Editing Kansas State University (section)

== History ==
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! Years !! Name
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| 1863{{en dash}}1931 || Kansas State Agricultural College
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| 1931{{en dash}}1959 || Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
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| 1959{{en dash}}present || Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science<br/>(Kansas State University in modern naming practice)
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Kansas State University, originally named '''Kansas State Agricultural College''', was founded in Manhattan on February 16, 1863, during the [[American Civil War]], as a [[land-grant university|land-grant institution]] under the [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act|Morrill Act]].<ref name="1863statutes" /><ref name="Willard">{{cite book|last=Willard|first=Julius|title=History of Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science|publisher=Kansas State College Press|year=1940|url=http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=5725255;didno=5725255;view=image;seq=0003;node=5725255%3A3|access-date=September 1, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720120839/http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=5725255;didno=5725255;view=image;seq=0003;node=5725255%3A3|url-status=live}}</ref> The school was the first land-grant college created under the Morrill Act.<ref name="Willard" /><ref name="Nation">{{Cite journal|title=The National Schools of Science|journal=The Nation|page=409|date=November 21, 1867|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407103413/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409|url-status=live}}</ref> K-State is the third-oldest school in the [[Big 12 Conference]] and the oldest public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.<ref name="1863statutes" />

The effort to establish the school began in 1861, the year that [[Kansas]] was admitted to the [[United States]]. One of the new [[Kansas Legislature|state legislature's]] top priorities involved establishing a state university. That year, the delegation from Manhattan, led by New England abolitionist, [[Isaac Goodnow]], introduced a bill to convert the private [[Blue Mont Central College]] in Manhattan, incorporated in 1858, into the state university.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Willard|first=Julius|title=Bluemont Central College, the Forerunner of Kansas State College|journal=Kansas Historical Quarterly|date=May 1945|url=http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1945/45_6_willard.htm|access-date=January 29, 2008|archive-date=January 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111021230/http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1945/45_6_willard.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> But the bill establishing the university in Manhattan was controversially [[Veto power in the United States|vetoed]] by Governor [[Charles L. Robinson]] of Lawrence, and an attempt to override the veto in the Legislature failed by two votes.<ref name="Griffin">{{cite web|last =Griffin|first =C.S.|title =The University of Kansas and the Years of Frustration, 1854–64|url =http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1966/66_1_griffin.htm|access-date =October 6, 2006|archive-date =February 20, 2010|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100220080448/http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1966/66_1_griffin.htm|url-status =live}}</ref> In 1862, another bill to make Manhattan the site of the state university failed by one vote.<ref name="Griffin" /> Finally, upon the third attempt on February 16, 1863, the state accepted Manhattan's offer to donate the Blue Mont College building and grounds and established the state's land-grant college at the site – the institution that would become Kansas State University.<ref name="Griffin" />
[[File:Flickr - USCapitol - Land Grant College.jpg|thumb|The college {{Circa|1860s}}, from a [[mural]] at the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]]]]
When the college opened for its first session on September 2, 1863, it became only the [[List of mixed-sex colleges and universities in the United States|second public institution of higher learning to admit women and men equally]] in the United States.<ref name="Frontier">{{cite book|last=Olson|first=Kevin|title=Frontier Manhattan|publisher=University Press of Kansas|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7006-1832-3}}</ref> Enrollment for the first session totaled 52 students: 26 men and 26 women.<ref name="Willard" /> Twelve years after opening, the university moved its main campus from the location of [[Blue Mont Central College]] to its present site in 1875.<ref name="Willard" /> The original site is now occupied by Central National Bank of Manhattan and Founders Hill Apartments.

The early years of the institution witnessed debate over whether the college should provide a focused agricultural education or a full [[liberal arts]] education. During this era, the tenor of the school shifted with the tenure of college presidents. For example, President [[John Alexander Anderson|John A. Anderson]] (1873–1879) favored a limited education and President [[George Fairchild|George T. Fairchild]] (1879–1897) favored a classic liberal education.<ref name="Willard" /><ref name="Cyclopedia">{{cite book|title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History|publisher=Standard Publishing Co.|year=1912|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/a/agricultural_college.html|access-date=January 13, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405230148/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/a/agricultural_college.html|archive-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> Fairchild was credited with saying, "Our college exists not so much to make men farmers as to make farmers men."<ref name="Willard" />

