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University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-3911 } (888) 686-7525; FAX: (7851 864-5221
The University of Kansas, founded in 1866, is a public, comprehensive institution. Its undergraduate and graduate programs emphasize the lib¬eral arts, business, fine arts, music, teacher preparation, journalism, en¬gineering, architecture, social welfare, law, and health science, including pharmacy. Its medical center campus is located in Kansas City. There are 11 undergraduate and 3 graduate schools. In addition to regional ac¬creditation, KU has baccalaureate program accreditation with AACSB, ABET, ACEJMC, ACPE, APTA, CAHEA, CSWE, NAAB, NASAD, NASM, NCATE, and NLN. The 12 libraries contain 3,450,463 vol¬umes, 2,983,680 microform items, and 38,495 audiovisual/CDs, and subscribe to 32,341 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog, interlibrary loans, and database searching. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, natural history mu¬seum, radio station, TV station, observatory, film studio, space technol¬ogy center, state-of-the-art performing arts center, and art, natural his¬tory, classics, anthropology, entomology, and invertebrate paleontology museums. The 1000-acre campus is in a suburban area 40 miles west of Kansas City. Including residence halls, there are 185 buildings.
Student Life: 70% of undergraduates are from Kansas. Others are from 50 states, 102 foreign countries, and Canada. 84% are white. The average age of freshmen is 19; all undergraduates, 22. 23% do not con¬tinue beyond their first year; 56% remain to graduate.
Housing: 5721 students can be accommodated in college housing, which includes single-sex and coed dormitories, on-campus apartments, off-campus apartments, and married-student housing. In addition there are honors houses and special interest floors, and 1 residence hall witha fine arts emphasis. On-campus housing is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Alcohol is not permitted. All students may keep cars.
Activities: 20% of men belong to 27 national fraternities; 22% of women belong to 17 national sororities. There are 400 groups on cam¬pus, including art, band, cheerleading, chess, choir, chorus, computers, dance, debate, drama, drill team, environmental, ethnic, film, gay, hon¬ors, housing, international, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, musical theater, newspaper, opera, orchestra, pep band, photography, political, professional, radio and TV, religious, social, social service, stu¬dent government, symphony, and yearbook. Popular campus events in¬clude Parents Day, Christmas Vespers, and Hawk Week.
Sports: There are 9 intercollegiate sports for men and 11 for women, and 33 intramural sports for men and 33 for women. Facilities include a field house with an indoor track and basketball and volleyball courts; a 52000-seat football stadium with an outdoor track; a sports pavilion with an indoor football field; a health and phys ed center housing 2 in¬door pools, handball and racquetball courts, an indoor climbing wall, a weight/exercise/gymnastics/combative room, and gyms; baseball, la¬crosse, ultimate, cricket, football, soccer, and rugby fields; tennis courts; and a bowling alley.
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Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina, KS 67401-6196
(785) 827-5541, ext. 1285 (800) 874--1154, ext 1285; FAX: (785) 827-0927
Kansas Wesleyan, founded in 1886, is affiliated with the United Methodist church. The college offers undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, business, and education. Figures in the above capsule are approximate. There is 1 graduate school. The library contains 82,000 volumes, 33,505 microform items, and 984 audiovisual forms/CDs, and subscribes to 421 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog, interlibrary loans, and database searching. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, art gallery, planetarium, radio station, greenhouse, and cadaver lab. The 25-acre campus Washburn University of Topeka
Topeka, KS 66621
(913) 231-1010; (800) 332-0391
Washburn University of Topeka, a public, primarily commuter institution established in 1865, offers programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, nursing, education, and technical and other career-oriented fields. There are 4 undergraduate and 3 graduate schools. In addition to regional accreditation, Washburn has baccalaureate program accreditation with APTA, CAHEA, CSWE, NASAD, NASM, NCATE, and NLN. The 2 libraries contain 300,000 volumes and 100,000 microform items, and subscribe to 1800 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog, interlibrary loans, and database searching. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, art gallery, Sterling College
Sterling, KS 67579
(316) 278-4275 (800) 346-1017; FAX: (316) 278-3890
Sterling College, established in 1887, is a private liberal arts institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), offering undergraduate curricula in 17 majors plus teacher preparation. The library contains 80,000 volumes, 50 microform items, and 3631 audiovisual forms/ CDs, and subscribes to 371 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog and database searching. Special learning facili¬ties include a learning resource center, a museum and a theater. The 43-acre campus is in a small town 70 miles northwest of Wichita. In¬cluding residence halls, there are 19 buildings.
Student Life: 62% of undergraduates Kansas Newman College
Wight, KS 67213
(516) 942-4231, ext 144 (800) 736-7585, ext.144; FAX; (316) 932-4983
Kansas Newman College, established in 1933, is a private, liberal arts institution affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to re¬gional accreditation, KNC has baccalaureate program accreditation with NLN. The library contains 85,000 volumes, and subscribes to 500 peri¬odicals. Computerized library services include database searching. Spe¬cial learning facilities include a learning resource center, art gallery, planetarium, and TV station. The 53-acre campus is in an urban area. Including residence halls, there are 7 buildings.
Student Life: 90% of undergraduates are from Kansas. Others are from 19 states, Mcpherson College
McPherson. KS 6745C
(316) 241-0751; FAX; (316) 241-8443
McPherson College, founded in 1887 and affiliated with the Church of the Brethren, is a private, nonprofit institution offering undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, business, and education. The library contains 84,990 volumes, 329 microform items, and 3026 audiovisual forms/CDs, and subscribes to 459 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog and interlibrary loans. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, TV station, and an automobile restoration center. The 23-acre campus is in a small town 60 miles north of Wichita. Including residence halls, there are 15 buildings.
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