List of Chi Omega sisters
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Name	Chapter	Notability

Marsha Blackburn	Phi Delta	Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee

Martha Layne Collins	Lambda Alpha	Former Governor of Kentucky

Shirley Hufstedler	Pi Gamma	First United States Secretary of Education

Blanche Lincoln	Psi	Former United States Senator from Arkansas

Molly Beth Malcolm	Sigma Zeta	First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party

Charlotte Pence	Rho Mu	Daughter of Vice President Mike Pence Republican Party

Patricia Schroeder	Pi Beta	Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado , first female Congresswoman from Colorado

Virginia Smith	Kappa	Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska

Joanna Shields	Nu Gamma	Baroness and British Parliamentarian

Carole Keeton Strayhorn	Iota	Former Texas Comptroller , made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent

Alison Lundergan Grimes	Kappa Beta	Current Secretary of State of Kentucky

Mary Ann Tobin	Lambda Alpha	Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

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Marsha Blackburn ( née Wedgeworth ; born June 6 , 1952 ) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the junior United States Senator from Tennessee . A member of the Republican Party , Blackburn previously served the U.S. House for Tennessee 's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2019 . She was also a State Senator from 1999 to 2003 . On November 6 , 2018 , she became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee , defeating Democratic former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen .
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science , commonly known as Mississippi State University ( MSU ) , is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville , Mississippi . It is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity and has a total research and development budget of $ 239.4 million , the largest in Mississippi . The university was chartered as Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College on February 28 , 1878 and admitted its first students in 1880 . Organized into 12 colleges and schools , the university offers over 180 baccalaureate , graduate , and professional degree programs , and is home to Mississippi 's only accredited programs in architecture and veterinary medicine . Mississippi State participates in the National Sea Grant College Program and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program . The university 's main campus in Starkville is supplemented by auxiliary campuses in Meridian , Biloxi , and Vicksburg . The 19th and current president of Mississippi State is Mark E. Keenum , a former United States Under Secretary of Agriculture . Mississippi State 's intercollegiate sports teams , the Mississippi State Bulldogs , compete in NCAA Division I athletics as members of the Southeastern Conference 's western division . Mississippi State was a founding member of the SEC in 1932 . In their more-than 120-year history , the Bulldogs have won 21 individual national championships and 30 regular season conference championships . The school is noted for a pervasive baseball fan culture , with Dudy Noble Field holding 17 of the top 25 all-time NCAA attendance records and the school 's Left Field Lounge being described as an epicenter of college baseball .
The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress , the Senate being the upper house . Together they compose the national legislature of the United States . The composition of the House is established by Article One of the United States Constitution . The House is composed of representatives who sit in congressional districts that are allocated to each of the 50 states on a basis of population as measured by the U.S. Census , with each district entitled to one representative . Since its inception in 1789 , all representatives have been directly elected . The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435 . As of the 2010 Census , the largest delegation is that of California , with fifty-three representatives . Seven states have only one representative : Alaska , Delaware , Montana , North Dakota , South Dakota , Vermont , and Wyoming . The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation , known as bills , which , after concurrence by the Senate , are sent to the president for consideration . In addition to this basic power , the House has certain exclusive powers , among them the power to initiate all bills related to revenue ; the impeachment of federal officers , who are sent to trial before the Senate ; and , in cases wherein no candidate receives a majority of electors for president , the duty falls upon the House to elect one of the top three recipients of electors for that office , with one vote given to each state for that purpose . The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol . The presiding officer is the speaker of the House , who is elected by the members thereof ( and is therefore traditionally the leader of the controlling party ) .
Tennessee ( /ˌtɛnəˈsiː/ ( listen ) , locally /ˈtɛnəsi/ ; Cherokee : ᏔᎾᏏ , romanized : Tanasi ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States . Tennessee is bordered by eight states , with Kentucky to the north , Virginia to the northeast , North Carolina to the east , Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi to the south , Arkansas to the west , and Missouri to the northwest . The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state , and the Mississippi River forms the state 's western border . Nashville is the state 's capital and largest city , with a 2017 population of 667,560 and a 2017 metro population of 1,903,045 . Tennessee 's second largest city is Memphis , which had a population of 652,236 in 2017 . The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association , a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians . What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina , and later part of the Southwest Territory . Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1 , 1796 . Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 . Occupied by Union forces from 1862 , it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war . Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia , and more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined .
