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==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
* [[Joshua Buckley]] '03 - Award-winning writer and Sports Editor of The Galveston County Daily News in Galveston, Texas
* [[John Amari]], politician
* [[Rusty Greer]] '95 - Outfielder for  the Texas Rangers MLB team
* [[Joshua Buckley]], 2003, journalist
* [[W. E. B. Griffin]] - Author
* [[Jack Farr]], 1971, educator
* [[David C. Harwell]] '87 - Won the [[2001]] Emmy Award for Artistic Design on ''Between the Lions''
* [[Rusty Greer]] 1995, baseball player
* [[Polly Holliday]] '59 - Television and theatre actor
* [[W. E. B. Griffin]], author
* [[Greta Lambert]] - Artist in Residence [[Alabama Shakespeare Festival]]
* [[Michael Gross]], educator
* [[Rebecca Luker]] '84 - Broadway and recording star
* [[David C. Harwell]], 1987, set designer
* [[Jimbo Wood]] '83 - Radio personality
* [[Polly Holliday]] 1959, actress
* [[Greta Lambert]], actress
* [[Rebecca Luker]] 1984, Broadway actress
* [[Jonathan Nelson]], general manager of the [[Birmingham Barons]]
* [[Nathan Park]], magazine publisher
* [[Ray Reach]], jazz pianist, composer and bandleader (did not finish)
* [[Michael Stephens]], founder of the [[Lakeshore Foundation]]
* [[Paul Cordes Wilm]], artist (did not finish)
* [[Jimbo Wood]], 1983, radio personality


==Traditions==
==Traditions==

Revision as of 23:19, 7 July 2007

The University of Montevallo is a four-year public university located in Montevallo. Founded in 1896, it is Alabama's only public liberal arts university. Programs are offered through the Michael E. Stephens College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Fine Arts, and graduate studies in English, Speech-Language Pathology and Education. Its current president, Philip C. Williams, was formerly Provost at Methodist College in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Dr. Williams succeeded Robert M. McChesney, Sr., who retired August 1, 2006 after fourteen years of service to the university.

History

The University of Montevallo opened October 1896 as the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School (AGIS), a women-only technical school that also offered high school-level courses. AGIS became the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute in 1911, further adding "and College for Women" in 1919. The school gradually phased into being a traditional degree-granting institution, becoming Alabama College, State College for Women in 1923.

The school's supporters lobbied the Alabama Legislature which passed a bill on January 15, 1956 that dropped the designation "State College for Women", effectively making the school coeducational (though its student body still maintains a 7:5 ratio of women to men). The first men entered the school that same month. 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. With slightly over 3,000 students, the university generates a significant economic impact on the surrounding communities in Shelby County.

Many of the buildings on campus predate the founding of the college, including King House and Reynolds Hall. The 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.

Courses of study

College of Arts and Sciences

Michael E. Stephens College of Business

College of Education

College of Fine Arts

The Graduate School

Athletics

The University of Montevallo fields 10 NCAA Division II athletic teams that compete in the East Division of the Gulf South Conference. Men's athletics include baseball, basketball, soccer, golf. Women's athletics include basketball, soccer, golf, cross-country, tennis and volleyball.

Although academics are the primary focus at the University of Montevallo, there is a tradition of athletic excellence as well.

Men's Basketball

  • 2006 NCAA South Region Champions
  • 2006 NCAA Elite Eight Quarterfinalists
  • 2005 GSC Champion

Men's Baseball

  • 2006 NCAA South Central Region Champions
  • 2006 NCAA National Semifinalist

Notable faculty and staff

  • E. B. Sledge, author of the famed book, With the Old Breed At Peleliu and Okinawa, was a professor of biology and a specialist in ornithology at the university until his death on March 3, 2001.

Notable alumni

Traditions

The school mascot is a Falcon, and the colors are purple and gold.

Crook Week/Senior March

Traditionally, Crook Week was a week in late October when the senior class women would hide the "crook"--a staff shaped roughly like a shepherd's crook--and give obscure clues for the underclass women who were to find it. At the end of Crook Week was Senior March. When the chimes struck thirteen, if the underclass women did not find the crook, the seniors march on them, getting them out of their rooms and onto Main Quad where they would have a shaving cream and water ballon battle. If the underclass women found the crook, they were safe that year. This tradition ended in the 1990s because the administration considered it hazing despite the fact that participation on either side was purely optional.

Today, Crook Week occurs the week before Founder's Day. The administration hides the crook and leaves clues as to where it can be found. The finder of the crook gets recognized at Founder's Day with a small cash prize.

College Night

The oldest tradition at Montevallo is called College Night, an intramural competition between the Purple Side and the Gold Side. The tradition officially began on March 3, 1919, in honor of the school adding the name "college" to its title. The homecoming competition consists of sports events, management of the side finances, spirit, and a student written, produced, and performed play. Few of the students, about 200, actually participate in the activities, but it is a tremendous success every year that draws those who do participate back after many years of being out of college. College Night has been cited by some as the oldest homecoming tradition in the United States.

References

"University of Montevallo", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 14:52UTC, 20 September 2006 [1]

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