K ANSAS By: Donovan Randall

K ANSAS

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M OTTO & N ICKNAME Motto Ad astra per aspera Nickname The Sun Flower State

S TATE S ONG On The Range

S TATE L ANDMARK

L ICENSE P LATE

S TATE G OVERNOR

S TATE C APITAL Topeka

M AJOR I NDUSTRIES & E XPORTS Industries are concentrated in Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte counties. The estimated value of shipments for all state manufacturing totaled $49 billion in 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. Kansas

M AJOR U NIVERSITIES 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