Kent State University
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- For the shootings which took place on the Kent State University campus in 1970, see Kent State shootings.
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| Motto | Imagine |
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| Established | 1910 |
| Type | Public (state university) |
| President | Lester Lefton [1] |
| Faculty | 2,173 (Fall, 2005, all campuses) |
| Undergraduates | 30,138 (Fall, 2005, all campuses) |
| Location | Kent, Ohio, United States |
| Campus | 824 acres (1.29 square miles/3.33 square km) |
| Mascot | Golden Flashes |
| Website | www.kent.edu |
Kent State University (also known as 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 34,491 students across eight campuses, it is the third largest university in Ohio after Ohio State University (57,748) and the University of Cincinnati (35,364). Regional campuses include Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas.
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[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.
[edit] Notable programs
- 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 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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, an outgrowth of the Kent State shootings of 1970s, 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
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] Athletics
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:
- Baseball
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Men's Cross Country
- Women's Cross Country
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Men's Golf
- Women's Golf
- Women's Gymnastics
- Women's Soccer
- Softball
- Men's Track and Field
- Women's Track and Field
- Women's Volleyball
- Wrestling
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.
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] History
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 program 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 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[1].
The university is best known outside of Ohio for a single event, the Kent State shootings.
[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.[2]
[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] Famous alumni
- Bertice Berry, sociologist, author, lecturer, comedian, educator, and former talk show host
- Vincent J. Cardinal, playwright and director
- Drew Carey, actor/comedian (dropped out)
- Carol Costello, anchor and reporter for CNN
- Lary Crews, writer, researcher, author of Extreme Close-Up
- Joshua Cribbs, NFL football player
- Ben Curtis, golfer
- John de Lancie, actor
- John Dennis Sports radio talk show personality and former television sportscaster
- Alan Dunbar, Former track & field Decathlete
- John Filo, photographer
- Antonio Gates, NFL football player
- Matt Guerrier, professional baseball player
- Arsenio Hall, talk show host
- 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
- Chrissie Hynde, rock singer (dropped out)
- Michael Keaton, actor (dropped out after two years)
- Jack Lambert, Pro Football Hall of Fame Member
- Gene Michael, Major League Baseball player, mananger, and scout
- Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, 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
- John Parnofiello, Olympic Decathlete, novelist
- Nick Saban, Current coach of the NFL's Miami Dolphins
- Chris Sheban, illustrator (winner of numerous medals from The Society of Illustrators)
- Vaughn Stakes, CEO, The Triathlete Store; President, Metropolis Research
- Steve Stone (baseball player), baseball pitcher, won Cy Young Award; sportscaster
- Joe Walsh, rock and roll guitarist (dropped out; received honorary doctorate in 2001)
[edit] External links
- Official Kent State University site
- Kent State University Press
- Official Kent State athletics site
- Kent State University Magazine
- Regional Campuses
- Ashtabula Campus
- Trumbull Campus
- East Liverpool Campus
- Geauga Campus
- Salem Campus
- Tuscarawas Campus
- Stark Campus
- College and Graduate School of Education, Health, & Human Services
- School of Technology
- Liquid Crystal Institute
- School of Library and Information Science
- School of Visual Communication Design
- Kent State University Information
- Daily Kent Stater
- Kent State University College Republicans
- Kent State's Residential Life
[edit] References
2004 Flash Facts. Kent State University Flash Facts 2004-2005. Retrieved on April 23, 2005.
| Mid-American Conference |
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| EAST: Akron • Bowling Green • Buffalo • Kent State • Miami • Ohio • Temple (football only) WEST: Ball State • Central Michigan • Eastern Michigan • Northern Illinois • Toledo • Western Michigan |
| Public universities in Ohio |
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| Akron • Bowling Green State • Central State • Cincinnati • Cleveland State • Kent State • Medical Ohio • Miami • NEOUCOM • Ohio State • Ohio • Shawnee State • Toledo • Wright State • Youngstown State |
