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August 2008

 

Friday, August 29, 2008

 

K-STATE AT SALINA AVIATION STUDENTS PRACTICE FLYING OVER MOUNTAINS: Summer can be an "elevating" experience for aviation students at Kansas State University at Salina. Troy Brockway, associate professor of aviation at K-State at Salina, took a group of aviation students west this summer to fly high in the Rockies. It's the ninth year Brockway has conducted a class on mountain flying.

K-STATE GREEK RECRUITMENT ON STRONG PACE FOR 2008-2009: Greek recruitment at Kansas State University is on a strong pace for the 2008-2009 school year. Involvement in sorority recruitment has hit a record high, while fraternity recruitment continues to be steady, said Scott Jones, director of K-State Greek affairs.

WORKS FROM SHAWNEE PUBLISHER TO GO ON DISPLAY AT K-STATE'S BEACH MUSEUM OF ART: The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University will have the exhibition "A Family Affair: Selections from the Zanatta Editions Archives" Sept. 19 through Jan. 4, 2009.

 

Thursday, August 28, 2008

 

DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF MAINE'S WABANAKI INDIANS BY TWO K-STATE ANTHROPOLOGISTS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT NATIONAL PARK WEB SITE: Two Kansas State University anthropologists are the authors of the first-ever cultural history of the Wabanaki, indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting what is now protected as part of Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine.

USDA NATIONAL SCIENCE PROGRAM LEADER TO PRESENT NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY CENTER FORUM AT K-STATE ON PROTECTION OF PLANT RESOURCES: The protection of plant resources from pests and disease will be the topic of a National Agricultural Biosecurity Center Forum at Kansas State University.

K-STATE'S MCCAIN PERFORMANCE SERIES TO FEATURE NARRATIVES FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST EXPLORERS: Neal Conan, host of National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation'" teams up with Ensemble Galilei and National Geographic to perform "First Person: Stories from the Edge of the World" at Kansas State University's McCain Auditorium.

MANHATTAN BREWERY OWNER MAKING PRESENTATION AT K-STATE'S HALE LIBRARY: The last commercial brewery in Manhattan closed in 1877, but 130 years later Tallgrass Brewing Company opened.

 

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

 

EFFORTS BY K-STATE STAFF AND FACULTY PUT TORNADO DAMAGE IN PAST: Just 10 weeks after a tornado swept across the campus, Kansas State University returned to full operation in time to welcome students to a new semester.

K-STATE'S TWO GILMAN SCHOLARS BRING UNIVERSITY'S TOTAL TO 22: Kansas State University students Jennifer Crainshaw, Olathe, and Samuel Brinton, Perry, Iowa, have received the 2008 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, an honor worth up to $5,000 for study abroad. Crainshaw will study in Ghana and Brinton in China.

THEFT OF ITEMS FROM AUTOMOBILE INCLUDED PERSONAL DATA: Eighty-six Kansas State University students are receiving letters from the Division of Continuing Education advising them that papers with their names and Social Security numbers were stolen from a parked vehicle last week.

K-STATE AT SALINA TO HELP CELEBRATE CHEROKEE CULTURE: Kansas State University at Salina will be represented at the 56th annual Cherokee National Holiday Saturday, Aug. 30, in Tahlequah, Okla., capital of the Cherokee Nation.

K-STATE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC RECOGNIZES STUDENT EXCELLENCE: The department of music at Kansas State University has recognized several students for excellence with special honors, including the department's top undergraduate scholarship.

K-STATE GRADUATE TEAM PLACES IN COLLEGIATE WEED SCIENCE CONTEST: A graduate student team from Kansas State University was first in the team sprayer calibration event and was the third place overall graduate team at the North Central Weed Science Society Collegiate Weed Science Contest, Aug. 14, in Carlyle, Ill.

 

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

 

WEFALD TO UPDATE CAMPUS COMMUNITY ON TORNADO RECOVERY: K-State students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate tornado recovery with an ice cream social at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, on the lawn between Hale Library and Waters Hall. Rain location is Union Courtyard.

