Kansas State University

News and research

• Parking permits to go on sale June 2

COVID-19 university updates

• A summary of university updates related to COVID-19

Events

• Attend June 2 Coordinated K-State Welcome overview meeting
• Communications and Marketing to host retirement reception for Deb Pryor
• Manhattan Municipal Band celebrates 100 seasons with mayoral proclamation

Human resources and benefits

• Mindful Communication for Supervisors offered virtually on June 11

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Architectural engineering student awarded top-level scholarship
• Interior Architecture and Industrial Design's Kutay Güler earns bronze in international furniture awards
• Recycling Center organizes recycling effort for more than 207 mattresses

Updates from leadership

• Research Weekly

News and research

• Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory exercises readiness for African swine fever outbreak

Events

• Wildcat Reads: K-State first lady to showcase 'Purple People'

Kudos, publications and presentations

• APDesign's Hernán Gregorio earns honors at International A'Design Award and Competition
• Division of Biology awards $164,000 in undergraduate scholarships for 2021-2022

Technology

• June 4: Exploring Microsoft Excel — Basics

COVID-19 university updates

• Lafene Health Center continues offering COVID-19 vaccines
• Updates on COVID-19 in K-State communities

Events

• Attend Fall 2021 Week of Welcome all-campus meeting

Kudos, publications and presentations

• K-State recycling move-out results

Updates from leadership

• González to serve as acting associate provost for institutional effectiveness
• Internal search for interim dean of College of Health and Human Sciences

From the Kansas Board of Regents

• Regents thank K-State President Richard Myers for his service

News and research

• University to launch online bachelor's in kinesiology
• Nominate a title for the 2022-23 K-State First Book

Events

• Writing Center online tutoring for undergraduate and graduate students starts for summer

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Commitment, dedication earn two K-State seniors Muir Alpha Tau Omega Blue Key Leadership Scholarship

Technology

• Opportunities for networking among IT professionals
• May 27: Microsoft Teams Live Events training

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Teaching and Learning Center's news and upcoming events
• May eNews from K-State's Olathe campus now online
• Kansas Forest Service Podcast explores cost of lumber

Updates from leadership

• President Myers announces retirement

KSUnite

• Faculty and staff: Share information about upcoming student organization policy listening circles

News and research

• Four earn Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation awards for undergraduate teaching

Events

• Veterinary college to host Yoshihiro Kawaoka for seminar on SARS-CoV-2
• Office of Research Development offers NEH Summer Stipends writing clinic
• Safe Zone to host advanced workshop 'Hyper Masculinity Part 1'

Human resources and benefits

• Effectively Utilizing K-State Policies and University Handbook offered virtually on June 7 and 9

Personnel changes

• Marsha Frey, Mark Parillo retire from history department

Kudos, publications and presentations

• National Strategic Selling Institute announces spring 2021 award recipients

University life

• 'Run for students, by students': An opportunity for learning, professional development in College of Business

Updates from leadership

• Important conflict of interest reminder
• Provost appoints Michael Haddock as acting dean of K-State Libraries

News and research

• Bill Snyder Highway Half Marathon race to affect campus traffic Saturday morning

COVID-19 university updates

• A summary of university updates related to COVID-19

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Polytechnic presents outstanding student awards, Wildcat Pride honors

Technology

• May 26: Microsoft Word L200 training

Updates from leadership

• Research Weekly

From the Kansas Board of Regents

• Kansas Board of Regents meeting university updates

News and research

• Division of Financial Services shares important fiscal year-end information

Personnel changes

• Grain science and industry department hires Elisa Karkle as assistant professor

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Polytechnic faculty member wins top aviation maintenance educator award
• Showcase highlights engineering undergraduate research activities
• National Strategic Selling Institute raises $10,000 for Coming Together for a Cure
• Geography and geospatial sciences department congratulates scholarship recipients for 2021-2022
• Mike Wiegers Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering announces outstanding student awards

