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University of Kansas
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The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. The University was founded in 1865 by the citizens of Lawrence under a charter from the Kansas Legislature. It also received assistance from former Kansas Governor Charles Robinson and his wife Sara, who donated 40 acres (160,000 m²) of Mount Oread land, and philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence, who made sizable monetary donations.
The University's Medical Center and Hospital are located in Kansas City, Kansas. The KU Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas in the Kansas City metro area. There are also educational/research sites in Parsons, Topeka, and a branch of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita.
Enrollment at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses was 27,875 students; an additional 2,769 students were enrolled at the KU Medical Center for a total enrollment of 30,644 students across the three campuses. The Lawrence campus and KU Medical Center combined employ 2,201 faculty members.
KU is home to the Dole Institute of Politics, the Beach Center on Disability, and radio stations KANU and KJHK. Kansas Public Radio station KANU was one of the first public radio stations in the nation. KJHK, the campus radio has roots back to 1952 and is completely run by students. The university is host to several notable museums including the innovative Natural History Museum, the KU Museum of Anthropology, and the Spencer Museum of Art. The University is one of 60 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.
The chancellor of the University of Kansas is Robert Hemenway. He has served as chancellor since 1995. He has taken an active approach towards improving academics.
[edit] Academics
The University is a large state sponsored university. In addition to a large liberal arts college, it has schools of Allied Health, Architecture and Urban Design, Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Journalism, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Welfare. (The study of academic sociology originated at the University in 1890.) The University also operates a selective Honors Program, with approximately 300 undergraduate students admitted each year, offering classes in many of these areas.
The most recent edition of Peterson's Guide to Competitive College calls KU "one of America's premier universities." For more than a decade, The Fiske Guide to Colleges has awarded KU a four-star rating for academics, social life, and overall quality of university life.
In 2007, U.S. News & World Report ranked KU as tied for 88th place in its ranking of the Best National Universities.[1] In 2006, the Report ranked Kansas as tied for 45th place in Public Universities. The Report surveys over 1,400 institutions of higher education in the United States.
[edit] University of Kansas Business School
At the KU School of Business, we prepare students to excel in today's dynamic, global, and electronically linked world of business. We mold superior students into tomorrow's leaders by expanding their cultural and economic horizons. Our graduates are the analytic thinkers, lifelong learners, and dynamic leaders essential for the electronic revolutions continuously reshaping our world.
[edit] Law School
The University of Kansas School of Law, in Lawrence, Kansas, is the top law school in the state according to the 2008 U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the school 66th overall in its rankings of the best law schools.[2] Classes are held in Green Hall at W 15th Street and Burdick Drive, which is named after former dean James Green.
[edit] Medical Center
The University of Kansas Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kansas, treats over 19,000 patients per year.[3] KU Med, as it is commonly known, is comprised of four basic schools: The KU School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Allied Health, and a second School of Graduate Studies. As of the Spring 2007 semester, there were 2,769 students enrolled at KU Med.[4] The Medical Center also offers third and fourth year students an opportunity to do rotations at the Wichita campus.
[edit] University of Kansas -- Edwards Campus
KU's Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas. Established in 1993, its goal is to provide adults with the opportunity to complete college degrees. About 2,100 students attend the Edwards Campus, with an average age of 32.[5] Programs available at the Edwards Campus include developmental psychology, public administration, social work, systems analysis, engineering management and design.
[edit] Notable faculty
- John Bricke, Ph.D., Edinburgh University. Philosophy of the Mind, Hume and Davidson Scholar.[6]
- George Coggins, Frank E. Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law. J.D. from the University of Michigan.
- Steven A. Epstein, Distinguished Professor of Medieval History. Ph. D. from Harvard (1981). Multiple book publications to his name concerning late-medieval Genoa and Renaissance Italy.[7]
- Bryant C. Freeman, an expert on Haiti, its language, culture, and history. He founded the Institute of Haitian studies at KU. He has been asked consulted various U.S. government and international organizations regarding Haiti, and was given the protocol rank of Major General with the U.N. peacekeeping force. He has published significant dictionaries in the language.[8]
- Don W. Green, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering[9] – co-editor of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, the world's most widely used reference by chemical and petroleum engineers.[10]
- James Gunn – Hugo Award-winning science fiction author and creative writing professor.[11]
- David S. Holmes – Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., 1965, Northwestern University. M.D., 1968, Harvard University. Served on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern University, University of Texas, and Princeton University. Author of "Abnormal Psychology" textbook.
