Fort Hays State University is a liberal and applied arts, state-assisted institution with an enrollment of more than 12,000 students. It offers bachelors and master’s degrees in many fields and provides a wide variety of cultural and intellectual resources, not only for its faculty, staff and students but for the western Kansas region and beyond. Fort Hays State occupies the southwest corner of Hays, KS, a city of about 20,000 people located halfway between Kansas City and Denver on Interstate 70. The city and its people make their living from across a wide spectrum of industries – agriculture, education, light manufacturing, medical care, oil, retail and technology.