Martha Layne Collins ( née Hall ; born December 7 , 1936 ) is an American former businesswoman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky ; she was elected as the state 's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987 , the first woman to hold the office and the only one to date . Prior to that , she served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky , under John Y . Brown , Jr . Her election made her the highest-ranking Democratic woman in the U.S. She was considered as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election , but Mondale chose Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro instead . After graduating from the University of Kentucky , Collins worked as a school teacher while her husband finished a degree in dentistry . She became interested in politics , and worked on both Wendell Ford 's gubernatorial campaign in 1971 and Walter Dee Huddleston 's U.S. Senate campaign in 1972 . In 1975 , she was chosen secretary of the state 's Democratic Party and was elected clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals . During her tenure as clerk , a constitutional amendment restructured the state 's judicial system , and the Court of Appeals became the Kentucky Supreme Court . Collins continued as clerk of the renamed court and worked to educate citizens about the court 's new role . Collins was elected lieutenant governor in 1979 , under Governor John Y . Brown , Jr. Brown was frequently out of the state , leaving Collins as acting governor for more than 500 days of her four-year term . In 1983 , she defeated Republican Jim Bunning to become Kentucky 's first woman governor .
The University of Kentucky ( UK ) is a public university in Lexington , Kentucky . Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky , the university is one of the state 's two land-grant universities ( the other being Kentucky State University ) and the institution with the highest enrollment in the state , with 30,720 students as of Fall 2015 . The institution comprises 16 colleges , a graduate school , 93 undergraduate programs , 99 master programs , 66 doctoral programs , and four professional programs . [ needs update ] The University of Kentucky has fifteen libraries on campus . The largest is the William T. Young Library , a federal depository , hosting subjects related to social sciences , humanities , and life sciences collections . In recent years , the university has focused expenditures increasingly on research , following a compact formed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1997 . The directive mandated that the university become a Top 20 public research institution , in terms of an overall ranking , to be determined by the university itself , by the year 2020 .
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of Kentucky 's executive branch of government . 57 men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky . The governor 's term is four years in length ; since 1992 , incumbents have been able to seek re-election once before becoming ineligible for four years . Throughout the state 's history , four men have served two non-consecutive terms as governor , and two others have served two consecutive terms . Kentucky is one of only five U.S. states that hold gubernatorial elections in odd-numbered years . The current governor is Andy Beshear , who was first elected in 2019 . The governor 's powers are enumerated in the state constitution . There have been four constitutions of Kentucky - adopted in 1792 , 1799 , 1850 , and 1891 , respectively - and each has enlarged the governor 's authority . Among the powers appropriated to the governor in the constitution are the ability to grant pardons , veto legislation , and call the legislature into session . The governor serves as commander-in-chief of the state 's military forces and is empowered to enforce all laws of the state . The officeholder is given broad statutory authority to make appointments to the various cabinets and departments of the executive branch , limited somewhat by the adoption of a merit system for state employees in 1960 . Because Kentucky 's governor controls so many appointments to commissions , the office has been historically considered one of the most powerful state executive positions in the United States .
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler ( August 24 , 1925 - March 30 , 2016 ) was an American lawyer and judge who served as the first United States Secretary of Education under President Jimmy Carter from November 30 , 1979 to January 20 , 1981 . At the time of her secretarial appointment , she was the highest ranking woman in the federal judiciary , serving as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .
The University of New Mexico ( UNM ; Spanish : Universidad de Nuevo México ) is a public research university in Albuquerque , New Mexico . Founded in 1889 , UNM offers bachelor 's , master 's , doctoral , and professional degree programs . The Albuquerque campus encompasses over 600 acres ( 2.4 km² ) , and there are branch campuses in Gallup , Los Alamos , Rio Rancho , Taos , and Los Lunas.Coordinates : 35°05′02″N 106°37′07″W / 35.08389°N 106.61861°W / 35.08389 ; -106.61861 UNM is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . UNM 's NCAA Division I program ( FBS for football ) offers 16 varsity sports . The teams are known as the Lobos , who compete in the Mountain West Conference . Two human mascots , referred to as Louie Lobo and Lucy Lobo , rouse crowds at New Mexico athletic events . The official school colors are cherry and silver . The Lobos have won national championships in skiing and cross country running .
The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education . The secretary advises the president of the United States , and the federal government , on federal policies , programs , and activities related to all education in the United States . As a member of the president 's Cabinet , the secretary is fifteenth in the line of succession to the presidency . The current , and 11th , secretary of education is Betsy DeVos , who was nominated by President Donald Trump and approved by the United States Senate on February 7 , 2017 .
Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln ( born September 30 , 1960 ) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S . Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011 . A member of the Democratic Party , Lincoln was first elected to the Senate in 1998 ; she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and , at age 38 , was the youngest woman ever elected to the Senate . She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives , representing Arkansas 's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997 . Lincoln was the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture , Nutrition and Forestry . She also served as the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus . In 2010 , she ran for a third term , but was defeated by Republican John Boozman , whose brother , Fay Boozman , she defeated in 1998 . Today , she is the Founder and a Principal of Lincoln Policy Group , a consulting firm that assist its clients in successfully navigating the legislative and regulatory bureaucracies of the federal government .
The University of Arkansas ( U of A , UArk , or UA ) is a public land-grant , research university in Fayetteville , Arkansas . It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest , best-known university in the state . Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 , its present name was adopted in 1899 and classes were first held on January 22 , 1872 . It is noted for its strong architecture , agriculture ( particularly animal science and poultry science ) , business , communication disorders , creative writing , history , law , and Middle Eastern studies programs . Enrollment for the fall semester of 2018 was 27,778 . The university campus consists of 378 buildings spread across 512 acres ( 2.07 km2 ) of land in Fayetteville , Arkansas . Some well known architecture on campus includes Old Main , the first permanent academic building erected . Academic programs are in excess of 200 . The ratio of students to faculty is approximately 19:1 . The university also received a combined total of $ 103.2 million in research awards for the 2017 fiscal year . UA 's athletic teams , the Arkansas Razorbacks , compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) with eight men 's teams and eleven women 's teams in thirteen sports . The University is known for its traditions , including Calling the Hogs at sports events , and Senior Walk , more than 4 miles ( 6.4 km ) of campus sidewalk etched with the names of all UA graduates since 1871 .
Arkansas ( /ˈɑːrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw ) [ c ] is a state in the south central region of the United States , home to more than three million people as of 2018 . Its name is from the Osage language , of Siouan derivation ; it denoted their related kin , the Quapaw people . The state 's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains , which make up the U.S . Interior Highlands , to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands , to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta . Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 33rd most populous of the 50 United States . The capital and most populous city is Little Rock , located in the central portion of the state , a hub for transportation , business , culture , and government . The northwestern corner of the state , such as the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area and Fort Smith metropolitan area , is a population , education , and economic center . The largest city in the state 's eastern part is Jonesboro . The largest city in the state 's southeastern part is Pine Bluff . The Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15 , 1836 . Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations , and the state landowners largely depended on enslaved African Americans as workers . In 1861 , Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the Civil War .
Molly Beth Beene Malcolm ( born April 26 , 1955 ) is an American politician and former school teacher . She is a former chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party and a current member of the Texarkana College Board of Trustees based in Texarkana . Originally a Republican and having worked for Clayton Williams′ 1990 campaign for governor of Texas against Ann W. Richards , Malcolm became a Democrat in 1992 . The Texas Democratic Party elected her as chairperson in 1998 and to two additional terms in 2000 and in 2002 . The first woman to hold this position , she resigned on October 25 , 2003 . She is a former secretary of the Texarkana College Board of Trustees and the subject of a complaint to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) .
Texas A & M University-Commerce is a public research university in Commerce , Texas . With an enrollment of over 12,000 students as of fall 2017 , the university is the third-largest institution in the Texas A & M University System . Founded in 1889 , the institution is also the fourth-oldest state university or college in the State of Texas . Located on the north eastern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex , approximately 65 miles from downtown Dallas , the university attracts traditional resident students from the Metroplex and also from the smaller communities of Northeast Texas . In addition to the main campus in Hunt County , the university has satellite campuses in downtown Dallas , and Mesquite ; it also offers courses in Corsicana and Midlothian in partnership with Navarro College and in Frisco and McKinney with Collin College .
The Texas Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. state of Texas , representing the Democratic Party . It is headquartered in downtown Austin , Texas .
Charlotte Rose Pence Bond ( born June 25 , 1993 ) is an American writer who is the second child and elder daughter of the 48th Vice President of the United States , Mike Pence , and Second Lady of the United States , Karen Pence . Pence graduated from DePaul University . She wrote articles for The DePaulia , Thought Catalog and Glamour , fiction articles for The Isis Magazine , and poems for Seven Voices published by University of Oxford . Pence did film production internships while in college , and won a 2014 Emmy award for the Lower Great Lakes region for a film she co-wrote and for which she was an associate producer . She is the author of children 's book Marlon Bundo 's A Day in the Life of the Vice President , published in 2018 .