- Kermit E Krantz MD, LittD (deceased 2007), University Distinguished Professor; Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Anatomy Emeritus. Developed the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) and invented the expandable tampon.
- Jeffrey Lang, professor of mathematics and Muslim author.
- Stanley Lombardo – Classics professor and translator of numerous Classical works into English, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid.[12]
- Charles D. Michener (retired) Ex-chairman of KU Entomology Department, Ex-director of the Snow Entomological Museum, Watkins Distinguished Professor of Entomology, member of the National Academy of Sciences. The Association of American Publishers gave its R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional Reference or Scholarly Work of 2000 to Michener's opus, The Bees of the World.
- Dr. Jan Roskam -- emeritus Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, author of eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics and over 160 papers on the topics of aircraft aerodynamics, performance, design and flight controls.
- Kevin Willmott, of Junction City, KS, associate professor of Theater & Film[13], writer and director of the film C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America[14], which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and in 2005 was nominated for Best Film at the Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto in Porto, Portugal.
- Paul E. Wilson (deceased), distinguished emeritus professor of law. Wilson argued Brown v. Board of Education on behalf of the State of Kansas.
[edit] Computing innovations
KU's School of Business launched interdisciplinary management science graduate studies in operations research during Fall Semester 1965. This innovative program provided the foundation for decision science applications supporting NASA Project Apollo Command Capsule Recovery Operations.
KU's academic computing department was an active participant in setting up the Internet and is the developer of the seminal Lynx text based web browser. Lynx itself provided hypertext browsing and navigation prior to Tim Berners Lee's invention of HTTP and HTML.[15]
[edit] Athletics Department
Lew Perkins, previously at Connecticut, replaced Al Bohl as the university's athletic director in 2003. Under Perkins's administration, the department's budget has increased from $27.2 million in 2003 (10th in the conference) to $40.8 million (projected) in 2005 thanks in large part to money raised from a new priority seating policy at Allen Fieldhouse, a new $26.67 million eight-year contract with Adidas replacing an existing contract with Nike, and a new $40.2 million seven-year contract with ESPN Regional Television. The additional funds have brought improvements to the university, including:[16]
- The Booth Family Hall of Athletics addition to Allen Fieldhouse;
- Brand new offices and lounges for the women's basketball program;
- Brand new scoreboard and batting facility for the baseball field;
- The new $31 million Anderson Family Football Complex adjacent to Memorial Stadium;
- The $8 million dollar 42,000 square foot Anderson Family Strength Center
[edit] Student Activities
[edit] Athletics
The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and royal blue, are called the Jayhawks. They participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football) and in the Big 12 Conference. KU has won eleven NCAA National Championships: four in men's basketball, three in men's indoor track and field, three in men's outdoor track and field, and one in men's cross country.
[edit] Football
KU football dates from 1890, and despite numerous losing seasons, still have tradition. They are currently coached by Mark Mangino, who was hired in 2002. The team plays at Memorial Stadium. Memorial Stadium is currently undergoing renovation, begun in the summer of 2007, to add a $30 million dollar football practice facility complete with indoor practice field and weight room along with improving the locker room facilities. Current NFL alumni include Moran Norris of the San Francisco 49ers, David McMillan of the Cleveland Browns, Charles Gordon of the Minnesota Vikings, Adrian Jones of the New York Jets, and Justin Hartwig of the Carolina Panthers. NFL Hall of Fame alumni include Gale Sayers and John Riggins among others.
[edit] 2007-2008 Season
On January 3rd, 2008, Kansas played in its first ever BCS Bowl Game. They played in the annual FedEx Orange Bowl (Kansas has appeared two other times: 1948 and 1968). Under the leadership of Mark Mangino, they upset the #3 BCS ranked Virginia Tech Hokies. Kansas was ranked 8th at the time in the BCS poll. They finished 12-1 on the season, becoming the first Kansas football team to win 12 games in a season. The Most Valuable Player of the game was cornerback and wide receiver Aqib Talib.
