February 29, 2012
News
- Workshop features authentic Mexican flavors
- Call for presentations, registration for Great Plains Network's annual meeting
- A competitive edge: IBM project helps students acquire skills in growing field of business analytics
Events
- Bakery Science Club to host weekly bake sale today
- Interest deadline for Coffman Leadership Institute tomorrow
- K-State Book Network 2012 book to launch March 13
Publications and presentations
Gifts
Maintenance
February 28, 2012
News
Events
Publications and presentations
- Librarians present at international sustainability conference
- Architecture professor delivers paper at the centennial conference of the College Art Association
Human resources/benefits/training
February 27, 2012
From the administration
- Response to opinion piece on international students
- Message about the new phase in Campus Master Plan update process
News
- Baseball home opener Friday
- Facilities' sightlines presentation now available online
- Romance and melody: Pianist Jim Brickman to perform at McCain Auditorium March 11
- Fighter for racial justice: Bob Zellner to present spring Dorothy L. Thompson Lecture on civil rights
Events
- Furniture Amnesty Day March 6 in City Park
- Teaching, Learning and Technology Showcase to include product demonstrations, drawings
Kudos
Human resources/benefits/training
Technology
- K-State Online: What happens when a student loses access while taking an online assignment?
- OnLive Desktop: Windows and Microsoft Office on iPads
February 24, 2012
News
- Legal learning: Online paralegal certificate course begins March 5
- K-State master's degree program in adult education expanding to Olathe campus
- Quality assured: Early Childhood Education Center retains national accreditation
Events
- Men's choir to perform at Honor Concert in Wichita tonight
- Manhattan Arts Center to showcase interior architecture and product design students' work
- Come one, come all: College of Engineering invites community to 90th Open House celebration
Publications and presentations
- Psychology faculty and graduate student to be published in journal
- Professor publishes article on the elements of the fantastic in 'Pan's Labyrinth'
Human resources/benefits/training
February 23, 2012
News
Senate notes
Events
- Events ongoing for 'A Season for Nonviolence' 2012
- Chapman Center for Rural Studies to host open house for first anniversary celebration Friday
- Cooking essentials classes: For your health, budget and the environment
- Population expert Paul Ehrlich to give 'Can We Save The World?' lecture
- Witchcraft, mayhem and music: K-State opera theatre to perform 'The Crucible'
- Guitars to gardens: Original Dixie Chick to open university gardens luncheon series
Publications and presentations
- Hundreds of high school students compete in journalism competitions at K-State
- Anthropology professor publishes new textbook edition
Gifts
Human resources/benefits/training
Newsletters
February 22, 2012
Research
News
- College of Education receives best practices award from national association
- Making their mark: 12 distinguished alumni participate in Alumni Fellows Week
Events
- Social Media Council meeting Thursday
- Social Club luncheon to feature quilt treasures, past and present, March 6
- Landscape photographer Earl Iversen presentation at Beach Mueum of Art
- Bakery Science Club bake sale today
Publications and presentations
Human resources/benefits/training
Maintenance
- Dickens and Holton Hall 5# steam to be interrupted Thursday
- Change to Durland Hall steam interruption for Thursday
February 21, 2012
News
- Understanding how to help military-related students
- Growing opportunities: Research collaboration with Australian Plant Biosecurity center set to secure food supplies, increase academic exchanges
Events
- Rutgers professor to give 23rd Harry E. Valentine lecture today
- Giving Voice to Values workshop to be March 5 in the Alumni Center
- Lively literature: English department to sponsor several literary events in March
- Union Program Council to host a fourth season of Dancing with the K-State Stars
Publications and presentations
- Recent publications and presentations by K-State Libraries faculty and staff
- Entomologists unravel molecular properties of two acetylcholinesterase genes
Human resources/benefits/training
- Are you receiving an employee discount on your cellular bill?
