All University Homecoming Philanthropy 5K Run/Walk- Virtual and In-Person

9:00 a.m.

Join fellow Wildcats and friends for the 2024 K-State Homecoming Philanthropy 5K. The K-State Alumni Association will host both an in-person and virtual 5K.

As K-Staters continue a great tradition of giving back to our community, proceeds for this year's virtual 5K run/walk will benefit K-State Cats' Cupboard. Cats' Cupboard is a food and necessity pantry for college students on campus.

• Hosted by: K-State Alumni Association (sponsored by WTC Fiber Internet)
  

All Things Kansas –Brown Bag Lunch

Muir Room (Room 224)- Union
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

All Things Kansas — a project of K-State 105 — is a free, interactive tool that features data-driven mapping, reports and insights for all 105 counties of Kansas. The website includes access to more than 30,000 data layers and uses more than 120 national, state and local data sources.

Join the K-State 105 team for a demo of All Things Kansas and learn how you can use it to analyze and visualize data across Kansas communities.

• Hosted by: K-State 105
  

New Strategies for Community Conversations

Wildcat Chamber, K-State Student Union
1:00-5:30 pm

Join KACDEP for an afternoon of skill building! Discussions will center on content from the Community Development 101 course presented at the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) conference, providing insight into community power dynamics, focusing on what’s strong rather than wrong, and how to engage those in government leadership.

Cost: $45 for KACDEP Members, $55 for non-KACDEP Members
*Participation is open to campus faculty and staff

Please note: Registration for this event is only available through KSRE’s Annual Conference registration link. Please fill out your contact information, mark “Yes” to attend KACDEP’s pre-conference workshop, then mark no on all other events before hitting submit. After submission, you will receive a confirmation email and link to pre-pay for the workshop.

• Presenters: Drs. Hunter Goodman and Colene Lind
• Hosted by Kansas Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, or KACDEP

Deepening Engagement to Benefit All

201 Leadership Studies Building
3:30-5:00 p.m.

New Faculty Institute is collaborating with the Office of Engagement for this event that will connect faculty with colleagues across disciplines and learn about opportunities to build capacity to do engagement across their research, teaching, and service. Light refreshments provided!

• Hosted by: Teaching and Learning Center and Office of Engagement
  

Faculty and Staff Networking Event w/ Extension

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Interested in connecting with the Extension system? Extension Program Focus Teams, or PFT's, will be hosting a come and go event to network and explore opportunities for collaboration. 

• Hosted by: K-State Research and Extension and Office of Engagement

Delivering on the Promise

K-State Student Union Forum Hall
8:30 a.m.-noon

Hear about the vision of how we are integrating engagement across all we do, and lessons learned from the Delivering on the Promise community conversations. Join via livestream or in-person.

• Presenters: Marshall Stewart, Jane Schuh, Gregg Hadley, and Tim Steffensmeier.
  

• Hosted by: K-State Research and Extension and Office of Engagement

Water Wednesday luncheon

Noon - 1 p.m.
K-State Student Union Cottonwood Room

Enjoy conversation with colleagues and make new connections with campus faculty at this informal lunch meeting focused on water research in Kansas.

The event will encourage faculty to learn from extension professionals about how to create engagement and make connections off campus.

• Lunch provided by the Kansas Water Institute (registration required)

World Café: Next Gen K-State

K-State Student Union Grand Ballroom
1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Join this facilitated discussion about the future of KSRE, engagement, and how we will deliver more of the university to Kansans.

• Hosted by: K-State Research and Extension and Office of Engagement

Children’s Carnival

K-State Student Union
6-8 p.m.
Student groups will host carnival games for families. Attendees are welcome to wear Halloween costumes!

• Hosted by: K-State Alumni Association
  

Leadership Series Professional Development

Conflict: How to Make It Productive
Wildcat Chamber, K-State Student Union
12:15-1:45 p.m.

When the word “conflict” gets brought up, it can produce images filled with fighting, drama, and quite frankly, cause our stomachs to tighten up. But what if we were able to view conflict as a productive, and maybe even necessary, part of interacting with others to make progress on the things we care about? What if rather than looking for how we might get rid of conflict, we could work toward building the capacity to handle conflict? This workshop aims to help us better understand conflict and give us practical tools to engage with it, so we can keep showing up and stay on purpose. Registration is required as lunch will be provided.

[Please note: This session will also be offered on Monday, Oct.21 and Wednesday, Oct. 23. Learn more about the other opportunities available.]

K-State Volleyball vs. Utah

Morgan Family Arena
6:30 p.m.

Trick or Treat in Aggieville

3-5 p.m.

Bring your family and friends down to Aggieville's annual Trick-or-Treat in the 'Ville! Participating businesses will be handing out candy to all who come. So, get dressed up in your favorite costume and come have some fun.

• Hosted by: K-State Alumni Association
  

Homecoming Parade

Aggieville
5 p.m.

K-State alumni, friends and the Manhattan community gather for the highlight of Homecoming week! K-State fans and student groups show off their parade entries and Homecoming-themed floats throughout downtown Manhattan and Aggieville. Parade route can be found here.

• Hosted by: K-State Alumni Association
  

Homecoming Pep Rally

Larry Norvell Band Shell – City Park
6:30 p.m.

Immediately following the parade, join K-Staters for the spirit-filled pep rally at the Larry Norvell Band Shell in City Park!

The K-State Pep Band, cheerleaders, Classy Cats and Willie the Wildcat will be on hand to rev up the crowd for Saturday's football game.

• Hosted by: K-State Alumni Association

K-State Soccer vs KU

Buser Family Park
7:00 p.m.

¡Cuenta cuentos! Tell Tales Bilingual Storytime

11:00-11:30 a.m.
Manhattan Public Library

• Hosted by the Department of Modern Languages and Manhattan Public Library.

K-State Football vs. KU

Bill Snyder Family Stadium