University of Kansas

The University of Kansas

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Motto	Videbo visionem hanc magnam quare non comburatur rubus (I will see this great vision in which the bush does not burn)
Type	Public
Established	1865
Endowment	US $1.24 billion (2007)
Chancellor	Robert Hemenway
Provost	Richard Lariviere
Academic staff	2,201
Students	29,260
Undergraduates	20,298
Postgraduates	6,044 graduate 2,918 medical
Location	Lawrence , Kansas , USA
Campus	1,100 acres (4.45 km²)
Yearbook	Jayhawker Yearbook
Colors	KU Blue   KU Signature Gray   KU Crimson   Jayhawk Yellow
Nickname	Jayhawks
Affiliations	AAU, NASULGC, EDUCAUSE
Website	www.ku.edu

The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. The University was founded in 1865 by the citizens of Lawrence under a charter from the Kansas Legislature. It also received assistance from former Kansas Governor Charles Robinson and his wife Sara, who donated 40 acres (160,000 m²) of Mount Oread land, and philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence, who made sizable monetary donations.

The University's Medical Center and Hospital are located in Kansas City, Kansas. The KU Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas in the Kansas City metro area. There are also educational/research sites in Parsons, Topeka and a branch of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita.

Enrollment at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses was 26,342 students; an additional 2,918 students were enrolled at the KU Medical Center for a total enrollment of 29,260 students across the three campuses. The Lawrence campus and KU Medical Center combined employ 2,201 faculty members.

KU is home to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Beach Center on Disability, and radio stations KANU and KJHK. Kansas Public Radio station KANU was one of the first public radio stations in the nation. KJHK, the campus radio has roots back to 1952 and is completely run by students. The university is host to several notable museums including the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, the KU Museum of Anthropology, and the Spencer Museum of Art. The University is one of 60 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.

The chancellor of the University of Kansas is Robert Hemenway. He has served as chancellor since 1995. He has taken an active approach towards improving academics.

Academics

The University is a large, state-sponsored university. In addition to a large liberal arts college, it has schools of Allied Health, Architecture and Urban Design, Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Welfare. (The study of academic sociology originated at the University in 1890.) The University also operates a selective Honors Program, with approximately 300 undergraduate students admitted each year, offering classes in many of these areas.

The most recent edition of Peterson's Guide to Competitive College calls KU "one of America's premier universities." For more than a decade, The Fiske Guide to Colleges has awarded KU a four-star rating for academics, social life, and overall quality of university life.

In 2007, U.S. News & World Report ranked KU as tied for 88th place in its ranking of the Best National Universities. In 2006, the Report ranked Kansas as tied for 45th place in Public Universities. The Report surveys over 1,400 institutions of higher education in the United States.

Law School

Main article: University of Kansas School of Law

The University of Kansas School of Law, in Lawrence, Kansas, is the top law school in the state of Kansas according to the 2008 U.S. News & World Report. The magazine also ranked KU Law as a top-tier law school at 73rd and rated it a "best buy." Classes are held in Green Hall at W 15th St and Burdick Dr, which is named after former dean James Green.

Medical Center

The University of Kansas Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kansas, treats over 19,000 patients per year. KU Med, as it is commonly known, comprises four basic schools: The KU School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Allied Health, and a second School of Graduate Studies. As of the Spring 2007 semester, there were 2,769 students enrolled at KU Med. The Medical Center also offers third and fourth year students an opportunity to do rotations at the Wichita campus.

Edwards Campus

KU's Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas. Established in 1993, its goal is to provide adults with the opportunity to complete college degrees. About 2,100 students attend the Edwards Campus, with an average age of 32. Programs available at the Edwards Campus include developmental psychology, public administration, social work, systems analysis, engineering management and design.

