Kent State University

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Kent State University

Kent State University Logo KSU Seal
Motto Imagine
Established 1910
Type Public (state university)
Endowment $51,749,000
President Dr. Lester Lefton [1]
Faculty 2,173 (Fall, 2005, all campuses)
Undergraduates 28,981 (Fall, 2006, all campuses)
Location Kent, Ohio, United States
Campus 824 acres (Main Campus) (1.29 square miles/3.33 square km) Suburban College Town
Mascot Golden Flashes (Flash)
Website www.kent.edu

Kent State University (also known as Kent, Kent State or KSU) is a major public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States, which is about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, 12 miles east of Akron, and 30 miles west of Youngstown. With 33,630 students across eight campuses, it is the third largest university in Ohio after the Ohio State University (57,748) and the University of Cincinnati (35,364). Regional campuses include Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas. Kent State serves as one of the largest employers in northeast Ohio.

In the 2007-2008 school year, the University will change their motto from "Imagine" to "Excellence in Action."[1]

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[edit] History

John Filo's famous photograph taken after the shootings.
John Filo's famous photograph taken after the shootings.

In 1910, the Kent State Normal School was established as a college for training public school teachers as part of the Lowery Bill which also created sister school Bowling Green State Normal School. 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. The school was later named Kent State Normal College, then Kent State College (after it was authorized to issue Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees), and finally Kent State University after it received university status in 1935. The bill granting Kent State university status was signed by Governor Martin L. Davey, a native of Kent, and created graduate degree programs and the College of Business Administration. In 1965, Chemistry professor Glenn H. Brown established the Liquid Crystal Institute, which has become a world leader in the development of liquid crystals. Kent State gained national attention on May 4, 1970 when an Ohio National Guard unit shot at students in response to war protests on and around campus, killing four and wounding nine. This event is known as the Kent State shootings. 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 was classified as a Doctrinal/Research University-Extensive, one of just 90 public research schools in the country in this classification.[2]

[edit] Academic divisions

Kent State has colleges of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arts, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Communication and Information, Education, Health, and Human Services, Fine and Professional Arts, Nursing, and Technology. The university also has interdisciplinary programs in Biomedical Sciences, Financial Engineering, and Information Architecture and Knowledge Management.

KSU Water Tower, part of the Kent State Campus "City within a City" system
KSU Water Tower, part of the Kent State Campus "City within a City" system

[edit] Notable programs

  • The university's Liquid Crystal Institute has an international reputation for research in optics and chemical physics, and has helped develop technologies such as flat display screens.
  • The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is ranked in the top tier of fashion education institutions in the nation by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and has overseas programs in Florence, Hong Kong, and New York City, and affiliations in Paris and London.
  • The School Psychology Program (SPSY [2]), housed within the College of Education, Health and Human Services, serves as the only program in the state that is both accredited by APA and approved by NASP. The KSU SPSY program is an influential 'flagship' training program in Ohio (its graduates comprise about 18% of all SPSY professionals in the state) and nationally.
  • Created as an undergraduate major in 1964 by J. Charles Walker, the Visual Communication Design Program (VCD) has earned its standing as one of the most professionally respected in the United States. In the Fall of 2001, VCD, after 30+ years as a division within the School of Art, was separated to become the School of Visual Communication Design. Joining with the Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Studies and Library and Information Sciences in a new College of Communication and Information, this unique combination of Communication disciplines housed together in one College is the first of its kind in the United States.
  • Kent State University is one of the few universities in the country that has already instituted graduate level programs of study in the burgeoning fields of Information Architecture and Knowledge Management.
  • The Hugh A Glauser School of Music in the newly-formed College of the Arts offers many demanding degrees including: 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.
  • Kent State University is the only institution in the state of Ohio to offer a degree in Library and Information Science, and the program is ranked 19th by U.S. News & World Report.
  • Kent State University's Business School has been noticed and nationally known. The school is a very competitive in the state and national level.
  • Kent State's Financial Engineering program is ranked thirteenth in the country.
  • The Center for the Study of World Musics is one of the primary centers for ethnomusicology in the United States.
  • The College of Technology offers three degrees in the field of Aeronautics. Students in this school can pursue baccalaureate degrees in Flight Technology, Aviation Management and Aeronautical Engineering. The Flight Technology specialization can lead to a career as an airline pilot, while those focusing in Aviation Management typically begin careers on the business side of the aviation industry. The Aeronautical Engineering program is the only mechanical engineering program offered at Kent State.
See also: Kent State University Airport.
  • The College of Architecture offers one of the most demanding undergraduate programs in the country, with many of its graduates continuing at such well regarded graduate schools such as Harvard GSD, Yale school of architecture, MIT, UCLA, and the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Architecture's interior design program is one of the top twelve such programs in the nation.
  • With the establishment of a doctoral program in translation in Fall 2006, Kent State became the nation's only university to offer a complete undergraduate, master's, and doctoral sequence in translation.
  • The Center for Peaceful Change, a response to the Kent State shootings of 1970, was established at Kent State University in 1971 "as a living memorial to the events of May 4, 1970."[3] 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.
  • The Department of Pan-African Studies is one of the oldest African American programs in the nation.
  • Kent State offers the only B.A. degree in American Sign Language in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River.
  • The Kent/Blossom Music program partners with members of the Cleveland Orchestra each summer for one of the nation's major classical music festivals.
  • The Wick Poetry Center, established in 1984, is one of only ten poetry centers in the nation.

