Lists - honors, graduates, scholarships
K-STATE STUDENT FROM SALINA USING SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY MANDARIN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, HISTORY AND POLITICS OF CHINA: Phuong M. Vu, junior in political science, has earned a David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship from the National Security Education Program.
COMMUNITIES, STATE TO BENEFIT FROM K-STATE CENTER FOR ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROJECTS: Projects involving various Kansas communities and issues have been selected for grants from Kansas State University's Center for Engagement and Community Development.
K-STATE SELECTS SEVEN PROJECTS FOR TARGETED EXCELLENCE GRANTS: The fourth year of awards made under Kansas State University's Targeted Excellence program have been announced by M. Duane Nellis, K-State provost and senior vice president.
K-STATE ATTOSECOND RESEARCH COULD AID HOMELAND SECURITY: Building a new laser-like X-ray source powerful and quick enough to capture fast motion in the atomic world is a big job. But Zenghu Chang, Kansas State University professor of physics, and his team of physicists and engineers think their efforts will be worth it.
K-STATE PROFESSOR LOOKS FOR LINK BETWEEN CHEMISTRY AND SENSES: Koushik Adhikari, assistant professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, takes sensory and chemical profiles of different food products and attempts to match them. He is looking to discover what chemicals cause what tastes, smells and textures in food.
K-STATE PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR LOCAL ORGANIC FARMERS: Budding organic farmers can blossom through a Kansas State University program.
HOT JAVA AND A HOT TOPIC: 'SCIENCE CAFÉ' TO EXPLORE STEM-CELL RESEARCH: Cookies, coffee and stem cells: A "science café" planned for May 25 at the K-State Student Union will take a casual approach to encouraging members of the public to engage with researchers.
K-STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESENTS ANDERSON AWARDS TO FOUR SENIORS: Four outstanding Kansas State University seniors have received Anderson Awards from the K-State Alumni Association. The awards, presented May 3, recognize the students' achievements during their college careers.
K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PRESENTS AWARDS TO SEVEN STUDENTS: Kansas State University's College of Education recognized seven graduating seniors at the college's commencement ceremony May 12.
CREATING COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS FROM RAW OR AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING CO-PRODUCTS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK AT K-STATE CENTER: At Kansas State University's Bio-Processing and Industrial Value Added Program, one of the goals is to create products from renewable resources.
K-STATE BIOLOGIST HOPES MOSQUITO CAN BREAK VIRAL CHAIN: Most people do their best to avoid mosquitoes. But this summer Rollie Clem will play the wary host to his own homegrown swarm of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. He's made a room ready for them, and even a menu.
K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AMBASSADORS SELECTS NEW AT-LARGE MEMBERS: New at-large members have joined Kansas State University's College of Engineering Ambassadors.
K-STATE CHEMISTS PURSUE THE POTENTIAL OF NANOPARTICLES: Predictions and promises run wild in the wide-open field of nanotechnology, from microscopic computers that will build themselves to spacecraft that can define their missions in a galaxy far, far away. But Kansas State University chemists are applying these new-millennium building blocks to solve earthier problems.
K-STATE'S CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE LETS SCIENTISTS DEVELOP RESEARCH ON VITAL HEALTH ISSUES: Through research that impacts health conditions from deafness to cystic fibrosis, future leaders in the biosciences are getting their footing at a multidisciplinary research center at Kansas State University.
K-STATE INSTITUTE CAN HELP TURN BIOSCIENCE IDEAS INTO PROFITABLE PRODUCTS: With the fear the world may someday run out of petroleum and natural gas, creating products out of renewable materials is becoming more and more important. That's where Kansas State University's Advanced Manufacturing Institute steps in.
K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE STUDENTS EARN AWARDS AT ANNUAL HONORS BANQUET: The College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University recognized its class of 2007 at the college's recent annual honors banquet
K-STATE STUDENT HOMECOMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS HELP K-STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WITH 2007 HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES: Kansas State University's 2007 Student Homecoming Committee includes 16 new members and nine returning members. K-State's Homecoming Week will be Oct. 21-27, with this year's homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 27, against Baylor University Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
K-STATE DEPARTMENTS, VARNEY'S, ARMY TO SEND BOOKS TO AFGHAN UNIVERSITY: The U.S. Army and Varney's Book Store in Manhattan are helping Kansas State University deliver on a partnership with Kabul University, Afghanistan.
K-STATE RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE PRODUCTS LIKE VEGETABLE SHORTENING, MARGARINE WITHOUT TRANS FATTY ACIDS: Try making a batch of biscuits or a flakey piecrust without trans fats, and you won't find too many options. But technology being developed at Kansas State University could allow food manufacturers to create vegetable shortening and other hydrogenated oils without artery-clogging trans fatty acids.
