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30-627: In 1948, the University of Kentucky Northern Extension Center was founded in Covington. It is the unofficial beginning of the University of Kentucky Community College System—although this campus no longer operates as a community college, as it became a separate four-year institution in 1968 and is now known as Northern Kentucky University . In June 1957, representing the Ashland Independent School District 's Board of Education, and with

60-527: A 2.0 or above unweighted high school GPA , those with a 2.75 and greater unweighted high school GPA are admitted regardless of ACT or SAT scores, and the university has a 90% acceptance rate. For those submitting test scores, the 2021–2022 final release data by IPEDS reflects scores of admitted students that were 1020-1240 for the SAT and 20-26 for the ACT. There are several fraternities and sororities on campus. There

90-663: A household in the city was $ 40,784, and the median income for a family was $ 48,090. Males had a median income of $ 38,314 versus $ 29,038 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,651. About 5.0% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over. Residents are within the Campbell County School District . Residents are zoned to Campbell County High School in Alexandria . The Japanese Language School of Greater Cincinnati

120-458: A larger, more diverse student body. The university has increased its admissions standards . Northern Kentucky University's main campus in Highland Heights, Kentucky , is situated on 400 acres (1.6 km ) of rolling countryside along U.S. Route 27 , just off of Interstate 275 and Interstate 471 , seven miles (11 km) southeast of Cincinnati , Ohio. The campus was built beginning in

150-622: A mandate was placed upon the University of Kentucky to form a community college system. President Dickey had concerns of adequate legislative funding. In 1964, the board of trustees and newly elected UK President John W. Oswald implemented the legislation removing the system from the UK Division of Extended Programs and creating a separate UK Division of Community Colleges, changing the extension centers to community colleges in Covington, Ashland , Fort Knox , Cumberland , and Henderson ; and creating Elizabethtown . Veteran educator Ellis F. Hartford

180-581: A venue for entertainment. A Student Union building opened in 2008. The Landrum Academic Center houses an Anthropology Museum. The university campus is also the first educational institute in the world to have a laser-projection planetarium; it is part of the Dorothy Westerman Hermann Natural Science Center. The campus located in Covington, Kentucky , closed in 2008. It mainly served nontraditional and adult students and also hosted

210-518: A weekly talk show, various sporting events, and entertainment programming. Many NorseMedia programs have won awards at the local (Blue Chips), regional (Philos) and national (Telly) levels, usually in the professional categories. Students in the program at NKU are invited to create and assist in producing the Electronic Media & Broadcasting programs for the station. The university's teams for both men and women are nicknamed "Norse". Their mascot

240-710: Is a Student Government Association. The Northerner is Northern Kentucky's student-run newspaper. The university is also home to an independent, student-run Internet radio station Norse Code Radio. Northern Kentucky University formerly hosted the award-winning public radio station, WNKU , founded in 1986, until the station was sold in 2017. NorseMediaTV is the PEG access Public-access television cable TV station run by Northern Kentucky University. It airs on channel 818 on Cincinnati Bell Fioptics cable and 18 digital/96 analog on Insight Cable of Northern Kentucky. NorseMediaTV students and faculty produce many original programs,

270-631: Is at the northern border of Highland Heights. Via I-471, Highland Heights is 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Cincinnati. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km ), all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,923 people, 2,610 households, and 1,282 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,881.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,112.7/km ). There were 2,787 housing units at an average density of 1,225.5 per square mile (473.2/km ). The racial makeup of

300-909: Is named Victor E. Viking. Northern Kentucky University joined the Horizon League on July 1, 2015, after leaving the Atlantic Sun Conference . The 2016–17 school year was the first in which NKU is eligible for NCAA Division I championships, following the completion of its four-year reclassification period to D-I. The university fields teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's track and field, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball. Students have also organized club teams in bowling, ice hockey, men's soccer club, taekwondo fencing, boxing, lacrosse, rugby, kickball, skeet & trap, and men's wrestling. These clubs are primarily organized through

330-581: The Salmon P. Chase College of Law . Northern Kentucky University began in 1948, when an extension campus for the University of Kentucky was opened in Covington, Kentucky , known as the UK Northern Extension Center . After 20 years in operation as an extension center for UK, it became an autonomous four-year college under the name Northern Kentucky State College ( NKSC ). In 1970, W. Frank Steely

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360-732: The Business Education Psychology (BEP) Building. It was scheduled to move to NKU in July 1993. Northern Kentucky's main library is the W. Frank Steely Library, completed in 1975 and named after the first president of the university. The library contains over 850,000 volumes, more than 18,000 bound periodicals, and approximately 1.4 million microforms. The two-floor Chase Law Library is Northern Kentucky's other library on campus, contains more than 313,000 volumes and 57,000 monographic and serial titles. Corporate and university partnerships include The Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement

390-721: The Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics and the Chase Local Government Law Center. Northern Kentucky University's academic programs are organized into seven colleges. The College of Informatics, founded in 2006, replaced the College of Professional Studies. In July 2015, the School of the Arts was created, uniting the Music, Theatre & Dance, and Visual Arts programs within

420-566: The College of Arts & Sciences. In 2018, the former Honors Program became the Honors College. Northern Kentucky University students are also a part of individual chapters in numerous honor societies. Northern Kentucky's Alpha Beta Phi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta , the International History Honor Society, has won 18 consecutive best chapter awards. Northern Kentucky University only considers for admission applicants with

