Kent State University

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For the events of May 4, 1970, see Kent State shootings.
Kent State University
File:KSU seal.png
Motto"Excellence In Action"
TypePublic (state university)
Established1910
Endowment$54,874,735[1]
PresidentDr. Lester Lefton [2]
Academic staff
2,279 (Fall, 2006, all campuses)
Undergraduates29,227 (Fall, 2007, all campuses)
Location
Kent
,
Ohio
,
United States
Campus1,347 acres (5 km2) (Main campus) suburban college town[3]
ColorsNavy Blue and Gold   
AffiliationsThe University System of Ohio
MascotFlash
Websitehttp://www.kent.edu

Kent State University (also known as Kent, Kent State, or KSU) is one of America’s largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio and the largest residential university in northeast Ohio. From its roots as one of Ohio’s original four-corner universities, Kent State University focuses on teaching and research excellence to serve the public good. Kent State distinguishes itself as a magnet for high-achieving students. Kent State is a traditional, selective, residential public research university while its seven regional campuses serve multicounty regions of Northeast Ohio.[4] The eight campuses provide extensive access to degree programs from the associate to doctoratal and medical degrees. The university’s academic programs and facilities attract students, faculty, and visitors from across the nation and the world.

Kent State is centered in Kent, Ohio, United States, about 40 miles (60 km) southeast of Cleveland, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Akron, and 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Youngstown. With 34,056 students across eight campuses, Kent State is one of the largest employers in northeast Ohio.

History

In 1910, the Kent State Normal School was established as a college for training public school teachers as part of the Lowry bill which also created a sister school in Bowling Green, Ohio, now known as Bowling Green State University. The new school was constructed on land donated by William S. Kent (grandson of Marvin Kent, the namesake for the city of Kent) in what was then the eastern edge of Kent. The first president was John Edward McGilvrey, who served from 1912 to 1926. By 1915, the school was named Kent State Normal College[5], then Kent State College (after it was authorized to issue Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, and Kent State University in 1935 when it received university status by Governor Martin L. Davey, a native of Kent.

Cement Kent on Front Campus

In 1967, Kent State became the first university to run an independent, student-operated Campus Bus Service. It was unique in that it provided jobs for students, receiving funding from student fees rather than bus fares. Campus Bus Service was the largest such operation in the country until it was sold to the Portage Area Transportation Authority (PARTA) in 2004.[1]

In 1965, Chemistry professor Glenn H. Brown established the Liquid Crystal Institute, a world leader in the development the multibillion-dollar liquid crystal industry, named by Forbes magazine as one of 85 innovations that changed the way we live today.

Kent State gained international attention on May 4, 1970 when an Ohio National Guard unit fired at students during a war protest on campus, killing four and wounding nine. This event, known as the Kent State shootings, caused an immediate closure of the campus as well as many other college campuses around the nation. The Guard had been called into Kent after several protests in and around campus had become violent, including the rioting of downtown Kent and the burning of the ROTC building. The main cause of the protests was the United States' invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

Kent State was again in the national spotlight in 1977 when construction was set to begin on the Memorial Gym Annex, adjacent to the area where the shootings had occurred in 1970. Protesters organized a tent city in May, which lasted into July. Several attempts were made to block construction even after the end of the tent city, including an appeal to Congress to have the area declared a national historic landmark, but these attempts failed. Construction finally began on September 19, and finished in 1979.[2]

In 1994, Kent State earned status as a Research University II from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2000, the foundation changed its classification system and Kent State is classified as a Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, one 90 U.S. public schools with this classification.[6]

Presidents of Kent State University

Cartwright Hall, Named after President Carol A. Cartwright
  • John Edward McGilvrey (1911-1926); (b.1867-d.1945)
  • David Allen Anderson (1926-1928); (b.1874-d.?)
  • James Ozro Engleman (1928-1938); (b. 1873-d.1943)
  • Karl Clayton Leebrick (1938-1943); (b. 1885-d.1982)
  • George A. Bowman (1944-1963); (b.1893-d.1976)
  • Robert I. White (1963-1971); (b.1909-d.1990)
  • Glenn A. Olds (1971-1977); (b.1921-d.2006)
  • Brage Golding (1977-1982); (b.1920-)
  • Michael Schwartz (1982-1991); (b.1938-)
  • Carol A. Cartwright (1991-July 2006); (b.1941-)
  • Lester Lefton (July 2006-present); (b. 1942-)

