It's a great time to be a K-Stater!

Founded on Feb. 16, 1863, Kansas State University is the oldest public institution of higher education in Kansas and one of the nation's finest land-grant universities.

The university's 644-acre wooded main campus with historic limestone buildings is located in Manhattan.

K-State also has a campus in Salina, and another coming soon in Kansas City, along with numerous extension fields, offices and other facilities in Kansas and Nebraska. The Salina campus offers bachelor's and associate degrees in aviation and engineering technologies.

Air service in and out of Manhattan Regional Airport connects the city with major airports all over the Midwest and South, including a new direct service to Dallas-Fort Worth airport.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

K-State is the only research university in the United States to have three national CASE/Carnegie professors of the year.

All three are active teachers: Michael Wesch, 2008 national winner; Chris Sorensen, 2007 national winner; and Dean Zollman, 1996 national winner. Look for "kstate" on YouTube to see lectures by them and other great faculty.

More than 250 majors and programs are offered in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Business Administration, Agriculture, Education, Architecture, Planning and Design, Human Ecology, Technology and Aviation and Veterinary Medicine.

The Graduate School offers 67 master's degrees, 39 doctoral degrees, five educational doctorate programs and 33 graduate certificates in multiple disciplines across campus.

More than $185 million is available in student financial assistance, including $11 million in scholarships. Seven out of 10 students receive financial assistance

Kansas State University since 1986 has won 124 Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater and Udall scholarships.

No other public university has won more.

K-State trails only 5 private insitutions in top scholarship awards: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, and Duke.

Kansas State University is the only public university since 1986 to rank among the top 10 of all U.S. schools for all five major scholarship programs.

Kansas State University is the only public university since 1986 to rank among the top 10 of all U.S. schools for all five major scholarship programs.

K-State ranks second in Rhodes scholars, tied for second in Marshall scholars, first in Truman scholars, first in the Goldwater, and tied for third in Udall.

Also, K-State is in the top 4 percent of schools in the nation for research activity. According to the latest rankings of America's colleges and universities by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, K-State now ranks in the top tier of the three subcategories for the 278 doctorate gaining institutions evaluated in the Carnegies Foundation's study.

About the Scholarships

Rhodes Scholarship
Provides $40,000 to $60,000 to support two years of study at Oxford University. All tuition, room, board, books and lab fees are included with an option for a third year or other research opportunities.

Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Provides $30,000 to support senior year or graduate study. Selected primarily on leadership potential and likelihood of making a difference in public service.

Marshall Scholarship
Finances study in the United Kingdom for two years. Only forty scholars nationwide are chosen each year.

Goldwater Scholarship
Given to students majoring in science, math or engineering and plan a career in research. Provides $7,500 annually for a student's final one or two years of undergraduate study.

Udall Scholarship
Awards $5,000 in full scholarship to those undergraduates interested in careers related to improving or protecting the environment.

Kansas State led the Big 12 Conference for the third straight season with 8 student athletes selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

In the Deb Patterson era, 79 Wildcats have been named to the Academic All-Big 12 Conference team, including 66 first team honors.

Academic success is a priority at K-State, and K-State's program of Student Services for Intercollegiate Athletics assists, directs, supports and promotes student development, academic achievement, academic athletic eligibility, and progress toward graduation.

This national recognized unit is committed to assisting student athletes achieve those goals, through services and programs designed to facilitate the student's academic commitment, performance, and responsibility.

K-State's student services unit is operated by a professional, dedicated and caring counseling staff that is driven to helping each student-athlete achieve his or her academic goals. The unit assists student-athletes through its new student orientation program, offers academic counseling and academic skills traing, assists with developing class schedules and graduation timelines, tracks academic progress, and provides tutoring and mentoring services. The unit has also developed a superior academic facility for student-athletes - the Academic Learning Center - that rates as one of the finest in the nation.

K-State was the only school from a BCS conference to rank in the WBCA Academic Top-25 Team Honor Roll for the second straight season.

The Wildcats ranked 13th in the Top-25 Honor Roll with a team GPA of 3.374.

K-State has also had 4 different Academic All-Americans, including former Wildcat standout Laurie Koehn, who was named twice:

Shalee Lehning, Third Team, 2009

Laurie Koehn, Second Team, 2005

Laurie Koehn, First Team, 2004

Nicole Ohlde, Second Team, 2004

Gayla Williams, Third Team, 1981