University of Memphis

The University of Memphis was founded in Memphis, TN in 1912 as the West Tennessee Normal School. Today it spreads over 1,160 acres (4.7 km²) and nearly 200 buildings at four sites throughout West Tennessee. Today the school's enrollement is approximately 20,000. 15,000 of which are undergraduate students.

Table of contents

1 History
2 Colleges and Schools
3 Athletics
4 External links

History

In 1909 the Tennessee Legislature enacted the General Education Bill. Three years later the West Tennessee Normal School opened in Memphis. The name was changed in 1925 to West Tennessee State Teachers College. Another name change followed in 1941, this time the school was renamed Memphis State College. The school received the status of an University in 1957. In 1966, the school started awarding doctoral degrees. In 1994 the University changed its name to the current version.

Colleges and Schools

College of Arts and Sciences
Fogelman College of Business and Economics
College of Communication and Fine Arts
College of Education
Herff College of Engineering
University College
Loewenberg School of Nursing
School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Graduate School

Athletics

The University's athletics teams are known as the Memphis Tigers and compete in Conference USA. The school is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletics Association. The School's Basketball teams play in one of Memphis' most visible structures, The Pyramid. The 20,000 seat arena is also home to the Memphis Grizzlies. However, both teams will move to the new FedExForum when it opens in the fall of 2004.