K-STATE PROFESSOR INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN OBESITY AND CANCER: George Wang is a bioscience detective on the trail of two very dangerous criminals: obesity and cancer. Wang, an associate professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, is the principal investigator on a study looking at a link between the two.
K-STATE RESEARCHER STUDIES EPIDEMIC WAVES IN PLANTS; WORK MAY HOLD CLUES ON MANAGING HUMAN EPIDEMICS, TOO: Could understanding how plant diseases like soybean rust or wheat karnal bunt spread provide a better understanding of how to prevent human diseases from becoming epidemics?
K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY RECOGNIZES 16 OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIORS: The College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University has recognized 16 of its graduating seniors with Outstanding Senior Awards.
SCIENCE LIBRARIAN TO RECEIVE K-STATE'S HOBROCK AWARD: Elizabeth Turtle, associate professor at Kansas State University Libraries, is to receive the third annual Brice G. Hobrock Distinguished Library Faculty Award.
K-STATE AMERICORPS-VISTA PROGRAM CELEBRATING FIRST-EVER AMERICORPS WEEK, MAY 13-20: Two members of the AmeriCorps-VISTA program at Kansas State University recently got the chance to visit with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and state legislators.
K-STATE PROFESSOR LOOKS TO FIND WAYS TO STOP ORGAN DAMAGE WHEN BLOOD FLOW IS CUT OFF: Lack of blood flow to the intestines during surgery, to the heart during a heart attack or to the brain during a stroke can cause damage to the organ involved. However, more damage occurs when the blood returns to the organ. Sherry Fleming thinks she knows why and is working to find therapeutic ways to prevent this damage.
K-STATE TO COLLABORATE ON RESEARCH TO FORECAST ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES: How do climate change and other global environmental changes affect the average Kansan? Researchers at Kansas State University are working to find out.
K-STATE ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR DAN DEINES RECEIVING DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION AWARD: Kansas State University's Dan Deines is earning recognition for excellence in teaching and innovation in curriculum development from a world-renown accounting organization that is the largest in the United States.
'FRANKENSTEIN ROOM' REMAINS TOP K-STATE PRIORITY FOR RECENTLY APPROVED REPAIR FUNDS: Kansas State University is refining its repair priorities for the Board of Regents now that the Legislature has agreed to pay part of the bill for deferred maintenance.
K-STATE STUDENTS FROM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TAKE FIRST IN TWO CATEGORIES IN CERNER CORP. COMPETITION: With two recent wins, students from Kansas State University's College of Business Administration now have won first place in three of four categories in a consulting and software development competition sponsored by Cerner Corp., Kansas City, Mo.
FOURTH-YEAR K-STATE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS CREATING STRUCTURE TO DISPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT K-STATE'S SOLAR-POWERED HOUSE: Fourth-year architecture students at Kansas State University are creating a structure where visitors to K-State's solar-powered home can relax comfortably and learn more about the environmentally sustainable home.
K-STATE'S CHIMES JUNIOR HONORARY INDUCTS NEW MEMBER: Kansas State University's junior honor society, Chimes, has selected new members for the 2007-2008 school year. Chimes promotes leadership, scholarship and service.
K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND DESIGN SELECTS GARY J. COATES AS INAUGURAL REGNIER DISTINGUISHED FACULTY CHAIR: Gary Coates, professor of architecture, has been selected as the inaugural Regnier Distinguished Faculty Chair at Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design.
K-STATE PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER SORENSEN TO FOCUS ON INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION DURING YEAR IN RESIDENCE AS COFFMAN TEACHING SCHOLAR: Kansas State University's Christopher Sorensen will have engineering physics students jumping off tables if it will help them learn about zero gravity.
K-STATE STUDENTS TAKE HONORS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION: Two interior architecture and product design students from Kansas State University were among the top five winners at the 2007 Exhibit Designers and Producers Association International Student Design Competition.
K-STATE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH KABUL UNIVERSITY TO STRENGTHEN HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN: Representatives from Kansas State University and Kabul University in Afghanistan have signed two three-year contracts worth $5.5 million to improve the College of Engineering and the department of English at Kabul University. Funds are provided by the World Bank.
EIGHT K-STATE STUDENTS DEEMED 'EXTRAORDINARY' BY STAFF, FACULTY: The 2007 Extraordinary Student Awards were presented at a May 2 banquet to six undergraduate and two graduate students who have continued their college education despite such challenges as physical and learning disabilities, family tragedy, and political and social turmoil.
K-STATE GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS PRESENT AT RECENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS MEETING: Students from the geography department at Kansas State University presented posters and papers recently at the 103rd annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in San Francisco.
K-STATE'S CHAPTER OF PHI BETA KAPPA SELECTS NEW MEMBERS: Kansas State University's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, has selected new members for 2007.
