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Kansas State University (sometimes referred to as K-State) is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas. Kansas State University was founded February 16, 1863, as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act. It was initially located on the grounds of the old Bluemont Central College. The university moved to its present site in 1875.Kansas State has an enrollment of approximately 19,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students. The university has 60 academic departments in nine colleges: Agriculture; Architecture, Planning, and Design; Arts and Sciences; Business Administration; Education; Engineering; Human Ecology; Technology and Aviation; and Veterinary Medicine.
The school's sports teams are called the Wildcats. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A, and in the Big Twelve Conference.
In 1991, the former Kansas Technical Institute in Salina, Kansas was merged with Kansas State University by an act of the Kansas legislature. The College of Technology and Aviation is now located at the Salina campus.
1 Distinguished Alumni
- Sam Brownback, Kansas US Senator
- Milton S. Eisenhower, brother of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and former president of Kansas State University
- Marlin Fitzwater , press secretary under two US presidents
- Gordon Jump, actor (Maytag man)
- Richard MyersGeneral Richard Bowman Myers (born March 1, 1942) of the United States Air Force is the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking uniformed position in the United States Armed Forces. General Myers became the fifteenth Chairman of, chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Pat RobertsCharles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he is currently chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Roberts earned a B. from Kansas State University, Kansas US Senator
- Bernard Rogers , former Supreme Allied Commander of NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO , sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance is an international organization for defense collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed
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Universities and colleges in Kansas
Riley County, KansasRiley County (standard abbreviation: RL is a county located in the U. State of Kansas. As of 2000, the population is 62,843. The county seat is at Manhattan. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,611 km˛ (622 mi˛).
