Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University (known as SHSU orSam) was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas. It is located approximately one hour north of downtown Houston in the hills, lakes, and forests region of East Texas in Huntsville. It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first such institution of its type in Texas. The school is named for Sam Houston, who made his home in the city and is buried there.

SHSU is a member of the Texas State University System and has an enrollment of more than 18,400 students across over 80 undergraduate, 54 masters’, and 6 doctoral degree programs. The university also offers more than 20 online bachelor’s and graduate degrees, and its online programs are ranked high by U.S. News & World Report. It was the first institution classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education within the Texas State University System, and while education continues to be the most popular major among students at the university, SHSU has nationally recognized programs in banking, performing arts, mathematics and criminal justice.

History

Nineteenth and twentieth centuries

The Sam Houston State University campus was originally home to Austin College, the Presbyterian institution that relocated toSherman, Texas in 1876. Austin Hall was constructed in 1851 and is the oldest university building west of the Mississippi still in operation. It was renovated in 2012 and is used today for special meetings and events. Notably, Sam Houston himself attended and participated in the original dedication of the building.

Created by legislation signed by Governor Oran M. Roberts on San Jacinto Day, April 21, 1879, Sam Houston Normal Institute’s dedicated goal was to train teachers for the public schools of Texas. It was the first teacher-training school in the southwestern United States. On October 10 of the same year, the first class of 110 students and four faculty commenced instruction. The first President of the school, Bernard Mallon, died eleven days after the institute opened.

The one-room Peabody Memorial Library was the first free-standing campus library in Texas; it was constructed in 1901 with funds provided by the George Peabody Foundation. According to the Normal Institute’s catalogue, the library was “a very handsome structure, and especially designed for the purpose for which it is to be used. It is said that no school of this kind in the South has a Building equal to it.” Fully restored, it is now used as a venue for special university events.

When the university first opened, students received a certification to teach in the state’s elementary and secondary schools. After 1919, the university began to award bachelor’s degrees. In 1936, the school awarded its first postbaccalaureate degree.

Twenty-first century

SHSU celebrated its 125th year of operation in 2004.

The university launched its first capital campaign in March 2006 with a $50 million goal and closed the campaign’s books on August 31, 2010, with $61.2 million in commitments. The university has 110,000 living, addressable alumni and an active Alumni Association with 10,000 members, holding 200 meetings and events annually.

SHSU-The Woodlands Center opened on May 30, 2012, on the Lone Star College-Montgomery campus. It is a 144,164 sq. ft. facility that has a five-story parking garage. The university also operates SHSU-University Park on the property of Lone Star College-University Park in unincorporated Harris County near Tomball.

Name changes

Throughout the course of its history, Sam has undergone several name changes.

·         April 21, 1879, founded as Sam Houston Normal Institute

·         1923: Sam Houston State Teachers College

·         1965: Sam Houston State College

·         1967: Sam Houston State University

In April, 2007, Texas House Bill 1418 passed without objection in the Texas Legislature, preventing The Texas State University System’s Board of Regents from changing the university’s name to Texas State-Sam Houston.

Graduate Criminal Justice Program Overview

Sam Houston State University is a public institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their convenience. The admissions deadline for these programs is August 1.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

SHSU’s College of Criminal Justice has been consistently ranked among the top criminal justice programs in the nation in both value and quality by U.S. News & World Report and the Journal of Criminal Justice. Faculty were recently recognized as the 4th most productive researchers in the country who provide foundational courses to develop your skills in reasoning and analysis. We offer online degrees at a competitive cost to students. We have a degree to suit you no matter your career goals.

Quick Stats

Academic year founded	2010-2011
Total enrollment	241
2015-2016 Tuition (per credit)	$285 (part-time, in-state) $285 (part-time, out-of-state) $285 (full-time, in-state) $285 (full-time, out-of-state)
Application deadline	August 1
Program website	http://www.shsu.edu/academics/criminal-justice/
Admissions URL	http://www.shsu.edu/dept/graduate-admissions/
Admissions email	graduate@shsu.edu

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University (commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simplyHopkins) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur,abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins. His $7 million bequest—of which half financed the establishment of The Johns Hopkins Hospital—was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at the time.Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inaugurated as the institution’s first president on February 22, 1876.led the university to revolutionize higher education in the U.S. by integrating teaching and research.Adopting the concept of a graduate school from Germany’s ancient Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University is considered the first research university in the United States.

Johns Hopkins is organized into ten divisions on campuses in Maryland and Washington, D.C. with international centers in Italy, China, and Singapore.The two undergraduate divisions, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering, are located on the Homewood campus in Baltimore’s Charles Village neighborhood.The medical school, the nursing school, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health are located on the Medical Institutions campus in East Baltimore. The university also consists of the Peabody Institute, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, the education school, the Carey Business School, and various other facilities.

