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"Engagement occurs when collaborative partners - both on and off-campus stakeholders - work together to address a public need in a way that is both reciprocal and mutually beneficial. Through engagement, K-State endeavors to fulfill its historic land grant mission."
David E. Procter, Director of CECD
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Overview of the 2010 Rural Grocery Store Summit.
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Engagement News
- November 11, 2009 K-State Emphasis on Sustainability, Engagement Leads to Program that will give Young Professionals the Skills to Protect Water Resources in Kansas and Beyond.
- August 24, 2009 K-State Researchers Find that Employees Who are Engaged in Their Work Have Happier Home Life.
- August 14, 2009 Thanks to Summer Camp at K-State, Kansas High School Teachers are Heading to Classrooms this Fall with New Techniques to Bring Shakespeare to Students.
- August 11, 2009 K-State Drama Professors Create Curriculum to Help Kansas Teachers Use 'Romeo and Juliet' to Talk with Students about Violence.
- August 10, 2009 By Showing Safety Net Clinics How They Can Use Resources Most Efficiently, K-State Engineers' Research Helping Low-Income, Uninsured Kansans with Their Health Care.
- July 16, 2009 K-State's Advanced Manufaturing Institute Helps Small Business in Kansas Expand Product Line.
- July 15, 2009 K-State Professors Test Native Plants as Roofing Alternative.
- July 15, 2009 K-State Student International Teams Providing Service in Africa and Mexico During Summer 2009.
- July 14, 2009 Fourth Annual Dialog on Sustainability July 23 at K-State.
- July 10, 2009 Collaboration Between K-State and Geary County USD 475 to Foster Science Education.
- June 3, 2009 K-State's Advanced Manufacturing Institue Helps Two St. George Entrepreneurs Develop New Product That's Now on the Market.
- June 2, 2009 Strategies to Rein in Epidemics Need to be Retooled for Rural Populations, Say K-State Engineers Using Computers to Model Disease Outbreaks in Rural Areas.
- May 15, 2009 K-State Students to Travel to U.S.-Mexico Border Area May 17-22 to Learn About Cross-Border Operations.
- May 14, 2009 K-State Students from Chapman Center for Rural Studies Helping Wabaunsee County Residents Celebrate Their History.
- May 11, 2009 K-State Extending More 2+2 Agreements Beyond Kansas Borders.
- May 9, 2008 K-State Interactive Theater Workshop Performance to Give Voice to Struggles of Military Children.
- May 7, 2009 K-State Researchers and Their Partners Making it Easier for Rural Kansans of All Ages to Stay Healthy Despite Limited Access to Facilities Like Bike Trails, Gyms.
- April 23, 2009 K-State, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment and EPA Offering Free Workshops in Topeka, Wichita and Dodge City on Grants for Community Revitalization.
More Engagement News
Featured Organizations
- The Center for Hazardous Substance Research provides assistance to communities affected by hazardous substance issues.
- The KSU Research Foundation promotes the licensing and commercialization of intellectual property.
Top Engagement News
CECD Engages Kansas
University and Military Engagement
As a land-grant university, Kansas State University is constantly developing its national rapport. University president, Kirk H. Schulz has visions of becoming a top land-grant school in several years and in order to do so, it is necessary to progress in the area of military and university engagement.
Military Family Health and Security
United States soldiers risk their lives everyday to meet the needs of the country and to protect its citizens, but they cannot do it alone. Most soldiers are supported by loyal families and loving wives and children who should not be forgotten. Briana Goff, professor of family studies and human services at Kansas State University is an integral part of the Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families, initiated at K-State.
K-State Libraries Connection
One of the biggest things that the nation has undergone in recent years is the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet the majority of the countries' citizens and military still remain uneducated about each other and what a wartime bond could achieve. Daryl Youngman, associate professor at Hale Library at Kansas State University is an advocate for counterinsurgency and developing bonds between U.S. and Afghanistan soldiers and citizens. Counterinsurgency involves the act of combating guerilla warfare and is more of a peace-making effort.
Education Station
Perhaps one of the closest ways Kansas State University works with military is through the educational programs set in place at Manhattan's local military base, Ft. Riley. Toni Bryant, Ft. Riley extension office coordinator said she can see the impact the university has had on the base, just in the amount of interest and K-State spirit. "There's a lot of K-State grads on this post," Bryant said. "We have a lot of purple floating around."
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Technology, the Economy, and the Workplace
- Patents. K-State patents, corporate patent sites, country patent databases, federal patent resources, fee-based patent resources, and more.
- Technology Development. Development resources at K-State including the Commercialization Leadership Council, K-State Research Foundation, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, and more.
- Technology Transfer. Technology transfer office at K-State, other universities, the state of Kansas, and more.
- Business Development. Resources available to Kansas, including KTEC, Wichita State Center for Entrepreneurship, Kauffman eVenturing and more.