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University of Vermont
www.uvm.edu
Chartered in 1791, the same year that Vermont became the 14th state,
the University of Vermont was established as the fifth college in New
England (after Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown). The initials UVM
stand for the Latin term Universitas Viridis Montis, or University of the Green Mountains. The phrase appears on the university's official seal as Universitas V. Montis.
Although it began as a private university, UVM attained quasi-public
status with the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862
and the addition of the State Agricultural College. Today, the
university blends the traditions of both a private and public
university, drawing 21 percent of its general fund (and about 10
percent of its current operating budget) from the state of Vermont.
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