University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth | |
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motto | A common bond for all the arts |
founding | 1947 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Duluth , Minnesota |
Chancellor | Kathryn A. Martin |
Students | 11,200 |
University sports | Bulldogs |
Website | d.umn.edu |
The University of Minnesota Duluth (also UMD ) is a state university in Duluth in the US state of Minnesota . With 11,200 students, it is the second largest location in the University of Minnesota system . The college was founded in 1947 .
Faculties
- Humanities
- medicine
- Science and engineering
- Pedagogy and Human Service Professions
- pharmacy
- Fine arts
- Economics (Labovitz School of Business and Economics)
- Graduate school
Sports
The university's sports teams are called Bulldogs . With the exception of the ice hockey teams, they compete in the North Central Conference (Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ). The ice hockey teams compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (Division I).
In 2008, the Bulldogs won in football , the National Football Championship , which is the first title of the UMD in Division II at all. In 2010 this success was repeated.
On April 9, 2011, the men's ice hockey team won the US college championship of the NCAA for the first time with a 3-2 win in extra time against the University of Michigan . The women's ice hockey team has won the NCAA title five times.
Well-known students
- Jim Brandenburg , photographer and film director
- Justin Faulk , ice hockey player
- Jennifer Harß , ice hockey player
- Brett Hull , ice hockey player
- Alex Iafallo , ice hockey player
- Lorenzo Music , actor
- Don Ness , Mayor of Duluth
- Matt Niskanen , ice hockey player
- Mark Pavelich , ice hockey player
- Neal Pionk , ice hockey player
- Glenn Resch , ice hockey player
- Alex Stalock , ice hockey goalkeeper
- Carson Soucy , ice hockey player
- Dominic Toninato , ice hockey player
- Brian Kobilka , medical doctor and Nobel Prize winner
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Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′ 10.2 " N , 92 ° 4 ′ 54.1" W.