K-STATE BAND DAY TO FEATURE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS STATE AND 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION BAND FROM FORT RILEY: Hundreds of high school band members will join Fort Riley's 1st Infantry Division Band and the Kansas State University Marching Band on the football field as part of K-State's annual Band Day Saturday, Sept. 6.

DENNIS LAW TO STEP DOWN AS DEAN OF K-STATE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND DESIGN IN AUGUST 2009: Dennis L. Law, dean of the Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design, will step down in August 2009 after 14 years in that post. He plans to return to full-time teaching for several years before retiring.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHS COMING TO K-STATE'S BEACH MUSEUM OF ART: "First Person: National Geographic Society Photographs" will be on display Sept. 12-Dec. 7 at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

K-STATE'S HOUSING AND DINING SERVICES RECEIVES SEVERAL HONORS AT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FOOD SERVICES CONFERENCE: Kansas State University's dining services received several awards at the national conference of the National Association of College and University Food Services, July 9-12, in Washington, D.C.

 

Monday, August 25, 2008

 

OP-ED: WHAT IS NBAF AND WHY SHOULD WE WANT IT HERE?: Dan Thomson, MS, Ph.D, DVM, Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology, associate professor of clinical sciences in the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine, and director of the Beef Cattle Institute.

K-STATE PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HOUSEHOLD CONSUMERS CAN PREDICT INFLATION AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL ECONOMISTS: Research by a Kansas State University professor shows that household surveys predict the inflation rate fairly accurately and as well as professional economists.

K-STATE GRADUATE STUDENT, STAFFER HELP SAVE FACULTY MEMBER'S LIFE: A Kansas State University graduate student and a K-State staff member were recently recognized for their life-saving heroics.

 

Friday, August 22, 2008

 

K-STATE RESEARCHERS AWARDED NEARLY $1 MILLION TO TEST REMEDIES, INVESTIGATE LINK BETWEEN E. COLI AND DISTILLERS' GRAINS: A research team headed by Kansas State University E. coli O157:H7 expert T.G. Nagaraja has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study both the connection between feeding distillers' grains and E. coli 0157:H7 in cattle and several strategies to reduce the presence of the naturally occurring pathogen in the animals.

NEWS TIP: K-STATE FOOD SAFETY EXPERT SAYS CONSUMERS CAN DECIDE FOOD IRRADIATION ISSUE: Food irradiation of fresh produce is an additional tool that can help reduce the threat of foodborne illness -- but it is not a magic bullet, according to Doug Powell, an associate professor of food safety at Kansas State University.

K-STATE FRATERNITY HOUSE REPAIRS DAMAGE DONE BY ROOF-RAISING TORNADO: Two months after a tornado ripped off much of its roof and let in torrential rains, a fraternity house can welcome members for the new school year at Kansas State University.

K-STATE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AWARDS O'BANNON SCHOLARSHIPS: Kansas State University's Division of Continuing Education has awarded the Maurine Allison O'Bannon Scholarship to seven distance education students for the fall 2008 semester.

K-STATE TO OFFER NEW ONLINE COURSE IN PHYSICS FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS: Physics for Science Teachers, PHYS 515, is being offered through Kansas State University's Division of Continuing Education for the fall 2008 semester.

 

Thursday, August 21, 2008

 

ACCREDITATION A PRIORITY AT K-STATE AT ALL LEVELS: From the institutional level to individual programs and services, achieving and renewing accreditation is a priority and an ongoing process at Kansas State University, according to M. Duane Nellis, provost and senior vice president.

K-STATE TO INTRODUCE NEW E-MAIL AND CALENDAR SYSTEM: Kansas State University is replacing its university e-mail and calendar systems, Webmail and Oracle K-Calendar, with the Zimbra collaboration suite. The change will be introduced in stages, beginning in January 2009.

RAPID TEST FOR PATHOGENS DEVELOPED BY K-STATE RESEARCHERS COULD BE USED TO DETECT DISEASES USED BY BIOTERRORISTS: Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours.