DePaul University is a private , Roman Catholic university in Chicago , Illinois . Founded by the Vincentians in 1898 , the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul . In 1998 , it became the largest Catholic university by enrollment in the United States . Following in the footsteps of its founders , DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students and others from disadvantaged backgrounds . DePaul 's two campuses are located in Lincoln Park and the Loop . The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences , Science and Health , and Education . It also houses the School of Music , the Theatre School , and the John T. Richardson Library . The Loop campus houses the Colleges of Communication , Computing and Digital Media , and Law , as well as the School of Public Service and the School for New Learning . It is also home to the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business , which is part of the nationally ranked Driehaus College of Business , the tenth oldest business school in the nation . The Loop campus also houses the Loop Library , the Rinn Law Library , and the Barnes and Noble-based Student Center . The university enrolls around 16,000 undergraduates and about 7,600 graduate/law students , making DePaul the 13th largest private university by enrollment in the United States , and the largest private university in Illinois . According to the Division of Student Affairs website , about 90% of DePaul 's students commute or live off campus .
Michael Richard Pence ( born June 7 , 1959 ) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 48th vice president of the United States . He previously was the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 . He is the younger brother of U.S. representative Greg Pence . Born and raised in Columbus , Indiana , Pence graduated from Hanover College and earned a law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law before entering private practice . After losing two bids for a U.S. congressional seat in 1988 and 1990 , he became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 1994 to 1999 . Pence was elected to the United States Congress in 2000 and represented Indiana 's 2nd congressional district and Indiana 's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 . He served as the chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011 . Pence described himself as a principled conservative and supporter of the Tea Party movement , stating that he was a Christian , a conservative , and a Republican , in that order . Pence successfully sought the Republican nomination for the 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election when term-limited Mitch Daniels retired . He defeated former speaker John R. Gregg in the closest gubernatorial election in 50 years . Upon becoming governor in January 2013 , Pence initiated the largest tax cut in Indiana 's history and pushed for more funding for education initiatives . Pence signed bills intended to restrict abortions , including one that prohibited abortions if the reason for the procedure was the fetus 's race , gender , or disability .
The Republican Party , also referred to as the GOP ( Grand Old Party ) , is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States ; the other is its historic rival , the Democratic Party . The GOP was founded in 1854 by opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act , which allowed for the potential expansion of slavery into certain U.S. territories . The party supported classical liberalism , opposed the expansion of slavery , and supported economic reform . Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president . Under the leadership of Lincoln and a Republican Congress , slavery was banned in the United States in 1865 . The Party was generally dominant during the Third Party System and the Fourth Party System . After 1912 , the Party underwent an ideological shift to the right . Following the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , the party 's core base shifted , with Southern states becoming more reliably Republican in presidential politics . The party 's 21st-century base of support includes people living in rural areas , men , people without college degrees , the elderly , white Americans , and evangelical Christians . The 21st-century Republican Party ideology is American conservatism , which incorporates both economic policies and social values . The GOP supports lower taxes , free market capitalism , restrictions on immigration , increased military spending , gun rights , restrictions on abortion , deregulation and restrictions on labor unions . After the Supreme Court 's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade , the Republican Party opposed abortion in its party platform and grew its support among evangelicals .
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder ( born July 30 , 1940 ) is an American politician who represented Colorado in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1997 . A member of the Democratic Party , Schroeder was the first female U.S. Representative elected in Colorado .
The University of Minnesota , Twin Cities , ( the U of M , UMN , Minnesota , or simply the U ) is a public research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul , Minnesota . The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul approximately 3 miles ( 4.8 km ) apart , and the St. Paul location is in neighboring Falcon Heights . The Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the University of Minnesota system and has the sixth-largest main campus student body in the United States , with 51,327 students in 2019-20 . It is the flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System , and is organized into 19 colleges , schools , and other major academic units . The University of Minnesota is included in a 1985 book describing America 's Public Ivy universities . The Minnesota Territorial Legislature drafted a charter for a territorial university in 1851 , the university took significant time to fully organize and the first college classes were n't held until 1867 . The university is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . Minnesota is a member of the Association of American Universities and is ranked 14th in research activity , with $ 881 million in research and development expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 2015 . University of Minnesota faculty , alumni , and researchers have won 26 Nobel Prizes and three Pulitzer Prizes . Notable University of Minnesota alumni include two vice presidents of the United States , Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale , and Bob Dylan , who received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature .
Colorado ( /ˌkɒləˈrædoʊ , -ˈrɑːdoʊ/ ( listen ) , other variants ) is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains . It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state . The estimated population of Colorado is 5,770,545 as of 2019 , an increase of 14.7% since the 2010 United States Census . The state was named for the Colorado River , which early Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado ( Red River ) for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains . The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28 , 1861 , and on August 1 , 1876 , U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state . Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State because it became a state one century after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence . Colorado is bordered by Wyoming to the north , Nebraska to the northeast , Kansas to the east , Oklahoma to the southeast , New Mexico to the south , Utah to the west , and touches Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners . Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains , forests , high plains , mesas , canyons , plateaus , rivers and desert lands . Colorado is part of the western and southwestern United States and is one of the Mountain States . Denver is the capital and most populous city of Colorado . Residents of the state are known as Coloradans , although the antiquated term Coloradoan is occasionally used .
Virginia Dodd Smith ( June 30 , 1911 - January 23 , 2006 ) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991 from the Third Congressional District of Nebraska . She was the first woman from Nebraska to hold a seat in the House .
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln ( Nebraska , UNL , or NU ) is a public research university in Lincoln , Nebraska . It is the state 's oldest university and the largest in the University of Nebraska system . The state legislature chartered the university in 1869 as a land-grant university under the 1862 Morrill Act , two years after Nebraska became a state . Around the turn of the 20th century , the university began to expand significantly , hiring professors from eastern schools to teach its new professional programs and conducting groundbreaking research in agricultural sciences . The Nebraska method of ecological study developed during this time pioneered grassland ecology and laid the foundation for research in theoretical ecology for the rest of the century . The university is organized into eight colleges on two campuses in Lincoln with over 100 classroom buildings and research facilities . Nebraska 's athletic programs , known as the Cornhuskers , compete in NCAA Division I and are a member of the Big Ten Conference . NU 's football team has won 46 conference championships and claims five national championships , with an additional nine unclaimed . The school 's volleyball team has won five titles and appeared in the national semifinal nine other times . NU plays its home football games at Memorial Stadium and has sold out every game since 1962 . The stadium 's capacity of 91,585 people is famously larger than the population of Nebraska 's third-largest city .
Nebraska /nəˈbræskə/ ( listen ) is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States . It is bordered by South Dakota to the north ; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast , both across the Missouri River ; Kansas to the south ; Colorado to the southwest ; and Wyoming to the west . It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state . Nebraska 's area is just over 77,220 square miles ( 200,000 km2 ) with a population of almost 1.9 million people . Its state capital is Lincoln , and its largest city is Omaha , which is on the Missouri River . Indigenous peoples , including Omaha , Missouria , Ponca , Pawnee , Otoe , and various branches of the Lakota ( Sioux ) tribes , lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration . The state is crossed by many historic trails , including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867 . It is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan . Nebraska is composed of two major land regions : the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains . The Dissected Till Plains region consist of gently rolling hills and contains the state 's largest cities , Omaha and Lincoln . The Great Plains region , occupying most of western Nebraska , is characterized by treeless prairie , suitable for cattle-grazing .
Baroness Joanna Shields , OBE ( born 12 July 1962 ) is a British-American technology industry veteran who currently serves as Group CEO for BenevolentAI . Shields previously served as UK Minister for Internet Safety and Security , Under-Secretary of State , and Advisor on the Digital Economy to David Cameron . She was made a Life Peer in the House of Lords in 2014 . In 2016 , Baroness Shields was appointed the Prime Minister 's Special Representative on Internet Safety . Before joining the government , Shields spent over 25 years building some of the world 's best-known technology companies , including Electronics for Imaging , RealNetworks , Google , Aol and Facebook , as well as leading several start-ups to successful acquisitions , including Bebo , Decru and Veon .
The Pennsylvania State University ( Penn State or PSU ) is a state-related , land-grant , doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania . Founded in 1855 as the Farmers ' High School of Pennsylvania , Penn State conducts teaching , research , and public service . Its instructional mission includes undergraduate , graduate , professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction and online delivery . Its University Park campus , the flagship campus , lies within the Borough of State College and College Township . It has two law schools : Penn State Law , on the school 's University Park campus , and Dickinson Law , located in Carlisle , 90 miles south of State College . The College of Medicine is located in Hershey . Penn State has another 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special mission campuses located across the state . Penn State has been labeled one of the Public Ivies , a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League . Annual enrollment at the University Park campus totals more than 46,800 graduate and undergraduate students , making it one of the largest universities in the United States . It has the world 's largest dues-paying alumni association . The university 's total enrollment in 2015-16 was approximately 97,500 across its 24 campuses and online through its World Campus . The university offers more than 160 majors among all its campuses .
