First-Year Seminars in the News
The First-Year Seminars have appeared in the media several different times over the past year. The Pilot Study was the focus of stories in The Kansas City Star in September, 1350 KMAN in November, and The Collegian in October and March, for example.
Below are a few links to some of the media stories available online:
"First-Year Seminars, Engaging Faculty, and Student Success," Provost's Lecture Series Presentation on the First-Year Seminar Program (23 April 2009) [The lecture can be seen in full on K-State TV]
"Schulz talks about new plans for K-State at Student Senate meeting," The K-State Collegian (27 March 2009) [President Kirk Schulz talks about making the first-year year experience at Kansas State University "the best in the country."]
"K-State's Emily Lehning recruits interest in alpacas," K-State Media Relations (13 March 2009)
"Tender loving care: Lehning wrangles alpacas in her spare time," K-Statement (12 March 2009) [Feature article on FYS Director, Emily Lehning]
"Watch party unites freshman classes, draws others," The K-State Collegian (5 November 2008)
"K-State using smaller classes, " Dodge City Daily Globe (24 September 2008)
"Kansas State using smaller classes," Nebraska.TV (24 September 2008)
"K-State experiments with smaller classes for first-year students," K-State Media Relations (24 September 2008)
Election Watch '08
One of the higlights of the fall semester for the FYS program was its Election Watch '08 -- a co-curricular event for FYS students and the whole campus.
Read about the event in Luke Redington's account of the evening: "Election Watch ‘08 offers new perspectives, unforgettable experiences for hundreds of K-Staters".
Read The Collegian's story about the event here: "Watch party unites freshman classes, draws others," The K-State Collegian (5 November 2008).
See the original Election Watch '08 Announcement.
Watch a short video about the Election Watch '08 below.