Campuses

Main library

Kent State University is an eight-campus system in northeastern Ohio, with the main campus and administrative center in Kent. Within the Kent State University system, the main campus is officially referred to as the "Kent Campus",[7] though it is rarely, if ever, referred as such outside of the university community. The campus is a landscaped suburban environment, making up approximately 866-acre (3.5 km2) which house over 100 buildings, gardens, bike trails, and open greenery. There are also thousands of additional acres of bogs, marshes, and wildlife refuges adjacent to or near the campus.[7] While the university's official mascot is Flash the Golden Eagle, the campus also has an unofficial mascot in the Black Squirrel, which were brought to Kent in 1961 and can be found on and around the campus. The campus is divided into North, South, and East sections but many areas have come to be referred to as Front Campus, Residential Campus, and Science Row. The main hub of activity and central point is the Student Center and Risman Plaza, which is adjacent to the twelve-story main library. In addition to the campus itself, the university also operates the 18-hole Kent State Golf Course and Centennial Research Park just east of campus in Franklin Township and the 219-acre (0.9 km2) Kent State University Airport in Stow.

Regional Campuses

Map of KSU campuses.

In addition to the main campus in Kent, there are seven regional campuses. The system is one of the largest and oldest regional campus systems in the United States. The regional campuses serve to provide a small, liberal-arts college feel as opposed to the large university feel of the main campus in KentCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

East Liverpool

The East Liverpool Campus occupies a downtown site overlooking the Ohio River. It is composed of the Main Building, Memorial Auditorium, Mary Patterson Building, and a Commons area.

Geauga

Located in Burton, Ohio, Kent State's Geauga Campus is at the heart of Ohio’s maple syrup country in Geauga County. The campus provides easy access to urban, suburban and rural areas. The Geauga Campus also includes the Twinsburg Center, a small extension located in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Salem

Kent State's Salem Campus is located just south of the city. It features a lake, a 25 acre outdoor classroom, and nature walk.

Stark

Main article: Kent State University Stark Campus

The Stark Campus is the largest regional campus of Kent State University, serving around 10,300 students each year (5,300 in academic programs, 5,000 in executive and graduate education). It is located on 200 acres (0.8 km2) in Jackson Township just five minutes from the Akron-Canton Regional Airport. It is composed of seven major buildings and a natural pond and offers three masters and 12 complete bachelor degree programs. Baccalaureate programs include: applied communication, business management, English, general studies, history, justice studies, mathematics, middle childhood education, and nursing, as well as pre-law, technology and psychology degrees.[8] Additionally, there are three associate degrees offered: arts, justice studies, and science. The campus also offers three masters level programs: a professional M.B.A degree and a M.A. or M.Ed. in Curriculum and Teaching Studies. Nintey percent of Kent State Stark’s full-time faculty hold the highest academic credentials in their field. The Stark campus includes the Professional Education and Conference Center; an advanced meeting, training, and events facility that is one of only ten such centers in the state of Ohio affiliated with the International Association of Conference Centers.[9] The Center also serves as a home to the Office of Corporate and Community Services, which provides intense training and learning exercises for area businesses and organizations.[10]

Trumbull

Kent State's Trumbull Campus is located in Warren, Ohio just north of the SR 5 bypass on SR 45. It offers programs in 170 majors at the freshman and sophomore level, as well as 18 certificates and 15 associate degree programs. In addition, there is junior/senior level coursework for baccalaureate degree completion in nursing, justice studies, technology, business management, and English, as well as general studies and psychology degrees. The campus recently opened a new 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m2) Technology Building that supports a variety of technology degree programs. Including in the building are computer technology education; the new Workforce Development and Continuing Studies Center's program that includes certification for professionals; and an Adaptive Technology Lab that provides education and training to individuals with special needs.

