Arkansas State University (A-State or ASU) is a public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second-largest university in the state. The university was founded in 1909 and is located atop 1,376 acres (557 hectares) on Crowley's Ridge.
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The Victor Cicero Kays House is a historic house at 2506 Aggie Road, on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story structure, designed by Arthur N. McAninch and built in 1936 for Victor Cicero Kays, the first president of the university. It is also locally notable as a fine example of Tudor Revival architecture, with a brick first floor, and the second finished in brick and half-timbered stucco. The roof is finished in green tile.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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First National Bank Arena is a 10,038-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Arkansas State University, and is home to their college basketball team, the Red Wolves.
First National Bank Arena has three separate public venues including a 217-seat Auditorium, a banquet/meeting room that can be divided into 3 smaller meeting rooms, and the main arena, which has permanent seating for 10,475. First National Bank Arena hosts hundreds of events each year in these three venues, and well over 100,000 people walk through its doors each year.
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Tomlinson Stadium–Slayton Family Field is a baseball venue located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. It has been home to the Arkansas State Red Wolves college baseball team of the Division I Sun Belt Conference since 1993. The venue has a capacity of 1,200 people.
The stadium is named after former Arkansas State baseball coach and athletic director J.A. "Ike" Tomlinson, who coached ASU baseball from 1944–1976. His tenure set a record for longest-serving athletic coach in Arkansas State history which still stands today. The field was previously named after brothers George and Skeeter Kell, both of whom played baseball at Arkansas State and went on to play in the Major Leagues.
In 1996, lights were added at the facility, allowing night games to be played there for the first time. In 2003, a new batter's eye was constructed past the center field fence. A deck and picnic area, Barton's Baseball Deck, was added in 2007. In 2008, new chairback and handicap seats were added behind home plate, moving the backstop closer to the field.
A record 1,229 people attended Arkansas State's February 28, 2026, game against the Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions. Arkansas State defeated the Golden Lions 10–0 in 7 innings via the run rule.
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Centennial Bank Stadium is a football stadium located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the campus of Arkansas State University that is home to the Arkansas State Red Wolves football team. The stadium opened in 1974 as Indian Stadium named after the old nickname of the school, the Indians, until the 2007 season when it was renamed ASU Stadium. The venue was renamed Liberty Bank Stadium in September 2012 after Liberty Bank of Arkansas donated approximately $5 million to the university. In 2013, Liberty Bank was bought by Home BancShares, whose trade name is Centennial Bank. Since 2015, the stadium has a seating capacity of 30,406.
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Booker T Washington High School, originally known as Jonesboro Industrial High School was named in honor of Booker T. Washington, and was the first high school for African-Americans in Northeast Arkansas. It provided education for African-American children over a wide swath of Northeastern Arkansas, as sundown towns such as Paragould, Arkansas and other surrounding cities and counties contracted with Jonesboro to educate their Black children.
Arkansas State University is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
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