Fort Hays State University

Educational Resources

Libraries

Ethnic Collection, Western Collection

• Member of library consortia.
• 2,249,022 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 1,463 current serial subscriptions.
• 442,847 microforms.
• 21,726 Audio/Visual items.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Services

Basic

placement service, day care, health service, health insurance

Counseling

career, academic, psychological, birth control

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 12% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 33% of housing units are Singles.
• 67% of housing units are Doubles.
• 0% of housing units are Triples.
• 0% of housing units are Apartments.
• 0% of of housing units are some other type.

Room Accessories

• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 105 organizations on campus.

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Hays, KS (3), Wichita, KS (150)
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.

Employment

• School employment is available.
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 3 fraternities
• 3 fraternity houses
• 1% of students are fraternity members
• There are 3 sororities
• 2 sorority houses
• 1% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered