College Profile: University of Michigan-Dearborn

The University of Michigan-Dearborn, located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is a coeducational, nationally ranked, masters-level, public university which is part of the University of Michigan system. It was established in 1959 after a gift of 196 acres (793,000 m²) from the Ford Motor Company. Comprising four distinct colleges, U of M - Dearborn offers a full spectrum of comprehensive degree programs which consistently rank highly in their respective categories. Specifically, the college of Engineering and Computer Science consistently place at the top of United States national academic rankings. The University of Michigan-Dearborn was rated among the top four best master's-level public universities in the Midwest in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 America's Best Colleges report,. In addition, the campus's College of Engineering and Computer Science was rated among the top 10 undergraduate engineering programs in the country whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's degree, with a top 5 spot in the undergraduate industrial/manufacturing focus. The University is steward to 120 acres (0.49 km2) of Wayne County property. The campus boasts over 70 acres (283,000 m²) of nature preserve as well as the Rouge River Bird Observatory which has operated on campus since its founding in 1992. Also located on campus is Henry Ford's historic last home, Fair Lane, also known as the Henry Ford Estate, which is open to the public. In 2004, the university purchased the Fairlane Center from Ford Motor Company, located across Evergreen Road. The Fairlane Center houses the university's School of Management and School of Education and is composed of two buildings, Fairlane Center North and Fairlane Center South. The main liberal arts education building CASL (college of arts, science and letters) is affectionately known as "the castle" by most students. Many classes take place in the CASL building, which is one of the largest on campus. Most of the classrooms have computers, as well as lecture areas. The CASL building represents a major investment by the University of Michigan to their Dearborn Campus. The hope is to offer a more focused smaller campus environment when compared to the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in arts and sciences, engineering, computer science, education, and management. In sports, the school's mascot is the Wolves and is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. UM-Dearborn's campus newspaper is The Michigan Journal and is available online at . It is the largest weekly student publication in the metro Detroit area. UM-Dearborn's on-campus and internet radio station is College Radio WUMD. WUMD is a student-run, free-format radio station that features diversity in music from punk rock to bluegrass, jazz to electronica, and everything in between. Starting in 2007, they started carrying live broadcasts of campus sporting events. WUMD is not an FCC-licensed broadcast station. UM-Dearborn was the host of the 102nd Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society's yearly convention from October 11th to October 13th 2007. In 2007, national controversy involving the University of Michigan-Dearborn, as they announced plans to install footbaths in some of the campus bathrooms. Many people felt that the footbaths were being installed only to accommodate Muslim students, who are supposed to wash their feet before they pray. People argued that this was a violation of the separation of church and state because it is a public university. Though the real reasoning behind the footbaths was due to the fact that many bathroom sinks had been broken off from attempts to wash feet.[citation needed]

 

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