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The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) [8] is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Established in 1889, it was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963 .
1962 – UI awards its first doctoral degree in education to Florence Dorothy Aller (counseling and guidance) [36] 1963 – Wallace Complex dormitories (two south wings, four floors each) and cafeteria completed Basketball team packs Northwest gyms and goes 20–6 with center Gus Johnson; UI joins the new Big Sky Conference as a charter member,
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Coach Griffith, head coach from 1902–1906 and 1910–1914.. The University of Idaho fielded its first football team in 1893. [7] It wasn't until 1917 that the program earned its nickname, the Vandals, after the UI basketball team under alumnus Hec Edmundson played defense with such ferocity that they "vandalized" their opponents and, thus, the nickname of Vandals was adopted for all school ...
A 1910 graduate (agriculture) of the UI, he was the state's first Olympian, in 1912 at Stockholm. [12] Edmundson finished seventh in the 800 meters and sixth in the 400 meters . He later coached the Vandal basketball team, then moved to Seattle to coach the Washington Huskies in basketball and track.
The older arboretum is located immediately west of the UI Administration Building and north of the President's Residence; it was named for Shattuck in 1933, two years after his death, [2] [3] and was the southern boundary of MacLean Field. [4]
As a land-grant university and the primary research university in the state, UI has the largest campus in the state at 1,585 acres (6.4 km 2), located in the hills of the Palouse region. [97] The school is home to the Idaho Vandals , who competed on the Division I FBS (formerly I-A) level through the 2017 season before dropping down to the FCS ...
The Idaho State Board of Education oversees three comprehensive universities. The University of Idaho in Moscow was the state's inaugural university, founded in 1889. It opened its doors in 1892 and is the land-grant institution and primary research university of the state.