Amy Acuff

Acuff is also known for her career as a model, appearing in men's publications such as Maxim, FHM, and most recently, Playboy. For more on the universities and colleges in Kansas, see the complete list. Country musician Roy Acuff was her grandfather's second cousin. The composition of FHSU's enrollment includes 35% non-resident students and 44% off-campus enrollments. PSU also has almost a quarter of enrollment from non-residents. Acuff lives in Austin, Texas and is an alumna of UCLA. FHSU has the fastest growing enrollment in Kansas with most of it coming from non-resident and off-campus enrollment. Amy Acuff lays claim to the following titles:. Fort Hays State University (FHSU), Pittsburg State University (PSU), and Emporia State University (ESU) are smaller public universities with total enrollments of 8500, 6537, and 6194, respectively.

An aggressive high jump competitor, Acuff competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field and a three-time Olympian. Wichita State University (WSU) ranks third largest with 14,298 students; about 12% were non-resident students. United States athlete Amy Acuff (July 14, 1975-) was born in Port Arthur, Texas. About 19% were non-resident students. USA Track and Field profile (http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Acuff_Amy.asp). Kansas State University (KSU) has the second largest enrollment, with 23,151 students at its Manhattan and Salina campuses and Veterinary Medical Center. Amy's official website (http://www.amyacuff.org). About 31% were non-resident students.

Indoor Champion 2004. The total university enrollment, which includes KU Medical Center, was 29,590. U.S. Among the state-funded universities, the University of Kansas (KU) is the largest in terms of enrollment, with 26,980 at its Lawrence campus, KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park, and Public Management Center (formerly the Capitol Complex) in Topeka. Outdoor Champion 2003. In Fall 2004 the state’s six public universities reported a combined enrollment of 88,270 students, of which almost a quarter were non-resident students and a tenth were off-campus enrollments. U.S. It also authorizes numerous private and out-of-state institutions to operate in the state.

Outdoor Champion 2001. The Kansas Board of Regents governs or supervises thirty-seven public institutions. U.S. Main article: Education in Kansas. Indoor Champion 2001. See also: List of cities in Kansas. U.S. "Rural flight" as it is called has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers.

Outdoor Champion 1997. Between 1996 and 2004 almost half a million people, nearly half with college degrees, left the six states. U.S. 89% of the total number of cities in those states have fewer than 3000 people; hundreds have fewer than than 1000. NCAA Indoor Champion 1997. Kansas, as well as five other Mid-West states (Nebraska, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota and Iowa), is feeling the brunt of falling populations. World University Games Champion 1997. The industrial outputs are transportation equipment, commercial and private aircraft, food processing, publishing, chemical products, machinery, apparel, petroleum and mining.

NCAA Outdoor Champion 1996. The agricultural outputs of the state are cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs and corn. Outdoor Champion 1995. Its per-capita income was $29,438. U.S. The 2003 total gross state product of Kansas was $93 billion. NCAA Outdoor Champion 1995. See also: KDOT road condition information (http://www.kanroad.org).

NCAA Indoor Champion 1995. In January 2004, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced the new Kansas 511 traveler information service.[3] (http://www.ksdot.org/offtransinfo/News04/511_Release.htm) By calling 511, callers will get access to information about road conditions, construction, closures, detours and weather conditions for the state highway system. Weather and road condition information is updated every 15 minutes. NCAA Indoor Champion 1994. Other bypasses are I-235 around Wichita and I-470 around Topeka. I-435 and I-635 serve a dual purpose as connections between the major routes and bypasses around the Kansas City metropolitan area. I-335 and portions of I-35 and I-70 make up the Kansas Turnpike.

I-335, a northeast/southwest route, connects I-70 at Topeka to I-35 at Emporia. I-135, a north/south route, connects I-70 at Salina to I-35 at Wichita. Spur routes serve as connections between the two major routes. I-35 is a major north/south route connecting to Des Moines, Iowa, in the north and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in the south. Cities along this route (from north to south) include Kansas City (and its suburbs), Ottawa, Emporia, El Dorado and Wichita.

Cities along this route (from east to west) include Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Junction City, Salina, Hays, and Colby. Louis, Missouri, in the east and Denver, Colorado, in the west. I-70 is a major east/west route connecting to St. The state is served by two interstate highways with six spur routes.

Other important rivers are the Saline and Solomon, tributaries of the Smoky Hill River; the Big Blue, Delaware, and Wakarusa, which flow into the Kansas River; and the Marais des Cygnes, a tributary of the Missouri River. It forms, with its tributaries, the Little Arkansas, Walnut, Cow Creek, Cimarron, Verdigris (which is the lowest point in Kansas at 680 feet), and the Neosho, the southern drainage system of the state. The Arkansas River, rising in Colorado, flows with a tortuous course, for nearly 500 miles, across three-fourths of the state. The Kansas River, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, joins the Missouri at Kansas City, after a course of 150 miles across the state.

The Missouri River forms nearly 75 miles of the state's northeastern boundary. (Mount Sunflower is the highest point.) The rivers flow through bottomlands, varying from ¼ to 6 miles in width, and bounded by bluffs, rising 50 to 300 feet. Its altitude above the sea ranges from 750 feet at the mouth of the Kansas River to 4000 feet on the western border. The state, lying in the great central plain of the United States, has a generally flat or undulating surface.

Kansas is one of the six states located on the Frontier Strip. The state is divided up into 105 counties with 628 cities. The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is located in Smith County near Lebanon, Kansas, and the geographic center of Kansas is located in Barton County. This spot is used as the central reference point for all maps produced by the government.

It is located equidistant from the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean. The geographic center of North America is located in Osborne County. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south, and Colorado on the west. See also: List of Governors of Kansas; U.S. Congressional Delegations from Kansas. In 2005 voters accepted a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, and the Kansas State Board of Education resumed hearings to determine if evolution should once again be removed from state science standards.

The decade brought new restrictions on abortion, the defeat of prominent Democrats, including Dan Glickman, and the Kansas State Board of Education's infamous 1999 decision to eliminate the theory of evolution from the state teaching standards, a decision that was later reversed. Since the early 1990s, Kansas has grown more socially conservative. Board of Education of Topeka banned racially segregated schools throughout the U.S. Brown vs.