Kansas State University

In this issue

Updates from leadership

• Undergraduate 2025 plan available for comment

News and research

• Funding for professional development available, applications due March 15
• K-State Libraries joins Library Publishing Coalition
• Academic progress reports due today by 5 p.m.
• Alternative Service Committee sets up group discussions for classified employees to participate in regarding university support staff
• National Science Foundation-funded research program helping talented students seek higher degrees

Events

• Stand for Freedom Campaign
• Today's the last day to register for SPOTLIGHT K-State on Wednesday, March 6
• Windows 8 session rescheduled to March 21
• K-State Football faculty, staff season tickets
• Geology lecture to focus on understanding the largest biocrisis in Earth history
• Feb. 21 iPad meeting on Audio Apps moved to March 14
• Innovations in Teaching and Learning conference today and tomorrow
• Mathematics colloquium today
• 'Righteous Among Nations' Holocaust exhibit on display through March 22 at K-State Olathe

Human resources and benefits

• HRIS/Employee Self Service will be unavailable March 8-9

Personnel changes

• Joan Leavens joins Urban Water Institute at Kansas State University Olathe

Kudos, publications and presentations

• A national first: Coates, Ornelas earn Distinguished Professor awards from architecture education association

Publications and presentations

• College of Education professor to deliver democracy lectures in Sarajevo

Technology

• New electronic theses, dissertations and reports videos for Word for Mac 2011 users

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Recent news from the Division of Facilities

Volunteer opportunities

• HandsOn Kansas State and Acacia fraternity present Civic Leadership Week
• Volunteer at All-University Open House