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 Emporia State
University was
established by the Kansas Legislature as Kansas
State Normal School by Legislature in 1863.
Today, it has an enrollment of approximately
4,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students
from across the United States and 45 countries. |
 Johns Hopkins
University was the first university
in the Western Hemisphere to be based on the
European research institution. It was founded in
1876, and named for Baltimore merchant Johns
Hopkins, whose $7 million bequest was used to
finance its establishment. Its main campus is
located in Baltimore, Maryland. |
 The
University of
Notre Dame was founded by Reverend
Edward Sorin in 1842, and was officially
chartered by the Indiana Legislature in 1844.
Notable alumni include talk show host Phil
Donahue, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, and
football player Joe Theismann. |
 Pace University
was founded by Homer and Charles Pace in 1906.
Originally operated as an accounting school, the
university now offers undergraduate and graduate
degrees in six distinct colleges. The main campus
is located in the heart of Lower Manhattan, New
York City. |
 Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale
was chartered as Southern Illinois Normal in
1869, and has since grown to offer more than 170
academic degree programs. |
 The University of Texas
is the largest
institution in the Texas university system, with
approximately 38,000 undergraduates and 13,000
postgraduates currently enrolled. Its main campus
is in Austin, and it formally opened on September
15, 1883. |
 Tuskegee University
was founded as Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute in 1881. Now one of the largest
predominantly black colleges in the country, it
offers a total of 49 degrees in five schools, to
a student body of approximately 2,500
undergraduates and 900 postgraduates. |
 Yale University
was founded in 1701, as the Collegiate School, in
Bramford, Connecticut. It was renamed Yale
College in honor of its benefactor, the Welsh
merchant Elihu Yale, and became Yale University
in 1887. Notable graduates include colonial
patriot Nathan Hale, inventor Eli Whitney,
Presidents William Howard Taft and George H.
Bush, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. |
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