The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (known locally as the U of M or the U) is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,140 students in 2008-2009.
The University was founded on February 25, 1851, but it did not begin enrolling students until...
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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (known locally as the U of M or the U) is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,140 students in 2008-2009.
The University was founded on February 25, 1851, but it did not begin enrolling students until 1867 because of financial problems and the American Civil War. After a sizable loan from John Sargent Pillsbury, known to many as the Father of the University, the school reopened. Pillsbury, a University regent, state senator and governor, used this political influence for the University to become the recipient of a Morrill Land-Grant, which meant that the federal government provided land for use or to sell to provide education for students of all incomes, as well as maintaining a commitment to the state's agriculture as still seen today on...
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