Northern Kentucky University
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| Northern Kentucky University link () Website | |
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| File:Northern Kentucky University seal.svg | |
| Headquarters | Kentucky ,USA |
| Type | Public |
| Other name | Norse |
| Has improved its academic standing the last few decades. | |
Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It is primarily an undergraduate institution with over 14,000 students; over 12,000 are undergraduate students and nearly 2,000 are graduate students. Northern Kentucky University is the third largest university, behind the University of Cincinnati and Miami University, of Greater Cincinnati's four large universities and the youngest of Kentucky's eight, although it joined the state system before the University of Louisville. Notable among the university's programs are the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and the College of Informatics, founded in 2006.[1]
Notable alumni
- J. Warren Bettis, jurist who serves as a judge on the Ohio Court of Claims, earned his law degree from the Chase College of Law in 1952.
- Rich Boehne, president and CEO of the E.W. Scripps Company, the Cincinnati-based media company, graduated in 1981.
- Steve Chabot, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 1st Congressional District, earned his Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1978.
- Hollywood actor George Clooney studied broadcast journalism at NKU.[2]
- Joe Cunningham, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district.
- Corey Foister, 2016 Democratic candidate for Ohio's 8th Congressional District.
- Actor Adam Gregory from television and film: 90210, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and The Bold and the Beautiful.
- Wrestler "Wildcat" Chris Harris attended NKU for two years.
- Hollis Hammonds, artist and academic
- Reality star Diane Henry from CBS' Big Brother
- Ken Lucas, former U.S. Representative from Kentucky's fourth congressional district from 1999 to 2005, received an honorary doctorate from NKU. Lucas was a founding regent at NKU, where he served for 23 years on the Board of Regents, 13 of those as chairman. Lucas donated his congressional papers to the Schlachter Family Archives in NKU's Steely Library. In 1994 the Lucas Administrative Center on campus was named after him.
- Tom Luken, former mayor of Cincinnati, U.S. Representative from Ohio, and father of former Cincinnati mayor Charlie Luken, earned his Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1950.
- David Mack, creator of the comic book Kabuki and former writer/artist of Daredevil, graduated from NKU in 1995 with a BFA in graphic design.
- Faith Prince Broadway actress and singer
- Gary Webb, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, was on staff of the student newspaper, The Northerner, before dropping out and joining The Kentucky Post. He later worked at the San Jose Mercury News, where his series, "Dark Alliance," proved that the U.S.-supported Contra rebels in Nicaragua sold drugs in America and were largely responsible for introducing crack-cocaine into the U.S.