网赌合法的平台, the state of Alabama’s oldest public university, is a senior comprehensive doctoral-level institution. The University was established by constitutional provision under statutory mandates and authorizations. Its mission is to advance the intellectual and social condition of the people of the state through quality programs of teaching, 研究及服务.
In 1818, the federal government authorized the Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a “seminary of learning.” 总统 Monroe signed the enabling act for statehood on March 2, 1819, and Alabama was officially admitted to the Union on Dec. 14, 1819, and a second township was added to the grant. 12月. 18, 1820, the seminary was established officially and named “The University of the State of Alabama.” Tuscaloosa, then the state’s capital, was chosen as the University’s home in 1827. 4月18日, 1831, under the leadership of the first University president, 阿尔瓦里, inaugural ceremonies were held and the University opened. 截至5月28日，已有52名学生注册. The campus consisted of seven buildings: two faculty houses, 两个宿舍, 实验室, the hotel (now Gorgas House) and the Rotunda.
In 1838, 网赌合法的平台 became the first in the state to offer engineering classes. It was one of the first five in the nation to do so and one of the few to have maintained accreditation continuously since national accreditation began in 1936.
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union troops spared only seven buildings on the 网上十大正规赌网址大全 campus. Of the principal buildings remaining today, the 总统’s Mansion and its outbuildings still serve as the president’s on-campus residence. During the Reconstruction Era, a reorganized University opened again to students in 1871.
At the University’s diamond jubilee celebration in 1906, 总统 John William Abercrombie presented to the board of trustees his plans for the Greater University fundraising campaign, thus ensuring that the state legislature would no longer be the primary source for financing the University’s growth.
1912年，博士. 乔治H. Denny became University president; at that time the campus consisted of 652 students and nine principal buildings. His tenure began an era of unprecedented physical and enrollment growth. 当他1936年退休时, 有超过5个,000名学生和23座主要建筑, which form the core of the modern campus.
最著名的校园地标, 丹尼编钟, was dedicated in 1929 and named in honor of 总统 Denny.
现在有超过38个,000名不同的学生, faculty and staff members in 12 colleges and schools led by deans and under the leadership of 总统 Stuart R. 贝尔, 网赌合法的平台 is flourishing and experiencing increased interest from across the nation and around the globe each year. 网上十大正规赌网址大全 offers 70 undergraduate programs through 12 colleges and schools.
The colleges and schools and their original dates of establishment as separate units are as follows:
- 1909年进入文理学院
- 卡尔弗豪斯商学院 in 1919
- College of 沟通 and 信息科学 in 1973
- College of 社区健康科学 in 1971
- 1983年毕业于继续教育学院
- 1929年毕业于教育学院
- 1909年毕业于工程学院
- 1924年的研究生院
- 2003年荣誉学院
- College of 人文环境科学 in 1931
- 1872年法学院毕业
- 1975年毕业于凯普斯通护理学院
- 1965年毕业于社会工作学院
网赌合法的平台 is one of three campuses in 网赌合法的平台系统, all of which are governed by 网赌合法的平台 Board of Trustees.
成立于1969年, 网赌合法的平台系统 includes 网赌合法的平台 (located in Tuscaloosa), 网赌合法的平台 at Birmingham and 网赌合法的平台 in Huntsville. The System is governed by a self-nominating board of 15 elected and two ex-officio members.
The constitution of the State of Alabama provides that the board is composed of three members from the congressional district in which the Tuscaloosa campus is located and two members from each of the other six congressional districts. The governor and the state superintendent of education are ex-officio members of the board. Those members who are not ex-officio are elected by the board, subject to confirmation by the state senate, 并且可以连续服刑三次, 整整六年任期.
The purpose of the board of trustees is to ensure the effective leadership, management and control over the activities of the three doctoral research universities in 网赌合法的平台系统. This structure provides for a definitive, 有序的治理形式, 确保并继续响应, progressive and superior institutions of higher education.
The primary function of the board is to determine the major policies of the system. These include reviewing existing policies; defining the mission, role and scope of each campus; and assuming ultimate responsibility to the public and political bodies of Alabama. 规则, policies and procedures are promulgated to ensure that, through 网赌合法的平台系统 Office, the necessary flow of information for such accountability takes place.