Arkansas State University
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Other names
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A-State |
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| Motto | Educate, Enhance, Enrich: e3 |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1909 |
| Endowment | $54.9 million (2015) |
| Chancellor | Doug Whitlock (interim) |
| President | Charles Welch |
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Academic staff
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730 |
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Administrative staff
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1,463 |
| Students |
21,976 (system-wide) 14,074 Jonesboro campus (Fall 2016) |
| Postgraduates | 3,709 |
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| Location | Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Campus | 1,376 acres (5.6 km2) Urban/Suburban |
| Colors | Scarlet, Black and White |
| Athletics | 16 teams |
| Nickname | Red Wolves (Indians 1931–2008) |
| Mascots | Howl and Scarlet (formerly The Indian Tribe, Jumping Joe, Running Joe, and Red) |
| Affiliations | Sun Belt Conference |
| Website | www |
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| U.S. News & World Report | 61 (South) |
| Master's University class | |
| Washington Monthly | 134 |
21,976 (system-wide)
Arkansas State University (also known as A-State) is a public research university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and second largest university by enrollment. It is located atop 1,376 acres (5.6 km2) on Crowley's Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. The university marked its centennial year in 2009.
A-State was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school. Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature from Sheridan (1905–1912), introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges, including the future ASU.
In 1918, ASU began offering a two-year college program. In 1925, it became First District Agricultural and Mechanical College. A four-year degree program was begun in 1930. A & M College became Arkansas State College in 1933. In 1967, the Arkansas Legislature elevated the college to university status and changed the name to Arkansas State University.
In the fall of 2014, A-State welcomed its most academically prepared freshman class. The result of several years of growing both admission standards and increasing on-campus housing, A-State's incoming first-year first-time student composite ACT was 23.9 with an average high school GPA of 3.47. This was the third consecutive year of improvement for the ACT/GPA freshman classes for Arkansas State. The Arkansas State Honors College has grown 59% since 2009. The university also posted back-to-back high graduate counts in spring 2012 and spring 2013, producing the most graduates in a two-year period in school history. The university contains the largest library in the state of Arkansas, the Dean B. Ellis Library.
For other Arkansas State University campuses, see Arkansas State University System.
Master's degree graduate programs were initiated in 1955, and ASU began offering its first doctoral degree, in educational leadership, in the fall of 1992. A second doctoral program, in environmental science, was begun in the fall of 1997, and the doctoral program in heritage studies began in the fall of 2001. Newer doctoral programs are in environmental science, molecular biosciences and physical therapy. In the fall of 2016, Arkansas State will enroll the first class of approximately 115 students to its branch of the New York Institute of Technology's medical school. The medical school will be located on campus in the historic Wilson Hall.
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