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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.
Kansas Kansas
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