The
University of Northern Colorado, often called
UNC or
Northern Colorado is a coeducational public institution of higher education and research located in
Greeley, ColoradoThe City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 98,596...
,
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. The Greeley campus is the primary campus though a satellite campus exists in
Lowry, DenverLowry is a neighborhood in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. The Lowry neighborhood is located at the site of the former Lowry Field and Lowry Air Force Base. The Denver U.S. Post Office serves the neighborhood....
,
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. Established in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado, the University has a strong background in educating teachers. The State Normal School was the third public institution of higher education in
ColoradoColorado is a U.S. state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. It may also be considered to be part of the Western and Southwestern regions of the United States. Colorado entered statehood in 1876 and was nicknamed the “Centennial State”...
. In 1970 legislation passed that changed the name of the School to the University of Northern Colorado to reflect the institution's expanded roles and academic offerings. The university offers over 100 undergraduate programs in the fields of arts, sciences, humanities, business, human sciences, and education. Undergraduate degrees are typically 4 year programs and degree programs have a strong emphasis in liberal arts education. The university offers more than 100 graduate programs primarily in the field of education. Academic programs are distributed among 5 colleges.
History
The history of The University of Northern Colorado begins in the late 1880, when citizens of the town of
Greeley, ColoradoThe City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 98,596...
petitioned the
ColoradoColorado is a U.S. state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. It may also be considered to be part of the Western and Southwestern regions of the United States. Colorado entered statehood in 1876 and was nicknamed the “Centennial State”...
Government to create a school for the education of Teachers in their community. In April 1889 Governor Cooper signed a Senate Bill establishing the Colorado State Normal School. Classes began in October of the next year. Since then the institution that is now known as the University of Northern Colorado has been through many changes in focus, architecture, and student ideals.
The University of Northern Colorado opened on October 6, 1890, as the
Colorado State Normal School to train qualified teachers for the state's public schools, with a staff of four instructors and 96 students, offering certification after completing a two-year course. Greeley's citizens raised the necessary money for the first building. At that time, certificates were granted upon the completion of a two-year course. In 1911 the school's name was changed to
Colorado State Teachers College and offered bachelor degrees after completion of a four-year course. In 1935 the name changed again to
Colorado State College of Education to recognize the graduate program, which was started in 1913. In 1957 the name was shortened to
Colorado State College to recognize the further growth of programs and offerings. Finally, in 1970 the name was changed to the current
University of Northern Colorado.
Originally Colorado State Normal School was built as just one building, Cranford Hall, which was built in three sections. It once stood right in the middle of what is now called Craford Park in the current Central Campus. It was set fire to in 1949 by a disgruntled theater student who was later arrested for this and several other crimes. The building was repaired, and classes were held there until 1965 when the building was deemed unsafe for classroom use. Many offices were held here until December 1971 when the entire structure became too unsafe to use, and in 1972 the building was demolished. The corner stone was saved and now graces the Northeast corner of the memorial park with 4 commemorative plaques regarding Cranford's significance and legacy in UNC's history.
The south end of Central Campus grew with the addition of Gordon Hall, Belford Hall, and Decker Hall in 1921, which were originally built as female residence halls. Around this time, the current President's Row residence halls were built, but then they were used as faculty housing units. They were built concurrently with the current visitors center, which was originally the University President's Residence. Sabin, Snyder, and Tobey-Kendell halls were added in 1936 when enrollment was growing, and men's residence halls were added on the old 'East Campus.' These halls, Hadden and Hayes, are east of Campus on 6th Avenue. They are no longer used as residence halls, and rumor has it they were originally military barracks, and have since been used to house a mental institution. In the 1950s Weibking Hall, Wilson Hall, and a larger dining space were added on to the already existing Tobey-Kendell Hall to accommodate the large influx of students after the war had ended. In 1997 a plan was passed to update the residence halls and add a few new buildings, including Hansen-Willis residence hall on Central Campus.
In the late 50's the school was becoming too big for its small acreage. Colorado State College, as it was called at that time, began to look for more land. Soon the plan became to expand south west, adding a new library facility, residence halls, and many additional classrooms. The two sides of campus were linked by the 'University Center,' which for many years held a bowling alley, suites for visitors, and even a bar. Today it houses student activity offices, the book store, a food court, and many fast food options to choose from. Plus there is a hair salon and a bank on the first floor, and an large fireside lounge area on the second. There are huge ballrooms that hold many campus events from concerts, to presentations, to job fairs.
