Kansas State University

In this issue

Updates from leadership

• Associate vice president for research search
• Total Rewards schedule change reminder

News and research

• Universitywide advising syllabus available
• Rural Legal Practice Initiative seeks students with interest in practicing law, providing legal services in state's rural communities
• International industry expert Richard Farnish to lead short course at Kansas State University Bulk Solids Innovation Center
• Movement Challenge week 5 results
• Campus Security and Fire Safety Reports now available

Events

• Division of Biology Seminar today
• Joshua Davis, author of 'Spare Parts,' to speak Thursday, Oct. 6
• Union Program Council hosts 30th annual OPUS Band Competition
• K-State soccer vs. UMKC
• K-State volleyball hosts No. 4 Texas
• International Buddies hosts social event tonight
• Deadline Saturday for discounted K-State basketball tickets
• University partnership leads to community conversation
• K-State Inline Hockey Club hosts third annual Border Battle for Autism Oct. 2

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Philosophy professor to deliver invited talk at Auburn University
• Melissa Poll publishes on modern misogyny in contemporary UK theatre
• US-China joint veterinary program selects four Chinese students for pre-veterinary studies at Kansas State University

Campus construction and maintenance

• Service interruption: Ward Hall heating and cooling

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Fall 2016 edition of the Ecological Genomics Institute newsletter now available

University life

• K-State students attend statewide first-generation student conference at Wichita State University
• Green Action Fund call for proposals
• Registration deadline today for Research and the State