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August 2007

 

Friday, August 31, 2007

 

K-STATE TO KICK OFF ALL-UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGN: Kansas State University faculty and staff are invited to a free pancake breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in Ahearn Field House to kick off the All-University Campaign.

 

Thursday, August 30, 2007

 

K-STATE VETERINARY GROUPS JOINING IN WORLD RABIES DAY CELEBRATION: Children's activities, live music and a 5K run are just some of the ways World Rabies Day will be observed locally as a way to raise awareness about the impact of human and animal rabies.

LOOK! UP IN THE AIR! IT'S A -- OUCH!: Though disc golf and its Scottish predecessor may have different dress codes, jargon and professional associations, they share at least one basic rule: You don't want to find yourself in the path of someone's tee shot.

 

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

 

HIGH SCHOOL BANDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO PERFORM AT K-STATE BAND DAY: On Saturday Sept. 15, the Kansas State University "Pride of Wildcatland" Marching Band will host its annual Band Day, where more than 30 Kansas high school bands will get a taste of what it's like to be part of a university marching band.

FIVE K-STATE STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS FROM AMERICAN HUMANICS: Outstanding academic performance, demonstrated leadership and a commitment to careers in the nonprofit sector have earned five Kansas State University students awards from American Humanics.

'KOMEN ON THE GO' COMING TO K-STATE: Kansas State University's Lafene Health Center, Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research and Union Program Council are co-sponsoring "Komen On the Go," a breast cancer education event, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, on the Bosco Student Plaza in front of the K-State Student Union.

 

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

 

'K-STATE CELEBRATES' COMING TO WICHITA SEPT. 25: Kansas State University is offering a special evening of fun for high school students from the Wichita area. "K-State Celebrates" will start at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Hyatt Regency, 400 W. Waterman, in downtown Wichita. Registration starts at 6:45 p.m.

 

Monday, August 27, 2007

 

K-STATE'S APLEY AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL VETERINARIANS IN CATTLE FEEDING INDUSTRY: Veterinarian Dr. Mike Apley has devoted his career to animal health. The Kansas State University professor's efforts were recognized recently when he was spotlighted as one of the six most influential veterinarians in the cattle feeding industry in the past 35 years.

EXPERT ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS ZOONOTIC DISEASES JOINING K-STATE AS A REGENTS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR: Juergen Richt, lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and an adjunct professor at Iowa State University, will be joining Kansas State University as a Regents Distinguished Professor.

RESEARCH AT K-STATE, PARTNER INSTITUTIONS, TO HELP HOMELAND SECURITY MAKE SENSE OF THE ABUNDANT INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: From online news articles to blogs, a massive amount of information is voluntarily being put before the public every day. Some of this information may be valuable to protecting homeland security. That's why Kansas State University's William Hsu and other computer scientists who research data mining are part of a project to develop technology that makes automated Internet searches more useful and productive.

 

Friday, August 24, 2007

 

K-STATE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND DESIGN LECTURE TO FEATURE ARGENTINEAN ARCHITECT ON HIS 25 YEARS OF URBAN WORK: Distinguished architect and educator Miguel Angel Roca will present a slide lecture of his recent work as part of Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design lecture series.

K-STATE'S MCCAIN PERFORMANCE SERIES OPENS WITH CHICAGO CITY LIMITS: Kansas State University's McCain Performance Series will start off the year with the improvisational comedy of Chicago City Limits at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, in McCain Auditorium.

 

Thursday, August 23, 2007

 

K-STATE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASES OUT BACHELOR'S DEGREES: In keeping with a national trend, bachelor's degrees are becoming a thing of the past at Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

K-STATE'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE SELECTS FALL INTERNS: The Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Kansas State University has selected 34 students to serve as interns during the fall 2007 semester.

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

 

TEXAS SYMPHONY DIRECTOR TO LEAD K-STATE'S McCAIN AUDITORIUM: Todd Holmberg knows the pit, the podium and the soloist's spotlight as well as the booking office, a range of experience that makes him an ideal new executive director for McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University.