Updates from leadership

• Kansas Board of Regents May meeting agenda items

News and research

• Center for Child Development earns national accreditation

COVID-19 university updates

• Updates on COVID-19 in K-State communities

Events

• Save the date: Campus feedback session for Peer Mentoring Collaborative

Human resources and benefits

• Understanding Your Role as a K-State Supervisor offered virtually on June 2 and 4

Health and safety

• Call and Dole halls emergency light test

Kudos, publications and presentations

• K-State employees give to Konza United Way campaign
• NRES awards graduate fellowship for fall 2021

Updates from leadership

• Research security and integrity at K-State
• Provost names search committee for interim dean of College of Health and Human Sciences

COVID-19 university updates

• K-State updates face covering guidance for outdoor settings, effective May 18
• Single-dose COVID-19 vaccines available at Lafene Health Center

Events

• Upcoming professional development workshop focuses on personal financial planning
• Office of Recruitment and Admissions to host overview session for Summer 2021 Virtual Orientation

Health and safety

• Weber Hall emergency light test

Kudos, publications and presentations

• College of Veterinary Medicine presents scholarships and special awards at annual banquet
• Thompson awarded Mark and Brenda Brown Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• University Support Staff Meritorious Awardees announced
• APDesign students recognized for achievements in APDPro
• National Strategic Selling Institute hosts ninth annual Benefit Auction, raising $108,000
• Kansas History publishes special themed issue on Santa Fe Trail

Technology

• Canvas: May updates
• May 20: Teams Meetings training

University life

• Union Subway relocating

KSUnite

• KSUnite Weekly

News and research

• Academic Program Review and Revitalization Initiative update and request for feedback

COVID-19 university updates

• Updated COVID-19 policies become effective today

Events

• Safe Zone to host advanced workshop 'The Art of the Talking/Healing Circle'

Health and safety

• Bluemont Hall emergency light test

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award 2021 winners selected
• Agricultural economics announces Outstanding Senior Award winners
• Food safety researcher wins national scholarship

From the president

• President Myers thanks university faculty and staff for a job well done

KSUnite

• Updates on 11 Action Steps

News and research

• College of Education memorializes diversity legend James B. Boyer with exhibit
• Stay up to date on commencement plans due to weather
• K-State Today, K-State Today Student Edition summer schedule
• Global Campus celebrates alongside 456 online graduates

COVID-19 university updates

• A summary of university updates related to COVID-19

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Director of orchestral studies Rachel Dirks published in leading string education resource
• College of Health and Human Sciences recognizes spring 2021 outstanding seniors
• Lybarger named Don and Jane Good Outstanding Senior
• Food science students win awards
• Political science department congratulates scholarship winners for 2021-2022
• Duncan, Ochonski receive Larry Corah Graduate Student Awards

Campus construction and maintenance

• Service interruption: Waters Hall middle elevator

University life

• Announcing the inaugural leadership communication doctoral graduates

Updates from leadership

• Research Weekly

News and research

• Sixteen students complete degree programs at K-State Olathe
• Order your discounted faculty/staff season tickets now to get a free Sproles bobblehead

COVID-19 university updates

• Riley County to hold youth vaccination event; K-Staters can attend to receive Pfizer vaccine

Events

• Reminder: First-generation graduates, their families and K-State community invited to celebrate virtually

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Two Kansas State University students earn honorable mention for Udall Scholarship
• K-State crowned National Champion Meat Animal Evaluation Team
• Communication sciences and disorders professor receives national advisor award
• Animal sciences and industry students participate in Undergraduate Research Symposium
• Jun receives 2021 K-State Global Campus Excellence in Online Teaching Award
• Winners announced in K-State Innovation and Strategy Case Competition
• Sociology award recipients announced
• Powercat Financial announces peer financial counselors for 2021-2022

