Students from many nations gathered for graduation in May 2003

The Armand Hammer United World College of the American West is a United World College founded in 1982 by industrialist and philanthropist Armand Hammer. The campus, in the town of Montezuma, New Mexico, just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico, includes the historic Montezuma Castle. The two-year, residential high school has about 200 students representing 80-90 countries at any time. The vast majority of these students receive full scholarships. The largest block of these scholarships has been made possible by an endowment by investment manager Shelby Davis and his wife Gale, whose generosity makes this school (and all the other UWCs) 100% free for all American students. This endowment was established with an initial gift of $45 million in 1998, making it at the time the single largest private donation to the field of international education^[1][2]. Download high resolution version (1500x1000, 1193 KB)Graduation at UWC-USA, May 2003. ... Download high resolution version (1500x1000, 1193 KB)Graduation at UWC-USA, May 2003. ... The United World Colleges Logo The United World Colleges (UWC) are a group of ten international high schools. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Armand Hammer Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an enigmatic Jewish-American industrialist and art collector. ... Montezuma is a town in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. ... The Plaza Hotel, built in 1881, on the Plaza of West Las Vegas. ... A 90,000 square foot, 400 room Queen Anne-style hotel building erected just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1886 (the site was at the time called Las Vegas Hot Springs, but is now known as Montezuma). The current castle is actually the third on...

The school's mission is to teach international understanding by bringing together young men and women of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds, in an environment in which they must work together for success. In addition to offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, the school has a strong program in the arts and a significant wilderness program, including mountain search and rescue. Typically, students are between 16 and 19 years old. The IB World School logo The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (often incorrectly referred to as just the IB) is an educational programme taught in one of three languages - English, French or Spanish - and is intended for students in their final two years of secondary school, often before entering university. ...

Graduates are typically accepted at the most competitive colleges and universities around the world. A generous fellowship program established by the Davis family cover the tuitions of many graduates at 65 colleges and universities in the United States, including Amherst College, Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Oberlin College Princeton University, and Yale University. Amherst College is an elite independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Oberlin College is a small, selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ... Yale redirects here. ...

The Davis International Center, formerly the Montezuma Hotel, on the campus of the Armand Hammer United World College, May 2003

The school's somewhat unwieldy name is commonly replaced with "UWC-USA." Older alumni may call the school "Armand Hammer" or "AHUWC". Photo of the Montezuma Hotel, aka the Montezuma Castle, aka the Davis Center, on the campus of the UWC-USA in Montezuma, NM. File links The following pages link to this file: Montezuma Castle National Monument Armand Hammer United World College of the American West ... Photo of the Montezuma Hotel, aka the Montezuma Castle, aka the Davis Center, on the campus of the UWC-USA in Montezuma, NM. File links The following pages link to this file: Montezuma Castle National Monument Armand Hammer United World College of the American West ...

History

The school's founding president was Ted Lockwood, who served from 1982 until 1994. He published a book about the school in 1997. Phil Geier served as president from 1994 until 2005, when he passed the reins to Ms. Lisa Darling.

Location

The school is located at 35°39′15″N, 105°16′52″W in the village of Montezuma, New Mexico in the foothills of the Sangre di Cristo Mountains about 70 miles from Santa Fe.

References

1. ^ Anon. "S&G Foundation, Founded by Shelby and Gale Davis, Donates $45 Million to United World College, Montezuma, NM," PR Newswire, July 23, 1998
2. ^ Russell, J. "Teaching Global Understanding: Donor Pays For Almost 700 Foreign Students," The Boston Globe, July 21, 2005

Dreams & Promises: The Story of the Armand Hammer United World College : A Critical Analysis, Theodore D. Lockwood, 1997

Famous Graduates

Lousewies van der Laan, Dutch Politician Lousewies van der Laan is a dutch politician for the left liberal Democrats 66 party. ...

Jay Merchant, Famous Indian Philanthropist. Has built orphanages all across Mumbai and other parts of western India. Also built a dam on the Ganges and successfully kicked off the Indian nuclear progaram. He is now working on an Indian aerospace mission to mars. Pink flamingos have been thwarting said efforts.

Thayer Hastings has recently become the greatest human being on earth. He was awarded this international prize along with the a cash prize of a billion dollars, a recognition of his "asian-ness," and an internationally regognized reversion to Islam (and now has three wives). Mr. Hastings is the founding father of the "other" natural gas, now used to fuel the world's energy uses. He also has created peace in the Middle-East.

External links

• Official site

• Davis UWC Scholars Official site

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