The Universities of Wisconsin is a university system of public universities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is one of the largest public higher-education systems in the country,enrolling more than 160,000 students each year and employing approximately 41,000 faculty and staff statewide. The system is headquartered in the state capital of Madison.
Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County,Kansas,United States. The largest city in northwestern Kansas,it is the economic and cultural center of the region. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 21,116. It is also a college town,home to Fort Hays State University.
Valley City State University (VCSU) is a public university in Valley City,North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. Founded in 1890 as Valley City State Normal School,a two-year teachers' college,it was authorized to confer bachelor's degrees in 1921 and changed its name to Valley City State Teachers College. With an expansion in programs outside teacher education after World War II,it became Valley City State College in 1963. In 1986,it was renamed State University of North Dakota-Valley City and a year later received its current name.
Education in Kansas is governed at the primary and secondary school level by the Kansas State Board of Education. The state's public colleges and universities are supervised by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public university in Hays,Kansas. It is the largest university in western Kansas,and the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents,with a total enrollment of approximately 15,100 students.
The University of Wisconsin Colleges,established in 1971 was a unit of the University of Wisconsin System composed of 13 local two-year campuses and one online campus,University of Wisconsin Colleges Online. These campuses offered a liberal arts,transfer-parallel curriculum. The Colleges as a functional unit was dissolved as of June 30,2018.
The University of North Texas System is a public university system headquartered in Dallas,Texas. It is the administrative overseer of three otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning:the University of North Texas,a research institution based in Denton;the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth;and the University of North Texas at Dallas in South- and Downtown Dallas.
Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public university in Durant,Oklahoma. It had a total enrollment of 5,376 in 2022.
Kevin Verdugo is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Fort Hays State University in Hays,Kansas from 2005 to 2010,compiling a record of 18–47. Verdugo was the head football coach at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott,Kansas from 2001 to 2003,tallying a mark of 9–18.
Nola Ochs was an American woman,from Jetmore,Kansas,who in 2007,at age 95,graduated from college and was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world to become a college graduate,until Shigemi Hirata in 2016.
The Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science (KAMS) is a two-year,residential,early-entrance-to-college program for U.S. high school juniors and seniors who are academically talented in the areas of mathematics and science. Located on the Fort Hays State University campus in Hays,Kansas,students concurrently complete their last two years of high school,while earning over 60 college credits.
The Fort Hays State Tigers football program represents Fort Hays State University in college football. They participate in Division II sports within the NCAA in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). The team plays their home games in Lewis Field Stadium,located on the Fort Hays State University campus in Hays,Kansas.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is a public research university with multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. It is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 after the consolidation of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas–Pan American.
The American University of Phnom Penh is a private English-medium university founded in August 2013,with a campus in Phnom Penh,Cambodia. The university currently offers four-year American dual degree programs as well as stand-alone Bachelor's and MBA programs."Master's Programs".
Mirta Maria Martin is an American former educator who was the president of Fairmont State University from 2018 to 2022 and the president of Fort Hays State University from 2014 to 2016. Prior to Fort Hays State,Martin served as the Dean of Virginia State University's Reginald F. Lewis School of Business,a position she held from August 1,2009 until June 30,2014.
Edward H. Hammond is an American educator and former president of Fort Hays State University. Prior to his position at Fort Hays State,Hammond served in student affairs at various institutions including Seton Hall University and the University of Louisville. Hammond completed just two months shy of 28 years,making him the longest serving president at Fort Hays State and leader in the Kansas Board of Regents schools.
John Andrew Tompkins is an American educator in Kansas. Prior to his previous post at Wichita State University,he served as interim president at Fort Hays State,as well as the president of the Kansas Board of Regents from 2010 to 2015. Tompkins was a professor and dean at Pittsburg State University two different times,and served as a superintendent of three different Kansas school districts. Tompkins is also the former Commissioner of the Kansas State Department of Education,serving from June 1,1996 to June 30,2005.
Mark A. Johnson is an American men's basketball coach,currently coaching at Fort Hays State University. Prior to his position,Johnson served as the assistant coach for the program from 1996 to 2001,as well as interim head coach leading up to the 1997–98 season. Prior to becoming an assistant coach at Fort Hays State,Johnson was an assistant at Phillips University,Labette Community College,and served as a graduate assistant for Pittsburg State University. Mark has 3 children.
Hendratta Ali is a geoscientist who does work in hydrology,aqueous geochemistry,exploration geology and equity geoscience. Her home institution is the Department of Geosciences at Fort Hays State University. She was awarded the 2021 Geological Society of America Randolph Bromery award and Fort Hays State University President’s Distinguished Scholar Award. Ali is a native of Cameroon.