During this era, in 1873, Kansas State helped pioneer the academic teaching of [[home economics]] for women, becoming one of the first two colleges to offer the program of study.<ref name="HomeEc">{{cite book|last1=Craig|first1=Hazel|last2=Stover|first2=Blanche|title=The History of Home Economics|year=1946|url=http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=5725268;didno=5725268;view=image;seq=7;node=5725268%3A5;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset;|page=5|access-date=September 1, 2009|isbn=0-585-06199-8|archive-date=April 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425133354/http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=5725268;didno=5725268;view=image;seq=7;node=5725268%3A5;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset;|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of the K-State College of Human Ecology|url=http://www.humec.k-state.edu/about/history-college.php|access-date=September 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622121127/http://www.humec.k-state.edu/about/history-college.php|archive-date=June 22, 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Kansas State University 1878.jpg|thumb|The college in 1878, three years after moving to its current location]]
In November 1928, the school was accredited by the Association of American Universities (AAU) as a school whose graduates were deemed capable of advanced graduate work.<ref name="Willard" /> The name of the school was changed in 1931 to '''Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science'''. In 1959, the Kansas legislature changed the name again to '''Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science''' to reflect a growing number of graduate programs. However, in modern practice, the "Agriculture and Applied Science" portion has usually been omitted even from official documents such as state statutes.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Archives Facts and Flyers|url=http://www.lib.k-state.edu/depts/spec/flyers/|access-date=March 5, 2008|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181352/http://www.lib.k-state.edu/depts/spec/flyers/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/statute/076_000_0000_chapter/ KS Statutes: Ch 76 Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608231455/http://kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/statute/076_000_0000_chapter/ |date=June 8, 2021 }}. Retrieved on June 6, 2021.</ref> [[Milton S. Eisenhower]] served as president from 1943 to 1950.

On June 15, 2009, [[Kirk Schulz]] became the 13th president of Kansas State University.<ref>[http://www.kstatecollegian.com/schulz-begins-new-term-1.1763672 Kansas State Collegian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224030817/http://www.kstatecollegian.com/schulz-begins-new-term-1.1763672 |date=February 24, 2012 }} ''Schulz begins new term''</ref> In March 2010 he announced his K-State 2025 plan.<ref>[http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/mar10/kstate202530510.html K-State News Services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621060115/http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/mar10/kstate202530510.html |date=June 21, 2010 }} "K-State beginning ambitious plan for next 15 years to be a top 50 public university"</ref> The initiative is designed to elevate K-State to a top 50 nationally recognized research university by 2025.  In 2011, during Schulz's tenure, the Olathe branch opened. His last day was April 22, 2016, as he was selected as [[Washington State University]]'s next president.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-wa--wsu-president-20160325-story.html |title=WSU regents name head of Kansas State as new president |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127025218/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-wa--wsu-president-20160325-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In late April 2016, Ret. General [[Richard Myers]] began serving as the interim president of Kansas State University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kansasregents.org/about/news-releases/2016-news-releases/622-board-of-regents-announce-interim-president-at-kansas-state-university|title=Board of Regents Announce Interim President at Kansas State University|access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216044656/https://www.kansasregents.org/about/news-releases/2016-news-releases/622-board-of-regents-announce-interim-president-at-kansas-state-university|url-status=live}}</ref> and was announced as the permanent 14th president on November 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wibw.com/content/news/401299645.html |title=New K-State President Richard Myers says his "honeymoon is over" |date=November 15, 2016 |access-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161544/http://www.wibw.com/content/news/401299645.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Richard Linton (educator)|Richard Linton]], a former dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Science at [[North Carolina State University]] (2012–2022).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.k-state.edu/president/biography/profile/ |title=President Richard Linton |date=January 29, 2022 |access-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222004214/https://www.k-state.edu/president/biography/profile/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Oldest public university in Kansas ===
{{See also|History of Kansas State University}}
The state legislature established the state's [[land-grant college]] in [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] on January 13, 1863.<ref name="Frontier" /> A commission to establish a state university in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] was called for later in the same legislative session, provided that town could meet certain requirements, and finalized later that year.<ref name="1863statutes" /> Kansas State was the first public institution of higher learning founded in the state and began teaching college-level classes in 1863. By comparison, the University of Kansas opened in 1866, and offered only preparatory-level classes until college-level classes began in 1869.

Kansas State was founded with an agricultural and scientific college consistent with the land-grant college mandate, as well as departments for military science and literature.<ref name="1863statutes" /> It was formally renamed as ''Kansas State University'' in 1959.<ref name="Cyclopedia" />