- 'Respectful Work Relationships 2' sessions for nonsupervisors and supervisors
Maintenance
- Durland Hall second floor high-pressure steam to be interrupted Wednesday morning
- Durland Hall second floor low-pressure steam to be interrupted Thursday morning
February 20, 2012
Research
- Passion pitfall: Research finds that rekindling a romance often extinguishes a couple's happiness
- New Olathe campus Consumer Research Center cracking the case on tastiest black walnuts
News
- Mail service changes for today
- Spring Landon Lecturer: Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack to speak April 10
- Academic advising student strives for master's while serving Peace Corps
Events
- A Season for Nonviolence 2012: Konza Prairie moonlight walk to be March 10
- Agricultural economics professor to give seminar Feb. 23
- K-State celebrates National TRIO Day
- Spring into culture: March offers music, dance, theater and art events for all
Human resources/benefits/training
Technology
- iPad User Group meeting Tuesday
- CloudOn: Free iPad app for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- IT solutions: Free printing FAQs and error messages in university computing labs and InfoCommons
Maintenance
- 5# steam to be interrupted Tuesday afternoon at Ward, Burt halls
- Campus Creek complex 5# steam to be interrupted Wednesday
- Hale Library chilled water to be interrupted Feb. 21-23
February 17, 2012
NBAF Update
News
- Call for nominations for Putting Students First Award
- New center expands university's sensory, consumer research expertise to Olathe campus
- Executive learning: More than 100 business students are making connections with mentors through new program
Events
- Korean professor to give distinguished lecture hosted by department of computing and information sciences today
- K-State to host annual Medieval Association Conference
- 56th annual K-State Rodeo this weekend in Weber Hall Arena
- Info session on gerontology studies, careers set for March 2
Kudos
Publications and presentations
Maintenance
- Ward Hall chilled water to be interrupted Feb. 20-22
- Myers and Bushnell halls' domestic cold and hot water to be interrupted Saturday
February 16, 2012
From the administration
- Finalists announced for dean of Kansas State University's College of Education
- Nominations open for Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
- Nominations open for Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Nominations open for Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head
News
- International recognition: Doctoral student presenting research on literacy in Sudan to United Nations
- Positive healing after trauma
Events
- 'Creating Your First Mobile App' presentation today
- Info session on gerontology studies, careers set for March 2
- Plan for success: EXCITE! workshop all about getting college scholarships
Publications and presentations
Maintenance
February 15, 2012
From the administration
Research
News
Events
- Bakery Science Club bake sale today
- Job lessons: Future teachers get chance to connect with more than 60 school districts at education on-campus interviews
- K-State Wind Ensemble in concert tonight
- K-State civil engineering faculty part of transportation Webinar series
Technology
February 14, 2012
From the provost
News
- Pertussis, or whooping cough, update
- Active status: University ranks as top military-friendly institution for fifth year in a row
Events
Legislative update
Human resources/benefits/training
Maintenance
- Durland Hall second floor heat to be interrupted Feb. 20
- Throckmorton Hall northwest parking lot to be closed Saturday
February 13, 2012
From the administration
News
Events
- Destination success: Get down to the business of finding a job, internship at Business and Hospitality Career Fair
- Art talk: Three faculty members to discuss their work in the Beach Museum Exhibition '2011 Department of Art Faculty Biennial'
- A night on broadway: Ebony Theatre to host concert by two broadway performers
Publications and presentations
- Women's studies department is strengthening its collaboration with India
- Geography professor named editor of prestigious geography journal
- Psychology faculty, students present at national conference
Technology
- Equipment checkout service for K-Staters
- IDT Roundtable Feb. 16: Creating your first mobile app
- Faculty feedback needed on 101 Cardwell, 101 Bluemont planned renovations
Newsletters
February 10, 2012
News
- K-State Olathe and local high school collaborate on science lecture series
- Campus forums set to meet with candidates for assistant vice president for communications and marketing
- Letter to students from Coach Martin
Events
- Furniture designer and artist to lecture today
- Structural engineer to give lecture Monday
- Great Plains IDEA annual meeting at K-State Feb. 21
- Cats at the capitol: 10 graduate students to present research that benefits state
- Constructing for a cause: Engineering student organizations building Trump Tower replica made of canned food
- Trumpet blasts and big band brass: Doc Severinsen and His Big Band at Mccain Feb. 26
- Black History Month: Ebony Theatre presents 'Crumbs From the Table of Joy'
Maintenance
- Seaton Hall east wing chilled water to be interrupted Feb. 15-17
- Ward Hall chilled water to be interrupted Monday
- Burt Hall chilled water to be interrupted Tuesday and Wednesday
- Seaton Hall center wing and Institute for Environmental Research chilled water to be interrupted Feb. 15-17
- Campus Creek complex chilled water to be interrupted Monday
- English/Counseling Services Building chilled water to be interrupted Tuesday and Wednesday
February 9, 2012
Research
News
- Missed the eID password-change deadline?