News and research

• Joe Mocnik named dean of K-State Libraries

COVID-19 university updates

• Single-dose COVID-19 vaccines available at Lafene Health Center
• Updates on COVID-19 in K-State communities

Events

• Open forum today for international travel policy

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Kinesiology department announces 2021-22 student ambassadors
• Electrical and computer engineering department hosts Senior Design Expo
• Saucier selected as 2021 Friend of K-State Global Campus
• Linder contributes to 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report
• Anthropology program announces student awards and scholarships
• Master of Public Administration student receives KACM scholarship
• Powercat Financial announces peer financial counselors for 2021-2022

Technology

• May 18: Microsoft OneNote L200 training

University life

• K-State students in nonprofit certificate gain essential skills through community kindness projects
• K-State Proud hosts 2021-2022 logo contest

Volunteer opportunities

• K-Staters invited to provide input in newest CrossroadsMHK survey

Updates from leadership

• Be Stoney appointed interim chief diversity and inclusion officer
• Legislative Update

News and research

• University selects David V. Rosowsky as vice president for research
• K-State Olathe, Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association collaborating on joint scholarship for new students

COVID-19 university updates

• COVID-19 reminders as K-Staters prepare to leave campus communities

Events

• Save the dates: 2021 K-State First Book author virtual visit, other common book events

Personnel changes

• Director named for the new Vern and Joan Herbel Accounting Academy

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Architectural engineering students awarded national scholarships
• Parker named 2021 K-State Global Campus Outstanding Advisor
• Record-setting year for architectural engineering and construction science department scholarships
• Social work students selected for annual awards
• Wildcat Wind Power students judge Kansas KidWind Competition

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Teaching and Learning Center's news and upcoming events

Updates from leadership

• Join today at 8 a.m.: Virtual town hall meeting for faculty and staff

KSUnite

• KSUnite Weekly

News and research

• Presidential Award winners recognized for teaching, leadership
• Jon Martin, Eric Webb elected new SGA president, vice president at K-State Polytechnic

COVID-19 university updates

• K-State changes face covering guidance for outdoor settings, effective May 17
• Drinking fountains will be open for fall 2021 semester

Shared governance

• Requesting volunteers for presidential and university committees

Events

• Reminder: RSVPs due for Staley School graduation event
• Union to host eSports webinar

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Leadership selected for Union organizations
• Psychological Sciences announces student award winners
• College of Health and Human Sciences recognizes outstanding graduate students
• Gamma Sigma Delta honors faculty and students at virtual ceremony
• APDesign architecture professor to conduct PowerPoint workshop at national teaching conference
• Wilson selected as 2021 K-State Global Campus Extraordinary Student

Technology

• May 12: Microsoft Excel L200 training
• webMethods upgrade May 19

University life

• Coordinators invite you to join the 2021 Wildcat Dialogues Planning Committee
• Nominations open for 2021 Iman Outstanding Faculty Awards

From the president

• An update on summer and fall planning for full reopening

Updates from leadership

• Reminder: Virtual town hall meeting May 10 for faculty and staff

News and research

• Laser focus: K-State graduate student lands data analysis internship with NASA
• K-State Recycling Center temporary closed
• Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry selects spring 2021 grant awardees
• Developing Scholars Program selects 2020-2021 awardees

COVID-19 university updates

• A summary of university updates related to COVID-19

Events

• K-State Choirs to present 'A Missa Eclectica: Requiem For Our Time'

Human resources and benefits

• Division of Financial Services announces fiscal year-end training

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Solar decathlon team takes part in national competition
• Bateman Scholarship awarded to six incoming K-State freshmen
• Division of Biology presents annual awards to outstanding graduate students

Technology

• May 18: Grade submission deadline for spring 2021
• Mediasite Desktop Recorder support ends June 30, switch to Mosaic

Updates from leadership

• Research Weekly

News and research

• College of Education initiates Research Mini-Grant program

COVID-19 university updates

• Get your COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the semester

Events

• K-State Choirs to present In-A-Chord Spring Concert
• Girish Neelakanta to present Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology Seminar