BRAZILIAN MUSICIANS TO ACCOMPANY K-STATE'S FALL NONVIOLENCE RALLY: Kansas State University's seventh annual Campaign for Nonviolence Fall Rally, Sunday, Aug. 26, will include Brazilian musicians Banda AfroReggae as well as "Favela Rising," a documentary about life in a Rio slum that features the group's music.

ANNUAL K-STATE CANCER CENTER REGIER GOLF TOURNAMENT SEPT. 14: Proceeds from the 10th annual Rob Regier Memorial Benefit Golf Tournament will once again benefit research and education programs of the Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State University.

 

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

 

K-STATE AMONG BEST COLLEGES, ACCORDING TO NEW PRINCETON REVIEW GUIDE: Kansas State University offers students an outstanding undergraduate education, according to the 2008 edition of Princeton Review's "Best 366 Colleges."

K-STATE PROFESSOR LOOKS TO GARDENING TO COMBAT CHILD OBESITY: Candice Shoemaker thinks she might have an answer to the nation's obesity epidemic in children -- and is now working to show her idea can succeed.

EXHIBITION FEATURES WORK BY K-STATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AND THEIR STUDY OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA: Work from a study of downtown Wichita by landscape architecture students from Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design is on display through Sept. 14 in Seaton Hall's Chang Gallery at K-State.

K-STATE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FACULTY EARN HONORS FROM AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS: Two faculty members from Kansas State University's department of biological and agricultural engineering were honored recently by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

 

Monday, August 20, 2007

 

K-STATE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE PROFESSOR, ADMINISTRATOR GIVES CAREER TIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW COLLEGE GUIDE: K-State's Lisa Freeman, professor of pharmacology and associate dean of research and graduate programs at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is one of the individuals interviewed in Kaplan Publishing's 2008 edition of "You Are Here: A Guide to Over 380 Colleges & Unlimited Paths to Your Future."

'K-STATE CELEBRATES' COMING TO KANSAS CITY AREA SEPT. 12: "K-State Celebrates" will be 7:15-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Ritz Charles, 9000 W. 137th St., Overland Park. Registration will start at 6:45 p.m. The special event is free and students are welcome to bring along their parents and friends.

 

Friday, August 17, 2007

 

CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK AT LANDON LECTURE PODIUM IN OCTOBER: Chinese Ambassador H.E. Zhou Wenzhong will give a Landon Lecture in October. His lecture, the 150th in the prestigious series, will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in McCain Auditorium.

K-STATE BRYANT MEMORIAL LECTURE TO LOOK AT WORK OF K.C. FIRM: The first Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design lecture of the school year will be a Lee A. Bryant Memorial Lecture on Art and Architecture by Roger A. Reed of A. Zahner Company, a Kansas City architectural metal firm.

 

Thursday, August 16, 2007

 

K-STATE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS THE SCIENCE BEHIND CRISPY SNACKS AND THE ENGINEERING THAT MAKES PASTA AND CEREALS INTO SO MANY SHAPES: Do you know what makes a cheese puff puffy? Sajid Alavi does. He's an engineer and assistant professor with Kansas State University's department of grain science and industry. He teaches and researches about a technology called extrusion processing that is used to make a variety of foods such as pasta, cheese puffs, breakfast cereals and pet foods

HISTORY PROFESSOR'S CANADIAN TRAVELS TO AID K-STATE'S CANADIAN STUDIES PROGRAM: An associate professor of history at Kansas State University is leading the way to bring more Canada to K-State.

K-STATE CHEER SQUAD TO COMPETE IN 2008 COLLEGE CHEERLEADING NATIONALS: The Kansas State University cheerleading squad will compete at the 2008 College Cheerleading Nationals. It's the third straight year the squad will participate in the competition.

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

 

STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO TAKE PART IN K-STATE'S SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM: A program offered by Kansas State University has given undergraduates from various colleges and universities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico the chance to spend the summer working in a K-State laboratory on research.

K-STATE'S MOVIES ON THE GRASS SERIES FEATURES FILMS ON SOCIAL ISSUES: Kansas State University is once again turning its Coffman Commons into a free outdoor movie theater with the annual Movies on the Grass series.