[edit] Prices effective Fall 2006

  • Per semester at the Kent (main) campus, a full-time (eleven or more credit hours) student would pay the following: undergraduate resident of Ohio $4215, undergraduate non-resident $7931
  • Costs for coursework taken at a graduate level or at a regional KSU campus vary
  • Room and Board by Semester (based on a student buying the "basic" food plan and living in a two person double room): $3440

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Refer to the Bursar's Office website for updated fees and payment options.

[edit] Administration changes

In the fall of 2005, University President Carol Cartwright announced her intention to retire at the end of the Spring 2006 semester, and a search to find a replacement began in early October 2005. Cartwright is one of the longest standing University Presidents in Kent State's history and will have spent nearly 17 years in office. Her tenure at Kent State was marked by the university's heightened profile both nationally and internationally, as well as the infusion of millions of dollars into many of Kent State's research programs.

On May 9, 2006 the University announced that Lester Lefton would replace Cartwright. Lefton was Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs for Tulane University. He took his post on July 1, 2006.

[edit] Student Life

Greek Life
Fraternities:
Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Chi, Delta Lambda Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Alpha Psi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Tau Gamma, Tau Kappa Epsilon

Sororities:
Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta, Chi Omega, Sigma Sigma Sigma

Student Government:
Kent Interhall Council, Undergraduate Student Senate, Graduate Student Senate,

Student media
Kent State University has 35 residence halls and 13 Learning Communities.

The 'Daily Kent Stater is a student newspaper produced for the University and its regional campuses. It is published Monday-Friday during the fall and spring semesters and once a week during summer semesters. During summer semesters the name is changed to Summer Kent Stater. Editorials from students and guest columnists appear Monday-Friday in the Fourum department. Sports receives its own department on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Features receives its own department on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The weekly entertainment section ALL (arts life and leisure)appears on Thursdays.

The staff of the Daily Kent Stater is made up entirely of undergraduate and graduate students, most of which are enrolled in Kent State's journalism program. Most editors hold their positions for one semester then rotate for the following semester.

Residence Life
Learning Communities:
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

Halls:
Allyn, Altmann, Apple, Beall, Centennial A, Centennial B, Centennial C, Centennial D, Centennial E, Centennial F, Clark, Dunbar, Engleman, Fletcher, Harbourt, Heer, Johnson, Koonce, Korb, Lake, Leebrick, Manchester, McDowell, McSweeney, Metcalf, Munzenmayer Musselman, Olson, Prentice, Stewart, Stopher, Van Campen, Verder, Wright

[edit] Athletics

The current Kent State athletic logo
The current Kent State athletic logo

Kent State's sports teams are called the Golden Flashes. They compete in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football), and the Mid-American Conference East division.

Kent State currently fields teams in the following sports:

The school's most prominent rivalry is with the University of Akron, located just 10 miles away; the two schools' football teams have played for the Wagon Wheel since 1946 and each year since 1972, alternating between Kent State's Dix Stadium and Akron's Rubber Bowl. The University of Akron has dominated this series for much of the last decade since 1997, winning eight of the last ten meetings (with the exceptions of the 2003 and 2006 games) and currently holds a 27-20-1 edge. The most recent meeting, held on September 30, 2006, was won by Kent State 37-15 at Dix Stadium.

