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32-968: The Arkansas State University System includes Arkansas State University (A-State), a four-year research institution in Jonesboro with Campus Queretaro in Mexico, and four-year research institution, Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, as well as five independently accredited and functionally separate two-year institutions: ASU-Beebe , with additional campuses in Heber Springs and Searcy and an instructional site at Little Rock Air Force Base; ASU-Newport , with additional campuses in Jonesboro and Marked Tree; ASU-Mountain Home ; ASU Mid-South in West Memphis; ASU Three Rivers (formerly College of

64-479: A NPR affiliate radio station. The Herald , a weekly student newspaper, was founded in 1921 and has a circulation of 5,000. ASU-TV , a program under the Department of Radio-Television, gives students hands-on experience in the field of television broadcasting. Starting in fall 2013, an Internet-based student radio station, Red Wolf Radio , was added to the student media. Arkansas State is also home to KASU ,

96-710: A 100,000-watt FM station, which is the oldest NPR affiliate west of the Mississippi River. Arkansas State participates as a member of the NCAA Division I Sun Belt Conference . The athletic teams, previously known as the Indians, are now known as the Red Wolves . In 2012, the Red Wolves football team became Sun Belt Conference champions for a second straight year, finishing the regular season with

128-602: A 9–3 record, and capped off its successful season with its first bowl game victory since becoming a Division I-A (FBS) program with a 17–13 victory over Kent State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl , as well as earning its first win over a ranked opponent since joining the FBS in 1992. In 2013, the football team became the Sun Belt Conference champions for a third straight year, finishing with a 7–5 regular season record and won

160-553: A monument marks the spot. The cemetery is part of Crowley's Ridge State Park . Next to Crowley's grave, other early settlers of the ridge are buried in unmarked graves. The Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas features self-guided exhibits about area's topography and natural history and wildlife of Crowley’s Ridge. Operated by the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission (AGFC) and opened in 2004,

192-530: 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

224-401: A second consecutive GoDaddy Bowl with a 23–20 victory over then 10-2 Ball State . Approximately 15% of ASU's undergraduate students are members of one of the 21 Greek organizations located on the campus. 35°50′28″N 90°40′47″W  /  35.841082°N 90.679586°W  / 35.841082; -90.679586 Crowley%27s Ridge Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge )

256-614: A two-year period in school history. The university contains the largest library in the state of Arkansas, the Dean B. Ellis Library. The university has more than 100,000 alumni and offers programs at the doctoral, specialist's, master's, bachelor's, and associate degree levels. They are organized into several colleges: Agriculture, Engineering & Technology, Business, Education & Behavioral Science, Liberal Arts & Communication, Nursing & Health Professions, Sciences & Mathematics, and Undergraduate Studies. In 2018, Arkansas State

288-672: Is a geological formation that rises 250 to 550 feet (170 m) above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a 150-mile (240 km) line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas . It is the most prominent feature in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain between Cape Girardeau, Missouri , and the Gulf of Mexico . This narrow rolling hill region rising above

320-460: Is a natural loess accumulation point. A comparable example of this type of deposit is the Loess Hills in northwestern Missouri and western Iowa. At one time, the ridge was thought to have been an island between the Mississippi River and Ohio River that was isolated as a long low hilly ridge after the rivers changed course millions of years ago. Recent seismic evidence, however, questions

352-706: Is some commercial agriculture in the loessal plains area of the ridge. The ridge is surrounded by the fertile lands of the delta region . The vegetation is predominantly oak and hickory forests, similar to vegetation found in the Appalachian Mountains . Examples are the tulip tree (or yellow poplar) and the American beech . Ferns and flowers abound here, including the American bellflower , fire pink , butterfly weed , cardinal flower , blue lobelia , phlox , verbena , wild hydrangea , hibiscus , aster , and yellow jasmine . The low-lying areas around

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384-663: The Arkansas State University System and the second largest university in the state. The university was founded in 1909 and is located atop 1,376 acres (557 hectares) on Crowley's Ridge . Arkansas State University is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". A-State was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as

416-594: The Ozark Mountains to the west. This unique habitat has been protected by the establishment of several state and city parks, the St. Francis National Forest , recreational lakes, and in 1997 a national scenic byway , the Crowley's Ridge Parkway . The soils in this area are moderately fertile and sometimes rich. The land is moderately rugged, discouraging row-crop agriculture. These soils are easily eroded. There

448-588: The ASU System’s seventh member institution. Act 18 of 2021 added Henderson State University, a four-year institution in Arkadelphia, to the ASU System and expanded the ASU System Board of Trustees from five to seven members. Arkansas State University Arkansas State University ( A-State or ASU ) is a public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas . It is the flagship campus of

480-801: The Ouachitas) in Malvern. Act 18 of 2021 added Henderson State University, a four-year institution in Arkadelphia, to the ASU System and expanded the ASU System Board of Trustees to seven members. Dr. Brendan Kelly serves as president of the ASU System at its administrative offices in Little Rock . The chancellors are Dr. Todd Shields at Arkansas State, Dr. Jennifer Methvin at ASU-Beebe, Dr. Johnny Moore at ASU-Newport, Dr. Bentley Wallace at ASU-Mountain Home, Dr. Debra West at ASU Mid-South, Dr. Steve Rook at ASU Three Rivers, and Dr. Trey Berry at Henderson State. A seven-member Board of Trustees appointed by

