Buildings with sculpture by Corrado Parducci

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Eastern Michigan University, Fordson High School, University of Detroit Mercy, Loyola University Chicago, J. W. Sexton High School, Penobscot Building, Fisher Building, Denby High School, New York State Capitol, Guardian Building, Divine Child High School, Buhl Building, Mumford High School, Book Tower, Louisiana State Capitol, Detroit Masonic Temple, Brother Rice High School, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit, David Stott Building, National Shrine of the Little Flower, Kirk in the Hills, St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette. Excerpt: Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is 35 miles (56 km) west of Detroit and eight miles (13 km) east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School. Today, the university is governed by an eight-member Board of Regents, who are appointed by the Governor of Michigan for eight-year terms. The school belongs to the Mid-American Conference and was re-accredited by the North Central Association in 2001. Since 1991 EMU athletics has gone by the name "Eagles". Then in 1994, "Swoop" was officially adopted by the university as the school's mascot. Currently, EMU comprises five colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Health & Human Services, Technology an Honors College and a Graduate School. The university's site is composed of an academic and athletic campus spread across 800 acres (3.2 km), with over 120 buildings. EMU has a total enrollment of more than 23,000 students. Adonijah Welch, the first principal of Michigan State Normal School The university was founded in 1849 and opened its doors in 1853 as Michigan State Normal School. Michigan State Normal School was the first in Michigan and the first normal school created outside the original 13 colonies. One hundred and twenty-two students started classes March 29, 1853. Adonijah Welch served as Michigan State Normal School's first principal. Michigan created a state educational system modeled on that of Germany. The normal schools were to train teachers for common schools, which were being established rapidly in new towns in the state. In 1899, the school became the Michigan State Normal College when it created the first four-year curriculum for a normal college in the nation. Normal began the twentieth century as Michigan's premier teacher-preparatory school and had become the first teacher-training school in the United States to have a four-year degree program. Just like many other universiti