K-STATE'S MOVIES ON THE GRASS SERIES OPENS THE FALL SEMESTER: Kansas State University will again convert Coffman Commons, the grassy slope south of Hale Library, into a free outdoor movie theater with the fourth annual Movies on the Grass series.

 

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

 

K-STATE'S WENDY ORNELAS ELECTED TO ARCHITECTURE ACCREDITING BOARD: Wendy Ornelas, associate dean of the Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design, has been elected a director of the National Architectural Accrediting Board.

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT SEPT. 5 FOR K-STATE'S TERRY C. JOHNSON CENTER FOR BASIC CANCER RESEARCH: The 11th annual Rob Regier Memorial Golf Tournament, scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5, will again benefit the research and education programs of the Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State University.

 

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

 

K-STATE HOUSING EXPECTS FULL HOUSE FOR FALL SEMESTER: Kansas State University housing and dining staff are preparing for a full house -- and then some -- this fall.

OP-ED: NBAF WOULD PROVIDE PROTECTION TO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES IN KANSAS AND U.S.: Bob L. Larson, DVM, Ph.D., professor of clinical sciences and the Coleman Chair in Food Animal Production Medicine at Kansas State University. Larson also interim director of K-State's Master of Public Health Program.

BIOFUELS SYMPOSIUM SEPT. 16 AT K-STATE: Kansas State University's first Sustainability of Biofuels Symposium will be Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the K-State Alumni Center.

K-STATE ONLINE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN STATISTICS STRENGTHENS STUDENT'S STUDIES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: For young professionals who want to get ahead in their careers but need more education to do so, quitting a job and moving to a university town to take courses full time is not always economically feasible, especially when a family is involved.

 

Monday, August 18, 2008

 

FORMER PRESIDENT OF MEXICO TO BE FIRST K-STATE LANDON LECTURE SPEAKER OF 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR: Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, will present the first Landon Lecture of the 2008-2009 school year at Kansas State University.

RAWSON TO BEGIN PHASED RETIREMENT FROM K-STATE; SHUBERT SELECTED AS SUCCESSOR: Thomas M. Rawson, Kansas State University's vice president for administration and finance, has announced his intent to step down from his post effective at the end of the calendar year.

K-STATE'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE HELPS KANSAS COMPANY INCREASE PRODUCTION AND EFFICIENCY WITH NEW MACHINE: The Advanced Manufacturing Institute, also known as AMI, at Kansas State University has developed a stair nosing machine for Wichita-based Balco Inc., a world leader in the manufacturing of architectural products.

K-STATE AT SALINA CONTINUING EDUCATION OFFERS ONLINE COURSES: Kansas State University at Salina's department of continuing education will be offering several online courses this fall.

 

Friday, August 15, 2008

 

K-STATE EXPECTS RECORD NUMBER OF NEW UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR FALL SEMESTER: The main campus of Kansas State University will have more diversity and international flavor this fall as a record number of international students are expected to enroll.

K-STATE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION TO BE PART OF AVIATION EVENTS IN WICHITA AND KANSAS CITY: Students and staff from Kansas State University at Salina will represent K-State's department of aviation at upcoming events in Wichita and in Kansas City, Mo.

 

Thursday, August 14, 2008

 

BRIDGE WORKSHOP OCT. 3 AT K-STATE: Kansas State University's Bridge Erection Workshop will be Friday, Oct. 3, at the K-State Student Union.

ANDY WARHOL PHOTOS DONATED TO K-STATE'S BEACH MUSEUM OF ART: The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University has received 150 photographs of celebrities and other high-profile Americans taken by pop artist Andy Warhol.

 

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

 

BIENNIAL VISITORS DAY SEPT. 27 AT K-STATE'S KONZA PRAIRIE: The opportunity for an up-close look at the Kansas Flint Hills and the tallgrass prairie will come when Kansas State University's Konza Prairie Biological Station holds its biennial Visitors' Day, Saturday, Sept. 27.

