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BEACH MUSEUM OPENING NEW WINGK-State's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art will throw a party beginning at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, to welcome visitors to its new wing and new exhibitions. The event will include light refreshments and tours of new exhibits. K-State students will provide piano music until 2 p.m. To inaugurate the Mary and Morgan Jarvis Wing, the museum has planned "Art's Up!" The event includes refreshments, tours, music, entertainment and an afternoon tailgate party. The K-State Marching Band is planning an appearance. Two exhibitions, "Paths to the Press: Printmaking and American Women Artists, 1910-1960" and "Let Me Show You the World: The Sewn Drawings of China Marks," both originated at the Beach Museum. "Copper Truck," by Elliott Pujol, K-State professor of art, will dominate the outdoor sculpture garden, and indoors will be highlights from the museum's permanent collection. The afternoon will offer family-friendly entertainment such as a strolling magician, balloon artists and face-painting. The Manhattan High School Thespians will bring the art to life from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., portraying artworks and their creators. From 5-7 p.m. there will be a tailgate party for K-State students; free burgers and hot dogs will be available. To prepare for the opening and festivities, the museum is closed through Oct. 20. WILLBRANT NAMED CONTROLLERThe office of vice president for administration and finance announces that Fran Willbrant has been selected controller for K-State. Jim Bach has been appointed senior associate of operations, Shannon Fisher has been appointed associate controller of sponsored projects accounting, and Bryan Kraus has been appointed associate controller of systems and reporting. OH, BY THE WAYOPEN ENROLLMENT FOR HEALTH CARE Open enrollment for health insurance and flexible spending accounts will be Oct. 1-31 and will be conducted online. For questions, contact benefits administration at 532-6277 or benadmin@k-state.edu. To enroll or make changes for plan year 2008, employees will need to use the online State of Kansas self service center (not the K-State self service center). This is the only method for enrolling or making changes. Group health insurance open enrollment can be found at http://www.kansas.gov/ Employees desiring to participate in the 2008 KanElect dependent care and health care flexible spending accounts must enroll during the open enrollment period of Oct. 1-31. Elections for plan year 2008 will become effective on Jan. 1, 2008. To participate, employees must enroll at http://www.khpa.ks.gov THUNDERBIRD USERS SHOULD UPGRADE After Oct. 18, Mozilla will no longer produce security patches or other bug fixes for version 1.5 of the Thunderbird e-mail client that many K-Staters use. Anyone using version 1.5 should upgrade to version 2.0 as soon as possible, and certainly by Oct. 18. Since Thunderbird is open-source software, there is no charge for this upgrade. SHANKLIN APPOINTED INTERIM DEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL Carol Shanklin has been appointed to the position of interim dean of the graduate school. The appointment is effective immediately. TEST SCORING SCANNER RELOCATED The scanning machine used by faculty and graduate students for grading Scan-tron forms has been moved to the Media Development Center, 213 Hale Library, next to the IT Help Desk. For assistance scanning the Scantron forms or uploading to K-State Online, ask at the IT Help Desk.
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Building a better university
Orange cones and constructions signs can be found all over campus. Two renovation projects are at various stages of construction and one project has just been completed. Read more
Trekking for knowledge
K-State's Bonnie Lynn-Sherow spent three weeks of her summer traveling through Canada, meeting with various Canadian officials and scholars and learning more about the country to augment K-State's Canadian studies program and her courses in Canadian history, North American environmental history, North American Indian history and the history of agriculture. Read more
UP CLOSE
Making a rare donation
In 1923, an article in a Manhattan newspaper called a Bible owned by the Lumb family "remarkably old." That Bible and two other books were recently donated to Hale Library's Morse Department of Special Collections by K-State alumnus William Lumb. Read more
PLAUDITS
NEW DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES FOR K-STATE AT SALINA
Alysia Starkey has been appointed director of libraries at K-State at Salina, replacing Beverlee Kissick ,who recently retired. Starkey has been the technical serv/automation coordinator under Kissick prior to this appointment. She is working on her dissertation for her Ph.D. from K-State.
K-STATE PHYSICIAN ACHIEVES BOARD RECERTIFICATION
Dr. Curtis Wolf of K-State's Lafene Health Center has earned recertification from the American Board of Family Medicine.
Board certification confers a standard of excellence in knowledge and practice to physicians who not only certify via the examination process, but who also work diligently on the maintenance of these skills during the seven-year cycle between examinations.
To achieve recertification by the American Board of Family Medicine, a family physician must verify the completion of 300 hours of acceptable continuing medical education over the past six years; possess a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States; and successfully complete a one-day, written examination of cognitive knowledge and problem-solving abilities.
PROFESSOR SELECTED FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AWARD
L.T. Fan, university distinguished professor of chemical engineering at K-State, will receive the Particle Technology Forum Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Fan will be presented with a plaque and a $1,000 honorarium at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nov. 7 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of particle technology and the teaching of particle technology as evidenced by the contributions of the nominee's doctorate students to the field. The award also recognizes the advocacy of particle technology within industry, academia and government.
ROE CROSS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS INSTRUCTION
Daniel Kuester has been named the Roe Cross professor of economics instruction at K-State, a distinguished position within the economics department formerly held by Roger Trenary, who was one of the best-known professors on campus. Trenary, who died in February, taught more than 24,000 students in his 29-year career at K-State.
Kuester received his doctorate from the University of Missouri in 2000. He taught for several years at the University of Arkansas before joining the K-State economics department in 2004. He teaches 850 students a year and is faculty sponsor of K-State's undergraduate Economics Club.
POINTS OF PRIDERodeo raises money for cancer research Cowboys and cowgirls showed the power of pink this summer by raising more than $5,000 for K-State's Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research. The Kaw Valley PRCA Rodeo sponsored a "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" night July 27 at the Riley County Fair as a fundraiser, and contestants as well as spectators pitched in to make the event a success. "Cowboys are tough, but the toughest heroes are the men and women who fight cancer," said Char Henton, Kaw Valley Rodeo Association member. "The rodeo community is a caring bunch and we wanted to dedicate one night of our rodeo to something bigger." |
NOTEWORTHY
Kevin Blake, department of geography, published "Betatakin, Surprise Valley, and Deception Pass," Zane Grey Review, Vol. 22, No. 3.
Lori Goetsch, dean of libraries, right, unveils the name of the new cafe in Hale Library, while K-State students Keith Arnold, junior in fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, and Dana Seiler, junior in secondary education, look on. The Book End Cafe was chosen as the new name, beating out more than 300 other entries. Arnold's entry, Sunflower Cafe, took second place, and Seiler's title, Common Grounds, took third place. Jenny Glodowski had the winning entry. (Photo by Brian Tosh, K-State Student Union)
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