512-650: The city limits of Helena at the southern end of the ridge. Near Forrest City , in the bed of Crow Creek, a deposit of oyster shells estimated to be nearly 7,000,000 cubic yards in size was discovered. Crowley's Ridge is named after Benjamin Crowley (1758–1842), the first American settler of the Ridge near Paragould, Arkansas . Crowley is buried in the Shiloh Cemetery in Greene County, Arkansas , and

544-542: 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. A-State's journalism program reorganized into the College of Media and Communication for fall 2013. The College of Media and Communication is home to three student-led media outlets and

576-515: The flat plain is the sixth, and smallest, natural division of the state of Arkansas . The southern part is protected within Ozark–St. Francis National Forest . Most of the major cities of the Arkansas Delta region lie along Crowley's Ridge. It was named after Benjamin Crowley , known as the first American settler to reach the area, sometime around 1820. The Civil War Battle of Chalk Bluff

608-458: The fluvial origin by focusing on uplift along ridge bounding faults. There is evidence that the area's elevation has increased over the years, suggesting that uplift is still taking place. This alternative explanation posits a link between the ridge and the nearby New Madrid Seismic Zone . The flora and fauna of the ridge seem more closely related to the Tennessee hills to the east than to

640-447: The global university rankings. 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

672-726: The governor governs the system. The ASU System provides a wide range of degree and certificate programs, serves as a leading voice on state higher education issues, and supports significant programs for the state and region, including economic development initiatives, the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, and Arkansas heritage sites. The mission of the ASU System is to contribute to the educational, cultural, and economic advancement of Arkansas by providing quality general undergraduate education and specialized programs leading to certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees; by encouraging

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704-528: The national accrediting agencies associated with veterinary colleges. In 2006, the ASU System Office was created to facilitate future growth and enhanced services to the system institutions. The Board of Trustees named university president Dr. Les Wyatt as the first system president and Robert L. Potts as the first chancellor of the Jonesboro campus. The office was relocated from Jonesboro to Little Rock in 2011. Arkansas State University in Jonesboro

736-409: The pursuit of research, scholarly inquiry, and creative activity; and by bringing these intellectual resources together to develop the economy of the state and the education of its citizens throughout their lives. The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved Arkansas State University's plan to launch a College of Veterinary Medicine in Jonesboro, and the university will now proceed with

768-617: The ridge in Arkansas is "Legacy Mountain" at the Craighead County solid waste site south of Jonesboro. Prevailing winds blow dust into the river fogs. The fog wetted dust tends to fall and make loess deposits on the downwind sides of rivers, such as the east and north sides of the Mississippi River, as well as the east side of the Black River. These loess deposits are a classic example of periglacial loess . Crowley's Ridge

800-435: The ridge were once much swampier , and the ridge provided a natural and more healthful place for settlers to establish homes. The ridge became a natural north-south communications link for the region, since travel along the ridge was much easier than through the swampy lowlands. The region adjacent to the ridge is covered with thick deltaic soils, and few fossils are found except in gravel pits. These pits sometimes reveal

832-419: The teeth of large mastodons, mammoths and horses, which roamed the continent as recently as 10,000 years ago. Crowley's Ridge contains important exposures of fossiliferous Tertiary sediments and contains the only documented Miocene exposures in the state. A silicified conifer stump weighing several tons was unearthed near Wittsburg, and many more were found around Piggott . Mastodon bones were found within

864-402: Was classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university nevertheless maintains a focus on undergraduate instruction and small class sizes, with a student-faculty ratio of 16:1, ranked #76 in undergraduate teaching nationwide as of 2020 . The university is ranked #1013 (UniRank 2024-2025), #1119 (SCImago Rankings 2018), and #1645 (URAP Rankings 2020-2021) in

896-468: Was 23.9 with an average high school GPA of 3.47 (Current freshman ACTs are 20-26 and the average high school GPA is 3.7 ). 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

928-453: 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

960-418: Was established in 1909 as Arkansas State College. ASU-Beebe was established in 1927 as Junior Agricultural School of Central Arkansas and became part of ASU in 1955. ASU-Newport was founded as White River Vocational-Technical School in 1976 and became part of ASU-Beebe in 1992, but in 2002 the campus combined with Delta Technical Institute at Marked Tree to become a standalone institution. ASU-Mountain Home campus

992-470: Was established in 1995. Mid-South Community College in West Memphis became a member of the system in 2015 and changed its name to ASU Mid-South. College of the Ouachitas in Malvern became ASU Three Rivers and joined the ASU System on Jan. 1, 2020. The ASU System Board of Trustees on Dec. 6, 2019, approved a merger agreement and transition plan with Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, which would become

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1024-413: Was fought on Crowley's Ridge on May 1–2, 1863. The ridge is primarily composed of the windblown glacially derived sediment known as loess . It contrasts greatly with the flat table land around it and with the black soil that makes up the delta. The ridge varies from half a mile to 12 miles (19 km) wide and reaches an elevation of 550 feet (170 m) near its northern extremity. The highest point on

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