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Kent State University
File:KSU seal.png
MottoImagine
TypePublic (state university)
Established1910
Endowment$51,749,000
PresidentDr. Lester Lefton [1]
Academic staff
2,173 (Fall, 2005, all campuses)
Undergraduates28,981 (Fall, 2006, all campuses)
Location
Kent
,
Ohio
,
United States
Campus824 acres (Main Campus) (1.29 square miles/3.33 square km) Suburban College Town
MascotGolden Flashes (Flash)
Websitewww.kent.edu

41°08′N 81°20′W / 41.133°N 81.333°W / 41.133; -81.333 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 its motto from "Imagine" to "Excellence in Action."[1]

History

Cement Kent on Front Campus

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 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 was classified as a Doctrinal/Research University-Extensive, one of just 90 public research schools in the country in this classification.[2]

Campus

Main Library

The Kent Campus is a beautifully landscaped suburban/rural environment. The 800+ acres house over 100 buildings, unique gardens, bike trails, and vast open greenery. Along with students, staff and faculty, Kent's unofficial mascot the Black Squirrel makes Kent Campus its home. The campus is divided into North, South and East campus but many areas have become to be referred to as Old Campus (North), Residential Campus (South), Science Row (East). Today the main hub of activity and central point at KSU is the Student Center and Risman Plaza.

The newest addition to the KSU Kent Campus will be a 10 acre Centennial Research Park. The research park will provide space and support for specialized companies to thrive and grow near the university and its partners. It will also provide research, internship and employment opportunities for Kent State graduate and undergraduate students. Faculty researchers from the Liquid Crystal Institute and other disciplines will be available for collaborative projects as well.

In addition, Kent State will use its entrepreneurial assets to aid business growth through its centers that specialize in technology transfer, small business development, business innovation and minority-owned businesses.

Centennial Research Park is located at the corner of State Routes 59 and 261 in the Fiala Building, the former home of Kent State’s student-operated campus bus service, the nation’s largest such operation. Following a partnership with PARTA, the Portage County transportation network, Kent State no longer needed the 44,000 square feet and 10 surrounding acres as a bus garage.

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

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

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 [3]), 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.
  • The Physical Education program is 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.
  • 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 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."[4] 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.

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, but it tends to be significantly (as low as half) as much.
  • 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.

Administration changes

Cartwright Hall, Named after President Carol A. Cartwright

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.







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 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, Tau Beta Sigma

Kent State Bands
The Kent State University Bands offer a wide variety of ensembles to meet the needs of music and non-music majors. Each ensemble is University supported, requires no student fundraising, and offers one hour of college credit. A person's involvement is dependent upon one's interests and abilities. Ensembles include: Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Univeristy Band, Marching Golden Flashes, Flasher Brass, Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II, Jazz Lab Band, and Communiveristy Band. For more information visit http://dept.kent.edu/band.

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, 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.

Tri-Towers Residence Hall Complex
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Eastway Dining Hall at Night

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. The 5:30 p.m. broadcast is available to anyone on the KSU campus cable system on channel 2. The 6:30 broadcast may be seen throughout Portage County on channel 16 on Time Warner Cable. Both of these broadcasts can be viewed on-demand at [ http://tv2.kent.edu ]

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

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), Small Group (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 Small Group 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.

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 (I-A 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 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)[5]. 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 cather 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, 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 torunaments in the spring.

The Kent State Athletic Department began in Summer 2007 to renovate Dix Football Stadium. The entire renovation project will cost an estimated $4 million and will include improvements to seating, a new scoreboard, exterior apperance, a cannopy above the main section and press box and a new brick and wrought iron fence surrounding the stadium.

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.

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]
  • Kent State was the first university in the nation to have a co-ed marching band. The "Twin Bands" were under the direction of Roy D. Metcalf.

Alma Mater

May 4th Memorial at Night

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 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

  • Rockwell Hall and Fashion Museum
    Rockwell Hall and Fashion Museum
  • Math Building
    Math Building
  • Old/Front Campus Buildings
    Old/Front Campus Buildings
  • May Fourth Memorial (at night)
    May Fourth Memorial (at night)
  • May Fourth Parking Lot Markers
    May Fourth Parking Lot Markers
  • Brain Sculpture
    Brain Sculpture
  • Kent Hall (back view)
    Kent Hall (back view)
  • Centennial Court Residence Halls (at night)
    Centennial Court Residence Halls (at night)

References

  1. ^ http://www.kent.edu/about/
  2. ^ "Timeline of Kent State University History". Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  3. ^ Kent, Ohio
  4. ^ "Fresh Facts". Retrieved 2007-04-16.

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