Kansas State University

In this issue

News and research

• Mary Vanier gives second $1 million gift to advance KSU Foundation's successful K-State Family Scholarship Program
• Advising survey available for eligible undergraduate students
• K-State doctoral candidate receives 2018 BIFAD Student Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

Events

• Take on your librarians at an Arrow Coffee Trivia Night benefiting Hale Library
• Beta Theta Pi to host Beta Boo philanthropy event
• Geography colloquium Oct. 19 examines global soil resources
• Today's Sweet Solutions bake sale features sourdough bread
• Safe Zone Advanced Training focuses on bystander intervention
• Political science lecture to discuss the Islamic State, armed conflict and resource allocation
• Wind Ensemble and Band concerts this week feature special guests
• Oct. 18 meeting offers information on May 2019 London trip

Personnel changes

• Draper named interim associate dean for College of Agriculture

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Communication sciences and disorders student team wins conference quiz bowl
• Two students chosen as 2019 K-State Student Ambassadors
• Julie Yu guest conducts performance for 9/11 commemoration at Carnegie Hall
• K-Staters among panelists addressing global food and nutritional security
• Wind Ensemble honored with performance opportunity at American Bandmasters Association conference

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Read the College of Veterinary Medicine's October 2018 Lifelines newsletter

University life

• All-University Open House funding available for student organizations
• A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications launches JMC Honors Program