The two sides of campus, though geographically separated, are not THAT separated in reality. Together they make up one very strong, cohesive campus that is today's University of Northern Colorado.
Fight song
On down the field we go to victory
The colors navy blue and gold.
And to our fighting team, we hold our spirit high.
The mighty Bears are we ....... GO BEARS!!
Fight, fight to win each battle fairly,
The only way we e'er shall be,
We shout out the name,
To bring the fame and glory to old U-N-C!!
Alma mater
Ah! Well I Remember is the
alma materAlma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. In modern times it is ordinarily used to refer to the university or college a person attended...
of the University of Northern Colorado. It was written by J. De Forest Cline. The words Purple and Gold refer to the previous colors of the institution. While the current colors are Navy Blue and Gold the alma mater retained the former colors.
Ah! Well I Remember, Friends of “Purple and Gold.”
Friends met in September, Pledging their Faith to hold.
Gone, Friends of September, Gone dear friends of old.
Time never shall sever, Friends of “Purple and Gold.”
Time never shall sever, Friends of “Purple and Gold.”
Campus
The Campus of the University is divided into three main areas: east, central, and west. The University of Northern Colorado's Central Campus includes the section of campus that is north of 20th Street and west of 8th Avenue in
Greeley, ColoradoThe City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 98,596...
. The residence halls on Central Campus constitute a state historic district. Central Campus was the original campus district and contains many other historic structures. UNC's Central Campus was the original part of the campus and currently houses the College of Performing & Visual Arts, Pieces of the College of Natural & Health Science, and the Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business. It all has the Howard Skinner Music Library, Tobey-Kendal Dining Hall and 12 residence halls. Central campus is also the home to administration of UNC.
The West Campus includes the section of campus that is south of 20th Street and west of 10th Avenue. Old Man Mountain is a group of cabins owned by the University located in
Estes Park, ColoradoEstes Park is a popular summer resort town and headquarters for Rocky Mountain National Park.Located in Larimer County, Colorado, United States, along the Big Thompson River,...
. The Center for Urban Education in
Lowry, DenverLowry is a neighborhood in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. The Lowry neighborhood is located at the site of the former Lowry Field and Lowry Air Force Base. The Denver U.S. Post Office serves the neighborhood....
, is a satellite campus focused on providing opportunities for working teachers that are unable to travel to Greeley.
Organization
The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in
Denver, ColoradoThe City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the state of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
The Board of Trustees for the University oversees the administration and approves the University's annual budget. Several members of the University's administrative team are ex-oficio members of the Board (for example, the Vice President for Finance & Administration is also the Treasurer to the Board).
Presidents
- Thomas J. Gray 1890-1891
- James H. Hayes. Interim 1891, November 11, 1915-1916
- Zachariah Xenophon Snyder. 1891-1915
- John Grant Crabbe. Late summer 1916-1924
- George Willard Frasier. 1924-1947
- William Robert Ross. 1947-1964 (assumed office December 20, 1947)
- Darrell Holmes. 1964-1971
- Frank P. Lakin. 1969, 1971 Interim President
- Richard R. Bond. 1971-1981
- Charles Manning, Acting President. 1981
- Robert C. Dickeson. 1981-1991
- Richard Davies. 1987 Acting President January 1-August 29, 1987
- Stephen T. Hulbert. 1991 Interim President July 1-September 30, 1991
- Herman Lujan. 1991-1996
- Howard Skinner. Interim President June 1996-June 1998
- Hank Brown. July 1998-June 2002
- Kay Norton. July 2002 -
Current trustees
- Dick Monfort, Chairman
- Kevin Smith
- Dr. Gilbert (Gil) Carbajal
- Jerry Morgensen
- Dr. Darlene LeDoux
- Carlotta Lanier
- Dr. Joan Clinefelter
- Robert Vincent
Academic profile
By enrollment, The University of No0rthern Colorado is the third largest university in Colorado. It had a Fall 2008 enrollment of 9,857 undergraduate and 2,074 graduate students. In that year most of the students came from Colorado but the student population represents 48 states, three territories, 42 countries, and six continents. The Student population is 62% female and 38% male. 15% of students identified themselves as "minorities." Typically, 96% of undergraduates are employed or attending graduate school one year after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado.
Colleges and schools
In August of 2003, President Kay Norton began a planning and reorganization process to guide the University. On of the outcomes of that process was to re-organize the University into five colleges of approximately equal size. Within each college are several schools that administer the various academic programs.
- College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
- School of Educational Research Leadership and Technology;
- School of Psychological Sciences
- School of Applied Psychology and Counselor Education
- School of Special Education; and Teacher Education
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Communication
- School of English Language and Literature
- School of History, Philosophy, and Political Science
- School of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- School of Social Sciences
- College of Natural and Health Sciences
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Chemistry, Earth Science and Physics
- School of Human Sciences
- School of Mathematical Sciences
- School of Nursing
- School of Sport and Exercise Science
- College of Performing and Visual Arts
- School of Art and Design
- School of Music
- School of Theatre Arts and Dance
- Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business
The Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado offers the only program of its kind in the Rocky Mountain region...
- School of Accounting and Computer Information Systems
- School of Finance and Quantitative Methods
- School of Management and Marketing
James A. Michener Library
The University of Northern Colorado’s main library houses approximately 1.8 million items including books, periodicals, government publications, CDs, videos, DVDs and maps. It is named after author
James A. MichenerJames Albert Michener was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which are novels of sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in a particular geographic locale and incorporating historical facts into the story as well...
, who received his master's degree from and taught at the university before beginning his writing career. Michener bequeathed the majority of his literary legacy to the university upon his death. The reference desk at the library is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays.
Howard M. Skinner Music Library
Skinner Library specializes in curricular support of the School of Music and Musical Theatre Programs. Its collections, comprising more than 90,000 musical scores, books, periodicals and recordings, are housed in a state-of-the-art facility that opened in October 1997.
Greek Life
Traditional Sororities:
Alpha Omicron Pi,
Alpha Sigma Alpha,
Alpha Phi,
Delta Zeta,
Sigma Kappa,
Traditional Fraternities:
Alpha Kappa Lambda,
Delta Chi,
Delta Sigma Phi,
Delta Tau Delta,
Kappa Sigma,
Lambda Chi Alpha,
Sigma Chi.
Sigma Pi.
Multicultural Sororities:
Lambda Theta Nu,
Pi Lambda Chi,
Sigma Lambda Gamma,
Multicultural Fraternities:
Sigma Lambda Beta,
Nu Alpha Kappa.
Cultural centers
- Asian/Pacific American Student Services
- César Chávez Cultural Center
- Cultural Center
- Native American Student Services
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Resource Office
- Women's Resource Center
Athletics and traditions
Sports teams at the school are called
Bears. Northern Colorado is currently in the fourth year of a four-year process of moving from
NCAAThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...
’s
Division IIDivision II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It offers an alternative to both the highly competitive level of intercollegiate sports offered in NCAA Division I and to the non-scholarship level offered in Division III...
to
Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
(Championship subdivision for
footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
). Northern Colorado joined the
Big Sky ConferenceThe Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963...
on July 1, 2006. The school mascot is Klawz the
BearBears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
and the school colors are Navy Blue and
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. The Fight Song is simply the “UNC Fight Song”.
The Northern Colorado Bears won national championships in football in 1996 and 1997 while a member of NCAA’s Division II
North Central ConferenceThe North Central Conference was a College Athletic Conference which operated in the north central United States. It participated in the NCAA's Division II.-History:...
.
Student housing
The University of Northern Colorado has 17 student residence halls; twelve on Central Campus and five on West Campus.
Students have a variety of options when "claiming their space" on-campus. Options include, but are not limited to: same-gender communities for males and females, co-educational communities, and even co-educational rooms. Room options include everything from traditional suite-style rooms to fully furnished on-campus apartments.
There is also a variety of "living & learning communities" at UNC, include floors for elementary education majors, performing and visual arts majors, quiet lifestyles, leadership focused and healty-living/wellness.
Northern Colorado Riders
The University of Northern Colorados ski club was started in 2006 by two freshman that moved to Colorado to pursue their love for skiing and snowboarding. This is a non-profit student-run club that provides pro-forms, cheap rides to the mountains, and in-expensive lodging. In three years this club has already grown to having 200 members. Every month, starting one month before ski season and ending at the end of the school year, there are meetings that offer free food, free clothing, and contests. "NCR," as it is often refered to as, does about four trips to the mountains that cost $20 each time.
