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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 after Ohio State University (57,748) and the University of Cincinnati (35,364), 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; it's also a multicampus university, with open access on its Regional Campuses to serve local communities in Northeast Ohio. Its eight campuses provide easy and extensive access to degree programs from the associate to doctoral levels as well as medical degrees. The university’s academic programs and facilities attract students, faculty, and visitors from across the nation and the world. Kent State is a Carnegie Foundation Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, one of 90 public institutions to be so designated. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio, United States, which is about southeast of Cleveland, east of Akron, and west of Youngstown. With 34,056 students across eight campuses, Kent State serves as 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 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. By 1915, the school was 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.
In 1967, Kent State became the first university to run its own independent and student-operated bus service by establishing Campus Bus Service. It was unique in that it not only provided jobs for students, but also received funding from fees charged to students rather than fares collected on the buses. As a result, no fares are collected on campus for any riders and KSU students can ride free from any location with a valid KSU ID. The service was originally necessitated by a 75% enrollment growth from 1964-1969 and the increasing parking needs of the student body. Campus Bus Service was the largest such operation in the country and functioned as a service of the university until it was sold to the Portage Area Transportation Authority (PARTA) in 2004. It continues to operate on and around campus as a division of PARTA. (External Link

) The multibillion-dollar liquid crystal industry was born at the university’s world-renowned Liquid Crystal Institute in 1970 with the discovery of the LCD, named by Forbes magazine as one of 85 innovations that change 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.(External Link

) 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.

Presidents of Kent State University

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)

Main Campus

The Kent Campus is a landscaped suburban/rural environment. The 1000 acres (4 km²) house over 100 buildings, gardens, bike trails, and open greenery. Kent's official mascot(s) is/are the Golden Flashes, and its unofficial mascot the Black Squirrel. The campus is divided into North, South, and East campus but many areas have come to be referred to as Front Campus, Residential Campus, Science Row. Today the main hub of activity and central point at KSU is the Student Center and Risman Plaza. In addition to the campus itself, the university also operates the 18-hole Kent State Golf Course just east of campus in Franklin Township and the Kent State University Airport in Stow.

Regional Campuses

Kent State operates seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio in addition to the main campus in Kent. The system is one of the largest and oldest regional campus systems in the United States. Regional campuses include:

Ashtabula

The Ashtabula Campus is currently made up of three buildings: Main Hall, a library, and a technology and art building. It is on an 80 acre site along the shores of Lake Erie in Ashtabula, Ohio. Kent State-Ashtabula is noted locally for its nursing program. Seventy-five percent (75%) of registered nurses working in Ashtabula County graduated with an Associate's degree in nursing from Kent State-Ashtabula. On July 17, 2007, ground was broken for a new Health and Science building, which is being constructed for use mainly by the growing nursing and allied health programs. (External Link

)

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

The Stark Campus is the largest regional campus of Kent State University, serving around 5,300 students each year. It is located on in Jackson Township just five minutes from the Akron-Canton Regional Airport. It is composed of six major buildings and a natural pond and offers 11 complete bachelor degree programs. These programs are: applied communication, business management, English, general studies, history, justice studies, mathematics, middle childhood education, and nursing, as well as technology and psychology degrees. Additionally, there are three associate degrees offered: arts, justice studies, and science. The campus also offers two masters level programs: a professional M.B.A degree and a M.A. or M.Ed. in Curriculum and Teaching Studies. Nearly 90 percent of Kent State Stark’s full-time faculty hold the highest academic credentials in their field. The campus boasts the Professional Education and Conference Center as Northeast Ohio’s most technologically advanced meeting, training and events facility.

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's 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 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 of laboratory and classroom space for science, nursing and workforce development. The Tuscarawas Campus plans to construct a, $13.5 million Fine and Performing Arts center that will enable the campus to expand academic and cultural programming.

Academic divisions

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

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 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.

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 Center for the Study of World Musics is one of the primary centers for ethnomusicology in the United States.

The School Psychology Program (SPSY (External Link

)), housed within the College of Education, Health and Human Services, serves as the only program in the state that's 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.

The Physical Education program has been nationally recognized and the top in the state of Ohio.

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 (IAKM (External Link

)). Recently they've also started offering an online Certificate Program in Knowledge Management.

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 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 Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence (ISPV)(External Link

) was created in February 1998. KSU established the multi-disciplinary ISPV where faculty, staff, and students from across campus collaborate on research, training, and policy related to violence prevention. The ISPV brings together local and national expertise to develop multidisciplinary research strategies that inform 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 at Kent State University in 1971 "as a living memorial to the events of May 4, 1970."(External Link

) 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 Wick Poetry Center, established in 1984, is one of only ten poetry centers in the nation.

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:

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

Greek Life

Fraternities

Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Chi, Delta Omicron, Delta Lambda Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Kappa Psi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, 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,

Performing Arts

Through the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance, the university offers several performance opportunities in the performing arts, including ten band ensembles (Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, University Band, Marching Golden Flashes, Flasher Brass, Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II, Jazz Lab Band, and University 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.

