University of Arkansas at Monticello

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello (also called UAM ) is a state university in Monticello in the southeast of the US state Arkansas . 2942 students are enrolled at the university. Since 1971 it has been part of the University of Arkansas system .

history

The university was founded as the Fourth District Agricultural School in 1910 and was renamed Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1925 . It received its current name when it joined the University of Arkansas System in 1971. In 2003 the UAM College of Technology-Crossett and the UAM College of Technology-McGehee were integrated into the UAM.

Sports

The UAM sports teams are the Bollweevils . The university is a member of the Gulf South Conference.

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Colleges in Arkansas
State universities

Arkansas State  • Arkansas Tech  • Henderson State  • Southern Arkansas  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville  • University of Arkansas at Fort Smith  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences  • University of Arkansas at Monticello  • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff  • University of Central Arkansas

Private universities

Arkansas Baptist  • Central Baptist  • Crowley's Ridge  • Ecclesia  • Harding  • Hendrix  • John Brown  • Lyon  • Ouachita Baptist  • Ozarks  • Philander Smith  • Shorter  • Williams Baptist

Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′ 27 "  N , 91 ° 48 ′ 47"  W.