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The Ohio State University
Motto
Disciplina in civitatem
TypePublic
Established1870
Endowment$2 billion
PresidentGordon Gee
Students52,568
Undergraduates38,479
Postgraduates13,339
Location
Columbus
,
Ohio
,
United States
CampusUrban
NicknameBuckeyes
MascotBrutus Buckeye
Websitewww.osu.edu

The Ohio State University (OSU) is a public university in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Ohio State was founded in 1870. The Ohio State University has been noted as as one of the best universities in the United States[1] and in the world.[2]

History[change | change source]

The school was started in 1870. The school was in a farming community in Columbus, Ohio. The first class had only 24 students. In 1878, it changed its name from Ohio State University to The Ohio State University, adding "The" to the front.[3] In the 1880's, OSU started taking graduate students. They started the law school in 1891. Later, Ohio State added colleges of medicine, dentistry, commerce, and journalism. In 1906, Ohio made a law that said The Ohio State University was the state's "flagship campus", or the best school in the state of Ohio.

Academics[change | change source]

Rankings[change | change source]

In 1916, Ohio State was the first university in Ohio to be in the Association of American Universities. Ohio State is still the only Ohio public school in it.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Ohio State University as the best public university in Ohio, one of the top 60 universities in the United States, and one of the top 20 public universities in the United States.[1] In 2007, China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University said Ohio State was the 61st best university in the world.[4]

The school was also ranked as the 24th best university in the US, 10th top public university, and top school in Ohio by Arizona State University.[5] The Washington Monthly college rankings placed Ohio State as the 12th best in the country and 10th best public school.[6]

Faculty and research[change | change source]

Ohio State’s faculty includes a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, twenty-one members of the United States National Academy of Sciences or National Academy of Engineering, four members of the Institute of Medicine,[7] and 159 elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In the last 25 years, thirty-two OSU faculty members have been given the Guggenheim Fellowship, which is more than all other public and private Ohio universities combined.[8]

Ohio State is using over $110 million to research important issues, such as research to find a cure for cancer, renewable energy sources, and sustainable drinking water supplies.[9]

Admissions[change | change source]

Undergraduate admissions to Ohio State are said to be "more selective" by US News & World Report and The Princeton Review. It is the most selective public university in Ohio.

About half of the people who apply to Ohio State get accepted. Of the students who get in, 57 percent graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, 91 percent graduated in the top quarter, and 99% graduated in the top half. A quarter of the freshman scored in the top 3 percent of the SAT or ACT, and 72 percent scored in the top 1 percent. The average ACT score was 27. Of the 6,122 members of the 2006 freshman class, 290 had been named valedictorian (top student) of their high school's graduating class.[10] Ohio State’s freshman class has admitted over 100 National Merit Scholars for nine of the last ten years.[11]

Campuses[change | change source]

Main campus (Columbus)[change | change source]

Wexner Center for the Arts

Ohio State's main urban campus is in Columbus. It has a size of 1755 acres, and it is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the city's downtown. Four buildings are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Enarson Hall, Hayes Hall, Ohio Stadium, and Orton Hall. Architecture on the Ohio State campus is a mix of traditional, modern, and post-modern styles.

The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library is located at the west end of The Oval. It is the Ohio State library's main branch, and it is the largest.[12] The school's library system has twenty-one libraries on its Columbus campus. There are eight other branches in other locations, and the system has fifty-five branches and collections in all.

The Wexner Center for the Arts is at the east end of The Oval. It was designed by architects Peter Eisenman of New York and Richard Trott of Columbus, and it opened in 1989. The center was built mostly from a twenty-five million dollar gift from Ohio State graduate Leslie Wexner. Part of its design was to honor to the armory (military storage location) that was replaced with the Wexner Center. Its deconstructivist architecture makes known as one of the most important buildings of its generation, but the design makes it less than ideal to show many of the art displays. The main, permanent work kept in the center is Picasso's Nude on a Black Armchair, a forty-five million dollar painting that Wexner gave to Ohio State.

