University of Northern Colorado#History

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The campus is divided into two main areas: central and west. UNCO's Central Campus includes the areas north of 20th Street and west of 8th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado. The residence halls on Central Campus have been designated a state historic district.{{Cite web|title=Weld County|work=Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

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The board of trustees for the university oversees the administration and approves the university annual budget. Several members of the university's administrative team are ex officio members of the board.{{cite web | url=https://www.unco.edu/trustees/trustees-officers/ | title=Board of Trustees for the University of Northern Colorado }}

The university has had 13 presidents since its establishment:{{cite web | url=https://www.unco.edu/library/archives/university-archives/university_history/past-presidents.aspx | title=Past 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)
• Richard R. Bond — 1971–1981
• Charles Manning (acting) — 1981
• Robert C. Dickeson — 1981–1991
• Richard Davies (acting) — January 1 – August 29, 1987
• Stephen T. Hulbert (interim) — July 1 – September 30, 1991
• Herman Lujan — 1991–1996
• Howard Skinner (interim) — June 1996 – June 1998
• Hank Brown — July 1998 – June 2002
• Kay Norton — July 2002 – July 2018
• Andy Feinstein - July 2018 – present{{Cite web|url=http://www.unco.edu/president/|title=President Andy Feinstein at the University of Northern Colorado|website=Office of the President|language=en|access-date=July 11, 2018}}

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The College of Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) is an arts community of practitioners, scholars, and learners representing a range of arts traditions and disciplines.{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Stephi |title=Edward W. Hardy, Georgina Escobar, and More Will Present at UNCO's First Arts Equity Summit |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/denver/article/Edward-W-Hardy-Georgina-Escobar-and-More-Will-Present-at-UNCOs-First-Arts-Equity-Summit-20220326 |website=Broadway World |language=en |date=March 26, 2022}}

UNCO has a tradition as an arts institution and its main college offices, located in Guggenheim Hall, are one of the oldest buildings on campus.{{cite web |last1=Schuhardt |first1=Sara |title=College of Performing and Visual Arts {{!}} University of Northern Colorado |url=https://arts.unco.edu/ |website=College of Performing and Visual Arts |language=en |date=February 25, 2022}}

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Sports teams at the school are called Bears. Northern Colorado joined the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2006. The school mascot is Klawz the Bear and the school colors are navy blue and gold. The Fight Song is the "UNC Fight Song". Northern Colorado's Athletic Director is Darren Dunn.

A number of the university's alumni have gone on to have professional sports careers. Vincent Jackson attended and played football at Northern Colorado from 2001 to 2004 before being drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2005 NFL draft. Other football alumni of the school include punter Dirk Johnson, quarterback Kyle Sloter, safety Reed Doughty, and defensive lineman Aaron Smith.

Before upgrading to NCAA Division I in 2006, UNCO was a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from 1923 to 1972 and the Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–76). Following several years of being conference independent, the university joined the North Central Conference. The Bears have won two Division II Football National Championships in 1996 and 1997. On March 9, 2011, the Bears won the Big Sky Conference tournament championship in men's basketball, clinching a trip to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the first in the school's history. The Northern Colorado men's baseball program also ranks among the top 15 schools for most all-time NCAA College World Series appearances, tied with the University of Oklahoma at ten appearances apiece. The Northern Colorado women's softball team appeared in the first eleven Women's College World Series ever held in 1969–1979, advancing to but losing the title game in 1974.{{cite book|title=A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series|first1=William|last1=Plummer|first2=Larry C.|last2=Floyd|year=2013|publisher= Turnkey Communications Inc.|location= Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States|isbn=978-0-9893007-0-4}}

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The bear became UNCO's mascot in 1923. Before the school adopted the bear, athletes used the nickname "the Teachers."Various The Mirrors and Cache La Poudres The bear was said to be inspired by a bear on top of an Alaskan totem pole donated by an 1897 alumnus 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 in 2003.

Klawz is the newest addition to the long line of Bears mascots.

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• 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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