The University of North Dakota, a public research university located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, is one of the top 215 institutions of higher education in the United States. The Dakota Territorial Assembly founded the school in 1883, six years before North Dakota officially became a state. It is the oldest college in North Dakota. Today, the school sits on 550 acres of land in an urban setting, and it is the flagship institution of the University of North Dakota system. Its motto is “Lux et Lex” or “Light and Law.” Notable alumni include ice hockey player T. J. Oshie, basketball player Phil Jackson, ice hockey player Jonathan Toews, mechanical engineer and astronaut Karen Nyberg, Las Vegas casino-hotel mogul Ralph Engelstad, football player Jim Kleinsasser, actor Sam Anderson and author Chuck Klosterman. The school’s colors are pink, white, black, green, white, gray and orange, its mascot is the Fighting Hawk and its teams are nicknamed the Fighting Hawks. Its sports affiliations are NCAA Division I -- Big Sky Conference, NCHC, WAC Summit League and Missouri Valley Football Conference, and there are 17 different varsity teams at the school. Varsity sports offered by the University of North Dakota include men’s football, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, cross country and golf, and women’s basketball, golf, cross country, soccer, softball, indoor and outdoor track and field and tennis.
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota and is the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while the total of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461. Grand Forks, along with its twin city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, forms the center of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is often called Greater Grand Forks or the Grand Cities. More from Wikipedia...
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