450-702: The Fifth/Third Entrepreneurial Center the Metropolitan Education and Training Services Center, the Center for Applied Informatics, and Fidelity Investments . Other centers on campus include the Center for Applied Anthropology, the Institute for Freedom Studies, the Center for Environmental Restoration the Small Business Development Center the Institute for New Economy Technologies the Center for Environmental Education

480-696: The Governor's Commission on the Study of Public Higher Education to study the need for such a system. Headed by Otis C. Amis, of Lexington, the commission submitted its recommendations in November 1961, which included creating new community colleges for Prestonsburg, Hopkinsville, Somerset and the Hazard-Blackey area. Authorized by the Kentucky General Assembly and signed by Governor Bert Combs on March 6, 1962,

510-678: The Program for Adult-Centered Education and Emergency Medical Technology programs. Northern Kentucky University's Grant County Center, located in Williamstown , is a partnership between the Grant County Foundation for Higher Education and Northern Kentucky University. The Japanese Language School of Greater Cincinnati is a weekend supplementary Japanese school held at the Mathematics, Education and Psychology Center (MP), formerly known as

540-566: The Sport Club program. Northern Kentucky University has over 60,000 living alumni, approximately 41,000 of them in Ohio and Kentucky. Many have gone on to achieve success in a variety of fields, including athletics, journalism, business, and government. Highland Heights, Kentucky Highland Heights is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky , United States. The population

570-565: The city was 90.8% White , 5% African American , 0.2% Native American , 2% Asian , less than 0.01%% Pacific Islander , 0.5% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population. There were 2,610 households, of which 18.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.1% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.9% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who

600-411: The early 1970s, and the first building, Nunn Hall, opened in 1972. Although most of the university's students commute daily to the campus, approximately 2,000 students live on campus. In recent years, the university has been in the process of expanding its campus and facilities. The Truist Arena is a 9,400-seat arena completed in 2008. It serves as the primary venue for athletics on campus, and also as

630-465: The second university extension center. Details of the planned relationship were contained in the agreement signed by the Ashland Board of Education and the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees. By this agreement the university would provide a course of study and administration which would be comparable to that of the university at Lexington and for which the students would receive the same credit as

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660-589: The students in Lexington. The Ashland Board of Education was to provide the buildings, land, equipment and facilities. All other expenses, including teacher salaries were to be paid by the University of Kentucky. With the continued support of Governor Chandler, President Dickey successfully expanded the program by developing University of Kentucky Extension Centers in Fort Knox (1958), Cumberland (1960), and Henderson (1960). In 1960, newly elected Governor Bert Combs created

690-461: The support of Governor Happy Chandler, Ashland Oil & Refining Company founder and CEO Paul G. Blazer presented a proposal to President Frank G. Dickey and the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for the university to take over the day-to-day operations and curriculum of the nineteen-year-old Ashland [municipal] Junior College, creating the Ashland Center of the University of Kentucky as

720-643: The system and became an autonomous four-year College under the name Northern Kentucky State College. KCTCS includes the following community and technical colleges: Northern Kentucky University Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky , United States. Established in 1968, it is the youngest of Kentucky's eight public universities. It had an enrollment of 15,800 students in 2022, over 10,000 of which were undergraduates and nearly 5,000 were postgraduates . The university has seven constituent colleges in arts and science, business, education, informatics, health, and

750-574: Was 6,662 at the 2020 census . Highland Heights is home to Northern Kentucky University and General Cable , a Fortune 500 company whose present headquarters were constructed in 1992. It is located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area . The area has been known as "the Highlands" since the 19th century. The District of the Highlands was incorporated in 1867; Fort Thomas was separately incorporated from its northern reaches in 1914. The local post office

780-452: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.77. In the city, the population was spread out, with 13.6% under the age of 18, 33.7% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males. The median income for

810-475: Was established in 1927, and the community of Highland Heights incorporated itself separately the same year. Northern Kentucky State College , previously sited in Park Hills , was relocated to a larger campus in the city in 1971. It is now known as Northern Kentucky University (NKU), and subsidiary businesses and related developments have grown in the city. In October 2012 Highland Heights resident Ryan Poston

840-660: Was hired as the first president. The following year, the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, formerly an independent law school in Cincinnati, merged with Northern Kentucky State College. The main campus moved from Covington to Highland Heights, Kentucky, in 1972. NKSC awarded its first bachelor's degrees in 1973. Rapid expansion resulted in the school being upgraded to university status in 1976. Since its founding in 1968 and elevation to university status in 1976, Northern Kentucky University has expanded with construction projects, new colleges and

870-479: Was murdered in his home. The perpetrator was his girlfriend, Shayna Hubers, who shot him six times. The case and trials attracted considerable media attention. Highland Heights is located in northern Campbell County. It is bordered to the north by Fort Thomas , to the west by Wilder , and to the south by Cold Spring . Interstate 275 , the beltway around Cincinnati , runs along the western and northern edges of Highland Heights. Its interchange with Interstate 471

900-505: Was named as Dean with Edsel Godbey named his assistant. Administratively, each college had a director who reported directly to Dean Hartford, who through President Oswald, reported to the UK Board of Trustees. Additionally, each college has a seven-member local advisory committee appointed for four-year terms by the governor. In 1968, the UK Northern (Covington) Community College separated from

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