SERVICE TO K-STATE STUDENT UNION HELPS STUDENT FROM MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVE WINTER SCHOLARSHIP: Kansas State University's Sarah Morton, senior in accounting, has been awarded the 21st Stanley L. Winter Alpha Tau Omega K-State Student Union Leadership Scholarship. Worth $1,000, the scholarship was presented May 5 at the annual banquet for the Union Program Council and Union Governing Board.
K-STATE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR RICHARD MARSTON HONORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS AND OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: Richard Marston, university distinguished professor and head of the department of geography at Kansas State University, has been honored by the Association of American Geographers and by the department of geosciences at Oregon State University.
K-STATE STUDENT FROM LIBERAL COMBINES LOVE OF GRAPHIC ARTS AND ENGINEERING IN STUDIES: One Kansas State University student, Edgar Martinez, has taken full advantage of the many opportunities offered at K-State to get involved.
K-STATE'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AWARDS FACULTY FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, ADVISING: The College of Business Administration at Kansas State University is presenting awards to two faculty members at the college's commencement ceremony Saturday, May 12.
K-STATE'S KSDB-FM SELECTS NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM: The KSDB-FM Advisory Board has selected the station's new management team for the coming summer term and the 2007-2008 academic year.
TWO K-STATE SENIORS RECEIVE MUIR ALPHA TAU OMEGA BLUE KEY LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS: Two graduating seniors from Kansas State University are recipients of the ninth annual William L. Muir II and John T. Muir Alpha Tau Omega Blue Key Leadership Scholarship.
K-STATE MAKING SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STUDENTS IMPACTED BY STORMS: It is finals week at Kansas State University, but for many students exams are not at the top of their list of concerns.
MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP: A Kansas State University senior in secondary education is one of up to 50 winners of a 2007 James Madison Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship funds up to $24,000 of each Fellow's course of study toward a master's degree in American history, political science or education.
K-STATE SOIL JUDGING TEAM TAKES NATIONAL HONORS: Kansas State University's Soil Judging Team won second place at the 2007 National Soil Judging Contest in Logan, Utah.
K-STATE STUDENTS BUILDING HOUSE THAT RELIES SOLELY ON SOLAR POWER FOR NATIONAL CONTEST: The special house the K-State group is building is for the 2007 Solar Decathlon, an international competition that challenges university-based teams to design and construct a two-person home powered exclusively by the sun.
K-STATE AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER BRINGING ISSUES OF THE CONTINENT TO KANSAS: K-State's E. Wayne Nafziger, Emizet F. Kisangani and David C. Hartnett have established an African Studies Center at K-State, with a focus on "Africa in the Global Context: The Political Economy of Agriculture, the Environment, and Human Health."
K-STATE TO OFFER STREAM CHANNEL FIELD COURSE IN WYOMING: Kansas State University is offering the workshop, Stream Channel Field Course: Mapping and Assessment of Natural Stream Channels, July 23-27 in Sheridan, Wyo.
K-STATE DEVELOPING SCHOLAR FINDS SUCCESS ON AND OFF CAMPUS: Sammy Ornelas is taking the word "involved" to a new level. A former Marine, Ornelas, senior in kinesiology at Kansas State University, currently serves in the Kansas Army National Guard, is president of Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc., is a McNair Scholar and is a member of K-State's Developing Scholars Program.
K-STATE TO OFFER GRANT WRITING COURSE THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION: Kansas State University will offer the distance education course, "Grant Writing: Finding the Elusive Dollar," EDACE 786, for the fall 2007 semester.
K-STATE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FORMS ALUMNI ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Kansas State University's Division of Continuing Education has a long track record of award-winning programs in adult and distance education. Now K-State will continue to solidify its position as one of the leading programs in the country with what is believed to be the first distance education Alumni Advisory Committee, made up of former off-campus and distance education students.
K-STATE INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS EARN AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR ENTRIES ON THEME OF RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP: Kansas State University interior architecture and product design students earned two of three 2006-2007 honor awards given by the Northern California chapter of the International Interior Design Association.
K-STATE RECOGNIZING MORE THAN 110 STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WITH MEMBERSHIP IN PHI KAPPA PHI HONORARY SOCIETY: Kansas State University's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi is welcoming more than 110 new members.
K-STATE ENTOMOLOGIST SAYS STATE'S BEE POPULATION SO FAR HAS AVOIDED 'COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER': A mysterious die-off of the nation's honeybee population hasn't spread to Kansas yet, says Kansas State University entomologist Sharon Dobesh, who attributes that luck to the hobbyist nature of most hives in the state.
