Montclair State University
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| Motto | Carpe Diem |
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Motto in English
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Seize the Day |
| Type | Public University |
| Established | 1908 |
| Endowment | $56.4 million (2013) |
| President | Susan Cole, PhD |
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Administrative staff
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4,500 |
| Students | 20,465 |
| Undergraduates | 16,336 |
| Postgraduates | 4,129 |
| Location |
Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. 40°51′32.78″N 74°11′55.27″W / 40.8591056°N 74.1986861°WCoordinates: 40°51′32.78″N 74°11′55.27″W / 40.8591056°N 74.1986861°W |
| Campus | Suburban 500 acre (202.34 ha) campus, including NJ School of Conservation |
| Sports | [1] |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III |
| Nickname | Red Hawks |
| Mascot | Rocky the Red Hawk (formerly, the Indians) |
| Website | www.montclair.edu |
Montclair State University is a public doctoral research university (R3) located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, at the intersection of the Great Notch area of Little Falls, and the Montclair Heights section of Clifton, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Montclair State University is the second largest University in New Jersey. As of October 2015, there were 20,465 total enrolled students: 16,336 undergraduate students and 4,129 graduate students. The campus covers approximately 500 acres (2.0 km2), inclusive of the New Jersey School of Conservation in Stokes State Forest. The University attracts students from within the state, from many other states in the Northeast and elsewhere, and many foreign countries. More than 250 majors, minors and concentrations are offered.
The university is a member of professional organizations such as the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Council of Graduate Schools.
Plans for the State Normal school were initiated in 1903, and required a year for the State of New Jersey to grant permission to build the school. It was then established as New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair, a normal school, in 1908 approximately 5 years after the initial planning of the school. At the time, Governor John Franklin Fort attended the dedication of the school in 1908, and the school was to have its first principal Charles Sumner Chapin that same year. The first building constructed was College Hall, and it still stands today. At the time, however, the school only offered two year programs which were meant to train and develop school teachers. At the time, the campus was around 25 acres (100,000 m2), had 8 faculty members and 187 students. The first graduating class, which numbered at 45 students, contained William O. Trapp, who would then go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1929. The first dormitories were then built five years later, in 1915, and is known as Russ Hall.
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