Team: Memphis Tigers
Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Conference: Conference USA
Sport: College Football
Background: The University of Memphis
was founded in Memphis, TN in 1912 as the West Tennessee
Normal School. Today it spreads over 1,160 acres (4.7
km²) and nearly 200 buildings at four sites throughout
West Tennessee. Today the school's enrollment is approximately
20,000. 15,000 of which are undergraduate students.
History:
In 1909 the Tennessee Legislature enacted the
General Education Bill. Three years later the West Tennessee
Normal School opened in Memphis. The name was changed
in 1925 to West Tennessee State Teachers College. Another
name change followed in 1941, this time the school was
renamed Memphis State College. The school received the
status of an University in 1957. In 1966, the school
started awarding doctoral degrees. In 1994 the University
changed its name to the current version.
Colleges and Schools:
» College of
Arts and Sciences
» Fogelman College
of Business and Economics
» College of
Communication and Fine Arts
» College of
Education
» Herff College
of Engineering
» University
College
» Loewenberg
School of Nursing
» School of
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
» Cecil C. Humphreys
School of Law
» Graduate School
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