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K-State Current - July 18, 2018
K-State Current is a weekly news update for the Kansas Board of Regents to apprise the Regents on a few of the many successes and achievements made by K-State faculty, staff and students.
K-State News
Trussell wins award for distinguished service to engineering librarianship
Alice M. Trussell, K-State Libraries engineering librarian, was named the recipient of the 2018 Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award.
Established in 1990, the award is bestowed by the Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Each year at the society's annual conference, the division presents the award to recognize work that contributes to the advancement and development of excellence in engineering libraries.
"Alice is an accomplished librarian and exemplary role model for current engineering librarians," her nominator said. "Her dedicated work ethic, collaborative experiences, and deep level of involvement on all levels of the professional librarian's spectrum — local, state, national, international — she is an inspiration to all of us."
Trussell has been an active participant in engineering librarianship within the American Society for Engineering Education and beyond, and she has been extensively involved on committees while maintaining regular activity publishing and presenting. In addition, Trussell has served the Engineering Libraries Division in multiple ways, including moderating a wide range of conference sessions and serving for a full decade as chair of the awards committee.
The winner of the Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award is announced at the annual meeting where he or she is presented with a hat, and the recipient is expected to wear it at the division banquet. As people win the award, they add a hat pin from their institution. Trussell is pictured here on the evening she received this honor.
Trussell has been with K-State Libraries since 1997. She started as a science librarian working with geology and statistics, and was eventually appointed director of the Fiedler Engineering Library, a position she held through 2015 when that branch closed. She is currently K-State's engineering librarian. She has a long history of service at K-State, serving as president of the K-State Libraries faculty and in multiple positions on the university's faculty senate and executive council.
The Engineering Libraries Division's distinguished service award is named in honor of Homer I. Bernhardt. From 1966 until his untimely death in 1982, Bernhardt was head of the Bevier Engineering Library at the University of Pittsburgh.
K-State apparel and textiles program continues to rank as a top program in the nation
Continuing to serve as one of the top programs in the nation, the Kansas State University apparel and textiles program has been ranked one of the best in the U.S. The degree program offers two specializations: apparel marketing and apparel design and production. Both specializations received national rankings from Fashion-schools.org.
The apparel marketing specialization is ranked 17th nationally among all fashion merchandising schools and colleges. Among public schools and colleges, the specialization sits in the 12th spot and among the Midwest schools, the specialization ranks fifth.
The apparel design and production specialization continues to improve their graduates' value. Currently, the specialization ranks 21st nationally among all fashion programs. Among public schools and colleges, the program ranks 10th. Across Midwest schools, the specialization has moved into the sixth spot. The specialization is nationally accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
"I am exceedingly proud of our apparel students and the dedicated faculty who make it possible for us to achieve this national recognition," said Barbara Anderson, head of the apparel, textiles, and interior design department.
"All of the faculty within the apparel and textiles program are committed to providing quality educational experiences that prepare our graduates to be leaders and agents of change within the apparel and textiles industry," said Kim Hiller, apparel and textiles program coordinator. "This national ranking is a reflection of that dedication and hard work."
The apparel and textiles undergraduate program is designed to inspire students to envision fresh new approaches to the global challenges facing every aspect of the apparel and textiles industry. The program of study gives graduates the aesthetic, practical, technical, professional and intellectual skills needed for a variety of roles including design, technical design, sourcing, strategic planning, buying and various retail management and business management positions. The apparel and textiles program is part of the apparel, textiles, and interior design department in the College of Human Ecology.
Fashion-schools.org complies a list of the top fashion schools and colleges in the U.S. each year. Its rankings are based on many factors, including the schools' admission data, graduation success, reputation, and survey results conducted with the school and industry stakeholders. A full list of the 2018 rankings can be found at fashion-schools.org.
K-State Faculty Highlights
Keen elected vice president of global professional society
Julia Keen, Kansas State University professor and Bob and Betty Tointon engineering chair in the architectural engineering and construction science department, was installed as 2018-19 vice president of ASHRAE during its annual conference in Houston June 23-27. 
Keen joined the faculty of the College of Engineering in 2003. She is a licensed mechanical professional engineer in Kansas and Iowa, and holds two ASHRAE certifications — high-performance building design professional and building energy audit professional. She also is the owner of the consulting company, Keen Designs PA.
As a part of the ASHRAE organization, Keen has acted as faculty adviser of the K-State student branch since 2003 and has held several chapter positions, including president. She has served as director-at-large to the ASHRAE board of directors, and her service and contributions to the organization, as well as the heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigeration industry, were recognized when she was named recipient of the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award, and she also has been promoted to the level of fellow. Keen serves as an ASHRAE distinguished lecturer.
ASHRAE is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The society and its more than 56,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability.
Kerry Priest receives 2018 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Association of Leadership Educators
Kerry Priest, associate professor in the Staley School of Leadership Studies, was awarded the 2018 Outstanding Scholar award at the Association of Leadership Educators' annual conference. 
This award recognizes an association member for their contribution to advancing leadership education through their scholarship.
At the conference, Priest also co-presented two sessions: "Advancing Leadership Education through Community Engaged Scholarship" and "Developing Identities and Capacity to Engage in Leadership Education for Social Justice."
The Association of Leadership Educators is a grassroots, volunteer organization that is personal, adaptable, inclusive and collaborative. The association believes that collaboration and dialogue are the keys to expanding the field of leadership and developing leadership capacity. It focuses on empirical knowledge and practical experience to promote educational initiatives that are strategically designed to support people, organizations and communities.
Priest received her bachelor's degree from Kansas State University, master's degree from the University of Georgia, and doctorate from Virginia Tech. She has served as a faculty member at the Staley School of Leadership Studies since 2012.
K-State Student News
Interior design team takes second place in competition
Allison Stout, Bethany Pingel and Angie Leek, third-year students in interior design, recently took second place in the national Interior Design Educators Council video competition.
The competition challenged students to create videos that engage a general audience to think differently about the human-centered interior design and the impact the profession has on user lives and experience. Video submissions were asked to focus on one of the following themes: culture, pedagogy, practice, social impact and boundaries. 
The team created their three-minute video centered on the aging population.
"The aging population is growing and will double in the total American populations during the next 25 years. Interior space has a prominent role in the quality of life of the elderly," Leek said about their project. "Interior designers greatly contribute to factors of change in the environment. We seek to improve independence and movement among the aging populations through the study of anthropometrics. The main purpose of an interior designer is to enhance human well-being. Making the public aware of our importance is essential to the understanding of our social impact."
"This competition was a great way to showcase some of the things we are learning here at K-State to non-designers," Leek said. "It challenged us how to clearly express the importance of our profession and the impact it has on the interior environment. Placing in a competition like this helps showcase how well K-State's program prepares their designers for real-world discussions and challenges."
Though out of class for the summer, the three students continue to put their design skills to practice through summer internships. Stout is currently interning at GSBS Architects in Fort Worth, Texas, while Pingel is interning at the Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation in Lincoln, and Leek is in Kansas City interning with BRR Architecture.