The California State University is a public university system in California,and the largest public university system in the United States. It consists of 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers,which together enroll 457,992 students and employ 56,256 faculty and staff members. In California,it is one of the three public higher education systems,along with the University of California and the California Community Colleges systems. The CSU system is officially incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University,and is headquartered in Long Beach,California.
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is a public historically Black university in Elizabeth City,North Carolina. It enrolls nearly 2,500 students in 28 undergraduate programs and 4 graduate programs and is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the University of North Carolina system.
Eastern Kentucky University is a public university in Richmond,Kentucky. It also maintains branch campuses in Corbin,Hazard,Lancaster,and Manchester and offers over 40 online undergraduate and graduate options.
Henderson State University (HSU) is a public university in Arkadelphia,Arkansas,Founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College. Henderson has an undergraduate enrollment of around 2,500 students. The campus is located on 156 acres (0.63 km2).
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is a public health sciences university in Little Rock,Arkansas. It is part of the University of Arkansas System and consists of six colleges,seven institutes,several research centers,a statewide network of community education centers,and the UAMS Medical Center.
Julius Cherry Powell was an American academic teacher and the seventh president of Eastern Kentucky University.
Alumni Coliseum and Baptist Health Arena are home to the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels in Richmond,Kentucky.
Charles Paul Conn is Chancellor and former President of Lee University in Cleveland,Tennessee. Conn became president of Lee University in 1986 and announced retirement in 2019. He retired in 2020 to become chancellor. He was the longest serving CEO of any college or university in Tennessee history.
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is an organization of state-supported colleges and universities that offer degree programs leading to bachelor's,master's or doctoral degrees. AASCU grew out of the Association of Teacher Education Institutions that had been organized in 1951 to serve public comprehensive institutions. Most of the original member institutions began as single-purpose institutions,most commonly normal schools.
The Arkansas State University System,based in Little Rock,serves almost 40,000 students annually on campuses in Arkansas and Queretaro,Mexico,and globally online.
Michael Taft Benson is an American academic administrator serving as the president and professor of history at Coastal Carolina University. He previously served as president of Eastern Kentucky University,Southern Utah University,and Snow College,and as special assistant to the president at University of Utah. He was appointed Visiting Professor within the Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins University in January 2020.
Herman Lee Donovan served as the fourth president of Eastern Kentucky University,known for keeping the university financially stable during the Great Depression. He then became president of the University of Kentucky during World War II. Donovan worked to desegregate UK and accommodated the influx of veterans coming in after the war.
Robert L. King is an American higher education leader and former Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. He previously served as president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Other notable positions include having served Monroe County,New York Executive and as Chancellor of the State University of New York. On July 11,2019,He was confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
David Ward was the president of the American Council on Education from September 2001 to September 2008. In 2011 he was appointed Interim Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison,where he served a prior term as Chancellor from 1993 to 2001,Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 1989 to 2003,and Associate Dean of the Graduate School from 1980 to 1987.
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU),located in Richmond,Kentucky,in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks,primarily competing in the ASUN Conference since the 2021–22 academic year. Its football team competes in the United Athletic Conference (UAC),which starts play in 2023 as a football-only merger of the ASUN and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Colonels previously competed in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) from 1948–49 to 2020–21.
Charles Pat Taylor is a retired American university president. Taylor served over 20 years as President of Southwest Baptist University,and his most recent role was as the interim president of Oklahoma Baptist University. He retired from OBU when Heath Thomas assumed the role of president on January 1,2020.
Dr. Henry Hanly Funderburk Jr. was the 12th president of Auburn University from 1980 to 1983. He then became the 8th president of Eastern Kentucky University and served there from 1985 to 1998.
Mary Creegan Roark was the first female President and second President of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School,later Eastern Kentucky University,from April 1909 until March 1910. Roark held this position following the death of her husband,Ruric Nevel Roark,in 1909. Roark led the university at a time when women did not have the right to vote in state or federal elections. Roark was involved in the Suffrage Movement for Equal Rights and was elected Secretary of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association in 1898. Her stances included better teacher training and salaries,she also helped gain the right to vote in school elections. Roark died in Baltimore,Maryland on February 1,1922 and is buried in Richmond,Kentucky at the Richmond Cemetery.
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is the chief administrator of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is selected by the University of Nebraska System president and confirmed by the Nebraska Board of Regents. The position has been held by Rodney D. Bennett since July 2023.
Ruric Nevel Roark was Eastern Kentucky University's first president. He held that title from 1906 until his death in 1909. Roark started many of the initial plans to add to and expand the campus. Though he never got to lay eyes on them,Roark is said to be responsible for the construction of three buildings on EKU's campus,the University Building,the Miller Gymnasium,and Memorial Hall. Roark also has a building on Eastern Kentucky University's campus named after him.
