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Selden Williams House - President of the University of California system (2022–Present) Chancellor's House, College Park - Chancellor of UC Davis; Tierney University House - Chancellor of UC Irvine; University House - Chancellor of UC Santa Barbara; Geisel University House - Chancellor of UC San Diego
Old Main Lawn near Ozark Hall. Old Main Lawn is an area surrounding Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus. Prior to 1872, the land was known as the McIlroy Farm. It was purchased for use as a university campus because of its prominence (the campus is still referred to as "The Hill").
Arkansas Union. The Arkansas Union (sometimes referred to simply as the union) is at the center of campus and student life. It contains a large computer lab with over 70 computers, a coffee shop (Hill Coffee Co.), the campus multicultural center, movie theater, auditorium, ballroom, food court, bus station, post office, offices for student government and student organizations, a satellite ...
The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. [4] It is the flagship [5] campus of the University of Arkansas System. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, classes were first held in 1872, with its present name adopted in 1899.
Frazier, Schutte and Smith built the original Carlsbad Hotel in 1887 that served as lodging and a spa to take advantage of the healing properties of the mineral springs. The founders also built their large homes (that are now the historic sites of the Twin Inns and the Magee House) in addition to the hotel and spa near to the minerals wells. [7]
Although many university campuses have outgrown the initial capacity of "old mains" and their geography has made them less central to university life than they once were, the building is commonly depicted in university or college marketing material to promote the longevity and tradition of the institution.
View from top floor of Old Main, looking at the J. William Fulbright Peace Fountain in front of Vol Walker Hall.. The arboretum (the large lawn area in front of Old Main) is a home to one of every type of tree in Arkansas (with a few exceptions, such as the umbrella magnolia, Magnolia tripetala) and once used to be a training ground for military officers when military tactics were taught at ...
Level 2 is home to 50-meter, 533,000 gallon natatorium (unique in its shallowest end being in the middle), a multiple-activity gymnasium with a seating capacity of 400 and a regulation-sized college basketball court (which is part-time home to the Arkansas Fantastics of the American Basketball Association), the Donna Auxum Fitness & Weight Training Center, and two dance studios (a practice one ...