Arkansas State University History

The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas. The Texas A&M University was first approved by the United States Congress on July 2, 1862. This act provided for donation of public land to the states for the purpose of funding higher education whose “leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and mechanic arts." The State of Texas agreed to create a college under the terms of the morrill act in November 1866, but actual formation didn’t come until the establishment of the Agricultural and mechanical College of Texas by the state legislature on April 17, 1871. A commission created to locate the institution accepted the offer of 2,416 acres of land from the citizens of Brazos County

Southern University A&M College welcomed Dr. J.S. Clark as the new African American leader and president in 1914 after the big move. As Dr. Clark as president, he made numerous improvements on campus and off campus. He established a Junior College, teacher-training curriculum, Agricultural Extension Program, a summer normal school, six brick buildings for instructional activities, five brick dormitories, and eleven wooden structures for the faculties. Before his retirement came, he funded money from the government to build a library, a football stadium, an administration building, a gymnasium, and additional dormitories. During this time period, Felton G. Clark, J.S. Clark only son, was one of Southern’s most promising

When I was a sophomore I was selected for the Missouri Scholars Academy. This single event changed my life forever. Missouri Scholars Academy is an intense three week program in which 330 of Missouri’s brightest individuals are gathered at the University of Missouri’s campus during the summer and attend classes, lectures, and activities. Before this adventure, I was always really shy. I was absolutely terrified to talk to “popular” kids and never uttered a word during class. But that was about to change.

In the classroom: Intro to agriculture was introduced to all things FFA and has been in the shop the entire month of October learning to oxy-fuel and ARC weld. They have also learned basic CNC design skills that will be strengthened during their time at SVHS. They were put into groups and created CNC designs that were then cut-out and put into the silent auction at the Pig, Swig and Jig. Ag Earth science is beginning their unit on soil and from there, will learn about Earth’s atmosphere. Ag leadership has been working their way through different “habitudes.” These are leadership practices that everyone should practice and apply in their daily lives. Ag Bio has been trucking through the new sustainable agriculture biology curriculum. They have studied sustainability and how it can be applied in agriculture and tested using the scientific method. We will soon be diving into photosynthesis and composting.

“Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve” is the motto of the National FFA Organization. This historical organization is guided by dedicated educators teaching in the field of agriscience. Agriscience educators are in high demand in Alabama and across the nation. Agriscience educators teach in a project based learning environment that reaches all students by teaching about innovative agricultural topics and working with new technology all while traveling across the state and country with the FFA.

In 1907, a small college called the School of the Ozarks opened and later during the 1950s, it acquired over 1,400 acres to expand the facility. The Wall Street Journal labeled the School of the Ozarks as "Hard Work U" during the 1970’s because there was no tuition, just a work job program. Since 1990, when it was renamed the College of the Ozarks, this school has gone on to offer one of the most innovative tuition programs for local college bound students. The College of the Ozarks’ athletic teams is becoming well-known because in 2006, the Bobcats basketball team won NAIA Division national championship.

The University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) was established in 1928 as an extension of the public school system in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was known originally as Fort Smith Junior College until 1950, and it initially only occupied 15 acres. Today, the UAFS campus has approximately thirteen buildings in which classes are held in. There are several buildings that are on campus that do not hold classrooms for learning such as the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, the Boreham Library, the Business Center, the Recreation and Wellness Center (RAWC), and the Lion’s Den. There is a total of 66 campus buildings and facilities on and off campus, and there is 1.16 million building square feet maintained by UAFS (“Why UAFS”). Each building on campus illustrates something different; there are several buildings that are new to our campus also. One building that is not new to our campus, but certainly grabs the eye of many students by either a positive or negative way is the building Gardner. Gardner is one of the oldest buildings on the UAFS campus, but besides the unusual layout that can be an inconvenience at times, the building has history, character, and beauty that out ways the negative any day.

