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Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University seal Image File history File links FHSU_seal. ...

Motto "Affordable Success."
Established 1902
Type Public
President Dr. Edward H. Hammond
Faculty 303
Undergraduates +7,173
Postgraduates +1,327
Location Hays, Kansas, USA
Campus 4,160 acres
Athletics NAIA, NCAA II
Colors Black and Gold
Mascot Tigers -
Website www.fhsu.edu

Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas. It is the fourth largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 9,500 students (8,250 undergraduate and 1,250 graduate). A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Hays is a city in Ellis County, Kansas, near the intersection of Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 183. ... Official language(s) none Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... A mascot, originally a fetish-like term for any person, animal, or thing supposed to bring luck, is now something—typically an animal or human character—used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot... Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four big cats that belong to the Panthera genus. ... Image File history File links Tiger. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... For a list of universities around the world, see Lists of colleges and universities Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Hays is a city in Ellis County, Kansas, near the intersection of Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 183. ... Official language(s) none Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... The Kansas Board of Regents is a body consisting of nine members which governs six state universities in Kansas. ...

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History

FHSU was founded in 1902 as the Western Branch of Kansas State Normal School which is now known as Emporia State University. The institution was originally located on the grounds of historic Fort Hays, a frontier military outpost that was closed in 1889. The university served the early settlers' needs for educational facilities in the new region. The first building closer to Hays was completed in 1904, at which time the university moved to its present location. The modern campus is still located on a portion of the former military reservation from the fort. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Emporia State University (ESU) is a comprehensive Regents university serving residents of Eastern Kansas. ... Emporia State University (ESU) is a comprehensive Regents university serving residents of Eastern Kansas. ... // Fort Hays was an important frontier outpost of the United States Army in the western state of Kansas between 1865 and 1889. ...


The Campus

The main campus sits on 200 of the 4,160 acres owned by the state and deeded to the university. The campus property includes more than 40 limestone-faced buildings. Big Creek, a winding stream that traverses the campus, not only enhances the beauty of the campus, but also serves as a natural laboratory for students in the biological sciences. Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ...


Forsyth Library

In addition to supporting the general needs of faculty, staff and students, Forsyth Library has a large collection of fiction and nonfiction material about Kansas and the American West, supported in part by the Elmer and Eartha Pugh Trust Fund. Topics include railroads, the cattle industry, cowboys, Native Americans and frontier life. The cowboy, the quintessential symbol of the American Old West. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska down to their descendants in modern times. ... The cowboy, the quintessential symbol of the American Old West. ...


The William D. Pashchal World War II History Collection, donated by retired dentist William Paschal, contains books, declassified government documents, maps, photographs, and other materials. Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33...


The library is also the repository for the books, papers and periodicals of the Fort Hays Genealogy Society. Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. ...


Sternberg Museum

The University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History features interactive natural science exhibitions, many traveling and temporary exhibitions, an acclaimed Discovery Room, and a Museum Store. The museum houses over 100,000 square feet of dinosaurs, fossils, prehistoric animals, giant sea-swimming lizards and fish that inhabited Kansas over 70-80 million years ago. The Sternberg Museum also includes more than 3.7 million specimens in collections of paleontology, geology, history, archaeology, ethnology, botany, entomology, ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology and mammalogy. The lunar farside as seen from Apollo 11 Natural science is the rational study of the universe via rules or laws of natural order. ... Three small ammonite fossils, each approximately 1. ... Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ... Paleontology or palaeontology (see Spelling differences) is the study of the history and development of life on Earth, including that of ancient plants and animals, based on the fossil record (evidence of their prehistoric existence as typically preserved in sedimentary rocks). ... World geologic provinces Oceanic crust  0-20 Ma  20-65 Ma  >65 Ma Geologic provinces  Shield  Platform  Orogen  Basin  Large igneous province  Extended crust Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason))[1] is the science and study of the solid matter of the earth, its composition, structure... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Ethnology (greek ethnos: (non-greek, barbarian) people) is a genre of anthropological study, involving the systematic comparison of the folklore, beliefs and practices of different societies. ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ... Not to be confused with Etymology, the study of the origin of words. ... Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. ... Herpetology (Greek herpeton = to creep, to ramp and logos = in this context explanation or reason) is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of reptiles and amphibians. ... Ornithology (from the Greek ornis = bird and logos = word/science) is the branch of zoology concerned with the scientific study of birds. ... In biology, mammalogy is the study of mammals, a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. ...


The museum is the home of the internationally famous Cretaceous fossil Gillicus in Xiphactinus, better known as the "fish within a fish," which shows a small fossil fish inside the stomach of a larger fossil fish. The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i. ...


