Wongu (圓球) literally means a “round ball.” It represents all elements that exist in nature and suggests the harmony that exists within them and between all people. By extension, it also refers to the origin of life as well as the seeds of Oriental medicine. As is true of all things that are at one with nature, a healer’s journey involves achieving balance and harmony in the lives of patients as well as the healer. Coupled with the meaning of Wongu, the University’s logo of the… [+] three circles represent the traditional Sam Taegeuk (three Taiji) , a Korean symbol representing heaven, human, and earth. The logo aims to present how the three move and work together in harmony. [-]

The University of Nevada, Reno was founded in 1874 as the State University of Nevada in Elko, Nev., about 300 miles northeast of its present-day campus in Reno. The site for the university preparatory school in eastern Nevada (where no state institutions had previously been located) proved to be impractical, as nearly half of the state's residents lived in the Reno-Carson City area. In 1885, the legislature approved the move of the University from Elko to Reno.