Human resources and benefits

• Three-Minute Thursday Tip: Canvas classic quiz question types — part two

Kudos, publications and presentations

• College of Education honors students for excellence, promise as educators
• University Honors Program selects 2021 faculty award winners
• Economics department awards record number of scholarships
• K-State Alumni Association announces the 2021-22 executive team for Student Alumni Board
• Plant pathology department announces undergraduate scholarship recipients for 2021-2022
• Union year-end honors announced

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• K-State Libraries Magazine now available

Updates from leadership

• Guidelines for supervisors of unclassified professionals and USS regarding COVID-19 impact statements

News and research

• Health and Human Sciences dean to be next provost at Boise State
• BRI director ranks in Top 100 Scientific Reports papers
• K-State Polytechnic student helps Ashby House land grant

COVID-19 university updates

• Updates on COVID-19 in K-State communities

Events

• Register now for Course Design Institute to be offered in June
• Beach Film Club: Virtual discussion on 'Frida'
• Teaching and Learning Center to host Teaching Chat today
• Blair Sullivan to present May 6 mathematics colloquium

Health and safety

• Annual fire hydrant testing

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Student's artwork selected for St. Joseph museum exhibition
• Alumni donors rise to meet needs of journalism and mass communications students with unique approach
• English department honors students, faculty with spring awards
• Advisor Forum presents May Charlie Award
• Kinesiology department awards scholarships at virtual event
• Williams, Thompson and Bontrager take top honors at K-State Sales Team tryouts
• Kappa Tau Alpha journalism and mass communications honor society inducts inaugural class at K-State

Updates from leadership

• An update on simplifying K-State's tuition and fee structure
• Legislative Update

News and research

• K-State students and alumna recognized by Fulbright U.S. Student Program
• Brice Lacroix receives grant from US Geological Survey EDMAP program

Shared governance

• Requesting volunteers for Faculty Senate committees

Events

• Guided Konza Prairie hikes offered May 8
• Diversity Programs Office May update
• Primary texts program and Live Ideas to host first summer 2021 institute

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Benton wins AERA career achievement award
• History department announces undergraduate scholarship recipients for 2021-2022
• K-State Crops Team completes successful spring season
• Mechanical and nuclear engineering hosts spring/summer 2021 Graduating Senior and Awards Celebration

Technology

• HRIS, KSIS and DARS maintenance scheduled for May 9
• May 10: Microsoft Teams L200 training

University life

• Lacy's Fresh Fare and Catering to end spring service this week
• Never fear, finals prep support is here

Updates from leadership

• Support for our international students
• Virtual town hall meeting May 10 for faculty and staff

KSUnite

• KSUnite Weekly

News and research

• Commencement ceremony schedule change, more guest tickets
• K-State Innovation Partners recognizes 2019-2020 K-State inventors, plant breeders

Events

• K-State commencement ceremonies May 8 in Salina, May 14-16 in Manhattan
• K-State Steel Bridge Team to take part in national competition
• Office of First-generation Students will distribute green cords for graduates to wear to commencement ceremonies
• Anatomy and physiology department to host final seminar of spring
• Graduating seniors invited to K-State Alumni Association’s drive-thru/walk-thru Grad Bash

Human resources and benefits

• Enrollment open for K-State Supervisory Foundations

Kudos, publications and presentations

• Pedersen presents at Higher Learning Commission conference
• Celebrating successes of the Biology Ambassadors

Technology

• May 6: Microsoft Teams L100 training

Campus construction and maintenance

• Parking lot paint schedule for summer
• Multiple building service interruption notification

University life

• January 2022 intersession course proposals due July 16
• Seeking new college graduates to serve as advisers with Kansas State College Advising Corps

Volunteer opportunities

• Paid participants needed for neuroimaging research studies