
This site was set up specifically to provide relevant information to candidates for Provost and Senior Vice President at K-State.
K-State got its start in 1858, when Bluemont Central College was founded and 53 students enrolled. Five years later K-State became the first college in America to be officially designated a land-grant school.
By 2004 K-State’s enrollment had grown to more than 23,000.
A brief chronology.
Landmarks, school spirit, Willie the Wildcat, and lore.
Presidents, first ladies, and years at K-State.
Originally known as the Practical Agriculture building, and commonly called the Main College building, Anderson Hall was formally named in 1902.