Arkansas State University (ASU) is a public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second largest university in Arkansas.
The university was founded in 1909 and is located atop 1,376 acres (557 hectares) on Crowley’s Ridge.
Arkansas State University is classified among “R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity”.
Arkansas State University (ASU) was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school.
Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature from Sheridan (1905–1912), introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges, including the future Arkansas State University (ASU).
