's first edifice, and, when it was destroyed by fire in 1824, also paid for its replacement. This building came to be known as "Old Mill" for its resemblance to New England mills of the time. The Marquis de Lafayette, a French general who became a commander in the American Revolution, toured all 24 U.S. states in 1824–1825 and while in Vermont laid the cornerstone of Old Mill, which stands on University Row, along with Ira Allen Chapel, Billings Center, Williams Hall, Royall Tyler Theatre and Morrill Hall. A statue of Lafayette stands at the north end of the main green.〔 The University of Vermont was the first American college or university with a charter declaring that the "rules, regulations, and by-laws shall not tend to give preference to any religious sect or denomination whatsoever."〔 In 1871, UVM defied custom and admitted two women as students. Four years later, it was the first American university to admit women to full membership into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the country's oldest collegiate academic honor society. Likewise, in 1877, it initiated the first African-American into the society.〔 Justin Smith Morrill, a Representative (1855–1867) and Senator (1867–1898) from Vermont, author of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that created federal funding for establishing the U.S. Land-Grant colleges and universities, served as a trustee of the university from 1865 to 1898. In 1924, the first radio broadcast in Vermont occurred from the college station, WCAX, run by students then, now the call sign of a commercial television station.〔() 〕 Prior to 1970, UVM's winter carnival celebrations for many decades included a widely attended competition known as ''Kakewalk'' ("Walkin' fo' de cake"). The event involved males wearing bright suits and blackface performing athletic dance routines in imitation of Black minstrel shows. Greater awareness of and sensitivity toward Black Americans promoted by the Civil Rights Movement led the University of Vermont to abolish Kakewalk in 1969. At the end of each semester hundreds of students participate in the Naked Bike Ride or NBR, an event recognized by the student government association although never formally established. The students run, walk, or ride a bike while entirely naked at 12am around the central campus green next to Buckham Hall and Wills Hall. Dorm hall security is tightened during the event and no student is allowed to leave or enter dorm halls naked. 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「University of Vermont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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