Athletics
UNC is a member of the
Big Sky ConferenceThe Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963...
and competes in NCAA Division I and FCS in football (formerly I-AA). The institution was a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from 1923-1972. Joining the Great Plains Athletic Conference for four years (1972-76). following several years of being conference independent. The University of Northern Colorado joined the North Central Conference from 1979-2003 at which time they began the transition to NCAA Division I.
Mascots
The bear is the mascot of the UNC. The bear officially became the mascot in 1923. Before the school adopted the bear as their mascot, athletes used the nickname the Teachers. The bear was said to be inspired by a bear on top of an Alaskan totem pole donated by an 1897 alum in 1914. The totem pole was kept in the University Center, but under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, the pole was reclaimed by the Tlingit Indians in 2003
The University is considering changing the logo of Northern Colorado to a more modern bear logo. The mascot that parades around the crowd during sports games is named Claws.
Normal school
Founded in 1889 as the State Normal School, Northern Colorado met a vital need to train qualified teachers in the growing state of Colorado, which was then less than 15 years old. More than a century and four name changes later, the institution has grown to become a
Doctoral Research university. At Northern Colorado's centennial in 1989, only four universities in the U.S. surpassed it in the total number of teachers trained. All current Northern Colorado programs are clustered around an institutional mission devoted to teacher education. Its early dedication to reaching the highest levels of educational excellence, coupled with the generation and dissemination of new pedagogical knowledge, earned Northern Colorado the name “Columbia of the West.” In 1985, the Colorado Legislature took the unique step of designating Northern Colorado as “the primary institution for undergraduate and graduate teacher education in the state of Colorado.”
Monfort College of Business
The Kenneth W.
Monfort College of BusinessThe Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado offers the only program of its kind in the Rocky Mountain region...
at the University of Northern Colorado offers the only program of its kind in the Rocky Mountain region – focused exclusively on undergraduate business education and internationally accredited in business administration and accounting. One of five undergraduate-only programs in the United States to hold such accreditations, Monfort is the sole business school to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the Office of the President of the United States and the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Timberline Award from Colorado Performance Excellence, and the Program of Excellence Award from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Students at Monfort score in the top 5% on nationwide standardized exit exams and earn a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting, computer information systems, finance, general business, management, or marketing.
School of Music
The University of Northern Colorado School of Music is one of the larger and more successful programs within the University and is well-known in the region for its
music educationMusic education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. More than merely teaching notes and rhythms, music education seeks to develop the whole person. It touches on the development of the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity. It helps to...
and
JazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
Studies programs, as well as having one of the first full-scale
music technologyMusic Technology is a term that refers to all forms of technology involved with the musical arts, particularly the use of electronic devices and computer software to facilitate playback, recording, composition, storage, and performance. This subject is taught in many colleges and universities today...
centers in the country. The Music Education program is incredibly rigorous, and very rewarding. The award-winning Jazz Studies program, reared from infancy by Gene Aitken, is currently led by Grammy-nominated jazz composer/pianist Dana Landry. The program under Landry has received much acclaim in recent years. The Northern Colorado Jazz Lab I under his direction has received the
Down BeatDown Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
magazine award for best college big band in 2005 and 2006. It is also the very first and one of only eight schools in the world to offer a Doctorate of Musical Arts with an emphasis in Jazz Pedagogy.
Notable alumni
- Steve Antonopulos, head athletic trainer of the Denver Broncos
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- Glen Alps
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, printmaker, coiner of the term collagraph
- Erik Applegate, jazz bassist and composer
- Fred Brown, The Denver Post
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political writer and columnist
- Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell
Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell are identical twin sisters and American models. They were selected to be Playboy's December 2008 Playmates of the Month. The two formerly attended the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado and plan to return to the school in the fall of 2009.They...
, December Playmates 2008
- Steven Dietz
Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Dietz graduated in 1980 with a B.A...
, playwright
- Reed Doughty
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, football player of the Washington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The team's headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community...
- Ben Dreith
Ben Dreith is a former American professional football on-field official who worked from 1960 to 1969 in the American Football League and from 1970 to 1990 in the NFL. Prior to his teaching and officiating career, he was a three-sport athlete at the University of Northern Colorado.Dreith developed...