Alabama Legislature accepted a State Normal School and the institutions for the Education of African American Teachers and Students. The act would take result only if the leader and trustees of Lincoln Normal School would place that foundation at the discarding of the state in order for the new university to be created. The first president of the university was George N. Card, who accepted that establishment. In 1874, he commanded the power in reorganizing Lincoln Normal School in Marion as America's first state held educational institution for African Americans.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established for African Americans during a time of strict segregation. During slavery, to keep African Americans afraid and submissive, White Americans had laws in place making it illegal for them to learn how to read and write. “For most of America’s history, African Americans who received a college education could only get it from an HBCU. Today, HBCUs remain one of the surest ways for an African American, or student of any race, to receive a high quality education.” The first Historically Black College and University to be established is formerly known as the Institute for Colored Youth founded by Richard Humpreys in 1837, approximately 26 years before slavery ended. “Today, this school is better known as Cheney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest African American institution of higher learning.” Two other institutions that were later established prior to the Civil War are Lincoln University founded in 1854 and Wilberforce

Elizabeth City State University was founded in 1891. Elizabeth City is a comprehensive public university. The campus is 90 acres and is located in Elizabeth City State University. Saint Augustine’s University was founded in 1867 and is a private university. Saint Augustine’s University it is a church affiliated historically black college. Saint Augustine’s Campus is 110 acres and is located in Raleigh. Saint Augustine has a college chapel that is a county historic site. Both schools offer a variety of programs.

Founded in 1909, Arkansas Tech University is rich in history and is now one of the fastest growing universities in the state. Tech is a great university at a convenient location. The name was changed to Arkansas Tech University on July 1, 1976. Arkansas Tech was founded by Act 100 of the 37th Arkansas General Assembly. The Act was signed into law by Governor Donaghey on April 1, 1909. Arkansas Tech University was one of the first state agricultural schools mandated at that time. It cost $120 million dollars in construction, renovations, and instructional equipment.

"One must return to the past in order to move forward", is an old African proverb that has been used to explain the purpose of studying history. This African proverb not only refers to the study of American history, but also the study of one's family history. Another saying that has been used to refer to the study of history is, "You must learn your history, or you are bound to repeat it." These principles can apply to education as well. The purpose of attending college is to receive a formal education. The proper approach to begin college level studies is to learn your school's history. Enlightenment of the difficulties and barriers during the early stages of a school's development; in

I believe that the Oath of Excellence should be completely eliminated from Glenville State College. In my English class I have grown to understand what the Oath of Excellence means, and by having written two in-depth papers on the subject, I believe that I can call for its elimination. The oath is constantly pressuring students, who are already under enormous amounts of stress, to follow a set of principles that they should have learned through life as they are now adults. Additionally, the oath doesn’t reflect the students concerns, as the oath was written by a former President whose best interests may have not been with the students. Furthermore, the oath has many more reasons for removal including that degrees doesn’t mention how well you followed the oath, it impinges on individuality, it doesn’t tell what the mission is after mentioning it multiple times, it’s ambiguous and even incomplete on topics like alcohol, and do students really care about the oath.

I am so thankful that the University of Mississippi allows their education students to be able to experience something like this before we actually go to a school. I have been told that Teach Live cost a lot for the University. I have learned how to communicate better, how to properly dress, how to address an issue in the classroom, and how to look at the students instead of the wall. I hope the University of Mississippi continues to let the students experience Teach Live because it is an experience I will never forget.

Training is seen in the “Flying field”, “Wings Gym”, “classrooms”, “training field”, etc. A change that was vital to the map was removing the forest and making it a field for practice. As well, as combining all the buildings of the main part of school into one so there was more space for the movement of creatures and to develop that there was more than one level to the building that could be explored and used for studying. However, the building labelled, “Final Trials: Battle Building,” called into question what are the youth training here training for. The fact there is a battle needed to graduate is concerning, there must be something outside the University that needs to be fought or protected which then would be another quest on its