Kent State University
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Kent State University (KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, which is one hour south-east from Cleveland, and 12 miles from Akron, Ohio. It is the second largest university in Ohio, with more than 35,000 students on eight campuses. Regional campuses include Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas.
The school's sports teams are called the Golden Flashes. They compete in the NCAA's Division I-A, and the Mid-American Conference.
Kent State has colleges of Arts and Sciences; Architecture and Environmental Design; Business Administration; Communication and Information; Education; Fine and Professional Arts; and Nursing; along with a School of Technology. Furthermore, the university has interdisciplinary programs in Biomedical Sciences; Financial Engineering; and Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. Their Liquid Crystal Institute has an international reputation for research in optics and chemical physics.
The university is best known, outside Ohio, for a single event: the Kent State shootings, when four students were killed and nine were wounded by the National Guard on May 4, 1970. A photograph of a 14-year-old runaway girl, kneeling over one of the bodies as she cried, is the most famous image of the event and one of the most enduring images of the turbulent Vietnam War era in the United States. The photo won a Pulitzer Prize for photographer John Filo.
Prices Effective Fall 2004
- By Semester: $3,752 In state, $7,258 Out of state
- By Year: $3,990 In state, $14,516 Out of state
- Room and Board by Semester: $3,205 In state, $3,205 Out of state
- Room and Board by Year: $6,410 In state, $6,410 Out of state
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Noted Kent State alumni include talk show host Arsenio Hall, members of the new wave band DEVO (Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale), actor/comedian Drew Carey, and the winner of the 2003 Open Ben Curtis.
External links
- Official Kent State University site (http://www.kent.edu)
- Official Kent State athletics site (http://www.kentstatesports.com)
- Kent State University Magazine (http://www.kent.edu/Magazine/index.cfm)
- Regional Campuses (http://www.kent.edu/RegionalCampuses/index.cfm)
- Ashtabula Campus (http://www.ashtabula.kent.edu/)
- Trumbull Campus (http://www.trumbull.kent.edu/)
- East Liverpool Campus (http://www.kenteliv.kent.edu/)
- Geauga Campus (http://www.geauga.kent.edu/)
- Salem Campus (http://www.salem.kent.edu/)
- Tuscarawas Campus (http://www.tusc.kent.edu/)
- Stark Campus (http://www.stark.kent.edu/)
- School of Technology (http://131.123.150.203/)
- Liquid Crystal Institute (http://imagine.kent.edu/staff/centers/detail.asp?id=248)