May 29, 2015
Research
News and research
- University business, engineering students earn SHIELD Scholarships from Phillips 66
- University's Kevin Gwinner named interim dean of the College of Business Administration
Events
Personnel changes
Campus construction activities
Technology
May 28, 2015
Updates from leadership
From the vice president for research
NBAF Update
Publications and presentations
- Assistant dean of K-State Libraries publishes guide to Kansas plants
- Burg addresses American Academy of Arts & Sciences workshop today
Gifts
Technology
Newsletters, magazines and blogs
May 27, 2015
News and research
- The International Year of Soils: Soils support buildings, infrastructure
- Test for new canine influenza strain available at university
Human resources and benefits
Personnel changes
Kudos, publications and presentations
Gifts
Campus construction and maintenance
May 26, 2015
From the president
Updates from leadership
- Final North Campus Corridor Open House on May 27
- Syllabi statements reminder, fall 2015 final exam schedule
- Procter reappointed as director of CECD
News and research
Events
- Important training: Search It, the new interface for accessing K-State Libraries
- June Orientation and Enrollment, Wildcat Warm-up dates
- Kansas 4-H Discovery Days May 26-29
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Miller receives Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
- Henning elected as director of National Association of College and University Mail Services
- Blue Key selects members for 2015-2016
Publications and presentations
- Linder publishes story of Australian World War II tragedy
- Recent publications and presentations by English department faculty, students
Campus construction and maintenance
May 22, 2015
Updates from leadership
News and research
- Polish teacher presents about social justice education
- Celebrating 25 years of the Forest Stewardship Program
- Kansas State University online engineering, education programs ranked among best for veterans
Events
Personnel changes
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Accounting department awards $182,000 in scholarships
- Kansas State University student from Lenexa receives national fellowship to become US foreign service officer
- College of Education recognizes six new graduates for excellence, potential
- K-State Alumni Association honors multicultural, international students for achievements
May 21, 2015
From the Kansas Board of Regents
From the vice president for research
News and research
Shared governance
Events
Personnel changes
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Gayle Doll named fellow of Gerontological Society
- Honor societies award leadership scholarships to outgoing members
- College of Business Administration recognizes 33 graduating seniors for earning Professional Advantage Certification
Technology
May 20, 2015
Research
News and research
Kudos, publications and presentations
Technology
Campus construction and maintenance
Volunteer opportunities
May 19, 2015
Research
News and research
- Space Migration Concept Proposal review
- Union Governing Board, Union Corporation Board elect 2015-2016 officers
Events
- Rediscover Total Rewards open forum today
- Auburn, Kansas State University to host animal health and nutrition forum
Human resources and benefits
Personnel changes
Health and safety
May 18, 2015
Updates from leadership
NBAF Update
News and research
- Kansas universities awarded new FAA Center of Excellence designation
- Future teachers present action research projects
Events
Human resources and benefits
Personnel changes
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Industrial and manufacturing systems engineering students, faculty receive best paper award
- Two K-State faculty receive scholarships for international collaboration
Publications and presentations
Policy/procedure updates
Campus construction activities
- Chilled water expansion project reminder: Claflin Road, 17th Street, College Heights Road closure
- Denison Avenue sidewalk improvement project closures
Technology
May 15, 2015
Updates from leadership
News and research
- Enhancing student experience through the Arts & Sciences instructional fee
- Fiedler Library closes; related services and materials relocated to Hale Library
- New ambassadors selected to promote K-State Student Union
- Union Program Council's Executive Board gains new members
- Distance graduate uses 2+2 partnership as pathway to Kansas State University degree
Events
- College of Human Ecology commencement speaker change
- Communicators' Brown Bag: Tour 502 Media, lunch, May 21
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Wichita student earns College of Business Administration's Outstanding Senior Award
- Faculty, staff and students honored at K-State Global Campus Honors and Awards Reception
- Kirmser Awards recognize exceptional undergraduate scholarship at Kansas State University
Publications and presentations
Gifts
Volunteer opportunities
May 14, 2015
From the vice president for research
Research
News and research
- K-State Today, K-State Today Student Edition summer schedule
- Launch a Business program selects 14 Kansas startup ventures to receive resources for success
Events
- K-State police participating in Click It or Ticket campaign May 18-31
- Help the K-State Book Network explore 'The Other Wes Moore' during 2015-2016
- Register your military-connected child for a summer day camp
Human resources and benefits
Personnel changes
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Local Rotary clubs award $500 scholarships to K-State international graduate students
- Top-three placement for engineering student research paper
Publications and presentations
Newsletters, magazines and blogs
- K-State Global Campus launches Link magazine for distance program alumni
