The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a
public university
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...
in
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe (historically french: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolita ...
. It is part of the
University of Louisiana System
The University of Louisiana System (UL System) is a public university system in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It enrolls more students than the other three public university systems in the state. Its headquarters are in the Claiborne Building in ...
.
History
![ULM sign, Monroe, LA IMG 2768](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/ULM_sign%2C_Monroe%2C_LA_IMG_2768.JPG)
ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University. In 1936 and 1937, its dean was
Stephen A. Caldwell.
Its name changed again in 1949, to Northeast Junior College of Louisiana State University. A year later, it became an autonomous four-year institution as Northeast Louisiana State College. In 1969, it granted doctoral degrees for the first time and was elevated to university status as Northeast Louisiana University (NLU).
Much growth occurred during the administration of president
George T. Walker
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from 1958 to 1976. Under Walker, enrollment increased from 2,100 to 9,700. NLU became the largest university in North Louisiana in terms of enrollment and state appropriations. Among all of the universities under the Louisiana Higher Education Board of Trustees, Northeast had the greatest percent of faculty holding terminal degrees, more nationally accredited academic programs, and offered the highest faculty salaries.
In 1999, NLU was renamed to its present name (ULM).
21st century
![ULM Library and Conference Center, Monroe, LA IMG 2760](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/ULM_Library_and_Conference_Center%2C_Monroe%2C_LA_IMG_2760.JPG)
A 2002 "Reclaim Our Campus" effort targeted recovery from financial and auditing difficulties.
In 2010,
James Erwin Cofer Sr., left the ULM presidency after eight years to head
Missouri State University
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in
Springfield
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,
Missouri
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. He was succeeded by
Nick Bruno
Nick Joseph Bruno (born June 4, 1951) has been the president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, also known as ULM, since November 8, 2010. He was appointed by the Baton Rouge-based University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Brun ...
as the eighth president of ULM.
Kitty DeGree
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, a Monroe
real estate developer
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, was the largest single donor to ULM in the last decade of her life. The school of nursing is named in her honor.
Academics
Department of Atmospheric Science
The Atmospheric Science program at ULM offers the only 4 year Meteorology program in the state of Louisiana. ULM's Atmospheric Science program is the only undergraduate only program with a Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar.
College of Business
The College of Business and Social Sciences (CBSS) seeks to prepare students for productive careers and responsible citizenship. The college benefits students, businesses and the community through research and service. ULM seeks excellence in business education by offering a student-centered learning environment that produces high-quality graduates and by engaging in research and service that benefits students, business and the community. ULM offers
AACSB
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accredited undergraduate and graduate
MBA
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degree programs.
Marriage & Family Therapy
Master's in marriage and family therapy is accredited by both the
Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education and
. A doctoral program in marriage and family therapy was approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents, June 1995.
,
College of Pharmacy
Established in 1956, the College of Pharmacy is accredited by the American Council on Pharmacy Education, including one of seven Toxicology programs in the U.S. In 2007, the College of Pharmacy moved from the main campus to the off-campus (Bienville) building. There are satellite campuses in
Shreveport
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and
Baton Rouge
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Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...
.
The College of Pharmacy at ULM is Louisiana's only publicly supported comprehensive center for pharmaceutical education, research, and service. The college includes several modern specialized instructional and health service facilities and numerous affiliated off-campus teaching hospitals and pharmacies throughout the state.
In 1999,
Milburn E. Calhoun, a
physician, philanthropist, and Pelican Books publisher endowed the million-dollar Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology, named for his late parents.
Theater Arts
ULM is home to the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, named for the opera singer and daughter of the
Coca-Cola
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entrepreneur
Joseph A. Biedenharn
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.
Natural History Museum
The university's Natural History Museum was home to the 6-million-specimen
Neil Douglas
Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas (1779 – 1 September 1853) was a British Army officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.
Life
He was born in Glasgow the fifth son of John Douglas ...
fish collection and the 500,000-specimen R. Dale Thomas plant collection. In March 2017, museum staff announced that they had been told the collections would have to be divested to enable an expansion of the university's stadium, and that any specimens which had not been relocated to other institutions by July 2017 would be destroyed.
[University Threatens Destruction of Millions of Specimens if Museum of Natural History Collection Not Relocated]
by Rhett Jones, at Gizmodo
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; published March 28, 2017; retrieved March 31, 2017 The specimens were subsequently distributed to other institutions, with the
plant collection going to the
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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, the
herpetological
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collection to the
University of Texas at Arlington
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, the
entomological
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collection to
Mississippi State University
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, and the
ichthyological collection to
Tulane University
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.
by Alyssa B. Young, at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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; published November 22, 2017; retrieved November 18, 2018
Campus gallery
File:Administration Bldg., ULL in Monroe, LA IMG 2767.JPG, Walker Hall, houses College of Arts, Education, and Sciences
File:Caldwell Hall at ULM, Monroe, LA IMG 2763.JPG, Caldwell Hall, 1930s, now houses the dental hygiene and occupational therapy departments.
File:Helen Spyker Theatre, ULM, Monroe, LA IMG 2764.JPG, Helen Spyker Theatre
File:Intramurals Bldg., ULM, Monroe, LA IMG 2780.JPG, Intramurals Building
File:Straus Hall, ULM, Monroe, LA IMG 2792.JPG, Straus Education Building
File:ULM Art Bldg., Monroe, LA IMG 2793.JPG, ULM Art Building, 1930s
File:Pharmacy Bldg., ULM, Monroe, LA IMG 2766.JPG, Sugar Hall, former ULM Pharmacy Building
File:ULM School of Nursing, Monroe, LA IMG 2770.JPG, ULM School of Nursing
File:Bayou Village Apartments, ULM, Monroe, LA IMG 2787.JPG, Bayou Village Apartments on the ULM campus.