Carole Stewart Keeton ( born September 13 , 1939 ) , formerly known as Carole Keeton McClellan , Carole Keeton Rylander and Carole Keeton Strayhorn , is an American politician and the former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts . Elected to the comptroller 's post in 1998 as a Republican , Keeton ran as an independent candidate for Texas governor against Republican incumbent Rick Perry in 2006 . She lost the November general election to Perry and placed third in a six-way race , with 18 percent . Keeton is notable for several firsts in Austin and Texas politics . She is the first and so far only woman elected as mayor of Austin and the first Austin mayor elected to three consecutive terms . She was the first woman elected to the Texas Railroad Commission and the first woman elected as comptroller . She also was the first woman to serve as president of the Austin school board and as president of the Austin Community College board . In May 2009 , Keeton lost her campaign for Mayor of Austin .
The University of Texas at Austin ( UT Austin ) is a public research university in Austin , Texas . It was founded in 1883 and is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System . The University of Texas was inducted into the Association of American Universities in 1929 , becoming only the third university in the American South to be elected . The institution has the nation 's eighth-largest single-campus enrollment , with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 24,000 faculty and staff . A Public Ivy , it is a major center for academic research , with research expenditures exceeding $ 615 million for the 2016-2017 school year . The university houses seven museums and seventeen libraries , including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art , and operates various auxiliary research facilities , such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory . Among university faculty are recipients of the Nobel Prize , the Pulitzer Prize , the Wolf Prize , the Primetime Emmy Award , the Abel Prize , the Turing Award , and the National Medal of Science , as well as many other awards . As of October 2019 , 12 Nobel Prize winners , two Turing Award winners and two Fields medalists have been affiliated with the school as alumni , faculty members or researchers . Student athletes compete as the Texas Longhorns and are members of the Big 12 Conference . Its Longhorn Network is the only sports network featuring the college sports of a single university . The Longhorns have won four NCAA Division I National Football Championships , six NCAA Division I National Baseball Championships , thirteen NCAA Division I National Men 's Swimming and Diving Championships , and has claimed more titles in men 's and women 's sports than any other school in the Big 12 since the league was founded in 1996 .
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution . As with nearly every other executive branch head in Texas , the Comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the governor and the other elected executive branch positions ( elections take place in even number years not divisible by four ; e.g. , 2006 , 2010 , and so on ) . The current Comptroller is Glenn Hegar , who took office on January 2 , 2015 .
Alison Case Lundergan Grimes ( born November 23 , 1978 ) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the Secretary of State of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020 . Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the Democratic primary and Republican candidate Bill Johnson in the general election . She was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2014 , unsuccessfully challenging Republican incumbent and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell . She was re-elected for a second term as Secretary of State of Kentucky on November 3 , 2015 , defeating Republican Stephen Knipper . Term limited in 2019 , she was succeeded by Republican Michael Adams .
Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis , Tennessee . Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church ( USA ) , it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . Rhodes enrolls approximately 2,000 students , and its Collegiate Gothic campus sits on a 123-acre wooded site in Memphis ' historic midtown neighborhood .
The secretary of state of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky . It is now an elected office , but was an appointed office prior to 1891 . The current secretary of state is Republican Michael Adams , who was elected on November 5 , 2019 ; he took office on January 6 , 2020 .
Mary Ann Tobin was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1976 to 1984 . She served as Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts from 1984 to 1988 . She is a member of the Democratic Party .
State auditors ( also state comptrollers or state controllers ) are executive officers of U.S. states who serve as auditors and comptrollers for state funds . The office of state auditor is often a constitutional office ( that is , it is created by the state constitution ) . The state auditor often heads a state agency . In 24 states the auditor is an elected office , while in others auditors are appointed by the state governor or state legislature . Some states require a gubernatorial appointment to be confirmed by the state senate . Colorado 's auditor is appointed by the legislature and Tennessee 's Comptroller of the Treasury is elected by the state 's General Assembly sitting in a joint convention . Fiscal matters are the primary business of these officers but their audit skills are frequently put into practice for other purposes such as Colorado 's reports on health exchanges and on marijuana legalization . California 's state auditor is involved with the redistricting process . Despite their generally positive , relatively high-profile position , auditors seldom seek higher political office . They are organized nationally in the United States as part of the National Association of State Auditors , Comptrollers and Treasurers .