The Ohio State University



         


This article is about Ohio State; there is also an Ohio University.

The Ohio State University, also known as Ohio State or OSU, is one of the largest state universities in the United States, consisting of the main campus in Columbus, Ohio, and branch campuses located in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, (Stone Lab), and Newark. The university was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university.

The Ohio State University


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Motto: Disciplina in civitatem
Rector/President Karen A. Holbrook
School type Public (state university)
Religious affiliation Not applicable
Founded 1870
Location Columbus, OH
Enrollment 58,254 (total)
Regular faculty 2,973
Endowment 1.5 billion USD
Campus surroundings Urban
Campus size 15,246 acres (62 km²) total
Mascot "Brutus" the Buckeye
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The Columbus campus is currently the second largest single campus in the USA, after The University of Texas at Austin; in 2002 there were 48,477 students enrolled at the Columbus campus. The university is noted especially for its linguistics department and colleges of business, education, and engineering. The medical school is home to the James Cancer Hospital, a leading cancer research institute. The university also holds the honor of being the best public university in the state of Ohio as compiled by the U.S. News and World Report magazine in their annual college rankings special issue. The Columbus campus is also home to the renowned Wexner Center for the Arts. The current president is Karen A. Holbrook, and Buckeyes" (after the state tree, the Buckeye), and participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference. Their football team, which plays at Ohio Stadium (the Horseshoe), won the 2002 college football national championship at the 2003 Fiesta Bowl. Its men's hockey program competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and its women's hockey program competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

OSU's school colors are Scarlett and Grey. The Makio was OSU's annual/yearbook; publication of The Makio ceased in the 1970's.

OSU's "Buckeye Bullet" electric car broke the world record for the fastest speed by an electric vehicle on August 18, 2003 with a speed of 257 mph (413.6 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The former US record was 251.3 mph (404.4 km/h). The vehicle was designed, built and managed by a team of engineering students at the university's "Center for Automotive Research-Intelligent Transportation" (CAR-IT).

OSU operates a public television station,WOSU 34. Two public radio stations, WOSU-AM (NPR) and WOSU-FM in Columbus, both with the call letters WOSU. In 2003, the television station began broadcasting in HDTV format. There is also a shorter range, student-run radio station. The school newspaper is called The Lantern.

In 1926, the student body overwhelmingly elected Maudine Ormsby Homecoming Queen. That Maudine Ormsby was not a student at the Ohio State University was a bigger problem then the fact she was a cow, literally, a dairy cow. Still, she took her throne at the homecoming football game that year, however she passed on the homecoming dance.

The school is often referred to as Ohio State University. The proper name, when used as a noun, is The Ohio State University.

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