Our mission is to promote engagement across the breadth of Kansas State University - in teaching, research, and outreach - and to connect the vast resources of KSU to the significant issues of public need facing Kansas and communities worldwide. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd-new/ Curbing teen violence, providing HIV/AIDS education, developing rural leadership and promoting volunteerism are among the projects receiving the most recent Engagement Incentive Grants from Kansas State University's Center for Engagement and Community Development. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb08/engagegrants22908.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb08/engagegrants22908.html Kansas State University's David Procter, director of the Center for Engagement and Community Development and of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy, will present the first lecture of the semester for K-State's Vernon Larson International Luncheon Lecture Series. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb08/larsonfeb20108.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb08/larsonfeb20108.html Quick and accurate test results shorten the time it takes to develop new animal drugs and evaluate new applications for existing drugs. That's why Kansas State University has brought together nearly 10 percent of the nation's veterinary board-certified clinical pharmacologists and created an advanced laboratory where researchers can get quick results. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/pharmcats12908.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/pharmcats12908.html The Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy and the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils at Kansas State University are co-sponsoring the open forum, "Public Discussion on the Energy Problem: Choices for an Uncertain Future." http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/energy12808.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/energy12808.html Kansas State University and Fort Riley will strengthen their commitments to assisting soldiers and their families by creating a Cooperative Extension program tailored to the needs of military personnel. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/fortriley12408.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/fortriley12408.html The Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Kansas State University has assisted John Deere with the development of its Nevergrease Pin Joints. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/jdeere11408.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/jdeere11408.html The Kansas State University Pollution Prevention Institute Intern Program has seven positions available for summer 2008. Now in its third year, the program links top-level engineering and environmental sciences students with Kansas business and industry to research projects that reduce industrial emissions and wastes and conserve natural resources. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/ppiinterns11408.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jan08/ppiinterns11408.html Every community faces important public issues. How those issues are discussed — whether through forum, city council or other means — has a tremendous impact. Public dialogue today is often filled with slanderous, mud-slinging comments; dialogue that, if anything, creates a greater divide. Individuals with the skills to coordinate and direct civil dialogue are imperative assets to communities and civic organizations. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/workshop.html http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/workshop.html The Center for Engagement and Community Development co-hosted the Community and Economic Development Resource Fair at K-State Salina last November. The resource fair was intended to alert participants to new resources available to community and economic development practitioners. The two-day fair focused on community assessment materials and K-State resources on day one, and showcased Federal, State, and Organizational service providers on day two. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/resource-fair.html http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/resource-fair.html Communities in Kansas are bombarded by issues that challenge their sustainability. Extreme weather events, global market economic forces, fuel prices, technological change and societal trends are all examples of events driven outside of the realm of control for rural Kansas Communities. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/community-development.html http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/community-development.html On Jan. 12 David Procter, the director of the Center for Engagement and Community Development (CECD), presented "The Rural Grocery Store Initiative" at the 2008 Great Plains Vegetable Growers Conference in St. Joseph, Missouri. This regional conference attracted nearly 400 local food and flower growers, food distributors, sustainable farmers, and university extension staff from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Oklahoma. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/growers-conference.html http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/growers-conference.html A K-State PR Campaigns class is working with the Delaware River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) to communicate with Kansans about watersheds and water sustainability. This relationship is symbiotic for the students and the communities they serve. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/water-project.html http://www.k-state.edu/cecd/news/enews/jan2008/water-project.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/nanoparticles.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/nanoparticles.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/altenergy.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/altenergy.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/AMI.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/AMI.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/transfat.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/transfat.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/swine.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/swine.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/PharmCATS.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/bioscience/PharmCATS.html -- http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/may07/BIVAP51707.html http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/may07/BIVAP51707.html -- http://www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/outreach/ http://www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/outreach/ -- http://www.k-state.edu/tech.transfer/ http://www.k-state.edu/tech.transfer/ A specialized listing of patent, technology development, and technology transfer resources available both at K-State and through a variety of other organizations. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd-new/technologydev/ http://www.k-state.edu/cecd-new/technologydev/ A listing of business development resources available through a variety of organizations. http://www.k-state.edu/cecd-new/businessdev/ http://www.k-state.edu/cecd-new/businessdev/