2013 All-University Achievements
* The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 recognized Kansas State University's dining hall food composting program for improving sustainable food management practices and reducing waste. The program takes leftover food waste from dining halls to the Agronomy North Farm on campus for composting. May 2013.
* Kansas State University has been named a "Generous U" for its student philanthropy, K-State Proud, by the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University. The student-led campaign has raised more than $650,000 for Student Opportunity Awards in its seven years of existence. The campaign is guided by the Student Foundation. May 2013
* For the second year in a row, the sales program at the College of Business Administration was named one of the top programs in the country by the Sales Education Foundation. The program is offered through the National Strategic Sales Institute, an initiatives in the college. The institute sponsors the K-State Sales Team, organizes an annual Sales Week and sponsors competitions. Its director is Dawn Deeter, the J.J. Vanier distinguished chair in relational selling and professor of marketing. May 2013
* The K-State Architectural Engineering Institute Competition Team won a national championship in the electrical category of the fourth annual Charles Pankow Foundation Student Design Competition, April 3-4, at State College, Pa. The five categories teams compete in are building systems integration, structural, mechanical, electrical and construction management. May 2013
* An interdisciplinary team of graduate students from Kansas State University, University of Kansas and University of Missouri-Kansas City won the Urban Land Institute's Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition with the entry "The Armory." The award included $50,000 for the students. The team was led by Kevin Cunningham and included Kylie Harper and Derek Hoetmer, all Master of Landscape Architecture students. The team's main adviser was Jason Brody, assistant professor of regional and community planning. April 2013
* The Go Teacher scholarship program coordinated by Kansas State University received the 2013 Exceptional Noncredit Program Award at the Association for Continuing Higher Education’s Great Plains region conference. Go Teacher is a scholarship program developed to enhance the English proficiency of teachers in Ecuador and provide them with instruction to improve teaching effectiveness in teaching English as a second language methodologies. In addition, Go Teacher scholars experience the culture of the language. April 2013
* The K-State Proud campaign has raised more than $650,000 in its seven years. The student-run campaign establishes a culture of philanthropy, with the money raised helping students who are struggling financially. March 2013
* The American Concrete Institute named the College of Engineering an Excellent University for its accomplishments in 2012. K-State was one of just 16 universities to receive the institute's Award for University Student Activities, which recognizes schools that participate in institute-related activities. March 2013
* The College of Engineering and the College of Education were included in U.S. News & World Report's 2014 Best Graduate School ranking, making them among the best in the nation. The College of Engineering was the only engineering graduate program in Kansas to be ranked. March 2013
* For the sixth time in the last eight years Kansas State University's Black Student Union has been awarded the Clarence Wine Award for Outstanding Big 12 Council of the Year. The honor is presented annually to an outstanding undergraduate black student government or council in the Big 12 Conference. It recognizes an organization that has demonstrated a serious commitment to unity, academic achievement, scholarship, campus programming and community service. March 2013
* For the 17th consecutive year, K-State ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference for the percentage of graduates who are members of their respective alumni associations. The membership of the association is more than 41,000 alumni and represents more than 24 percent of the total living graduates of the university. February 2013
* Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through clinical development, announced that the Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine (ICCM) at Kansas State University has been named a Phoenix® Center of Excellence. February 2013.
* The university bolstered its research opportunities through a partnership with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene. U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero and K-State President Kirk Schulz signed a formal agreement designed to create student internships, scholarly conferences, public lectures, exhibits and the joint development of classroom curriculum. January 2013
* A university survey has found an improving job market, competitive salaries and diverse career choices for K-State's recent graduates. Conducted by career and employment services, the survey had an 86 percent response rate from August 2011, December 2011 and May 2012 undergraduate alumni. Of those who responded, 92 percent of bachelor's degree graduates were employed or were pursuing further education and advanced degrees. January 2013
* The Olathe Chamber of Commerce named K-State Olathe the 2012 Corporate Citizen of the Year. The award recognizes dedicated service to the chamber and the community. The chamber cited the campus' work with Olathe Northwest High School on a pilot program, the 21st Century Animal Health Program. Also recognized was the campus' economic impact, with more than 22,000 people utilizing the facility last year for events, meetings and conferences. In the same year, the university's K-12 outreach impacted more than 7,000 students and educators in the greater Kansas City region and five graduate degrees programs were unveiled. January 2013