Selasa, 30 Juni 2015
Virginia University
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. UVA was established in 1819. Students who attending the university come from all 50 states and 147 countries.
The University of Virginia Library System holds 5 million volumes. Established in 1992,Its Electronic Text Center has 70,000 books online completed with 350,000 images. These e-texts are open to anyone. It was receiving 37,000 daily visits. Alderman Library holds the most extensive Tibetan collection in the world, and holds ten floors of book "stacks" of varying ages and historical value. Clark Hall is the library for SEAS (the engineering school), and one of its notable features is the Mural Room, decorated by two three-panel murals. Since 1992, the University of Virginia also hosts the Rare Book School, a non-profit organization in study of historical books.
The primary housing areas for first-year students are McCormick Road Dormitories, often called "Old Dorms," and Alderman Road Dormitories, often called "New Dorms."
There are three residential colleges at the university: Brown College, Hereford College, and the International Residential College.
The logo of UVA |
The University of Virginia Library System holds 5 million volumes. Established in 1992,Its Electronic Text Center has 70,000 books online completed with 350,000 images. These e-texts are open to anyone. It was receiving 37,000 daily visits. Alderman Library holds the most extensive Tibetan collection in the world, and holds ten floors of book "stacks" of varying ages and historical value. Clark Hall is the library for SEAS (the engineering school), and one of its notable features is the Mural Room, decorated by two three-panel murals. Since 1992, the University of Virginia also hosts the Rare Book School, a non-profit organization in study of historical books.
Alderman Library |
There are three residential colleges at the university: Brown College, Hereford College, and the International Residential College.
UVA offers 48 bachelor's degrees, 94 master's degrees, 55 doctoral degrees, 6 educational specialist degrees, and 2 first-professional degrees to its students.
Student life at the University of Virginia has a number of unique traditions. The campus of the university is referred to as "the Grounds". Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors are instead called first-, second-, third-, and fourth-years in order to reflect Jefferson's belief that learning is a never-ending process, rather than one to be completed within four years.
The student life building on the University of Virginia is called Newcomb Hall. It is home to the Student Activities Center (SAC) and the Media Activities Center (MAC), where student groups can get leadership consulting and use computing and copying resources and some meeting rooms for student groups.
In December 2014 the University of Virginia has produced 221,000 living graduates. Many Noticeable political leaders have also attended the University of Virginia, including the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, the 18th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, U.S. Senator and 1968 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and his brother, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy,and former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
It has produced so many famous people in the world. So it is not surprising that this university become the most popular university,
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