[edit] Men's Basketball
The KU Men's Basketball team, who have fielded a team every year since 1898, are a perennial national contender currently coached by Bill Self. The team last played an NCAA National Championship game in 2003 and last won an NCAA Championship in 1988. The basketball program is currently the third winningest program in college basketball history with an overall record of 1,905-781. The team plays at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas has counted among its coaches Dr. James Naismith (the inventor of basketball and only coach in Kansas history to have a losing record), Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Phog Allen ("the Father of basketball coaching"), Roy Williams of the University of North Carolina, and former NBA Champion Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown. In addition, legendary University of Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp played for KU's 1922 and 1923 Helms National Championship teams. In addition, NCAA Hall of Fame University of North Carolina Coach Dean Smith played for KU's 1952 NCAA Championship team. Both Rupp and Smith played under Phog Allen.
[edit] Other Sports
In 2004, the KU Men's Bowling Team won the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships. The Women's Team placed 5th that same year.
[edit] Clubs and Activities
KU is home to a wide array of organized student groups, ranging from political, special interest, social, volunteer, cultural, and many other subjects.
[edit] Student Publications
The school newspaper of the University of Kansas is The University Daily Kansan, which placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation competition, often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism" in 2007. The KU Department of English publishes the Coal City Review, an annual literary journal of prose, poetry, reviews and illustrations. The Review typically features the work of many writers, but periodically spotlights one author, as in the case of 2006 Nelson Poetry Book Award-winner voyeur poems by Matthew Porubsky. [17] [18]
[edit] Notable KU Alumni
University of Kansas Alumni on Wikipedia
[edit] Tuition and costs
The University of Kansas is repeatedly listed as one of the best buys in higher education by such publications as Kiplinger’s, the Fiske Guide to Colleges, Kaplan’s and the Princeton Review. Tuition at KU is 13 percent below the national average, according to the College Board, and the University remains a best buy in the region. Its 2004-05 in-state tuition and fees of $4,737 were lower than the University of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and most other public universities.
Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU will pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact [19] passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. According to the compact, tuition will be $213 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $560 for out-of-state freshmen. For students who do not take part in the compact, current per-credit-hour tuition is $194.80 for in-state undergraduates and $511.70 for out-of-state undergraduates[20]; these rates are subject to annual increases. The schools of architecture, business, engineering, fine arts, journalism, law, and pharmacy charge additional fees.[21]
[edit] Further reading
- University of Kansas Traditions: The Jayhawk
- Kirke Mechem, "The Mythical Jayhawk", Kansas Historical Quarterly XIII: 1 (February 1944), pp. 3–15. A tongue-in-cheek history and description of the Mythical Jayhawk.
[edit] External links
On Wikipedia
- University of Kansas category
- Douglas County, Kansas
- Educational institutions established in 1865
- Universities and Colleges in Kansas
[edit] References
- ^ US News Ranking National Universities.
- ^ US News 2008 Ranking of Law Schools.
- ^ KU Medical Center. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ KU Medical Center Enrollment.
- ^ About KU Edwards Campus. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ John Bricke, Ph.D. Curriculum Vite.
- ^ KU Distinguished Professors: Stephen A. Epstein.
- ^ African and African American Studies.
- ^ KU Distinguished Professors: Don W. Green.
- ^ Knovel Library.
- ^ James Gunn Biography.
- ^ KU: Department of Classics.
- ^ TH&F Assoc. Professor Kevin Willmott.
- ^ C.S.A. The Movie Website.
- ^ Early Lynx. Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ King, Jason. "Hawk Market", The Kansas City Star (June 11, 2006), pp. C1, C14.
- ^ 2006 Award Winner Reviews ~ Kansas Authors Club
- ^ "Poet well-versed in voyeurism" ~ Lawrence.com, December 2 2006
- ^ Tuition at KU. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
- ^ 2007-2008 Tuition & Fees. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
- ^ Fall 2007 Special Rates. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
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