Student Government

Kent Interhall Council (KIC)

Undergraduate Student Government (USG)

Graduate Student Senate (GSS)

Student media

The Daily Kent Stater, colloquially known as the "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 Forum section. Sports receives its own section on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Features receives its own section Tuesday through Friday. The weekly entertainment section ALL (arts, life and leisure) appears on Thursdays. The staff of the Stater is made up entirely of undergraduate and graduate students, most of whom are enrolled in Kent State's journalism program. Most editors hold their positions for one semester. TV2 is Kent State's student-run television station. The station is produced solely by students and features a live 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm newscast Monday through Friday. Other student-created shows include Sportscorner, a music video show, talk shows and more. Both news broadcasts are available to anyone on the KSU campus cable system on channel 2 and throughout Portage County on channel 16 on Time Warner Cable. They can also be viewed on-demand online.
In Fall 2007, with the move into the remodeled Franklin Hall, the two organizations converged to operate out of one newsroom and maintain one web site - http://www.kentnewsnet.com/ (External Link

) Black Squirrel Radio is the student radio station, which broadcasts on the internet

. It has more than 100 disc jockeys.

Residence Life

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

Residence Halls

On-campus residence halls

are subdivided into groups on campus. They are: Twin Towers (Beall, McDowell), Tri-Towers (Koonce, Leebrick, Wright and Korb), Loop Road (Heer, Harbourt, Van Campen), First Year Experience (Apple, Altmann, Humphrey, McSweeney, Metcalf, Munzenmayer, Musselman, Stewart), Eastway (Allyn, Clark, Fletcher, Manchester), New Front (Prentice, Verder, Dunbar, Engleman), Centennial Courts (A - F), Quad (Lake, Olson, Johnson and Stopher) Dining halls are located 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 grocery stores for students to use their board plan at.
   All 8 "First Year Experience" dorms are set to be torn down during the summer of 2008.

Athletics
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.
   The Flashes athletic teams have had much success in the Mid-American Conference and limited national success as well. The Flashes have earned the Mid-American Conference's Reese Cup for best men's athetic program three times (2000, 2002, 2006) and the Jacoby Cup for best women's athletic program six times (1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005)(External Link). In 2002 the Men's Basketball team made national headlines by advancing to the NCAA tournament's "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:

Fall Sports
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Men's Golf*
Women's Golf*
Women's Soccer
Women's Volleyball

Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Women's Gymnastics
Men's Ice Hockey (club team)
Men's Track and Field (Indoor season)
Women's Track and Field (Indoor season)
Wrestling

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
Kent State is located in the city of Kent, Ohio, which sits on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Historically, Kent's growth was heavily influenced by the canals and the railroad and the city was also 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 the city of Kent offers a suburban yet accessible setting for the university. Nearby cities include Streetsboro, Stow, Hudson, Ravenna and Akron.

Alma Mater & Fight Song
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
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's 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

Tom Batiuk, comic strip author of Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft

Bob Borden, writer and frequent contributor, Late Show with David Letterman

Bertice Berry, sociologist, author, lecturer, comedian, educator, and former talk show host

John Caparulo, comedian

Vincent J. Cardinal, playwright and director

Drew Carey, actor/comedian (dropped out)

Carol Costello, anchor and reporter for CNN

Joshua Cribbs, NFL football player

Ben Curtis, golfer

John de Lancie, actor

John Dennis Sports radio talk show personality and former television sportscaster

Stephen R. Donaldson, author

Alan Dunbar, former track & field decathlete

Donald Erb, composer

John Filo, photographer

Quinton Flynn, voice actor

Angela Funovits, mentalist/illusionist and star of NBC's Phenomenon

Antonio Gates, NFL football player

Matt Guerrier, professional baseball player

Arsenio Hall, talk show host

Jared Hartung, journalist

Dustin Hermanson, baseball pitcher, Chicago White Sox

Dave Holmes (sportscaster), winner of ESPN's Dream Job

Lou Holtz, Former Football Coach and current ESPN Analyst. Joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

Chrissie Hynde, lead singer, The Pretenders (dropped out)

Daniel Johnston, singer-songwriter, attended the KSU Arts School at the East Liverpool branch (dropped out)

Michael Keaton, actor (dropped out after two years)

Vic Ketchman, sport journalist, senior editor of the official website Jacksonville Jaguars

Jack Lambert, Pro Football Hall of Fame Member

Gene Michael, Major League Baseball player, mananger, and scout

Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Brian Chojnowski, and Bob Lewis, founders of the new wave band Devo

Thurman Munson, Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees, Rookie of the Year and MLB Most Valuable Player Award winner. Joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

Dav Pilkey, children's book author, Captain Underpants

Alice Ripley, actress and singer

Nick Saban, Current coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide

Paul Sahre, graphic designer, illustrator, author, educator

David Sedaris, author (dropped out)

Connie Schultz, The Plain Dealer columnist, 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner

Andy Sonnanstine, starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays

Steve Stone (baseball player), baseball pitcher, won Cy Young Award; sportscaster

Harry Stout, author and scholar at Yale University (received Ph.D. in History)

Betty Sutton Congresswoman 13th

Crista Nicole Wagner, swimsuit model, Playboy Playmate

Joe Walsh, rock and roll guitarist, The Eagles (dropped out; received honorary doctorate in 2001)

De'Angelo Wilson, actor

Brian Windhurst, Cleveland Cavaliers beat writer

Amy Young, Owner of [PerihelionArts Contemporary Gallery]

Thomas "TC" Cletzer, Music Producer (dropped out)
Campus and Buildings
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