Tuscarawas

The Tuscarawas Campus, located in New Philadelphia, Ohio offers 19 associate degrees, six bachelor's, and the Master of Technology Degree. Bacelors degrees are offered in business management, general studies, justice studies, industrial technology, nursing and technology 2+2. The recently constructed Science and Advanced Technology Center provides 50,000 square feet (5,000 m2) of laboratory and classroom space for science, nursing and workforce development. The Tuscarawas Campus plans to construct a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2), $13.5 million Fine and Performing Arts center that will enable the campus to expand academic and cultural programming.

Academic divisions

Front Campus at Night

Kent State has colleges of:

  • Architecture and Environmental Design
  • Arts (focusing on fine/performing arts and fashion-related studies)
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Communication and Information
  • Education, Health, and Human Services
  • Nursing
  • Technology

The university has an Honors College and interdisciplinary programs in Biomedical Sciences, Financial Engineering, and Information Architecture and Knowledge Management.

Notable programs

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KSU Water Tower, part of the Kent campus "City within a City" system
  • The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is in the top tier of fashion education in the nation by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, with programs in Florence, Hong Kong, and New York City, and affiliations in Paris and London.
  • The Hugh A Glauser School of Music offers degrees in Music Education, Music Performance, Music Theory and Composition, and Ethnomusicology. The School of Music is one of the few colleges in the US that offer a BM, a MM, and a PhD in Music Education.
  • The Kent/Blossom Music program partners with the Cleveland Orchestra each summer for one of the nation's major classical music festivals.
  • The Center for the Study of World Musics is one of the primary centers for ethnomusicology in the United States.
  • The School Psychology Program (SPSY [3] is the only program in the state accredited by APA and NASP. The SPSY program is a 'flagship' training program in Ohio (graduates comprise about 18% of all SPSY professionals in the state).
  • The Visual Communication Design Program (VCD) is one of the most respected in the US.
  • Kent State University is one of few universities with graduate programs in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM [4]) and an online ertificate program in Knowledge Management.
  • The only institution in Ohio to offer a degree in Library and Information Science, Kent is ranked 19th by U.S. News & World Report.
  • Kent's Business School is nationally known and the Financial Engineering program is ranked 13th in the country.
  • The College of Technology offers three aeronautics degrees; Flight Technology, Aviation Management and Aeronautical Engineering.
See also: Kent State University Airport.
  • The College of Architecture offers one of the most demanding undergraduate programs in the country. The interior design program is one of the top twelve in the nation.
Kent State Math and Computer Science Building
  • Kent State has a complete undergraduate, master's, and doctoral sequence in translation and the only dual masters degree program in the nation.[11]
  • Faculty, staff and students collaborate at The Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence (ISPV)[5], bringing together local and national expertise to develop multidisciplinary research that informs the development and implementation of best practices and policy.
  • The Center for Peaceful Change, a response to the Kent State shootings of 1970, was established in 1971 "as a living memorial to the events of May 4, 1970."[6] Now known as The Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM), it developed one of the earliest conflict resolution undergraduate degree programs in the United States.
  • Pan-African Studies is one of the oldest African American programs in the nation.
  • Kent State offers the only B.A. in American Sign Language in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River.
  • The Wick Poetry Center is one of only ten poetry centers in the nation.
  • In conjunction with the University of Akron and Youngstown State University, Kent State is a member of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy program, a six year medical program, one of only 17 combine BS/MD programs in the country.


Tuition costs

The following are tuition costs per semester for full-time (at least eleven credit hours) students at Kent State University at its main and regional campuses, effective for the Spring 2008 semester:[12][13]

Kent campus

Ohio residents

  • undergraduate tuition $4,215
  • graduate tuition $4,484

non-Ohio residents

  • undergraduate tuition $7,931
  • graduate tuition $7,990

Regional campuses

Ohio residents

  • regional campus lower division credit tuition $2,385
  • regional campus upper division credit tuition $2,795

non-Ohio residents

  • regional campus lower division credit tuition $6,101
  • regional campus upper division credit tuition $6,511

Student Life

The university offers a large number of opportunities for student involvement at all its campuses, including: student and professional associations, Greek organizations, service organizations, performing ensembles, student publications, student government, and intramural and club athletics.