Notable faculty

• John Bricke, Ph.D., Edinburgh University. Philosophy of the Mind, Hume and Davidson Scholar.
• J C D Clark, Ph.D., Cambridge University. Hall Center Chaired Professor of History. History of Political Thought, 17th and 18th Century Britain, History of Religion
• George Coggins, Frank E. Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law. J.D. from the University of Michigan.
• Michael S. Engel, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Entomology, one of the leading experts on fossil insects and author of "Evolution of the Insects" (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Ph.D. from Cornell University.
• Steven A. Epstein, Distinguished Professor of Medieval History. Ph. D. from Harvard (1981). Multiple book publications to his name concerning late-medieval Genoa and Renaissance Italy.
• Bryant C. Freeman, an expert on Haiti, its language, culture, and history. He founded the Institute of Haitian studies at KU. He has been asked consulted various U.S. government and international organizations regarding Haiti, and was given the protocol rank of Major General with the U.N. peacekeeping force. He has published significant dictionaries in the language.
• Don W. Green, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering – co-editor of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, the world's most widely used reference by chemical and petroleum engineers.
• James Gunn – Hugo Award-winning science fiction author and creative writing professor.
• David S. Holmes – Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., 1965, Northwestern University. M.D., 1968, Harvard University. Served on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern University, University of Texas, and Princeton University. Author of "Abnormal Psychology" textbook.
• Kermit E Krantz MD, LittD (deceased 2007), University Distinguished Professor; Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Anatomy Emeritus. Developed the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) and invented the expandable tampon.
• Jeffrey Lang, professor of mathematics and Muslim author.
• Stanley Lombardo – Classics professor and translator of numerous Classical works into English, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid.
• Charles D. Michener (retired) Ex-chairman of KU Entomology Department, Ex-director of the Snow Entomological Museum, Watkins Distinguished Professor of Entomology, member of the National Academy of Sciences. The Association of American Publishers gave its R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional Reference or Scholarly Work of 2000 to Michener's opus, The Bees of the World.
• Dr. Jan Roskam -- emeritus Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, author of eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics and over 160 papers on the topics of aircraft aerodynamics, performance, design and flight controls.
• Kevin Willmott, of Junction City, KS, associate professor of Theater & Film, writer and director of the film C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and in 2005 was nominated for Best Film at the Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto in Porto, Portugal.
• Paul E. Wilson (deceased), distinguished emeritus professor of law. Wilson argued Brown v. Board of Education on behalf of the State of Kansas.
• Norman R. Yetman, (retired) Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Chancellors Club Teaching Professor of American Studies and Sociology. Distinguished author on race and politics.

Computing innovations

KU's School of Business launched interdisciplinary management science graduate studies in operations research during Fall Semester 1965. This innovative program provided the foundation for decision science applications supporting NASA Project Apollo Command Capsule Recovery Operations.

KU's academic computing department was an active participant in setting up the Internet and is the developer of the seminal Lynx text based web browser. Lynx itself provided hypertext browsing and navigation prior to Tim Berners Lee's invention of HTTP and HTML.

Student Activities

Athletics

Main article: Kansas Jayhawks

The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and royal blue, are called the Jayhawks. They participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football) and in the Big 12 Conference. KU has won eleven National Championships: five in men's basketball (two Helms Foundation championships and two NCAA championships), three in men's indoor track and field, three in men's outdoor track and field, and one in men's cross country. Their most recent championship came on April 7th, 2008 when they defeated Memphis 75-68 in overtime to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

KU football dates from 1890, and has played in the Orange Bowl three times: 1948,1968 and 2008. They are currently coached by Mark Mangino, who was hired in 2002. Under his leadership, the #8 Jayhawks emerged victorius in their first BCS bowl game, the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl, with a 24-21 victory over the #3 Virginia Tech Hokies. This capstone victory marked the end of the most successful season in school history, in which the Jayhawks went 12-1 (.923). The team plays at Memorial Stadium. Memorial Stadium is currently undergoing renovation, begun in the summer of 2007, to add a $30 million dollar football practice faciltiy complete with indoor practice field and weight room along with improving the locker room facilities. Current NFL alumni include Moran Norris of the San Francisco 49ers, David McMillan of the Cleveland Browns, Charles Gordon of the Minnesota Vikings, Adrian Jones of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Justin Hartwig of the Carolina Panthers. NFL Hall of Fame alumni include Gale Sayers and John Riggins among others.