Academics

Degree options

FHSU is comprised of four colleges (Arts and Sciences, Business and Leadership, Education and Technology, and Health and Life Sciences) which together have 30 departments and offer more than 60 academic majors for undergraduates and 19 for graduate students. Students at FHSU can obtain Associate's degrees in office technology and radiologic technology; do their preprofessional study at FHSU then transfer to a medical or law school; obtain bachelor's and master's degrees; and in some areas of the curriculum, can earn specialist's degrees. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... An academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is a mainly U.S. and Canadian term for a college or university students main field of specialization during his or her undergraduate studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... An associates degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges and some bachelors degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years. ...


Docking Institute of Public Affairs

The Docking Institute is a public policy research institute whose mission is to enhance effective decision-making among governmental and non-profit leaders. The Institute has six focus areas:

  1. Survey research, program evaluation research, public policy research, and community and economic development research
  2. Strategic planning and consulting
  3. Grants facilitation
  4. Economic and community development consulting
  5. Public administration training programs
  6. Public affairs programming (conferences, speakers, forums, media events, scholarly publications, etc)

Athletics

Fort Hays State athletic teams participate in the NCAA Division II Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) conference. The Fort Hays State basketball program holds several national basketball titles; the men's team claimed national championships in 1984 and 1985 (NAIA), back to back, and in 1996 (NCAA Division II) with a remarkable 34 and 0 record. The women's team also brought home the national title in 1991 (NAIA). FHSU is a competitive participant in the following sports: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States (in the states of Kansas and Missouri). ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... NAIA is an acronym (or an initialism) that can refer to the following: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Wrestlers (Pankratiasts) from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ...

Mascot

FHSU's mascot is the Tiger and has been the mascot of FHSU since 1914. No one knows for certain how it came to be FHSU's mascot, but the Tiger may have been the brainchild of W.A. Lewis, the president of the Western Branch Normal School (FHSU). Many tigers have represented FHSU over the years, but on April 3, 2000, the current mascot was unveiled. It is now the only acceptable image of the FHSU Tiger. At the annual TailGreat on Sept. 9, 2000, the mascot was officially named Victor E. Tiger. The costumed tiger character, Victor E. Tiger, appears at sporting and university events. Image File history File links Tiger. ... Image File history File links Tiger. ... Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of tigers in 1900 (red) and 1990 (green) Synonyms Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758 Tigris striatus Severtzov, 1858 Tigris regalis pink, 1867</large> Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four big cats in the Panthera genus. ...


Student Media

  • Tiger's Tale is a student-produced magazine printed twice a year - at the end of both the fall and spring semesters.
  • KFHS is a student-run campus music station that broadcasts non-stop from kfhs.net and on the local Hays cable channel 67 on television.
  • KFHS television channel 67 is FHSU's cable television station featuring student-produced and student-centered programming.
  • The University Leader is the official student publication of FHSU and prints on Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters.
  • The Edge is an independent student newspaper at FHSU published twice a month during the fall and spring semesters.

Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...

Technology

FHSU has long been recognized for its “high-tech/high-touch” vision. The underlying assumption of the vision is the integration of leading edge information technology with the humanizing aspects of personal attention to achieve the most productive learning environments available in higher education.


As of December 2006, nearly all of FHSU has wireless access. The network has three tiers of access: one for faculty, one for students, and one for guests. FHSU recently began to transform itself to a "mobile computing environment," allowing students and faculty to interface via a campus-wide wireless network. This network is set to be in place by the fall of 2007.


Additionally, the school has established a distance education program called the "Virtual College" which allows students to take various courses online. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


The Blue Light Lady

There is an often reported paranormal sighting at FHSU. Known commonly as the "Blue Light Lady," the ghost is allegedly the spirit of Elizabeth Polly, a nurse at Fort Hays when it was an operational military fort. The sightings of a blue light center around Sentinel Hill, one of Polly's favorite spots and the place she wanted to be buried. Sentinel Hill has a limestone marker several hundred feet from the road, but reports are mixed as to whether or not she is buried there. Some contend that the grave found at the base of the hill was not Polly, but rather a Mexican cattleman, based on the marker's Spanish inscription. In fact the "Lonely Grave," as it is called, may not be an actual burial site at all as no remains were found in attempts to fulfill Miss Polly's wishes by moving her to the top of the hill. The hill was incorrectly referred to as "Centennial Hill" in an earlier version of the Wiki. Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...


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CampusChamps.com - Fort Hays State University Athletics (758 words)
Founded in 1902 on the plains of western Kansas, Fort Hays State University is the second youngest of the state's six universities.
FHSU has grown to a faculty of nearly 300, a support staff of 250 and a student body of 5,600.
The Fort Hays State University women's golf team had two of its three golfers place in the top 30 at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Invitational in Gothenburg, Neb. Freshman Molly Copper paced the Tigers by carding a 190 to finish 34, and freshman Stacey Karl was 39th with a 200.
Fort Hays State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (494 words)
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas.
It is the fourth largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.
FHSU was originally founded in 1902 as the Western Branch of Kansas State Normal School which is now known as Emporia State University.
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