Ohio Union is on the east side of The Oval, and at the south side is another, smaller grassy area known as the The South Oval. The west side is contains Browning Amphitheatre and Mirror Lake.

The Ohio State College of Medicine is on the southern edge of the central campus. It is home to the James Cancer Hospital, where cancer is studied. It is one of the National Cancer Institute's forty-one NCI-designated Cancer Centers.

Regional campuses[change | change source]

The university also has several regional campuses and research facilities in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. The school also has an Ohio State Agricultural Technical Institute.

Research facilities[change | change source]

Ohio State's research facilities include the Aeronautical/Astronautical Research Laboratory, Byrd Polar Research Center, Chadwick Arboretum, Biological Research Tower, Large Binocular Telescope, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Stone Laboratory, and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

Student life[change | change source]

The Office of Student Life helps students with things such as student housing; food service; health, wellness and counseling; activities, organizations and leadership development; recreation and intramurals. The Office of Student Life also operates the Schottenstein Center, the Fawcett Center, the Blackwell Inn, the Ohio Union, the Drake Union, and the Wilce Student Health Center.

Ohio State has several student-managed publications and media outlets. The Makio is the official yearbook.The Lantern is the school's daily newspaper. Mosaic is a literary magazine published by Ohio State, which features undergraduate fiction, poetry, and art. OHIO.FM is the student-run radio station with an Internet audio stream (no broadcast signals are available in Columbus). Students also operate a local cable channel known as Buckeye TV, which airs mostly in the campus housing.

The Ohio State University Marching Band]] (or TBDBITL, "The Best Damn Band in the Land") is an old tradition at Ohio State. The marching band is the largest all-brass and percussion band in the world. The traditional school songs are arranged to fit this unique instrumentation. The band is famous for "Script Ohio".

Diversity[change | change source]

Ohio State's main campus is known for the diversity of its students. In various surveys and rankings it has been included among the best campuses in the nation for African Americans.[13] The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students lists Ohio State as one of the best campuses in America for LGBT students.[14]

Honors programs[change | change source]

Ohio State offers two distinct honors programs for high ability undergraduates: Honors and Scholars. The Honors program is open to students in all majors. The Scholars program is centered around thirteen specific programs such as "Architecture Scholars", "Communication Technology Scholars", "Biological Sciences Scholars", "International Affairs Scholars", and "Politics, Society and Law Scholars". Students in the Scholars program are expected to live and take select classes with other members of the program.

Student governments[change | change source]

At The Ohio State University, there are four recognized student governments: Undergraduate Student Government (USG), Council of Graduate Students (CGS), amd Inter-Professional Council (IPC), and Residence Hall Advisory Council (RHAC).

Athletics[change | change source]

OSU is in the NCAA's Division I in most sports. Ohio State's mascot is "Brutus the Buckeye". The school colors are scarlet and gray.

Ohio State won national championships in baseball, men's basketball, football, men's swimming & diving, men's track and field, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, men and women's fencing, and synchronized swimming.[15]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US News 2006 Public University Rankings". Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  2. ↑ 2007 Ranking of World Universities.
  3. ↑ The Ohio State University Timeline 1870-1899, The Ohio State University Archives
  4. ↑ 2007 Ranking of World Universities.
  5. ↑ The Lombardi Program, 2007 Ranking of Top American Universities.
  6. ↑ Ohio State news release on 2007 rankings.
  7. ↑ Database of Institute of Medicine Members
  8. ↑ Guggenheim Fellowship Database.
  9. ↑ National Science Foundation 2006 Research Expenditures.
  10. ↑ Ohio State 2007 Freshman Class Profile.
  11. ↑ The Center, Listing of National Merit Scholar Enrollment 1995-2004.
  12. ↑ Thompson Library Renovation
  13. ↑ Black Enterprise's 50 Best Colleges for African Americans
  14. ↑ NY Times: Is This Campus Gay-Friendly?
  15. ↑ NCAA National Championship Database.

Other websites[change | change source]

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