File:Fant–Ewing Coliseum bayou.jpg, Fant–Ewing Coliseum
Fant–Ewing Coliseum is a 7,085-seat multi-purpose arena in Monroe, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. It was built in 1971 and is home to the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's and women's basketball ...
and Malone Stadium
Malone Stadium is a stadium in Monroe, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. It is primarily used for football and is the home field of the ULM Warhawks. The stadium, named for former coach James L. Ma ...
on Bayou Desiard
Bayou Desiard is a bayou in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. The bayou receives inflow from Bayou Bartholomew (Bartholomew Lake), Black Bayou Lake and Mill Bayou and flows through downtown Monroe, Louisiana and the campu ...
Rankings
''U.S. News & World Report'' as of 2015 ranks University of Louisiana at Monroe as follows:
*Regional Universities (South) – 81st
*Best Undergraduate Business Programs – 338th
*Top Public Schools (South Regional Universities) – 39th
*Pharmacy School – 74th
*Speech Pathology – 181st
*Best Online Bachelor's Programs – 160th
*Best Online Graduate Business Programs – 87th
*Best Online Graduate Education Programs – 103rd
Athletics
Major sports
Teams participate in
NCAA
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Division I (
Division I FBS
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for
football
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). ULM joined the
Sun Belt Conference
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for all sports on July 1, 2006, after playing in the
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it pa ...
in all sports except football (swimming and diving team was in Sun Belt Conference, but was dropped in 2005).
ULM moved from Division I-AA (now Division I FCS) to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1994 and played as a I-A independent 1994–2000. It became a football-only Sun Belt Conference member in 2001 and joined as a member in all sports in 2006. ULM shared the 2005 Sun Belt Conference football championship with
Arkansas State University
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and the
University of Louisiana–Lafayette (ASU received the conference's
New Orleans Bowl
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bid due to tiebreaking procedures). Also, in 2012, ULM had their first winning season as an FBS school going, 8–5, and a bid to the
2012 Independence Bowl in Shreveport vs. the
Ohio Bobcats
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, but lost 45–14.
ULM basketball coaches have included
Arnold R. Kilpatrick
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,
Lenny Fant
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, and Mike Vining. Fant was the first ULM coach to win three hundred games. Current head coach Keith Richard is a former point guard and alumnus from ULM.
Since being in the Sun Belt, the Warhawks have won conference titles in men's basketball (2006–07 West Co-Champion) and baseball (2008 regular season and 2012 conference tournament).
The ULM football team posted its first six-win season since moving to Division I-A in 2007 going 6–6, which included a 21–14 victory at Alabama. On September 8, 2012, ULM beat number 8
Arkansas
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34–31 in overtime to become the first Sun Belt Conference team to beat a top ten
SEC team. This was their second ever win against a ranked opponent after defeating number 20 Richmond 14–8 in Monroe in 1973.
The football and
baseball
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stadiums and ULM Activities Center were designed by
architect
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Hugh G. Parker of
Bastrop.
Other activities
ULM is home to several award-winning groups including the
Sound of Today marching band
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and the competition
cheerleading
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squad.
The ULM
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team is the most successful in the history of the collegiate sport, having won 28 National Collegiate Water Skiing Association championships since 1979. In that year, Bayou Desiard was the host site of the national competition.
In 2011, ULM announced the closure of its large Lake C. Oxford Natatorium, which remains in need of repairs totaling at least $1.8 million. Built in 1976 and renovated in 1996, the natatorium needed a new roof, chiller system, new ceilings, lighting, and chemical, pump, and valve replacements. The Student Government Association supported the closure based on low student usage of the facility. After ULM dropped support for "The Nat" as it is often called, the
YMCA
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took over the facility and operated it for nearly two years to accommodate local swimmers. Bowing to economic pressures and the lack of public financial support, "The Nat" closed permanently on April 30, 2014. ULM president Nick Bruno said no plans have been finalized for the development of the land with the closure and presumed razing of the natatorium. Today the site is home to the Bayou Pointe event center.
Greek life
ULM recognizes the following active fraternities and sororities.
Student Life – Greek
from the University of Louisiana at Monroe
Notable alumni
Some of University of Louisiana at Monroe notable alumni include:
*Businessmen: Tim Brando, Moon Griffon, Marc Swayze
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, Willie Robertson
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, Rob Redding
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Redding's father was a preacher. His mot ...
, and Joey Arbogast
*Entertainers: Tim McGraw
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*Football players: Chris Harris, Marty Booker
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, Stan Humphries
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, Stepfret Williams, Jimmy Edwards
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, Joe Profit
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, Roosevelt Potts
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, Bubby Brister
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, and Doug Pederson
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, head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars
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and formerly the Philadelphia Eagles
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*Baseball players: Wayne Causey
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,[ ] Ben Sheets
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Sheets is a four-time MLB All-Star (2001, 2004, 2 ...
, Terry Mathews and Chuck Finley
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.
*Politicians: Mike Walsworth
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and Jamie Mayo.
*Basketball players: Kristy Curry and Calvin Natt
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.
File:Tim McGraw.jpg, Tim McGraw
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, country musician.
File:DSC03161 Ben Sheets.jpg, Ben Sheets
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, former MLB player.
File:Doug_Pederson_(Eagles).jpg, Doug Pederson
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, head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars
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and former head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles
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Notes
References
External links
*
ULM Athletics website
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University of Louisiana at Monroe
The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a public university in Monroe, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System.
History
ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Cen ...
Educational institutions established in 1931
Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Education in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
1931 establishments in Louisiana
University of Louisiana at Monroe
The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a public university in Monroe, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System.
History
ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Cen ...