- Kansas to lead effort to write new science standards
- Bronwyn Fees leads early childhood education study tour to China
- Two is better than one: Second session of spring Evening College courses begins March 8
Events
Publications and presentations
Gifts
Human resources/benefits/training
Maintenance
- Cardwell Hall 90# steam to be interrupted this morning
- Rescheduled Burt Hall 5# steam to be interrupted Thursday
Newsletters
February 8, 2012
News
- Page-turner: 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' is university's 2012 common reading book
- A best buy: New guide lists K-State among the best values in the nation
Senate notes
Events
- Today, Feb. 8, is the deadline to change your eID password
- Union Valentine's Day buffet Thursday
- 'Lessons After Katrina: Youth Leadership and Community Activism' lecture and workshop with Minh Nguyen
- Bakery Science Club bake sale today
- Retirement reception Feb. 10 for Chuck Werring
Kudos
Publications and presentations
- National Academic Advising Association moves globally
- Dance professor directs musical in Kansas City
Human resources/benefits/training
Technology
Maintenance
- Ackert and Chalmers Hall 5# and 90# steam to be interrupted Thursday morning
- Burt Hall 5# pound to be interrupted Thursday morning
- Burt Hall 90# steam to be interrupted Thursday afternoon
February 7, 2012
Research
News
Events
- Soil biochemist to present Roscoe Ellis Jr. Lectureship in Soil Science Feb. 29
- A taste of Mexico: Culinary workshop with chef Taji Marie to explore Mexican cuisine
Publications and presentations
- Book co-edited by sociology professor published
- Instructional designer to present SoftChalk webinars
Human resources/benefits/training
Maintenance
- Burt Hall and Ward Hall's east wing 90# steam to be shut off this afternoon
- Cardwell Hall 90# steam to be interrupted in morning and 5# steam in afternoon
February 6, 2012
News
- Sixth edition of education professor's book just released
- College of Arts and Sciences announces winners of Faculty Enhancement Program funds
- eID passwords must be changed by Wednesday, Feb. 8
Kudos
Publications and presentations
Human resources/benefits/training
Technology
- Web editors to meet today
- Register now for free, online Web design training; starts Feb. 13
- CHECK conference call for proposals extended to Feb. 10
Maintenance
Newsletters
February 3, 2012
Research
News
- Office of international programs announces call for photos
- Study abroad spring 2012 faculty leader orientations
- Planning for 2025: College of Business Administration selects Andrus to direct research efforts
Events
- REVISED dates: Faculty Senate to host Spring Open Forums
- 16th annual K-State Leadership Seminar explores leadership for extraordinary times
- Picture perfect: Landscape photographer Earl Iversen is Friends Of The Beach Museum gift print artist for 2012
- For mature audiences: Jim Henson puppeteers bringing 'Stuffed and Unstrung' to McCain Feb. 19
- Order in the court: Mock trial club organizes first public trial for Saturday
- Hershey's president and CEO to be distinguished business lecturer
Kudos
- K-State Salina professor getting place in Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame
- Music professor elected vice president of national organization
Publications and presentations
- Psychology faculty, students present at national conference
- Presentations and publication by psychology faculty, students
Safety
February 2, 2012
News
- Have Willie surprise your sweetheart for Valentine's Day
- Johnson Cancer Research Center invites applications for spring awards
- International Incentive Grant proposal deadline extended to March 1
- Before the ring: Marriage therapist says high-conflict couples have work to do before saying 'I do'
- Hail the chief: Myra Gordon's good works earn her chieftancy title of African village
Events
- NACADA Webinar: Advising International Students from China
- Geography department sponsoring presentation by Kenneth Foote
Kudos
Publications and presentations
February 1, 2012
From the administration
Research
News
Events
- Kaffeestunde to begin today
- CommTips spring sessions start Thursday
- Bakery Science Club to host bake sale today
- Special discounts for faculty/staff available for K-State Theatre's presentation of 'The Madwoman of Chaillot'
- Recreational services offering five-week spring break shape-up program
- Recreational services to offer nutrition presentation 'How to Avoid Overeating'
- Provost April Mason to give Vernon Larson International Luncheon Lecture Feb. 14