Greek Life

Kent State offers several local chapters of national Greek organizations.

Social Fraternities

Social Sororities

African American Fraternities

African American Sororities

Service & Honorary Fraternities/Sororities

Performing Arts

Through the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance, the university offers numerous performance opportunities in the performing arts, including five concert bands (Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, University Band, and Communiversity Band), Athletic Bands (Marching Golden Flashes and Flasher Brass), three jazz ensembles (Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II, and Jazz Lab Band), six choral ensembles (Kent Chorus, KSU Chorale, Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus, Gospel Choir, and Ars Nova Singers), Orchestra, World Music Ensembles, as well as theater and dance opportunities. Each regional campus also offers their own performing arts opportunitites.

Student Government

  • Kent Interhall Council (KIC)
  • Undergraduate Student Government (USG)
  • Graduate Student Senate (GSS)

Student media

Tri-Towers Residence Hall Complex
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Eastway Dining Hall at Night
Centennial Court A at Night

The Daily Kent Stater, colloquially known as the "Stater", is a student newspaper publishing student and guests editorials onday-Friday during the fall and spring semesters and weekly as the Summer Kent Stater during the summer. Stater staff is entirely students, primarily in the journalism. Most editors hold their positions for one semester.

TV2 is Kent State's student-run television station, produced solely by students with live M-F 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm news. Other student-created shows include Sportscorner, a music video show, talk shows and more. News broadcasts are available on KSU cable channel 2, Portage County Time Warner channel 16 and on-demand online.

Student run Black Squirrel Radio broadcasts on the internet with more than 100 disc jockeys.

Campus living

Kent State operates thirty-five on-campus residence halls and a twelve-building apartment complex, all of which are located on the main campus in Kent. Each hall is a part of a larger group, usually bound by a common name or a common central area. They are:

  • Twin Towers: Beall and McDowell
  • Tri-Towers: Koonce, Leebrick, Wright and Korb
  • Loop Road: Heer, Harbourt, and Van Campen
  • First Year Experience: Apple, Altmann, Humphrey, McSweeney, Metcalf, Munzenmayer, Musselman, and Stewart (also known as "Small Group" dorms)
  • Eastway: Allyn, Clark, Fletcher, and Manchester
  • New Front: Prentice, Verder, Dunbar, and Engleman)
  • Centennial Court: Six buildings lettered A - F
  • Quad: Lake, Olson, Johnson, and Stopher
  • Allerton: Twelve apartment buildings for family student housing

Dining halls are in Eastway, Tri-Towers, Stewart in First Year Experience and Prentice, as well as multiple loactions in the Student Center. Each of the residence hall dining locations also houses small grocery stores where students may use their board plan.

Learning Communities

Within the dorms are 13 Learning Communities based on area of study:

  • A Community of Entrepreneurs (ACE)
  • College of Business Colleagues (CBC)
  • CCI Commons
  • Centennial Leadership Academy
  • Education Learning Community (ELC)
  • EXCEL
  • Global Passport Community
  • Honors Hall
  • Literacy and Independence for Family Education (LIFE)
  • Pathways
  • Physical Education Professional Learning Community (PEPLC)
  • Science Learning Community (SLC)
  • Quest

Athletics

Main article: Kent State Golden Flashes
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The current Kent State athletic logo

Kent State's athletic teams are called the Golden Flashes. Their colors are Navy Blue and Gold. They compete in the NCAA's Division I (Bowl Subdivision for football), and the Mid-American Conference East division. Kent State fields 16 varsity athletic teams and one club team.

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The Kent defense lines up against Akron at Dix Stadium on September 30, 2006

The Flashes had success in the Mid-American Conference, earned the Mid-American Conference's Reese Cup for best men's athetic program in 2000, 2002 and 2006 and the Jacoby Cup for best women's athletic program in 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2005.[7]. In 2002 the Men's Basketball team advanced to NCAA "Elite Eight", while the baseball team, women's basketball, gymnastics, men's golf, and women's golf teams have won numerous MAC titles and advanced to NCAA tournament play. Some notable athletic alumni include: 2003 British Open Champion and current PGA member Ben Curtis, former New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Jack Lambert, ESPN Analyst and former college football coach Lou Holtz, current San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates, current Cleveland Browns return man Joshua Cribbs, former San Diego Padres pitcher Dustin Hermanson, and current Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban.

