University of Northern Colorado

When the University of Northern Colorado’s business college won a prestigious award this year, some proclaimed that the honor put the university on the map.

The Monfort College of Business is the only business college in the nation to win the Malcolm Baldrige Award, the nation’s highest honor for performance excellence.

Applications to the business college alone rose more than 20 percent only a few months after the award was announced.

But UNC has been important in Northern Colorado ever since it was founded in 1889. Located on the south side of Greeley, the university is an integral part of…