A founding member of the American Association of Universities, Johns Hopkins has been considered one of the world’s top universities throughout its history. The University stands among the top 10 in US News’Best National Universities Rankings and among the top 20 in a number of international league tables. Over the course of almost 140 years, thirty-six Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Johns Hopkins. Founded in 1883, the Blue Jays men’s lacrosse team has captured 44 national titles and joined the Big Ten Conference as an affiliate member in 2014.

Campuses

Main Campuses & Divisions
Homewood			East Baltimore(Medical Institutions Campus)			Downtown Baltimore		Washington  D.C.
School of Arts and Sciences 1876	School of Education 1909	School of Engineering 1913	School of Nursing 1889	School of Medicine 1893	School of Public Health 1916	Peabody Institute 1857	School of Business 2007	School of Advanced International Studies 1943

Homewood

·         Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences: The Krieger School offers more than 60 undergraduate majors and minors and more than 40 graduate programs.

·         G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering: The Whiting School contains 14 undergraduate and graduate engineering programs and 12 additional areas of study.

·         School of Education: Originally established in 1909 as The School of Professional Studies in Business and Education, the divisions of Education and Business became separate schools in 2007.

The first campus was located on Howard Street. Eventually, they relocated to Homewood, in northern Baltimore, the estate of Charles Carroll, son of the oldest surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Carroll’s Homewood House is considered one of the finest examples of Federal residential architecture. The estate then came to the Wyman family, which participated in making it the park-like main campus of the schools of arts and sciences and engineering at the start of the 20th century. Most of its architecture was modeled after theFederal style of Homewood House. Homewood House is preserved as a museum. Most undergraduate programs are on this campus.

  Johns Hopkins Hospital

Collectively known as Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI) campus, the East Baltimore facility occupies several city blocks spreading from the Johns Hopkins Hospital trademark dome.

·         School of Medicine: The School of Medicine is widely regarded as one of the best medical schools and biomedical research institutes in the world.

·         Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Bloomberg School was founded in 1916, the world’s first and largest public health school. It has consistently been ranked first in its field.

·         School of Nursing: The School of Nursing is one of America’s oldest and pre-eminent schools for nursing education. It has consistently ranked first in the nation.

  Peabody Institute

·         Carey Business School: The Carey Business School was established in 2007, incorporating divisions of the former School of Professional Studies in Business and Education. It was originally located on Charles Street, but relocated to the Legg Mason building in Harbor East in 2011.

·         Peabody Institute: founded in 1857, is the oldest continuously active music conservatory in the United States; it became a division of Johns Hopkins in 1977. The Conservatory retains its own student body and grants degrees in musicology and performance, though both Hopkins and Peabody students may take courses at both institutions. It is located on East Mount Vernon Place.

Washington, D.C.

·         Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is located on the Washington D.C. campus near Dupont Circle. SAIS is devoted to international studies, particularly international relations, diplomacy, and economics. SAIS has full-time international campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China. Founded in 1943, SAIS became a part of the university in 1950. In a 2005 survey 65% of respondents ranked SAIS as the nation’s top Master’s Degree program in international relations.

·         The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

·         Carey Business School

The Washington, D.C. campus is on Massachusetts Avenue, towards the Southeastern end of Embassy Row.

Laurel, Maryland

·         Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL): The APL in Laurel, Maryland, specializes in research for the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and other government and civilian research agencies. Among other projects, it has designed, built, and flown spacecraft for NASA to the asteroid Eros, and the planets Mercury and Pluto. It has developed more than 100 biomedical devices, many in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

Akin to the Washington, D.C. campus for the School of Arts & Sciences, the APL also is the primary campus for master’s degrees in a variety of STEM fields.

Other campuses

Domestic

·         Columbia, Maryland Center (Branches of The Carey Business School and The School of Education)Montgomery County, Maryland Campus (Part-time programs in Biosciences, Engineering, Business & Education)

International

·         The SAIS Bologna Center, Italy

·         Perdana University-Johns Hopkins (Discontinued)

·         The SAIS Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, China

·         Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Collaboration between the Peabody Institute and the National University of Singapore)

Graduate Information Technology Program Overview

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting), a private institution, offers labs for its online, graduate-level computer information technology program. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so that students can access lecture material at their convenience. The application deadline for the online graduate CIT programs at Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) is rolling, and 81 percent of students are employed when they enroll.

Distinguishing characteristics of online program (as submitted by school)

The OCIT programs are highly technical and offer considerable technical depth within each of the programs. Courses are taught by high-profile engineers, technical leaders and top specialists from industry, the government and the military. Through their practical experience, they are able to focus on the practical application of knowledge.

Quick Stats

Academic year founded	2007-2008
Total enrollment	767
2015-2016 Tuition (per credit)	$1,237 (part-time, in-state) $1,237 (part-time, out-of-state) $1,237 (full-time, in-state) $1,237 (full-time, out-of-state)
Application deadline	rolling
Program website	https://ep.jhu.edu/programs-and-courses/program-pathways/online
Admissions URL	http://ep.jhu.edu/admission-info
Admissions email	jhep@jhu.edu