The Golden Flashes compete in the following sports:

  • Spring Sports
    • Baseball
    • Men's Golf*
    • Women's Golf*
    • Softball
    • Men's Track and Field (Outdoor season)
    • Women's Track and Field (Outdoor season)

*=the golf teams' season begins in the fall, but continues through most of the school year, culminating in the league and NCAA tournaments in the spring.

City of Kent, Ohio

Main article: Kent, Ohio
Aerial of Kent Campus.

Kent State Kent Campus is located in Kent, Ohio on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Historically, Kent's growth was influenced by the canals and rail and the city was known as a strong location for the Underground Railroad. Known as the Tree City, Kent is home to the Davey Tree Expert Company, a leader in tree sales and growth. With a population of 27,906[14] Kent offers a suburban, accessible setting. Nearby cities include Streetsboro, Stow, Hudson, Ravenna and Akron.

Alma Mater & Fight Song

Kent Hall Front

Alma Mater:
From the beauty land Ohio comes a universal praise,
'Tis the song of Alma Mater that her sons and daughters raise.
'Tis a Hail to Kent forever, on the Cuyahoga shore,
Now we join the loving thousands as they sing it o'er and o'er.
Hail to Thee, our Alma Mater.
O, how beautiful Thou art,
High enthroned upon the hilltop,
Reigning over every heart.

Fight Song:
Fight on for KSU
Fight for the Blue and Gold!
We're out to beat the foe;
Fight on brave and bold!
Fight on for victory,
Don't stop until we're through.
We're all together,
Let's go forward, K-S-U!

University Press

May 4 Memorial at Night

The Kent State University Press is the publishing arm of Kent State University. Their mission is "to advance knowledge through publishing" and is controlled by an Editorial Board of Kent faculty. As a member of the Association of American University Presses, it is included in the select group of more than 100 university-sponsored scholarly presses, whose outstanding programs make them an important segment of the publishing and academic community.

The Press began in 1965 under the direction of Howard Allen and published in the University faculty strengths in literary criticism. In 1972 Paul Rohmann became the Press's second director and expanded the Press's publishing program to include regional studies and ethnomusicology. In 1985 historian John Hubbell assumed the directorship and for fifteen years saw the staff and publishing program grow to include widely regarded lists in Civil War history and Ohio history. Today, under director Will Underwood, the Press publishes 30 to 35 titles a year and reaches a large and appreciative audience.


Notable alumni

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Rockwell Hall, Fashion Museum and School of Fashion

Campus and Buildings

  • Old/Front Campus Buildings
    Old/Front Campus Buildings
  • May Fourth Parking Lot Markers
    May Fourth Parking Lot Markers
  • Kent Hall (back view)
    Kent Hall (back view)

External links

KSU links

Regional Campuses

References

  1. ^ "US News and World Report: Kent State University". www.petersons.com. Petersons. 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  2. ^ Lefton, Lester. "Welcome to the Office of the President". www.kent.edu. Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  3. ^ "College Overview: Kent State University". www.petersons.com. Petersons. 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  4. ^ "Kent State University's Strategic Plan". www.kent.edu. Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  5. ^ Special Collections FAQ
  6. ^ "Timeline of Kent State University History". Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  7. ^ a b "Welcome to Kent State's Eight-Campus System". Kent State University website. Kent State University. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  8. ^ "Majors & Degree Programs". Kent State University Stark Campus website. Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  9. ^ "Welcome to the Professional Education and Conference Center". Kent State University Stark Campus website. Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  10. ^ "About Kent State University Stark". Kent State University Stark Campus website. Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  11. ^ "Board Establishes Nation's First Dual Master's Degree Program in Language Translation". www.kent.edu. Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  12. ^ http://www.kent.edu/bursar/Fall-2007-Tuition-and-Fees.cfm
  13. ^ [http://www.kent.edu/bursar Bursar's Office website: Fees and payment options.
  14. ^ Kent, Ohio
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