Northern Kentucky University

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Northern Kentucky University, the university community co-educational located north of Highland Heights, Kentucky, is miles (11 km) east of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The university is a great degree, liberal arts institution, but it shows the degree programs. total enrollment at the university is now more than 15,000 students, with more than 13,000 undergraduate students and graduates than 2,000 serving nearly 2600 faculty and staff. Northern Kentucky University university third largest, after the University of Cincinnati and the University of Miami, but before Xavier University, the university major, four years Greater four in Cincinnati with the eight public universities in a small Kentucky, although not the last to join the public system, as the University of Louisville did not have a public university until 1970.

Celebrities between the university and Salmon P. Chase College of Law and College of Informatics, founded in 2006, the university has shown the quality of academic and price publications such gu Magazine News US and Report of the World, and Forbes. The University will issue an annual report recaps the achievements of students, Faculty, and Staff.

History

Early History

Northern Kentucky University began in 1948, when the campus extension for the University of Kentucky opened in Covington, Kentucky, also known as the UK Northern Extension Center.After 20 years working as an extension of the UK, it became an autonomous four-year college under the name Northern Kentucky State College (NKSC). in 1970, Dr. Frank W. dan was hired as the first president. The following year, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, former law school independent in Cincinnati, merged with Northern Kentucky State College. At the campus moved to Covington, Highland Heights, Kentucky, in 1972 NKSC delivery graduated its first undergraduate degree in May 1973 Rapid growth resulted in the school have been upgraded status at the university in 1976.

Recent History

Since its inception in 1968 and to rise to the status of a university in 1976, Northern Kentucky University, has been expanded with several building projects, new colleges, too learner various higher. The former president was recently the university, James C. Votruba, mainly credited with transforming the image of the university since his arrival in 1997, helping to build the name of the University as an educational and respected. As part of the management Votruba, the university has increased the standards for admission to its improved academic performance of its students. Northern Kentucky University has launched a new effort to inform universities and branding in 2002.In recent years, the university has considered the construction of new facilities and improvements across the campus.

Campus

Infrastructure Academic

The main campus at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky in acres 400 (1.6 km2) of rural players and Route US 27, just silence from 275 and between 471, a mile (11 km) east of Cincinnati, Ohio. On campus built early in the early 1970s, and the building first, Nunn Hall, opened in 1972. Although the majority of students of the University commute daily on campus, 2,000 students live on campus. In recent years, universities have programs to expand the campus and facilities. The $ 60 million BB & T Arena was completed the 9,400-seat stadium. The biggest priority in the athletes on campus, as well as entertainment, such as bands sound and concerts. Arena was introduced known as Bank of Kentucky Center, named after the Bank of Kentucky, where he made $ 5 million in bonds to build. The name was changed in 2015 when the bank bought the BB & T. In addition, a $ 37 million, 144,000-square-foot (13,400 m2) at the new Union Students, who opened the students in August 2008, particularly in the center of the old university and adapted for placement must be on campus. The building includes restaurants, shops, a game room, offices, programs and student life, and other advantages to students. Other recent projects include the construction of a new parking garage is for parking and roundabout European-style traffic management and administration. The most recent plan master university envisions expansion of the campus in 2020, including many new educational buildings, housing developments, bike on campus, the fields of athletics, cars and roads connector. The Bodrum Academic Center clinic Museum of Anthropology. Campus university and educational center in the world First Horizontal thanks to a laser projector, as part of Dorothy Westerman Hermann Natural Science Center. The Covington campus, located in Covington, Kentucky, was closed at the end of 2008 mainly serve new students and adults and program-Based Adult Education and programs Emergency Medical Technology. Northern Kentucky University Grant County Center is located in Williamstown, Kentucky, is a partnership between the Foundation for Education Grant County High and Northern Kentucky University. This houses Northern Kentucky education programs and Williamstown Innovation Center.

Teach

Northern Kentucky University from the international registration, with very many from Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana as well. learners Northern Kentucky University and is preparing six colleges. The new college is the College of Informatics, founded in 2006, at the College of Professional Studies.

College of Arts and Sciences
Haile / US Bank College of Business
College of Education and Human Services
College of Science
College of Health Professions
Salmon P. Chase College of Law

learners Northern Kentucky University and is part of the programs honored at the university in general, as well as individual chapters in most cases. Alpha Beta Phi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society, Northern Kentucky has won the consecutive quality awards in 18 chapters.

 Lecture series

The students have discussions lecture-style inside the old noble guests were well-known. GOD the Alumni Lecture Series has featured guests such as politicians, Mario Cuomo, Alan Keyes, Steve Forbes, Newt Gingrich, George McGovern, Bob Dole and John Edwards; strategists political James Carville, Paul and Mary Stalin astonished; Journalist Bob Woodward; and commentators George Stephanopoulos, George Will, Tucker Carlson and Al Franken. Most recently, the talk in 2007 in a former candidate of the Republican political Pat Buchanan and former Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Tom Daschle, and presentations 2008 in Karl Rove, the chief Republican political Former Deputy Chief of Staff to George W. Bush and Dee Dee Myers, the fight Democratic and former White House Press Secretary in the Clinton administration.