WASHINGTON, D.C., AEROSPACE FLIGHT ACADEMY BRINGS INNER-CITY STUDENTS TO K-STATE AT SALINA TO EXPERIENCE FLIGHT: More than 40 high school students from inner-city neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., are visiting Kansas State University at Salina to learn firsthand about the power of flight.

K-STATE CHALLENGE COURSE UP AND RUNNING AFTER TORNADO; NOW PART OF RECREATIONAL SERVICES: After sustaining $1,500 in damages from the June 11 tornado, Kansas State University's Challenge Course is now participant-ready.

 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

 

POWER OUT IN SOME K-STATE BUILDINGS: Power is out in some campus buildings at Kansas State University, and is expected to remain out until at least noon in affected buildings, said Tom Rawson, vice president for administration and finance.

MEDIA ADVISORY: K-STATE EXPERT ON RUSSIAN MILITARY, FOREIGN RELATIONS SAYS GEORGIAN PRESIDENT UNDERESTIMATED RUSSIAN MILITARY, U.S. SUPPORT: A Kansas State University distinguished professor of political science thinks Georgia's president is primarily responsible for the conflict in that country.

OP-ED: PUTTING NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY AT K-STATE WILL ADD TO REGIONAL SYNERGY IN THE BIOSCIENCES: For generations, Kansas farmers have cultivated the state's natural resources to feed the nation. This legacy has gained Kansans a reputation for being reliable and resourceful when it comes to anything related to agriculture.

 

 

Monday, August 11, 2008

 

K-STATE BUSINESS ETHICS EXPERT SAYS EMPLOYEE AFTER-HOUR USE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES OR PERSONAL TIME ON THE INTERNET SHOULD BE PUT IN PERSPECTIVE: Ever felt a twinge of guilt dumping a few office pens in your briefcase? Wondered whether it's OK to check the score of the game using your office computer? A Kansas State University business professor and ethics expert says that while she is not condoning stealing, these concerns should be put in perspective.

FALL ENROLLMENT UNDER WAY FOR K-STATE DISTANCE EDUCATION: Enrollment for Kansas State University distance education courses offered during the fall 2008 semester is under way.

 

Friday, August 8, 2008

 

K-STATE TO OFFER NEW ONLINE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COURSE: Kansas State University will offer the online course Intercollegiate Athletics and the Student Athlete, EDCEP 761, for the fall 2008 semester.

 

Thursday, August 7, 2008

 

K-STATE STUDENTS PRESENT PAPERS AT PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCES: Several Kansas State University students have presented or co-presented papers at various psychology conferences this summer.

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

 

K-STATE VETERINARIAN SAYS PETS HAVE A PLACE IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: Ronnie Elmore, associate dean of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, has some campaign advice for this year's presidential candidates: Put your pets front and center.

 

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

 

NEW PRINCETON REVIEW GUIDE FEATURES K-STATE AS AMONG THE TOP SCHOOLS IN THE NATION: Kansas State University is among the best undergraduate institutions in the nation, according to The Princeton Review.

BUYER BEWARE: K-STATE THEATER STUDENTS NOT SELLING MAGAZINES: The Kansas State University theater program is asking people to call the Riley County Police Department if they are contacted about buying magazines from individuals posing as K-State theater students.

MOTIVENGINES SIGNS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR A COMPACT EFFICIENT ENGINE: Motiv Engines, LLC has signed an exclusive license agreement for an engine that is six times smaller and up to 32 percent more fuel efficient than traditional engines of the same power. The agreement was signed with NISTAC, the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization, an affiliate of Kansas State University.

 

Monday, August 4, 2008

 

K-STATE'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE ENGINEERING SUCCESS IN KANSAS: Kansas State University's Advanced Manufacturing Institute, also known as AMI, is proving to be a vital link to economic development in Kansas.

K-STATE OFFERING REFRIGERATION IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY WORKSHOP: Kansas State University's Division of Continuing Education is sponsoring a two-day intensive short course on refrigeration as practiced in the meat processing and refrigerated storage industry.