- English Language Program spring 2015 newsletter
Survey
May 13, 2015
Research
News and research
- Annelise Nguyen makes historic trip to Vietnam to promote K-State admissions, academic research collaborations
- Area superintendent receiving Dan and Cheryl Yunk Excellence in Educational Administration Award
Events
- K-State Band to host fifth annual scholarship golf tournament June 19
- Advising institute registration deadline is May 15
- iPad user meeting May 14: More about Office 365 mobile apps
- Nepal earthquake relief bracelets
Personnel changes
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Geography honors students with departmental awards
- Frank Tracz, Don Linn present at national band conference
- New director of the Master of Science in Community Development Program appointed
- Blue Key awards scholarships to Kansas State University students
- Kansas State University students part of first-place team in ConocoPhillips Innovation Challenge
Publications and presentations
Campus construction and maintenance
- Annual campus steam shutoff May 16-22
- Service interruption for several buildings: Chilled water used for building cooling May 16-24
Newsletters, magazines and blogs
University life
May 12, 2015
Legislative update
Events
- Institute holding donation drive for military, families
- K-State natural resources and environmental science secondary major students to present capstone research projects
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Division of Biology undergraduates recognized for outstanding achievements
- Phi Kappa Phi honors three faculty members
- Official signing for $13 million grant to Kansas Forest Service
- K-State recognized as Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment national supercomputing partner
- Kansas State University student to study in Scotland as part of Fulbright Summer Institute
- Undergraduate poster forum highlights engineering research
- Phi Kappa Phi initiates new members at Kansas State University
Publications and presentations
Technology
Newsletters, magazines and blogs
May 11, 2015
Updates from leadership
- Open presentations, candidates for the interim dean of the College of Business Administration
- A letter from A.D. John Currie
From the vice president for research
News and research
- K-State's Powercat Financial Counseling receives a financial boost
- Congratulate the spring 2015 distance graduates through virtual commencement
- Kansas State University to host regional entomology meeting
- Summer hours for Counseling Services begin on May 14
- New York architect Jay Siebenmorgen to be visiting Regnier chair for APDesign
- Service restored: Natural gas to all buildings on Manhattan campus
Events
- Research Facilities & Resources Showcase
- Reminder: Nobel Laureate lecture today
- Retirement reception for Susana Valdovinos Friday, May 22
- Kansas State University and community partners set purple ribbon-cutting for Bulk Solids Innovation Center grand opening
- Doris Galvan retirement reception May 27
- Call for proposals for Assessing diversity outcomes: Advancing inclusive excellence
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Management Information Systems Club elects new officers for the 2015-2016 academic year
- University honors four with Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
- Three doctorate students rewarded with prestigious Sarachek award
Campus construction activities
Campus construction and maintenance
Volunteer opportunities
- Actors needed for Counseling Services video
- Faculty Senate requesting volunteers for Faculty Senate committees
May 8, 2015
News and research
- After a flood, think food safety
- Report finds mandatory COOL causes meat industry, consumer losses
- Lets get an 'A' in recycling
Events
- Nobel Laureate to give two lectures on how cells export proteins
- Next meeting of Adolescents and Adults with Autism Support Group
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Six human ecology seniors complete honors projects
- Anthropology awards given for outstanding student efforts
- Management Information Systems Club awards $6,500 in scholarships
- Housing and Dining Services honors outstanding residents, staff
- Miller receives 2015 Gamma Sigma Delta Award
- Transfer student group recognizes K-State staff members
- Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge awards $10,000 to student entrepreneurs
Publications and presentations
May 7, 2015
From the vice president for research
News and research
- K-State Libraries provide study space, sustenance and sympathy
- Biosecurity Research Institute hosts first international conference for information technologists who support high-containment research facilities
- Ohno ships set sail for Union
- K-State McNair Scholars honored at annual ceremony
- Kansas State University Salina adding UAS cybersecurity concentration to master's degree program, first online class begins June 8
Events
- ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture Series presents Stephen Michielsen
- Fulbright visiting scholar Mark Boland to present lecture as part of Oz to Oz program
- Mathematics Colloquium Lecture May 7
- Final Advising Notes training in KSIS for spring 2015
- University Press of Kansas director addresses state of academic publishing
- Poxvirus, Ebola virus expert to give lecture on high consequence pathogens
- E-newsletter training is May 12
Human resources and benefits
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Faculty members, graduate student awarded for hard work as educators, advisers, leaders
- Sophomore honorary Silver Key at Kansas State University selects 2015-2016 members
Publications and presentations
- Sabates co-edits book
- Philosophy professor Jonathan Herington to present work on climate change at ethics workshop.
