Arkansas State
University (A-State) is a publicresearch university in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State
University System and
the second-largest university in Arkansas by enrollment. It was founded in 1909
and is located atop 1,376 acres (5.6 km2) on Crowley's Ridge.
History
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.
Campuses
For other Arkansas State
University campuses, see Arkansas State University System.
·The main
campus, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
·Arkansas State
University-Paragould, an instructional site of the Jonesboro campus.
·Arkansas State
University-Querétaro, a campus in Querétaro, Mexico, inaugurated on
September 21, 2017.
Academics
·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 enrolled the first
class of approximately 115 students to its branch of the New York
Institute of Technology's medical school. The medical school is located on
campus in the historic Wilson Hall.
·Today, the
institution has more than 90,000 alumni. Programs at the doctorate,
specialist's, master's, bachelor's and associate degree levels are available
through the various colleges: Agriculture, Engineering & Technology,
Business, Education & Behavioral Science, Liberal Arts & Communication,
Nursing & Health Professions, Sciences & Mathematics, and Undergraduate
Studies.