The KU men's basketball team has fielded a team every year since 1898. The Jayhawks are a perennial national contender currently coached by Bill Self. The team last won an NCAA Championship in 1988 and won again in overtime in a game against Memphis in 2008. The basketball program is currently the third winningest program in college basketball history with an overall record of 1,942-785. The team plays at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas has counted among its coaches Dr. James Naismith (the inventor of basketball and only coach in Kansas history to have a losing record), Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Phog Allen ("the Father of basketball coaching"), Roy Williams of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and former NBA Champion Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown. In addition, legendary University of Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp played for KU's 1922 and 1923 Helms National Championship teams. In addition, NCAA Hall of Fame University of North Carolina Coach Dean Smith played for KU's 1952 NCAA Championship team. Both Rupp and Smith played under Phog Allen.

The university recently beat former coach Roy William's North Carolina Tar Heels to reach and win the 2008 NCAA basketball championship.

In 2004, the KU Men's Bowling Team won the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships. The Women's Team placed 5th that same year.

Lew Perkins, previously at Connecticut, replaced Al Bohl as the university's athletic director in 2003. Under Perkins's administration, the department's budget has increased from $27.2 million in 2003 (10th in the conference) to currently over $50 million thanks in large part to money raised from a new priority seating policy at Allen Fieldhouse, a new $26.67 million eight-year contract with Adidas replacing an existing contract with Nike, and a new $40.2 million seven-year contract with ESPN Regional Television. The additional funds have brought improvements to the university, including:

• The Booth Family Hall of Athletics addition to Allen Fieldhouse;
• Brand new offices and lounges for the women's basketball program;
• Brand new scoreboard and batting facility for the baseball field;
• A new $35 million football facility adjacent to Memorial Stadium;
• The $8 million dollar 42,000 square foot Anderson Family Strength Center

Student publications

The school newspaper of the University of Kansas is The University Daily Kansan, which placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation competition, often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism" in 2007. The KU Department of English publishes the Coal City Review, an annual literary journal of prose, poetry, reviews and illustrations. The Review typically features the work of many writers, but periodically spotlights one author, as in the case of 2006 Nelson Poetry Book Award-winner voyeur poems by Matthew Porubsky.

Notable KU alumni

Nobel laureates

• Vernon L. Smith (M.A. in economics 1952), awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics[2]

Honorary alumni

• Donald J. Hall, Sr., Chairman of the Board and former President and CEO of Hallmark Cards

Politics, government, and education

• William H. Avery (1934), 37th Governor of Kansas (1965–1967) [3]
• Sheila C. Bair, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Kay Barnes, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1999-2007
• Carol A. Beier, Kansas Supreme Court Justice
• George L. Brown, First African-American elected lieutenant governor in the U.S, (1974) and first African-American elected to statewide office in Colorado
• Arthur Linton Corbin (1894), professor at Yale Law School and scholar of contract law
• George Docking (1925), 35th Governor of Kansas (1957–1961)[4]
• Robert Docking (1948), 38th Governor of Kansas (1967–1975) [5]
• Bob Dole, former U.S. Senate majority leader and Senator from Kansas (1969–1996), presidential and vice-presidential nominee, WWII combat veteran. [6]
• Thomas Frank, author, What's the Matter with Kansas?
• Frederick Funston, attended 1885-1888, US Army general.
• John B. Gage (1907), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1940-1946)
• Robert L. Gernon (BS 1966), Kansas Supreme Court Justice.
• Arthur Harkins (BA 1959) & (PhD 1968), UMN Graduate Certificate in Innovation Studies.
• Jane Dee Hull (1957), 24th Governor of Arizona (1997–2003) [7] (KU and Harvard are the only universities with 2 women alumni elected governors, see also Kathleen Sebelius)
• Robert F. Bennett 37th Governor of Kansas (1975-1979)
• Lee A. Johnson (BS 1964) Kansas Supreme Court Justice
• Nancy Landon Kassebaum (1954), First female U.S. senator (1979-1997) elected in own right without having been preceded in office by her husband.
• Kenton Keith, U.S. ambassador to Qatar, 1992-1995.
• Phill Kline (JD 1987), Former Attorney General of Kansas (2003–2006), current District Attorney of Johnson County, KS (2007-)
• Ron Kuby, civil rights attorney
• Lee Kyung-sook, president of Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea.
• Alf Landon (1908), 26th Governor of Kansas (1933–1937) and Republican nominee in the 1936 presidential election
• Delano Lewis, former National Public Radio CEO and ambassador to South Africa
• Deane Waldo Malott (1921), former Chancellor of KU and 6th president of Cornell University (1951–1963)
• David McClain, President, University of Hawaii
• John H. McClendon, an African-American scholar at Michigan State University
• Dennis Moore, current U.S. Congressman for Kansas District 3 (1999–present)
• Franklin David Murphy (B.S. 1936), Chancellor of the University of Kansas and Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles
• Lawton Nuss (BA 1975, JD 1982), Kansas Supreme Court Justice
• William C. Perry (1922), Chief Justice Oregon Supreme Court
• Eric Rosen, Kansas Supreme Court Justice
• Jim Ryun, former U.S. Congressman Kansas District 2 (1997–2007), three-time U.S. Olympic runner and silver medalist
• Kathleen Sebelius, 44th Governor of Kansas (2003–present) (KU and Harvard are the only universities with 2 women alumni elected governors, see also Jane Dee Hull)
• Stephen Six, Attorney General of Kansas
• Vernon Smith, Nobel Prize laureate in economics
• Deanell Reece Tacha (BA 1968), current chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2001–present)

