Established in 1857, Upper Iowa University ( UIU ) is a private institution of higher education with its residential campus located in northeast Iowa, United States near the Volga River in the rural community of Fayette, where around 900 students are enrolled.

It was also during 1994 to 2003 that UIU underwent an aggressive landscaping and building renovation that brought changes to its Fayette campus.

During summer 2009, the largest capital improvement project broke ground on the Fayette campus — $ 75 million — which will include a new student center, suite-style housing, and a Liberal Arts academic building.

Upper Iowa's traditional residential campus is in Fayette, Iowa.

Fayette County is ranked at 26th in the Midwest list of “ Best Places to Live .” Student-faculty ratio is 14: 1 ; teaching is by tenured or full-time faculty of whom nearly 75 percent have doctorate degrees ; advising is done by faculty ; there are free on-campus tutor centers ; and there are more than 40 registered fraternities, sororities, clubs and organizations on campus.

The academic facilities on the Fayette campus are state-of-the-art due to an aggressive renovation of the old buildings over the past decade and new construction currently underway.

The Fayette campus has free wireless Internet access.

Penn State Fayette, a small branch campus of the university system, is located in North Union Township.

In the four decades since, WCCC's original campus has expanded to four buildings and the college has opened additional centers in other areas: the Bushy Run Education Center in Export, Fayette County Education Center in Uniontown, Greene County Education Center in Waynesburg, Indiana County Community College Center in Indiana, Laurel Education Center in Latrobe, Mon Valley Education Center in Belle Vernon, New Kensington Education Center in New Kensington, and Public Safety Training Center in Smithton.

The end or aim of the action, of course, is also important, especially where it is not alone a matter of changing community customs but of the use of deadly economic power to intimidate a person from stepping forward to claim his legal rights, e.g., against Negroes who register to vote in Fayette County, Tennessee, at the present moment.

* 1830 – The Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.

* 1754 – French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Alexander Dickman Hall, built in 1855, is the oldest building on the Fayette Campus and constructed of native limestone.

In 1854, Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneer living near what is now Fayette, Iowa, proposed the idea of a college to her husband, Robert, who donated $ 10, 000 toward the cause.

The city is served by the Fayette County Public Schools.

Another important museum is the Lexington History Center in the old Fayette County Courthouse in the heart of downtown.

Fayette County is a county of the U. S. state of Alabama.

Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette ( or de la Fayette ), who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

Its county seat is Fayette.

* Glen Allen ( part of Glen Allen is in Fayette County )

* Winfield ( a small part of Winfield is in Fayette County )

Fayette is the name of a number of places in the United States of America.

As a fishing port, Calais has several notable fishing markets including Les Delices de la Mer and Huitriere Calaisenne on the Boulevard La Fayette, the latter of which is noted for its oysters, lobster and crabs from Brittany.

Fayette County is a county located in the U. S. state of West Virginia.

Neither location is still located in Virginia and despite naming a county after him twice, Virginia no longer has a county named for the Marquis de la Fayette.

The Winchester Power Park in Fayette County provides 176 megawatts for use primarily during peak-demand periods.

The Commercial Appeal is distributed primarily in Greater Memphis, including Shelby, Fayette, and Tipton counties in Tennessee and DeSoto, Tate, and Tunica counties in Mississippi.

The effluent BOD averaged 34 mg/l, a little lower than that of the study at Fayette indicated for a loading of 60 lb. Aj.

While no deed of emancipation has been found for Aron Dupuy, in 1860 he and Charlotte were living together as free black residents in Fayette County, Kentucky.

Jones County was established on February 4, 1867, with land taken from the southern part of Marion County and the western part of Fayette County, and was named for E. P. Jones of Fayette County, with its county seat at Vernon.

* French frigate Hermione ( 1779 ), a French frigate that carried La Fayette to join the American fight for independence in 1780

Accordingly, in the State records of Virginia, there will be listings for Fayette County from 1780 – 1792 and Fayette County from 1831-1863.

Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette, a French nobleman who became an American Revolutionary War hero.

Notwithstanding the county's agricultural presence, Fayette County has become the premier upscale area outside of Memphis and Shelby County, TN, for high income families of the metro area, making it a prime location to live.

* Fayette County, TNGenWeb-free genealogy resources for the county

The three current commissioners for Fayette County are Al Ambrosini ( Democrat ), Vince Zapotosky ( Democrat ), and Angela Zimmerlink ( Republican ).

In 2008, Fayette County trended Republican and went for Republican John McCain 49. 62 % over Democrat Barack Obama 49. 21 %, a difference of 215 votes.

The Lexington Area MPO is responsible for transportation planning for Fayette and Jessamine Counties.

The county was created in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette counties and is named for Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark.

By 1986 manufacturing positions accounted for 25 percent of the employed labor force while another 25 percent was employed in other counties, many in nearby Fayette.

Bourbon County was formed on October 17, 1785 from sections of Fayette County, Virginia, and named after the French House of Bourbon, in gratitude for Louis XVI of France's assistance during the American Revolutionary War.

The Fayette Power Project is a three-unit coal-fired power plant in Fayette County that provides 1, 035 megawatts for LCRA.

Lake Fayette is the cooling pond for the project.