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Northern Kentucky University is a public, co-educational university located in Highland
Heights, Kentucky, seven miles (11 km) southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio. Enrollment
is currently about 14,200 students. NKU is the second largest university
in Greater Cincinnati and the youngest of Kentucky's eight state universities. Northern Kentucky University was founded in 1968 as Northern Kentucky State College and awarded its first bachelor's degrees in May 1973. Originally formed as a University of Kentucky extension campus, in 1976, it became Northern Kentucky University. The Salmon P. Chase College of Law, formerly an independent law school in Cincinnati, merged with Northern Kentucky State College in 1971. The newest college at NKU is the College of Informatics, founded in 2006. NKU's main campus in Highland Heights, Kentucky is situated on more than 330 acres of rolling countryside along US 27, just off I-275, seven miles (11 km) southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Established 1968 Type: Public Endowment: $41.5 million President: Dr. James C. Votruba Undergraduates: 12,188 Postgraduates: 1,722 Location Highland Heights, KY, USA |
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NKU is in the process of building a $37 million, 144,000-square-foot (13,400 m²)
student union building, the $60 million Bank of Kentucky Center, a 9,000-to-10,000-seat
arena for basketball games and other events, and a $30 million four-story
complex featuring a 100-room hotel, a 40,000-square-foot (4,000 m²), upscale
restaurant and retail area and 30,000 square feet (3,000 m²) of office space. NKU's Alumni Association Lecture Series has featured such guests as politicians Mario Cuomo, Alan Keyes, Steve Forbes, Newt Gingrich, George McGovern, Bob Dole and John Edwards; political strategists James Carville, Mary Matalin and Paul Begala; journalist Bob Woodward; and commentators George Stephanopoulos, George Will, Tucker Carlson, and Al Franken. |