Media and the arts

• Stewart Bailey, television producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Scott Bakula, actor, star of Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise
• Etta Moten Barnett, actress and singer, was the first black artist to perform at the White House, and was Bess in the Broadway production of Porgy and Bess
• Kara Brock - Television and film actress.
• Danni Boatwright, former Miss Teen USA and Miss USA contestant, winner of Survivor: Guatemala
• Liliana V. Blum, Mexican writer
• Evan S. Connell, novelist, best known for Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge
• Steve Doocy, FOX News anchor, and New York Times bestselling author
• Bob Dotson, documentarian and NBC reporter, 4-time Emmy Award winner
• Robert Ebendorf, international metalsmith and jeweler who uses found objects in his artwork
• Von Freeman, Television Executive Producer ABC,NBC TV - The Radio Music Awards, Award winning Marketing director for his work in Los Angeles Radio.
• Moses Gunn, actor, was in the TV mini-series Roots
• Ann Hamilton (BFA 1979), sculptor, installation artist and 1993 MacArthur Fellow recipient
• Kevin Harlan, broadcaster for CBS and TNT sports
• Herk Harvey, Academy Award-winning director of over 400 industrial and educational short films as well as cult feature film Carnival of Souls
• Kevin Helliker, Chicago bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
• William Inge, a Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winning author/playwright
• Don Johnson, actor, co-star of Miami Vice and Nash Bridges
• Tim Joyce, television journalist, writer, meteorologist
• Rebecca Kolls, former gardening expert on ABC's Good Morning America and HGTV and knife-hawking infomercial co-star
• Bill Kurtis, television journalist and producer best known as the host of numerous A&E crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files.
• Neil LaBute, filmmaker/screenwriter, wrote and directed the award-winning In the Company of Men, nominated for Palme D'Or for Nurse Betty
• Margaret Larkin, writer, poet, singer-songwriter, theater personality, researcher, and union activist.
• Robert Morris, contemporary sculptor and painter (transferred to Reed College)
• Rob Neyer, baseball author and columnist for ESPN.com
• Sara Paretsky, novelist, best known for her frequent protagonist, V.I. Warshawski
• Mandy Patinkin, Emmy and Tony Award winning actor and singer (Yentl, The Princess Bride; TV's Chicago Hope)
• Artur Pizarro, concert pianist
• Maurice Prather, motion picture and still photographer and film director
• Betsy Randle, actress best known as the mother on Boy Meets World
• Rob Riggle, comedian, The Daily Show correspondent and former Saturday Night Live cast member
• Paul Rudd, actor from TV's Friends, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Clueless, The Cider House Rules, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Devin Scillian, television journalist and children's author
• Gerald Seib, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
• William Stafford (BA 1937), poet and pacifist, winner of the National Book Award for Travelling Through the Dark
• Dee Wallace-Stone, actress (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Howling)
• Harry Teinowitz, Sports Radio Host for Chicago's ESPN Radio AM 1000 (WMVP) [8]
• Catherine Warren, Miss Illinois USA 2006
• William Allen White, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
• Carol Journey, Castmember on Big Brother 8
• Cara Gorges, Miss Kansas USA 2007, controversial 2nd runner up Miss USA
• April Edwards, Visual Artist

