Kansas State University

In this issue

Updates from leadership

• University operations organizational updates
• Nominations for 2021 university distinguished professors

KSUnite

• KSUnite Weekly

News and research

• Reminder: Office of Student Financial Assistance is relocating
• Grant supports research to mitigate COVID-19 in meat and poultry processing facilities
• President Richard Myers proclaims Sept. 12-20 as Welcoming Week at Kansas State University

COVID-19 university updates

• Lafene Health Center offers COVID-19 testing at no charge for students, faculty and staff
• Workshops available at Counseling Services
• COVID-19 compliance survey results available

Events

• Join the fight against cancer: Seventh annual K-State Fighting for a Cure Day Oct. 24
• Last chance: First-year students invited to Wildcat Dialogues
• Career Center will host All-University Career Fair online
• GSC professional development certificate event
• Register for free webinar on training next set of STEM education researchers
• Join the College of Business Inclusion Summit
• Community Action Talk Sept. 17 to focus on free speech
• Online group advising sessions for public health graduate students
• Economics Club welcomes Shoshana Weissmann to speak about occupational licensing
• Constitution Week: 'Implicit Bias and the Law' talk

Human resources and benefits

• Understanding Your Role as a K-State Supervisor offered virtually on Sept. 21 and 23

Personnel changes

• Monsees named program/project coordinator for urban food systems academic program

Health and safety

• Ice Hall annual emergency light test

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Three doctoral students earn UDP Graduate Student Awards
• Angela Y.S. Park selected for national award by American Political Science Association
• Five incoming students awarded new multicultural scholarship
• K-State recycling shares fall move-in results

Technology

• Sept. 27: Zoom requires all meetings to have a passcode or a waiting room enabled

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Johnson Cancer Research Center fall 2020 newsletter

University life

• AMETH majors Rohrer Scholarship submission deadline Sept. 30