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

Kent State and Akron's men's basketball rivalry has always been close, with Kent State holding a narrow 62-57 edge in the overall series. Most recently Akron and Kent State have split their last four meetings, each winning on their home court.

In 2002 Kent State's men's basketball team made the Elite Eight in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Though they were defeated by the Indiana Hoosiers in the regional final, it was the furthest the team had advanced in the tournament in its history. Both the men's and women's basketball programs, who play their home matches at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, have enjoyed considerable success in the Mid-American Conference, particularly in the last decade, with both programs winning multiple division titles, conference tournament titles, and advancing to the NCAA basketball tournament. Kent State is the only school in the conference to not only have both its men's and women's basketball teams play in their respective conference tournament title games in the same year (a feat that has occurred four times: 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2006), but also to win the tournament title in the same year and advance to the NCAA Championships. This occurred in 2002 with the men defeating the Bowling Green Falcons and the women defeating the Ball State Cardinals at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena (which was then still known as Gund Arena). Most recently in 2006, the men defeated Toledo in the championship game to advance to the NCAA Tournament, while the women were defeated by Bowling Green in the championship game.

Additionally, several other Kent State athletic teams have enjoyed success in the Mid-American Conference and on the national level including: women's field hockey, baseball, softball, women's golf, men's golf, women's soccer, and women's gymnastics. In addition to the men's basketball team,2005-2006 also saw appearances by softball & women's golf in the NCAA tournament (following MAC tournament titles) with MAC East Division or overall regular-season championships for women's field hockey (overall), men's basketball (overall), women's basketball (East division), men's golf (overall), women's golf (eighth straight overall), softball (East division), & baseball (overall).

Of note, the women's golf team has won the MAC title every year of the program's existence and every year that the MAC has had a championship available in women's golf.

[edit] City of Kent, Ohio

Main article: Kent, Ohio

The City of Kent, Ohio sits on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Kent in the past was a train depot and was a strong location for the underground railroad. Known as the Tree City USA, Kent houses Davey tree company, a leader in tree sales and growth. With a population of 27,906[3] the city of Kent offers a suburban yet accessible setting for Kent State University. Nearby cities include Streetsboro, Stow, Hudson, Ravenna and Akron.



[edit] Trivia

According to Kent's FYE website Kent State's school colors were originally orange and purple until a local laundry washed the basketball uniforms in hot water and turned them gold and blue. Everyone liked these colors better, and they were officially adopted.[4]

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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!

[edit] University Press

The Kent State University Press is the publishing arm of Kent State University. Their mission is "to advance knowledge through publishing." The Kent State University Press's imprint is controlled by an Editorial Board composed of Kent faculty scholars. 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.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Campus and Buildings

Cartwright Hall

Johnson Hall (Honors College)

Main Library

Taylor Hall

Student Center

Kent Hall

KSU Rec. Center

Rockwell Hall and Fashion Museum

Tri-Towers Residence Hall Complex

Math Building

Student Center (at night)

Main Library

Old/Front Campus Buildings

May Fourth Memorial (at night)

May Fourth Parking Lot Markers

Main Library (at night)

Brain Sculpture

Cement Kent on Front Campus

Tri-Towers (at night)

Eastway Center (Bowling, Dining, Residence halls)

Kent Hall (back view)

Cartwright Hall

Centennial Court Residence Halls (at night)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

2004 Flash Facts. Kent State University Flash Facts 2004-2005. Retrieved on April 23, 2005.

Fall 2006 Flash Facts. Kent State University Flash Facts Fall 2006. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.

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Mid-American Conference
East division Akron • Bowling Green • Buffalo • Kent State • Miami • Ohio
West division Ball State • Central Michigan • Eastern Michigan • Northern Illinois • Toledo • Western Michigan
Affiliates Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (men's soccer, tennis) • Missouri State (field hockey) • Temple (football)
Public universities in Ohio
Akron • Bowling Green State • Central State • Cincinnati • Cleveland State • Kent State • Miami • NEOUCOM • Ohio State • Ohio • Shawnee State • Toledo • Wright State • Youngstown State
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