Gifts
Newsletters, magazines and blogs
May 6, 2015
From the vice president for research
News and research
- Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Research and Travel Grant applications due May 15
- Kansas State University opens Confucius Institute April 7
- Management professor James Bloodgood named new College of Business Administration director of research
- Students lend talents to university commencement ceremonies
- Manhattan campus experiences minor damage from May 4 storm
Events
- Architecture Heintzelman, Kremer fifth-year design competition
- Reminder: Vernon Larson Lecture will be Thursday, May 7
- All-University Awards Ceremony set for Wednesday, May 6
- Register now for Bruce Weber Basketball Camps
- 2003 K-State alumnus Nick Rhodes presents 'Buying Kansas: The Last Great Frontier' Friday
- K-State graduating students: Show your #GradGratitude
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Alpha Zeta welcomes new members
- Cholick to be presented with leadership award
- Kile named emerging child care leader
- Beef Cattle Institute graduate student receives top award at premier beef nutrition conference
- College of Engineering Ambassadors named for 2015
Gifts
Campus construction and maintenance
May 5, 2015
Legislative update
News and research
- K-State Olathe Innovation Campus chosen for national Petfood Innovation Workshop
- Food science expert explains why listeria is showing up more often
Events
- Mathematics Colloquium Lecture May 5
- Student chapter of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing to meet May 6
- Kirmser Research Awards ceremony tomorrow
- Wrap up the semester with Sinatra, university choirs in Kansas City and more
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Kansas State University student receives Boren Scholarship to study Russian in Kyrgyzstan
- Tree Campus USA: 2015 social media challenge winners announced
- Academic and Career Information Center selects new peer career specialists
- K-State Alumni Association honors undergraduate, graduate students for achievements
- College of Business Administration celebrates Executive Mentor Program
- Sauer named Distinguished Dietitian of the Year
- Architectural engineering students win national scholarships
Technology
- K-State Online: Canvas help available throughout the summer
- Grade submission deadlines for spring 2015
- Microsoft Lync becoming Skype for Business
May 4, 2015
Research
News and research
- Advising notes now available in KSIS
- Student Access Center providing assistance for those who need help around campus construction
- College of Education produces monthly Web series 'EduCATion Today'
- K-State announces contract restructuring for A.D. John Currie
Events
- Graduate Student Council hosts fundraiser at Orange Leaf
- G'Day, Fulbright: Information session on becoming a Fulbright scholar
- Save the date: Let's Clean — and Go Green annual event
- Final art-science talk of the semester at Willard Hall
- Innovative approach to crop breeding to be featured in prestigious agronomy lecture May 6
- K-State University Choir to perform May 5
- Hedrick, Luly to present research at final spring meeting of the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Research Group
- Reminder: Melissa-Harris Perry presents 'Silent Voices and the Fight for Justice' today
- Cold Stone fundraiser for the K-State Women's Rugby Club
- Secretary of Homeland Security to deliver Landon Lecture
- Commencement ceremonies May 9, 15 and 16
Human resources and benefits
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Psychological sciences honors students with departmental awards
- College of Business Administration announces spring faculty, staff awards
- Brooke Boyington awarded $6,000 scholarship from Phi Eta Sigma
Financial services
Campus construction activities
Campus construction and maintenance
May 1, 2015
Updates from leadership
From the vice president for research
News and research
- K-State alumnus Tom Milbourn speaks at Journalism and Mass Communications Honors Banquet
- 2015 Space Migration concept proposals due Monday, May 4
- Behind the words: What meat labels mean
- College of Veterinary Medicine collaboration selects four Chinese students for veterinary medical degree
- K-State Police hosted state public safety communication conference
Events
- All-University Awards Ceremony set for Wednesday, May 6
- K-State bands present three nights of concerts
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary choir performing today at McCain, K-State Student Union
- Australian Fulbright senior scholar visits university for Oz to Oz program
- Time correction: Chorale concert
- Reminder: Audacity a cappella spring concert tonight
Human resources and benefits
Health and safety
Kudos, publications and presentations
- Alpha Zeta Chapter brings home national awards
- College of Agriculture Advisor of the Year
- Strayhall wins Sullivan Poetry Award
- Manhattan student takes second place in international competition
- College of Human Ecology names 17 outstanding graduating seniors