Source: Mirta Chavez, 785-532-6276, mirta@k-state.edu
http://www.k-state.edu/ddcd/2008mlkweekposter.pdf
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415, abadeker@k-state.edu
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008
K-STATE'S MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. OBSERVANCE WEEK JAN. 20-26
MANHATTAN -- Lectures, entertainment and a fund drive to build a memorial to the late Coretta Scott King are some of the events organized as part of Kansas State University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Week. The week, Jan. 20-26, is a celebration of the civil rights leader's legacy.
King week events include:
* Monday, Jan 21: An 8 a.m. prayer breakfast at Manhattan's Clarion Hotel, 530 Richards Drive; and music, a job fair and King holiday activities at the Manhattan Town Center, starting at 10 a.m.
* Tuesday, Jan. 22: District Magistrate Judge Tommy B. Webb, Sublette, will present the College of Agriculture's Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Luncheon lecture, "Making a Positive Difference," at 12:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room of the K-State Student Union. The presentation is sponsored by Cargill and the K-State College of Agriculture diversity programs office. Also scheduled is a reception for the recipients of the Commerce Bank Presidential Faculty and Staff Award for Distinguished Service to Minority Students and the Commerce Bank Presidential Student Award for Distinguished Service to Minority Students from 3:30-5 p.m. at the K-State Alumni Center.
* Wednesday, Jan. 23: The civil rights film "February 1: The Story of the Greensboro Four" will be shown at 11:30 a.m. in the Union's Grand Ballroom. The film is about four college students who broke the color line at a North Carolina lunch counter in 1960. Tickets cost $5 in advance and include concession foods: hotdogs, hamburgers, nachos, popcorn and more. Call 785-532-6276 for reservations by Wednesday, Jan. 16. The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Vigil, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha and the K-State Student Governing Association's Diversity Programming Committee will be at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. A hot chocolate social will follow at 8:30 p.m.
* Thursday, Jan. 24: The fundraising campaign, "Bring Forty to Celebrate Dr. King," will commemorate King's visit to K-State 40 years ago. Proceeds will go to build the Coretta Scott King Gardens of Engagement. Donations will be accepted from noon to 5 p.m. outside the Wildcat 91.9 radio studio in the Union.
* Friday, Jan. 25: Kevin Burnett, vice president of sales, Lucent Technologies, will present the College of Business Administration Diversity Lecture at 10:30 a.m. in the Union's Forum Hall. Patrons of K-State's commemorative bust of King will meet at 2:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center to discuss plans for the Coretta Scott King Gardens of Engagement. At 3:30 p.m., campus and community members are invited to a wreath-laying ceremony at the commemorative bust, which is on the southeast lawn of Ahearn Field House.
Throughout the week K-State's College of Engineering will have King-themed poster presentations on display in the Rathbone Hall atrium.
More information on activities and related events planned in Manhattan is available by calling K-State's office of diversity and dual career development at 785-532-6276 or online at:
http://www.k-state.edu/ddcd/2008mlkweekposter.pdf