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University of New OrleansFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not to be confused with New Orleans University.

The University of New Orleans

UNO University Center

Established 1958[1]

Type Public

President Peter J. Fos

Provost Joe M. King

Admin. staff 698[2]

Students 10,512[3]

Undergraduates 7,891[3]

Postgraduates2,621

[3]

LocationNew Orleans,Louisiana,USA

30.0275N 90.0671WCoordinates: 30.0275N

90.0671W

Campus Urban
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195 acres (0.79 km2; 0.305 sq mi)[2]

Former names Louisiana State University in New Orleans (LSUNO) [1]

Sports teams Privateers

Colors Reflex Blue & Silver[2]

Mascot Lafitte, analligator

Pierre the Pirate

Website www.uno.edu

All enrollment figures are from the 14th class day of the Spring 2011

semester.

The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public

urban university located on the New OrleansLakefrontwithin New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a

member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. In the fall of 2011 the Southern

Associate of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges gave approval for the University of New Orleans

to join the University of Louisiana System, concluding the five-month transition from the LSU System since ACT

419 of the 2011 Louisiana Legislative Regular Session was signed into law in July 2011. Soon after the

transition was approved, the UNO Presidential Search Committee selected UNO alumnus Dr.Peter J.

Fos (Class of 1972) as president.

Contents

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1 History

2 Student life

2.1 Organizations

2.2 Media

2.3 Greek life

3 Colleges

4 Campuses
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5 Athletics

5.1 Fight Song

5.2 Club Sports

6 Research and Technology

Park

7 Hurricane Katrina

8 Notable alumni

9 Notable faculty

10 References

11 External links

[edit]History

The University of New Orleans, originally called Louisiana State University in New Orleans, was legally

established by Act 60 of the 1956 Louisiana Legislature, in the wake of a citizens movement to bring tax-

supported higher education to the metropolitan area.Greater New Orleans, with more than a fourth of the

states population, was without a public college or university until that time. As a branch campus ofLouisiana

State University in Baton Rouge, LSUNO was conceived as a liberal arts college, which might within a few

years develop into an urban university.

An ideal campus site became available on New Orleans' Lakefront when the US Navy relocated its air station

on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain in late 1957. The Orleans Levee Board leased the closed base to the LSU

Board of Supervisors. A quick renovation of barracks, service clubs, and other existing facilities made it

possible to begin classes in September 1958, a year ahead of the original schedule. The inaugural convocation

was held in a vacant aircraft hangar. This event marked the opening of the first racially integrated, public

university in the South. A total of 1,460 students, all freshmen and double the number originally anticipated,

arrived for this occasion.

By September 1961, when the new school had become a full four-year institution, the enrollment exceeded

3,000, and the faculty had grown from the original 63 to 150 members. A Junior Division had been established

for the academic administration of freshmen, and senior academic divisions had been established in liberal

arts, in sciences, and in business administration.Dr. Homer L. Hitt, the first employee and the chief

administrative officer, had been promoted from Dean of LSUNO to Vice President of LSU in Charge of LSUNO.

The campus' first permanent buildings, the Liberal Arts Building and the Sciences Building, along with a central

utilities plant, were completed and in operation by the time of the first commencement in the spring of 1962.
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The architectural style, established by campus master planners and initially featuring numerous open galleries,

covered balconies and breezeways, was described as a modernistadaptation of traditional Louisiana

architecture. The first commencement was held in a circus tent temporarily erected on the campus for that

purpose. The initial class of graduating seniors numbered 115.

In the summer of 1962, the senior academic divisions were designated colleges. In 1963, a school of education

was established, as well as an evening division and a graduate division. The Vice President in Charge was

designated Chancellor, following the establishment of an LSU System of Higher Education. This signaled the

end of LSUNOs status as a branch of the Baton Rouge campus. The school of education became the College

of Education in 1964. In 1966, the graduate division became the Graduate School.

To the original 178-acre (0.72 km2) site, a 17.5-acre (71,000 m2) strip along its western boundary was added in

1963. This land was also acquired from the Orleans Levee Board, and it brought the total campus area to 195.5

acres (0.791 km2). Still more land was obtained in 1964, half a mile (800 m) east on the Lakefront, when the

United States Army abandoned its Camp Leroy Johnson facility and the Levee Board made this site, too,

available to the University. A 50-acre (200,000 m2) parcel of this 150-acre (0.61 km2) site was released to the

Gulf South Research Institute in 1965. The remaining 100-acre (0.40 km2) East Campus subsequently became

the location of a Special Education Center, various outdoor sports facilities, and the multipurpose Senator Nat

G. Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena.

In September, 1969, when the enrollment exceeded 10,000, LSUNO became the second-largest university in

Louisiana. By this time it had developed into a large academic complex embracing multiple colleges, schools,

and institutes, offering graduate work in many different fields and awarding both masters and the Ph.D.

degrees. Moreover, a residence hall for both men and women had been completed. In February, 1974, the LSU

Board of Supervisors approved a name change, and LSUNO became the University of New Orleans. The new

name more accurately defined the institution as the metropolitan campus of the LSU System.