Science and technology

• Paul R. Ehrlich (MA/PhD 1957), entomologist, population researcher and author of The Population Bomb, and 1990 MacArthur Fellow recipient
• Joe Engle (BS 1955), former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel [9]
• Ronald E. Evans (BS 1956), former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Navy captain [10]
• Steve Hawley (BA 1973), current NASA director and former astronaut [11]
• David Hillis, evolutionary biologist and 1999 MacArthur Fellow recipient
• Wes Jackson (MA 1960), environmental historian and founder of the Land Institute, a 1992 MacArthur Fellow recipient
• Bill James, noted Baseball sabermatrician and author of The Bill James Baseball Abstract in 1971
• Joseph W. Kennedy (MA 1937), co-discoverer of the element plutonium
• Brian McClendon (BSEE 1986), VP of Engineering for Google Earth, formerly Keyhole, Inc.
• Douglas Shane, (BS 1982) director of flight operations for SpaceShipOne, which made the first privately-funded human spaceflight
• Mike McCamon (1985), former executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)
• Walter Sutton, pioneer of cellular biology and genetics, physician, inventor
• Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discoverer of the dwarf planet Pluto
• Kent Whealy, co-founder of the Seed Savers Exchange, and 1988 MacArthur Fellow recipient

Business

• Kenneth S. "Boots" Adams (1921), former President and CEO of Phillips 66 Petroleum Company [12]
• Kenneth G. Adams (1972), President and CEO of Adams Investment Co. [13]
• Philip Anschutz, billionaire, founder of Qwest [14]
• Stephen Barackman, President of BIBofCA.com Los Angeles, CA
• Linda Z. Cook (1980), executive director of Shell Gas & Power, part of Royal Dutch Shell
• Paul Wilbur, CEO, Saleen Inc.
• David Dillon, Chairman and CEO, Kroger Co.
• Robert Eaton, former CEO of Chrysler Corporation
• Robert Kleist, founder and CEO of Printronix
• Lou Montulli, co-founder of Netscape [15]
• Alan Mulally (BS/MS), President and CEO of Ford Motor Company
• Christopher A. Sinclair (1971), former CEO of Pepsi-Cola, Co.
• Charles E. Spahr (1934), former CEO of Standard Oil of Ohio
• David Wittig, (1977) Former President and CEO of Westar Energy. [16]
• Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American, one of the world’s largest independent mining companies.

