K-State group to sponsor seventh annual Integrity Week

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Friday, March 2, 2007

K-STATE GROUP TO SPONSOR SEVENTH ANNUAL INTEGRITY WEEK

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's Honor and Integrity System's educational component, Honor and Integrity Peer Educators, will sponsor the seventh annual K-State Integrity Week, March 4-9.

Integrity Week will feature several activities on campus to promote honor and integrity both in a student's academic endeavors and in one's future profession, said Helene Marcoux, associate director of K-State's Honor Council.

"The purpose of Integrity Week at K-State is to remind everyone that integrity in academic work may also reinforce the need for integrity in personal and professional lives," Marcoux said. "Preparing oneself in one's discipline or major will earn a degree, but more important is preparing oneself to leave K-State as a person of integrity, no matter the future profession or career."

The week will begin with the keynote address, "Honor and Integrity," by K-State's head football coach Ron Prince at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the K-State Student Union Little Theater. The address is open to the public.

Honor and Integrity Peer Educators will have an information table from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the K-State Student Union food court.

Integrity Week will conclude with a Mock Honor Panel Hearing from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in Room 213 of the K-State Student Union. This event is open to all faculty and students.

"Due to recent media coverage of unethical conduct in the business and professional world, this generation of college students will be under the microscope for their ethical conduct in their future professions. Honor and Integrity Peer Educators hopes to promote awareness of the importance of integrity on campus now in academic work and soon in future endeavors," Marcoux said.