University of Michigan at Flint
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Former names
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Flint Senior College of the University of Michigan (1954–1964) Flint College of the University of Michigan (1964-1971) |
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| Motto | Artes, Scientia, Veritas |
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Motto in English
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Arts, Knowledge, Truth |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1956 |
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Parent institution
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University of Michigan |
| Endowment | US$96 million |
| Chancellor | Susan E. Borrego |
| President | Mark S. Schlissel |
| Provost | Douglas Knerr |
| Vice-Chancellor | Douglas Knerr |
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Academic staff
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524 |
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Administrative staff
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510 |
| Students | 8,289 |
| Undergraduates | 6,874 |
| Postgraduates | 1,264 |
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Flint, Michigan, U.S. 43°01′07″N 83°41′19″W / 43.0184961°N 83.6886902°WCoordinates: 43°01′07″N 83°41′19″W / 43.0184961°N 83.6886902°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Maize and Blue |
| Athletics | Club level |
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| Website | umflint |
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The University of Michigan–Flint (commonly referred to as U of M–Flint), is a public university located in Flint, Michigan in the United States. It is one of the two University of Michigan satellite campuses (the other is in Dearborn).
The thought of establishing a part of the University of Michigan in the city of Flint started in the year 1837 when Sarah Miles wrote a letter to her family stating, "A branch of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor is to be established in Flint at some future day." In May 1944 the Flint Board of Education requested that the University of Michigan open a satellite campus in Flint. In June 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill into law. The demand for higher education increased with the return of soldiers after World War II, and was a major factor in the establishment of a branch of the University of Michigan in the city of Flint.
During 1947 the Regents of the University of Michigan approved a higher education needs assessment for Flint. Community indicated that they wanted a similar four year liberal arts college similar to Ann Arbor's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Later, in February 1956, David M. French was named the first dean of the Flint Senior College of the University of Michigan. Flint College opened on the Flint Community Junior College campus. The college's initial enrollment was 167 enrollees. Degrees were offered in bachelor degrees in liberal arts and sciences and in the professional fields of education and business administration. Original donors to construction buildings was C.S. Mott and the Sponsors Fund of Flint. The college's first class graduated in 1958.
The college became a four-year institution in 1964, adding its first freshman class the next year. In 1970, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools granted accreditation to the Flint College of the University of Michigan.
The Regents of the University of Michigan approved the name change to The University of Michigan–Flint in 1971, and named William E. Moran as the first Chancellor of the University of Michigan–Flint. Two schools were formed at Flint in 1975, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Management.
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