, American Football LeagueThe American Football League was a major Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the established National Football League . The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...
and National Football LeagueThe National Football League is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of...
referee
- Denny Euprasert, Dean, Rangsit University
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Conservatory of Music, ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
- Mike Fisher, writer and broadcaster
- Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late '80s Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
, jazz guitarist
- Greg Germann
Gregory Andrew "Greg" Germann is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Richard Fish in the television series Ally McBeal, while horror fans remembered him as the nerdish and ill-fated businessman Mattson from Child's Play 2 and the vet Laurence from Quarantine...
, actor from Ally McBealAlly McBeal is an American television series which ran on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
- Marian Hesse, Grammy-winning horn player
- Vincent Jackson
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, football player of the San Diego ChargersThe San Diego Chargers are an American Professional Football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . The club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League...
- Dirk Johnson
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, football player of the Philadelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Dave Keller
Dave Keller was a minor league baseball player, coach and manager and major league coach for the Cleveland Indians. He is currently the minor league hitting coordinator for the Chicago Cubs farm system....
, baseball player and coach
- James P. Kelley
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, money manager
- Bill Kenney
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, football player and politician
- Maryanne Kusaka
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, politician
- Carlotta Walls LaNier
Carlotta Walls LaNier was, at age 14, the youngest of nine black students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. She was the first black female to graduate from Central.-Early life and education:...
, member of the Little Rock Nine
- James A. Michener
James Albert Michener was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which are novels of sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in a particular geographic locale and incorporating historical facts into the story as well...
, author
- Carol Mutter
Carol A. Mutter is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. She is the first woman in the history of the United States Armed Forces to be appointed to a three-star grade. She retired from the Marine Corps on January 1, 1999...
, Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
Lieutenant General
- Brad Nuccio, Senior Vice President of Saint Louis Science Center and Executive Director of National Center for Science
- Mark Nuccio, currently the Assistant Principal and Eb clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic
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- Brad Pyatt, former National Football League
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player and current Arena Football LeagueThe Arena Football League was founded in 1987 as an indoor American football by Jim Foster. It was played indoors on a smaller field than American football, resulting in a faster-paced and higher-scoring game...
wide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
- Sayyid Qutb
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, author and a leading Islamist of the 20th century
- Jeannie Ritter
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, Colorado First Lady
- Neal Rubin
Neal Rubin was born in 1955 in Southern California. He is a columnist for the The Detroit News and currently writes the nationally syndicated comic strip Gil Thorp....
, The Detroit NewsThe Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873 when it rented space in the rival Free Press's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on Februbary 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960,...
columnist and author of comic strip Gil ThorpGil Thorp is a sports-oriented comic strip running since September 8, 1958. Thorp is the athletic director of Milford High School and coaches the football, basketball, and baseball teams...
.
- Chelsey B. "Sully" Sullenberger
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, Captian of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, that successfully landed in the Hudson Rive in 2009, he has a M.A. in Public Relations from UNC
- Aaron Smith
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, football player of the Pittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are currently a member of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Tom Tancredo
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, R-CO, member of United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the "House," is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the United States Senate. The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution...
and presidential candidate.
- Wellington Webb
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, former mayor of Denver
- Ed Werder
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, reporter for ESPNESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
- Connie Willis
Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer.She has won, among other awards, ten Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for All Seated on the Ground . Willis is a 1967 graduate of Colorado State College, now the University of Northern...
, science fiction author
- Kenneth W. Winters
Kenneth W. Winters is a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate from Murray in western Kentucky, who formerly served as president of Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University....
, member of the Kentucky State Senate
- Jack Cassinetto
Jack Cassinetto is a prolific California plein air artist of the tonalism movement, painting primarily Northern California landscapes such as Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, the Gold Country, the Northern California Coast, and the American River and Sacramento River.-Biography:Cassinetto was born in 1944 in...
, plein air painter
Further reading
- Albert Frank Carter - "Forty years of Colorado State Teachers College, formerly the State Normal School of Colorado, 1890-1930"
- Larson, Robert W; Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, (1989). Shaping educational change: the first century of the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley". ISBN 0-87081-172-X.
- Kurt Hinkle - "Northern Light: The Complete History of the University of Northern Colorado Football Program." (1998).
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