Sports

For athletes and coaches, see the relevant section in Kansas Jayhawks

• Wilt Chamberlain, 2-time All-American, NBA hall of famer and NBA all-time leader for most points in a game with 100 points.
• Danny Manning, basketball player and coach. Two-time All-American, 1988 recipient of the Naismith and Wooden Awards, Big 8 Player of the Decade for the 1980's, two-time NBA all-star.
• Bill Bridges, All-American, 1975 NBA Championship with Golden State Warriors. NBA Career Average Double-double (11.9 pts., 11.9 rebounds.)
• Lynette Woodard, Four time All-American, averaged 26 points per game and scored 3,649 points in total during her four years at KU. She is major college basketball's career women's scoring leader. First female member of the Harlem Globetrotters. Olympic women's basketball gold medalist.
• Clyde Lovellette, All-American, the first basketball player in history to play on NCAA, Olympic, and NBA championship squads. 3 NBA Finals titles and 1952 olympic gold medal and NCAA Champion.
• Jo Jo White, All-American, 1968 gold medal Mexico City olympics, named the most valuable player of the 1976 NBA Finals, 7 time NBA All-Star with Boston Celtics.
• Dave Robisch, 2-time All-American, 13 seasons in ABA and NBA.
• John Hadl, 2-time All-American, once as halfback and once as quarterback. Selected as KU Football Player of the Century. NFL Quarterback from 1962-1977.
• Nolan Cromwell, All-American, In 1976 set NCAA rushing record for a quarterback with 294 yards in a game. 1980 NFC Defensive Player of the Year. 4-time pro bowl selection at defensive back in 11 years with the Los Angeles Rams.
• Gilbert Brown, NFL Nose Tackle for Super Bowl XXXI Champion Green Bay Packers. 11 seasons in NFL.
• Darnell Valentine, All-American, 3-time Academic All-American, 16th pick in 1981 NBA Draft, 10 years in NBA.
• Paul Pierce, All-American, NBA All-Star on the Boston Celtics.
• Scot Pollard, NBA, on the Boston Celtics.
• Jacque Vaughn, 2-time All-American, 27th pick in 1997 NBA Draft.
• Raef LaFrentz, All-American, NBA player from the Portland Trailblazers.
• Kirk Hinrich, All-American, NBA player from the Chicago Bulls.
• Drew Gooden, All-American, 4th pick 2002 NBA draft, Basketball America Player of the Year 2002, Chicago Bulls.
• Nick Collison, All-American, 1999 McDonald's High School All-American, 2002-03 NABC Player of the Year and Big 12 Player of the Year. NBA player from the Seattle Supersonics also known as "Mr. USA Basketball" for representing the country in international basketball since high school. Finished his college career as the leading scorer in the history of the Big 12 Conference.
• Wayne Simien, 2-time All-American, 2005 Big 12 Player of the Year.
• Al Oerter, All-American, Track and Field (discus), 4 consecutive gold medals in olympic discus throw (1956-1968). 2-time world record holder.
• Willie Pless, Star football linebacker in the Canadian Football League. NCAA and Big 8 record holder for tackles with 633 (in only 3 years). 11 time All-Pro and 5 time Defensive Player of the Year in CFL.
• Gale Sayers, All-American, NFL Hall-of-Fame running back.
• K. S. "Bud" Adams, Jr., owner of the Tennessee Titans [17]
• Jack Del Rio, former NFL linebacker, current head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars(Del Rio played collegiately for the University of Southern California (USC). He earned his degree from KU while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.)
• John Riggins, Super Bowl XVII MVP. NFL Hall of Fame inductee.
• Billy Mills, the only US athlete ever to win an Olympic 10,000m gold medal (at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics) and former world record holder.
• Jim Ryun, former U.S. Congressman for Kansas District 2 (1997–2007), three-time U.S. Olympic runner and silver medalist. Held world records in the 880, 1,500m, and indoor and outdoor miles.
• Dana Stubblefield, NFL all-pro defensive end. Stubblefield was drafted in the 1st round of the 1993 NFL Draft, 26th overall, by the San Francisco 49ers. NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. 4x All-Pro selection (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). 1997 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
• Dean Smith, former men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina and the second winningest coach in the sport. 1952 NCAA Basketball title at KU.
• Adolph Rupp, former men's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky and the third winningest coach in the sport. 2-time Helms National Championship team member at KU.
• Forrest "Phog" Allen, football and basketball player, head basketball coach. Won 3 national championships, the 10th winningest coach in college basketball history and #1 winningest when he retired.

Tuition and costs

The University of Kansas is repeatedly listed as one of the best buys in higher education by such publications as Kiplinger’s, the Fiske Guide to Colleges, Kaplan’s and the Princeton Review. Tuition at KU is 13 percent below the national average, according to the College Board, and the University remains a best buy in the region. Its 2004-05 in-state tuition and fees of $4,737 were lower than the University of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and most other public universities.

Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, first-time freshman at KU will pay a fixed tuition rate for 48 months according to the Four-Year Tuition Compact passed by the Kansas Board of Regents. According to the compact, tuition will be $213 per credit hour for in-state freshman and $560 for out-of-state freshmen. For students who do not take part in the compact, current per-credit-hour tuition is $194.80 for in-state undergraduates and $511.70 for out-of-state undergraduates; these rates are subject to annual increases. The schools of architecture, business, engineering, fine arts, journalism, law, and pharmacy charge additional fees.

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See also

• University of Kansas School of Law
• Kansas Board of Regents
• KJHK
• KUJH-LP
• University Daily Kansan
• Audio-Reader
• Scholarship hall
• Queers and Allies

Further reading

• University of Kansas Traditions: The Jayhawk
• Kirke Mechem, "The Mythical Jayhawk", Kansas Historical Quarterly XIII: 1 (February 1944), pp. 3–15. A tongue-in-cheek history and description of the Mythical Jayhawk.

External links

• University of Kansas
• KU School of Business
• KU Edwards Campus
• WiKUpedia

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