By the fall of 1983, UNO had an enrollment exceeding 16,000 and had five senior colleges: Liberal Arts,

Sciences, Education, Business Administration, and Engineering, in addition to its Junior Division and Graduate

School. It also had a School of Urban and Regional Studies; a School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism

Administration; a School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; and various centers, institutes and

divisions for specialized research. A new Metropolitan College offered courses at off-campus locations in the

evening hours, as well as credit and non-credit work in the evening on the campus. It also administered the

nations largest summer program in Europe, UNO Innsbruck, which had been a continuing success since the

early 1970s. In an administrative reorganization in 1988, the Junior Division was replaced by a system that

enrolled all incoming students in one of the senior colleges or schools.

Currently, the UNO main campus contains twenty-three permanent buildings plus a dormitory, a housing

complex for married students and a complex of contemporary, apartment-styled, student-housing units. Land
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has been set aside for a new dormitory complex and fraternity and sorority houses. The Chemical Sciences

Building opened in 1997, a state-of-the-art Recreation and Fitness Center opened in 2001, and the Homer L.

Hitt Alumni and Visitors Center (named for UNO's founding Chancellor) opened in 2003. The Alumni Center is

built around a red brick smokestack, one of the few reminders of the naval air base that became the UNO main

campus. Kirschman Hall, which houses the College of Business Administration, opened in Spring 2005. A six

building, University-sponsored Research and Technology Park is adjacent to the main campus. The East

Campus, approximately one mile from the main campus, houses athletic fields, the Alumni and Development

Center, and the Senator Nat G. Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena. It is also the location for a planned Teleplex

Building that will house both of New Orleans public television stations, a public radio station, and video

broadcast training space for UNO students. UNO owns satellite campuses indowntown New Orleans, in

suburbanJefferson Parish, Louisiana, and in Slidell, in neighboringSt. Tammany Parish. UNOs Ogden

Museum of Southern Art is located in the Warehouse/Arts District within downtown New Orleans. UNO is in the

process of revising its Master Plan to include additional, state-of-the art student housing, a new UniversityCenter, Phase Two of the Research and Technology Park, new landscaping and student-centered outdoor

learning spaces.

The University of New Orleans has grown to become a major urban research university. Categorized as an

SREB Four-Year 2 institution, as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University-Intensive, and as a COC/SACS

Level VI institution, its students now enjoy a broad range of academic programs nearly one-quarter of which

are at the masters or doctoral level. In addition, extracurricular activities, including NCAA Division One

intercollegiate athletics, an extensive program of intramural sports, and frequent exhibits and programs in

music, drama, ballet, and the fine arts round out the student experience. The University has conferred over

70,000 degrees since the first graduating class of 118 in 1962.[1]

[edit]Student life

[edit]Organizations

There are more than 120 registered clubs and organizations active at UNO, including 15 fraternities and

sororities.[4]UNO Student Government, is the official student government association. Registered organizations

are separated into categories of either religious, honorary, political, professional, social, service, organizations,

or special interests.

[edit]Media

Driftwood is the UNO weekly newspaper and is published every Tuesday.[5] UNO also owns and

operates WWNO, a local radio station.[6]WWNO began transmitting in 1972.[6]

[edit]Greek life
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The Greek community at The University of New Orleans is composed of 15 organizations, governed by three

councils.[7]

Panhellenic Association[8] National Pan-Hellenic Council[9] Interfraternity Council[10]

Alpha Xi Delta

Delta Zeta

Sigma Kappa

Zeta Tau Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha

Delta Sigma Theta

Kappa Alpha Psi

Omega Psi Phi

Phi Beta Sigma

Sigma Gamma Rho

Zeta Phi Beta

Kappa Sigma

Lambda Chi Alpha

Theta Xi

[edit]Colleges

University rankings (overall)

National

Forbes[11] 618

U.S. News & World Report[12] 203268

Washington Monthly[13] 258

College of Business Administration

Department of Accounting

Department of Economics and Finance

School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism

Department of Management

Department of Marketing and Logistics

College of Education and Human Development

Department of Curriculum and Instruction
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Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations

Department of Special Education and Habilitative Services

College of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

College of Liberal Arts

Arts

Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts

Department of Fine Arts

Department of Music

Humanities

Department of English

Department of Foreign Languages

Department of History

Department of Philosophy

Social Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Department of Geography

Department of Planning and Urban Studies

Department of Political Science

Department of Sociology

College of Sciences

Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Department of Computer Science

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Department of Mathematics

Department of Physics

Department of Psychology

UNO also offers a Bachelor's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.

[edit]Campuses

The university has four campuses in theNew Orleans metropolitan area.