 

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

 

NEW GUIDE IDENTIFIES K-STATE AS ONE OF NATION'S 'CUTTING-EDGE SCHOOLS': Kansas State University is one of the "25 cutting-edge schools in the nation," according to the 2008 edition of Kaplan Publishing's guide, "You Are Here: A Guide to Over 380 Colleges & Unlimited Paths to Your Future."

FAMILY TO DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCES LIVING, WORKING IN AFGHANISTAN DURING K-STATE PRESENTATION: David and Debra Frey and their son, Andrew, will present "Living and Working in Afghanistan: A Family's Story" at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, in Room 213 of the Kansas State University Student Union.

ENGINEERING SOCIETY HONORS ADVISERS OF K-STATE STUDENT GROUP: A dedication to connecting their students with the world beyond campus has won national recognition for two faculty members in Kansas State University's department of architectural engineering and construction science.

 

Monday, August 13, 2007

 

K-STATE FOOTBALL COACH RON PRINCE TO TEACH ONLINE LEADERSHIP COURSE: Ron Prince, Kansas State University's head football coach, along with Susan Scott, assistant vice president for leadership studies and programs, and Todd Wells, leadership studies instructor, will teach an online course in leadership for the university's fall 2007 semester.

CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY DIRECTOR TO DELIVER K-STATE'S EIGHTH HUCK BOYD LECTURE SEPT. 20: Bill Buzenberg, the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., will be the speaker for Kansas State University's eighth Huck Boyd Lecture in Community Media.

 

Friday, August 10, 2007

 

K-STATE AT SALINA STUDENTS EARN PILOT RATINGS AND CERTIFICATES: Kansas State University at Salina students have earned a variety of aviation certificates and ratings during the spring and summer.

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

 

K-STATE'S GILMAN SCHOLAR PLANS LATIN AMERICA TRIP: Kansas State University's sole recipient of a fall 2007 Gilman International Scholarship will use her $3,000 award to finance a three-country program of study.

SATZLER TO BE ASSISTANT DEAN OF K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: Larry Satzler has been named assistant dean for student services in the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, effective Aug. 12.

 

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

 

COLLECTING COUPLE TO LEAD TOUR OF ART EXHIBITION: Art-collecting couple Marjorie Swann and Bill Tsutsui will lead a gallery talk of their exhibition, "Making Kansas Home: Selections from the Marjorie Swann and Bill Tsutsui Collection," at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

 

Monday, August 6, 2007

 

K-STATE PROFESSOR TO SERVE ON NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH COMMITTEE: Brian A. Coon, associate professor of civil engineering at Kansas State University, has been appointed to the Committee on Emerging Technology Law by the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee.

K-STATE POSTING ONLINE VIDEOS ABOUT DISTANCE EDUCATION: K-State's Division of Continuing Education has developed two online videos that help explain how K-State distance education works and how to succeed in taking courses online.

 

Friday, August 3, 2007

 

K-STATE PROFESSORS STUDYING REMOTE BRIDGE MONITORING: A team of civil engineering professors at Kansas State University is developing technology to monitor the health of bridges in rural Kansas.

WORK BEGINS ON K-STATE'S PARKING GARAGE: Work has begun on the new parking garage south of the union, with the removal of the hourly meters this week. The demolition contractor will begin Monday, Aug. 6, according to Gary Leitnaker, assistant vice president for human resources. He said Murray and Sons, Inc., of Topeka is the main contractor.

 

Thursday, August 2, 2007

 

AIR FORCE CADETS TRAIN AT K-STATE, FORT RILEY: The combatives program, a recent addition to Kansas State University's curriculum, has attracted two dozen Air Force ROTC cadets for two weeks of intensive training on campus and at Fort Riley.

 

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

 

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR EXPERT JOINS K-STATE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AS FIRST WEFALD LEADERSHIP CHAIR: Thomas A. Wright, an international expert on organizational behavior, has been named the first President Jon Wefald Leadership Chair in Business Administration at Kansas State University.

K-STATE AT SALINA AWARDS ELITE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 27 STUDENTS: Thanks to a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Kansas State University at Salina's ELITE -- Enhancing Lives through Technology and Engineering -- scholarship program has awarded 27 scholarships for the fall semester.