LANDON LECTURE

Chinese Ambassador H.E. Zhou Wenzhong will give a Landon Lecture in October. His lecture will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in McCain Auditorium.

Zhou, whose official title is ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States, was named to his current post in 2005.

Previously Zhou served as vice minister of foreign affairs. He has held a number of prestigious posts during his career, including minister of the embassy to the United States, ambassador to Australia, Barbados and concurrently to Antigua and Barbuda.

COLLEGE PHASES OUT BACHELOR'S DEGREE

In keeping with a national trend, bachelor's degrees are becoming a thing of the past at K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

Although undergraduates who enrolled before fall 2006 will be allowed to complete a bachelor's, all students who started after that point had to commit to pursing a five-year master's degree in the college's various disciplines.

The changes were driven by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, which in 1998 decided that it would no longer accredit new bachelor's degrees in architecture, in essence devaluing the degree. Schools immediately began transforming their offerings into five-year master's programs.

NEW REGENTS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR APPOINTED

New Regents distinguished
professor appointed
Juergen Richt, lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and an adjunct professor at Iowa State University, will be joining K-State as a Regents Distinguished Professor.

Richt's appointment begins in April 2008.

OH, BY THE WAY...

K-STATE TV CABLE CHANNEL 8 RENAMED

KST8 has been re-named K-State TV. The station features local and original programming and subjects of interest to the university and surrounding communities. It originates from the Educational Communications Center in Dole Hall. A complete monthly program guide is available at http://www.k-state.tv. This semester K-State TV will offer several programs, including the Landon Lecture Retrospective Series, Kids A Cookin', the Magic of Painting with Jim Rigg, Think Talk Career TV for College, and Annenberg Media, which presents educational video programs for teachers and students. The renamed channel will continue to show the research and arts programs.

K-STATE EMPLOYEES CAN ACCESS PAYCHECK DATA ONLINE

Through the employee self service system, K-State employees (including student employees) can view paycheck data, leave balances and personal data. They also can view summaries of benefits, compensation and life insurance; update W-4 tax information and education level; and enroll in K-State training courses offered by the division of human resources and other university units.

For more information and instructions, see the Employee Self Service summary page. Using your K-State eID and password, you may log on to the system at http://www.as.k-state.edu/HRIS.

AUDIO AND VIDEO CONFERNCING OPTIONS ON CAMPUS

The Kansas Regents Network in Bob Dole Hall operates an audio conferencing system and a video conferencing network. Both are used for the electronic delivery of academic credit, training sessions, workshops and a multitude of meetings: board meetings, research collaboration meetings, committee meetings, administrative meetings, association annual meetings, etc. More information is available by calling 532-5995 or visiting www.telenet2.org.

ON CAMPUS - September

Sept. 13
Employee orientation
The program is 8:30-10:30 a.m. for classified staff and 9:30-11:30 a.m. for unclassified staff and faculty, 103 Edwards Hall.

Sept. 14
Friends of the Libraries' Gala "Celebrations"
The event will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Room at Hale LIbrary. Money raised will go to restore the murals of the Great Room. Tickets are $75. For more information, call Karen McCullough at 532-5671.

Cancer Center golf tournament
The annual Rob Regier Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit the Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research will begin at 1 p.m. at K-State's Colbert Hills Golf Course.

Sept. 16
Library lecture
Phil Nel, professor of English, "Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats: The Annotated Cat in the Hat", 2:30 p.m. at Manhattan Public Library.

Tango Buenos Aires, an international dance troupe from Argentina known for its authentic representation of the tango, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at McCain Auditorium.

Tango Buenos Aires was originally created for the Jazmines festival at the famous Buenos Aires cabaret Michelangelo by renowned composer and tango director Osvaldo Requena.

Tickets are $23 for K-State faculty and staff, as well as for seniors and members of the military. General admission is $25, and tickets for K-State students and children are $12.50.

Visit the McCain box office, call 532-6428 or visit http://www.k-state.edu/mccain/

Sept. 18
Lou Douglas Lecture
Loretta J. Ross, the national coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, "Bringing Human Rights Home," 7 p.m. in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union.

Faculty artist performance
Bruce Gbur, bassoon, 7:30 p.m. at All Faiths Chapel.

Sept. 20
Huck Boyd Lecture
Bill Buzenberg, the executive director for the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., will deliver the eighth Huck Boyd Lecture in Community Media, 10:30 a.m. in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union.

Van operator
training at Salina
National Safety Council training will be conducted from 1 to 3 p.m., 101 Facilities Room, K-State at Salina, for all operators and potential operators of motor pool vans operated by K-State faulty, staff and students. Training is mandatory for all operators.

Faculty artist performance
Jacqueline Fassler-Kerstetter, horn, 7:30 p.m. at All Faiths Chapel.

Sept. 21
Leadership Lounge
"Future of Leadership Development," noon to 1 p.m., in the K-State Student Union Stateroom 1.

Coffee hour
There will be a Canadian coffee hour from 4 to 5 p.m. at the International Student Center. Free to the public, with refreshments following the program.

Sept. 24
Employee orientation
The program is 8:30-10:30 a.m. for classified staff and 9:30-11:30 a.m. for unclassified staff and faculty, 103 Edwards Hall.

Sept. 27
Chatelain Lecture
Virginia L. Chatelain Memorial Lecture, "Transients + Instabilities + Noise = Structure?" will be given by Rachel Kuske, University of British Columbia, 2:30 p.m., 1014 Throckmorton Hall.

Faculty artist performance
Paul Hunt, trombone, 7:30 p.m. at All Faiths Chapel.

POINTS OF PRIDE

K-State Identified as top school in multiple publications

K-State offers students an outstanding undergraduate education, according to the 2008 edition of Princeton Review's "Best 366 Colleges."

The book, published by Random House and The Princeton Review, was just released. Only about 15 percent of the four-year schools in the U.S., as well as two Canadian schools, were selected for the book. The Princeton Review names K-State one of the best schools in the western U.S.

It's the second college guide book in a week to list K-State among the best schools. K-State also is rated one of the "25 cutting-edge schools in the nation" by Kaplan Publishing's 2008 edition of "You Are Here: A Guide to Over 380 Colleges & Unlimited Paths to Your Future."

OPPORTUNITIES

CLASSIFIED

• A recording of classified job opportunities is available 24 hours a day on the Employment Information Line, 785-532-6271.

• A list of employment opportunities is posted at www.k-state.edu/hr/

• For additional information, call 785-532-6277 or come to the Division of Human Resources in 103 Edwards Hall. Applications are accepted 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekdays.

UNCLASSIFIED

• A complete listing of vacancies can be seen at www.k-state.edu/affact/

• For additional information, call the office of affirmative action at 785-532-6220 or come by 214 Anderson Hall.