Jayhawk may refer to:
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Jayhawker
Jayhawkers and red legs are terms that came to prominence in Kansas Territory during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s; they were adopted by militant bands affiliated with the free-state cause during the American Civil War. These gangs ...
, originally a term for Free State or Union partisans during the Bleeding Kansas period and subsequently the United States Civil War, later applied generally to residents of Kansas
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Jayhawk (mascot), the mascot of many schools and their sports teams, derived from the term Jayhawker
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Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a mem ...
, teams of the University of Kansas
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Head-Royce School
Head-Royce School (Head-Royce or HRS) is a private co-educational college-preparatory K-12 school in Oakland, California. The forerunner of Head-Royce was the Anna Head School for Girls in Berkeley, founded in 1887. Relocated to its current sit ...
, Oakland, California
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Urbandale High School
Urbandale High School (UHS) is a public high school in Urbandale, Iowa. It is the only high school in the Urbandale Community School District.
History
Until 1937, students wishing to pursue a high school education traveled to other cities, a ...
, Urbandale, Iowa
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Jayhawk-Linn Junior-Senior High School near Mound City, Kansas
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Vandercook Lake High School
Vandercook Lake High School is a high school in Jackson, Michigan, United States. It is the home of the Jayhawk and they compete in the Cascades Conference.
References
External linksOfficial site
Educational institutions in the United Sta ...
, Jackson, Michigan
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Muskegon Community College
Muskegon Community College (MCC) is a public community college in Muskegon, Michigan. The college offers 49 associate degree programs and 33 certificate programs. The college's main campus is located on a 111-acre campus in Muskegon, with extens ...
, Muskegon, Michigan
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Jamestown Community College
Jamestown Community College is a public community college with campuses in Jamestown and Olean, New York. It is part of the State University of New York system. JCC also has extension centers in Dunkirk, New York and Warren, Pennsylvania. The c ...
, Jamestown, New York
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Jefferson Central School
Jefferson Central School is a K-12 school located in Jefferson, New York. Built in 1817 by public subscription. They are the home of the Jayhawks and compete in the Delaware Mountain League
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External linksOfficial site
Public hig ...
, Jefferson, New York
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Jericho High School
Jericho High School is an American comprehensive public high school in the hamlet of Jericho in Nassau County, New York. It is the only high school in the Jericho Union Free School District. It opened in 1959.
As of the 2014-15 school yea ...
in Jericho, New York
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Jeannette City School District
The Jeannette City School District is a small urban school district in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It is located in Westmoreland County and is surrounded by the Penn-Trafford and Hempfield Area School Districts. The district consists of two sc ...
in Jeannette, Pennsylvania
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St. Joseph Catholic High School (Ogden, Utah)
Saint Joseph High Catholic School is a parochial school in Ogden, Utah.
It was established by the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Jesuit Fathers.
Academics
SJCHS offers 65 courses with a choice of electives and vocational classes, and 15 Advanc ...
Vehicles
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Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk
The AQM-37 Jayhawk (originally designated the Beech KD2B) is an air-launched supersonic target drone manufactured by Beechcraft capable of simulating inbound ICBM warhead packages for fleet shoot-down exercises.
Development
AQM-37
In 1959, the ...
, supersonic target drone produced by Raytheon for the US Navy
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Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk
The Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk is a twin-engined jet aircraft used by the United States Air Force for advanced pilot training. T-1A students go on to fly airlift and tanker aircraft. The T-400 is a similar version for the Japan Air Self-Defense For ...
, twin-engine jet trainer used by the US Air Force
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Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk
The Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk is a multi-mission, twin-engine, medium-range helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, military readiness and marine environmental protection missions. It was ori ...
, US Coast Guard medium range recovery helicopter
Other uses
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Jayhawk, California
Jayhawk (formerly, Jay Hawk) was a former settlement in El Dorado County, California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2milli ...
, in El Dorado County
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Jayhawk Owens
Claude Jayhawk Owens IIHarding, Thomas.Where Have You Gone, Jayhawk Owens?, MLB.com, April 24, 2002.[The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks are an American alternative country and country rock band that emerged from the Twin Cities music scene in the mid-1980s. Led by vocalists/guitarists/songwriters Gary Louris and Mark Olson, their country rock sound was influential ...]
, a band from Minnesota
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''The Jayhawks'' (album), 1986
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Jayhawk Area Council
Scouting in Kansas has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
Early history (1910−1950)
The Brewer Scout Cabin in Solomon, Kansas, Solomon is on ...
, an eastern Kansas council of the Boy Scouts of America
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Tejas and Jayhawk Tejas was a code name for Intel's microprocessor, which was to be a successor to the latest Pentium 4 with the Prescott core and was sometimes referred to as Pentium V. Jayhawk was a code name for its Xeon counterpart. The cancellation of the proce ...
, code names for canceled Intel microprocessors
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''Jayhawkers'' (film), a 2014 American sports drama/biographical film
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...
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University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...
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