KANSASBy: Donovan Randall

KANSAS

KANSAS FLAG

MOTTO & NICKNAME

MottoAd astra per aspera

NicknameThe Sun Flower State

STATE SONGOn The Range

STATE LANDMARK

LICENSE PLATE

STATE GOVERNOR

STATE CAPITAL

Topeka

MAJOR INDUSTRIES & EXPORTS

Industries are concentrated in Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte counties. The estimated value of shipments for all state manufacturing totaled $49 billion in 1997.

Kansas is a world leader in aviation, claiming a large share of both US and world production and sales of commercial aircraft. Wichita is the home of Boeing, Cessna, Learjet, and Raytheon, which combined manufactured approximately 70% of the world's general aviation aircraft and $3.47 billion in sales. The aviation sector employees 19% of the manufacturing sector workforce.

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MAJOR UNIVERSITIES When the University of Kansas opened on September

12, 1866, the only things it had in common with an actual university were a name, a charter, and a large measure of faculty factionalism.

Enrollment: 30,004 (20,550 undergraduates and 6,276 graduates at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses; 3,178 students at the medical center).

Faculty members: 2,460 at the main campus and the medical center.

Full-time faculty with Ph.D. or equivalent in their fields: 97 percent

Fields of study: About 200. Study Abroad opportunities: More than 110

programs in more than