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The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a
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in
Monroe, Louisiana Monroe (historically french: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the list of municipalities in Louisiana#List of Municipalities, eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 Unit ...
. 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 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 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

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
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in Springfield,
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. He was succeeded by Nick Bruno as the eighth president of ULM. Kitty DeGree, a Monroe
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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 accredited undergraduate and graduate MBA degree programs.


Marriage & Family Therapy

Master's in marriage and family therapy is accredited by both the
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and The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. 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
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and
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. 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
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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
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entrepreneur Joseph A. Biedenharn.


Natural History Museum

The university's Natural History Museum was home to the 6-million-specimen Neil 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
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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, the
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collection to the
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, the entomological collection to
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, and the ichthyological collection to
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.
by Alyssa B. Young, at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas; 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 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


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
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Division I (
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for
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). ULM joined the
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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 ...
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
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and the University of Louisiana–Lafayette (ASU received the conference's
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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
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in Shreveport vs. the
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, but lost 45–14. ULM basketball coaches have included Arnold R. Kilpatrick,
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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
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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
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stadiums and ULM Activities Center were designed by
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Hugh G. Parker of Bastrop.


Other activities

ULM is home to several award-winning groups including the Sound of Today
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and the competition
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squad. The ULM water ski 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
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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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, Rob Redding, and Joey Arbogast *Entertainers:
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*Football players: Chris Harris,
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, Stan Humphries,
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,
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,
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, Roosevelt Potts, Bubby Brister, and
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, head coach of the
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and formerly the
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*Baseball players:
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,
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,
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and Chuck Finley. *Politicians: Mike Walsworth and Jamie Mayo. *Basketball players:
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and Calvin Natt. File:Tim McGraw.jpg,
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, country musician. File:DSC03161 Ben Sheets.jpg,
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, head coach of the
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and former head coach of the
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Notes


References


External links

*
ULM Athletics website
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