K-STATE AGRI-MARKETING TEAM WINS NATIONAL COMPETITION: The Kansas State University National Agri-Marketing Association student team won the 2007 National Agri-Marketing Competition, finishing first for the second straight year.
K-STATE GEOGRAPHY PROFESSOR AWARDED FULBRIGHT-HAYS GRANT: Bimal Paul, K-State professor of geography, along with two professors from other schools, has been awarded a $64,000 Fulbright-Hays grant for the project, "Natural Hazards and Related Health Issues in Bangladesh: Standards and Issues Based Geography Curricular Project for Grades K-16."
K-STATE ASSISTANT DEAN OF AGRICULTURE NAMED NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF DIVERSITY ORGANIZATION: Zelia Wiley, assistant dean of diversity at Kansas State University's College of Agriculture, has been named the national president of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, a professional organization.
TWO K-STATE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR: Kansas State University architectural engineering students Jennifer Lybarger and Susan Nagel have been awarded scholarships by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers for the 2007-2008 school year.
K-STATE'S PINNACLE HONOR SOCIETY WELCOMES MORE THAN 50 NEW MEMBERS: Kansas State University's chapter of the Pinnacle Honor Society gained more than 50 new members at an induction reception April 23.
K-STATE STUDENTS TAKE PART IN DANCE STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Kansas State University students had the special opportunity to perform in a dance show choreographed exclusively by K-State students.
KURT BARNHART TO BECOME NEW DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION HEAD FOR K-STATE AT SALINA: Following a national search, R. Kurt Barnhart has been named head of Kansas State University at Salina's aviation department. He will start his new position in July.
ONE IS NOT ENOUGH: SOON-TO-BE GRADUATE LEAVING K-STATE AT SALINA WITH SIX DEGREES: Making history is nothing new for Will Klein, a soon-to-be graduate of Kansas State University at Salina. This time, all Klein is doing is graduating -- in a big way.
K-STATE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS AUTHOR PAPER, PRESENT AT CONFERENCE: Two psychology students at Kansas State University co-authored a paper that was presented at the recent Nebraska Symposium on Motivation.
K-STATE STUDENTS LOOKING FOR FINALS HELP IN LUCK: Kansas State University students burning the midnight oil studying for finals won't be alone.
K-STATE'S CHAPTER OF LAMBDA PI ETA, THE NATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION HONOR SOCIETY, INDUCTS EIGHT NEW MEMBERS AND FOUR AFFILIATE MEMBERS: Kansas State University welcomed eight members into Lambda Pi Eta, the national speech communication honor society, at an induction ceremony April 24.
K-STATE STUDENTS' ARTWORK SELECTED FOR COMMERCE BANK EXHIBITION: Artwork by several Kansas State University students was selected for the recent annual Commerce Bank Student Comprehensive Exhibition.
K-STATE STUDENTS JOIN NATIONAL FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES HONOR SOCIETY: Several students from Kansas State University were recently initiated into the Alpha Chi chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron.
K-STATE CHEERLEADERS COMPETE IN NATIONAL CHEER COMPETITION: K-State cheerleaders competed at the National Cheerleaders Association Collegiate Nationals April 3-7 in Daytona Beach, Fla. The squad finished eighth in finals after finishing seventh in preliminaries.
K-STATE PRESENTING DEGREES TO MORE THAN 2,600 STUDENTS: More than 2,600 students are candidates to receive degrees from Kansas State University. Commencement ceremonies are Saturday, May 5, for K-State at Salina; and Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12, on the K-State campus in Manhattan.
K-STATE PROFESSOR WORKS TO CREATE COOPERATIVE ROBOT TEAMS TO HANDLE HAZARDOUS JOBS: Searching buildings for weapons of mass destruction and supply routes for improvised bombs are extremely dangerous but important jobs. That's why Scott DeLoach is working to create robots and robot teams to handle these and other tasks.
K-STATE STUDENT SELECTED FOR INTERNSHIP WITH NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: Nicole Wayant, a junior in mathematics and geography at Kansas State University, has been selected for a summer internship with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, headquartered in Washington, D.C.
K-STATE STUDENTS EARN AWARDS AT ANNUAL S. THOMAS PARK MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION: A student from Overland Park has won Kansas State University's ninth annual S. Thomas Parker Mathematical Competition. William Carlson, a mathematics major, won first place in the March 31 competition and received a $300 award.
FOOD DEFENSE COURSE OFFERED MAY 21-22 AT K-STATE: Kansas State University will offer Principles of Food Defense for the Food Industry, FDSCI 630, May 21-22 as a part of K-State's May intersession. The one-credit course will be on the Manhattan campus.
K-STATE RESEARCHERS RECEIVE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT TO STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT: Three Kansas State University researchers in the Division of Biology have received a $420,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the evolution of genetic mechanisms controlling developmental fate.