The University of Montevallo is a four-year public university located in Montevallo, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1896, it is Alabama's only public liberal arts college and a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.The University of Montevallo continues to receive accolades through the rankings of America’s Best Colleges published by U.S. News & World Report. According to rankings for the 2013 edition UM is ranked as the public master’s-level university in Alabama, a distinction it has held each year since 2008. For 2013 Montevallo is listed as the 14th-best public university in the South in its division and 37th overall in the South, up 22 spots from its 2007 ranking. Schools in 12 states make up the South geographic region. Montevallo's campus is considered an architectural jewel. Its appearance is more in line with private, elite institutions. The central part of campus is a National Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The main portion of the campus was designed by the Olmsted Brothers firm, who also designed the Baltimore House grounds in North Carolina. Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park in New York.The University of Montevallo opened in October 1896 as the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School a women-only technical school that also offered high school-level courses. AEGIS became the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute in 1911, further adding "and College for Women in 1919. The school gradually developed as a traditional degree-granting institution, becoming Alabama College, State College for Women in 1923.Built in the Federal style in 1823, the King House is the oldest building on the campus. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1972.The school's supporters lobbied the Alabama Legislature which passed a bill on January 15, 1956 that dropped the designation "State College for Women". This effectively made the school coeducational. Its student body still maintains a 7:5 ratio of women to men. The first men entered the school that same month.In 1965, the board of trustees authorized President D.P. Cull to sign the Certificates of Assurance of Compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.In the fall of 1968, three African American women, Carolyn Bu prop, Ruby Kenn brew and Dorothy Turner, enrolled in the university. On September 1, 1969, Alabama College was renamed the University of Montevallo.Montevallo is located in the geographic center of the state of Alabama in an area rich with Civil War history. Many of the buildings on campus predate the founding of the college, including King House and Reynolds Hall. King House is reserved for special guests of the campus, and Reynolds Hall is still used by the Theater Department and alumni relations. King House was reportedly the first home in Alabama to receive pane glass windows. With slightly over 3,000 students, the university generates a significant economic impact on the surrounding communities in Shelby County.
Monday, March 7, 2016
University of Montevallo
The University of Montevallo is a four-year public university located in Montevallo, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1896, it is Alabama's only public liberal arts college and a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.The University of Montevallo continues to receive accolades through the rankings of America’s Best Colleges published by U.S. News & World Report. According to rankings for the 2013 edition UM is ranked as the public master’s-level university in Alabama, a distinction it has held each year since 2008. For 2013 Montevallo is listed as the 14th-best public university in the South in its division and 37th overall in the South, up 22 spots from its 2007 ranking. Schools in 12 states make up the South geographic region. Montevallo's campus is considered an architectural jewel. Its appearance is more in line with private, elite institutions. The central part of campus is a National Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The main portion of the campus was designed by the Olmsted Brothers firm, who also designed the Baltimore House grounds in North Carolina. Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park in New York.The University of Montevallo opened in October 1896 as the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School a women-only technical school that also offered high school-level courses. AEGIS became the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute in 1911, further adding "and College for Women in 1919. The school gradually developed as a traditional degree-granting institution, becoming Alabama College, State College for Women in 1923.Built in the Federal style in 1823, the King House is the oldest building on the campus. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1972.The school's supporters lobbied the Alabama Legislature which passed a bill on January 15, 1956 that dropped the designation "State College for Women". This effectively made the school coeducational. Its student body still maintains a 7:5 ratio of women to men. The first men entered the school that same month.In 1965, the board of trustees authorized President D.P. Cull to sign the Certificates of Assurance of Compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.In the fall of 1968, three African American women, Carolyn Bu prop, Ruby Kenn brew and Dorothy Turner, enrolled in the university. On September 1, 1969, Alabama College was renamed the University of Montevallo.Montevallo is located in the geographic center of the state of Alabama in an area rich with Civil War history. Many of the buildings on campus predate the founding of the college, including King House and Reynolds Hall. King House is reserved for special guests of the campus, and Reynolds Hall is still used by the Theater Department and alumni relations. King House was reportedly the first home in Alabama to receive pane glass windows. With slightly over 3,000 students, the university generates a significant economic impact on the surrounding communities in Shelby County.
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