Arkansas State University (also known as A-State) is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state\\\'s second largest college system and second largest university by enrollment. It is located atop 1,376 acres (5.6 km2) on Crowley\\\'s Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. The university marked its centennial year in 2009.
History
A-State 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 ASU.[5]