Lakefront Campus, the main campus, located at theLake Pontchartrainend ofElysian Fields Avenueon

the former site ofNAS New Orleans

Research and Technology Park adjacent to the main campus on the former site of the Pontchartrain

Beach amusement park

East Campus at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Leon C. Simon Boulevard; includes the Nat G. Kiefer

UNO Lakefront Arena and Maestri Field at Privateer Park, UNO's basketball and baseball facilities former

site ofCamp Leroy Johnson

Jefferson Center

[edit]Athletics

Main article: New Orleans Privateers

Lafitte the InstiGator, the university's official mascot, at a campus parade.
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The University of New Orleans currently has 9 varsity sports teams, and is a Division I member of

the NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association). UNO is trying to be reclassified in Division II in theGulf

South Conference.[14]On February 1, 2011, Provost Joe King submitted the Division II proposal to the LSU

Board of Supervisors.[15]Previously, UNO competed at the Division II level from 1969-1975.[16]

Baseball

Men's and Women's Basketball

Men's Golf

Men's and Women's Cross Country

Men's and Women's Tennis

Volleyball

[edit]Fight Song

The official fight song of The University of New Orleans is "Let's hear it for UNO."[17] The song was adopted

after a competition in 1981. The winner was Lois Ostrolenk.[17] Before this, the melody from William Tell

Overture was used. A variation of the overture is still played to honor this tradition.[17]

[edit]Club Sports

The University of New Orleans has many club sports provided by the Recreation and Intramural sports

department. Club sports are available to all students who have an interest.

Cricket

Karate

Sailing

Paintball

Table

Tennis

Soccer

Rugby

Running

Sand Volleyball

Football (Scheduled to become a full NCAA sport after transfer to Division II, approx.

2015)

Inline Hockey

Skim Board

Rock Climbing

Dance

Cheer

Ultimate Frisbee

Quidditch

[edit]Research and Technology Park
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The University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park.

The University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park is a research park whose tenants collaborate

with the University to conduct research, provide training, and create education opportunities.[18]Tenants have

many university services provided to them, such as child services, the university library and recreational

facilities.[19]

[edit]Hurricane Katrina

On August 29, 2005, the University suffered damage due to Hurricane Katrina. The main campus is on

relatively high ground and the damage was caused mostly by winds, rain-driven-water, and human activity

during the storm. (The University was used as an evacuation point and staging area by the National Guard.) A

levee breach on the London Avenue Canaloccurred just a few blocks south of the main campus and caused

the flooding of the first floor of the Bienville Hall dormitories, the Lafitte Village couples apartments, and

the EngineeringBuilding.

UNO was the first of the large, damaged universities in New Orleans to re-open, albeit virtually, by using web-

based courses starting in October 2005 .[20]The university was able to offer classes in the fall semester

immediately following Hurricane Katrina at satellite campuses; the main campus re-opened in December 2005.

Hurricane Katrina reduced enrollments at all colleges in New Orleans, but the University of New Orleans was

particularly hard hit. This echoed the damage to New Orleans as a whole, since UNO serves as a leader in

educating students from New Orleans. Since the hurricane, the student enrollment is on a steady increase

toward Pre-Katrina numbers. In 2011, State SenatorConrad Appel ofJefferson Parish, with the support

ofGovernorBobby Jindal, tried to combine UNO with the historically blackSouthern University at New

Orleansas a way to save higher education dollars. His plan was withdrawn in both houses of the legislature

because of a lack of support from his colleagues.

[edit]Notable alumni
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Walter Boasso - FormerLouisiana state senatorfromSt. Bernard Parish who made national headlines for

fighting to combine levee boards in southeast Louisiana; gubernatorial candidate in 2007, Democrat.

Randy Bush - formerMajor League baseball player; member of 1987 and 1991World

Series champion Minnesota Twins.

Joel Chaisson - President of theLouisiana State Senate, attorney

James H. Clark - co-founder ofSilicon Graphics, Inc., andNetscape Communications

Carl Crane - former state representative from Baton Rouge, 19842008, Republican.

Jim Donelon - former state representative, former president ofJefferson Parish, and current state

insurance commissioner.

Ellen DeGeneres - Comedian, television host, and actress.

Clancy DuBos - columnist, editor and owner ofGambit Weekly, New Orleans'alternative

weeklynewspaper.

Peter Halley - painter.

Chris Hazel - Republican state representative from Rapides Parish since 2008.

Ervin Johnson - played basketball in the National Basketball Association

James Letten - U.S. Attorney for the Eastern district ofLouisiana.

Nicholas Lorusso - Republican state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007.

Paul Mainieri - current Louisiana State University head baseball coach.

Renny Martyn - contestant onBig Brother 10

Dawn Richard - Singer/Songwriter formally of Danity Kane, member of Dirty Money.

Jeffrey D. Sadow - political scientist, columnist,professoratLouisiana State University in Shreveport

Joe Slusarski - formerMajor League baseballplayer

Roy C. Strickland - businessman andpolitician in Louisiana and laterThe Woodlands, Texas

Taryn Terrell - formerWWEDiva

Brian Traxler- formerMajor League baseballplayer

James Wayne "Jim" Tucker- first Republican to become Speakerof the Louisiana House of

Representatives sinceReconstruction, effective January 14, 2008

Darryl Willis - BPvice president in charge of claims who is featured in commercials about theDeepwater

Horizon oil spill
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Jeffrey L. Gangwisch - Filmmaker and Fulbright Media Scholar
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