2021 All-University Achievements
• Smart choice: K-State named top educational value in Kansas.
• No beef with this: K-State Meat Evaluation Team is the national champion.
• A welcoming place: K-State among top LGBTQ-friendly schools in nation.
• Just "plane" good: K-State Polytechnic's Steven Locklear named aviation maintenance educator of the year.
• Meeting the highest standards: Center for Child Development earns national accreditation from NAEYC.
• Researcher on the rise: Food science doctoral candidate Daniel Vega wins national scholarship for his food safety research.
• Making waves: Jeridy Oetkin receives the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Making Waves Chapter Advisor Award.
• Fulbright winners: Two K-State students earn Fulbright awards, while one student named Fulbright alternate.
• 'Write' choice: BRI's Stephen Higgs co-authors of one of the Top 100 downloaded papers in Nature Scientific Reports.
• Best-connected: Manhattan is among Top 50 connected college towns.
• Attention-worthy: Two students earn honorable mention for Udall Scholarship.
• Bright futures: Five architectural engineering students earn national lighting design scholarships.
• Building excellence: Civil engineering student earns national scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Art scholar: Architecture's Joseph Watson selected for Tyson Scholar of American Art program.
• Still champs: K-State Crops Team continues winning ways.
• Solar power leader: K-State's Net Positive Studio takes honors in Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.
• Award-winning messages: Division of Communications and Marketing earns national awards in Educational Advertising Awards competition.
• Power scholar: Nuclear engineering student receives DOE national scholarship.
• State's best: Collegian Media Group takes top honors in Kansas Collegiate Media competition.
• Sustainability champs: In Race for Waste recycling competition, K-State ties for first in Big 12.
• Technology excellence: K-State Libraries' Jason Coleman recognized with ETS Emerging Technology Section Achievement Award.
• "Write" way: K-State Polytechnic faculty, staff edit, author chapters in new editition of unmanned aircraft systems textbook.
• One for the books: All In for K-State raises more than $500,000 for Textbooks 2.0 initiative.
• Passion for fashion: Two K-State students to showcase designs at Kansas City Fashion Week.
• Chapter kudos: K-State student chapter of the American Concrete Institute has been named a 2020 ACI Excellent University.
• Healthy selections: Five K-State Master of Public Health students earn awards from Midwestern Public Health Training Center.
• Best in Kansas: Doctoral candidate in school counseling named state's school counselor of the year.
• High honor: Doctoral student in chemistry earns honorable mention for NSF National Graduate Research Fellowship.
• Honored uniter: College of Agriculture's Zelia Wiley awarded for work in improving race relations in education.
• Broadcast best: K-State JMC students earn high honors from Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
• Elite selection: Junior in political science selected for Critical Language Scholarship Program.
• Teaching excellence: Horticulture and natural resources' Cathie Lavis is National Collegiate Landscape Competition's 2021 Educator of the Year.
• Service leader: Housing and Dining Services' Mary Molt recognized as leader in onsite food service preparation by Food Management.
• Top geographer: Geography doctoral student earns American Geographical Society Council Fellowship.
• A welcoming program: Hospitality administration master's program named among nation's best.
• Great place to work: K-State, KSU Foundation again named top employers.
• Proud and purple: K-State Alumni Association again tops in Big 12 for membership.
• A true gem: Geology's Behzad Ghanbarian receives the 2020 Soil Physics and Hydrology Early Career Award.
• Designed win: Interior design student team earns recognition for veteran community project.
• Tech leader: CIO Gary Pratt named to board of directors of Higher Education User Group.
• Science speaks: Master's student in agronomy to represent university in regional three-minute thesis competition.
• A CASE for excellence: University creative teams take top honors.
• "Hire" education at work: Latest post-graduation report finds 95% of K-State's 2019-2020 graduates employed or continuing their education.
• Head of the class: College of Education honored for exemplary elementary education programming.
• The right pitch: K-State Sales Team wins 2021 Desert Cup.
• Accomplished authors: English professor's book explores history, vast research of Alzheimer's disease, while dance professor publishes "DANCE Appreciation.
• Wind power: K-State selected for 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition.
• Salute for excellence: Weed Science Society of America honors agronomy's Mithila Jugulam for outstanding research.
• Online excellence: Online degree programs earn high rankings from U.S. News and World Report.
• International scholars: Two pre-veterinary students earn Gilman scholarship for studies, work abroad.
• Prestigious honor: Ag econ's Aleksan Shanoyan earns regional U.S. Department of Agriculture Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Science.
• Exceptional physicist: Physics graduate student Doyeong Kim named a 2021 LPC Graduate Scholar.
• Science leader: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America present agronomy graduate student with Future Leaders in Science Award; also receives inaugural Graduate Student Award for high productivity in research, publications and outreach from the North American Plant Phenotyping Network.
• Fit place to be: Greater KC Chamber of Commerce recognizes K-State Olathe as a top level healthy workplace.
• Excelling at outreach: National water council honors Jonathan Aguilar with Mid-Career Award for Extension/Outreach/Engagement.
• Top program: Housebeautiful.com, a part of Hearst Digital Media, names K-State's interior design program as one of the best.
• Tiffany Rogers-Randolph and Colby Moorberg honored with Innovative Teaching awards from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
• National role: Veterinary Medicine's Raelene Wouda named certification liaison for national veterinary internal medicine association.
• Taking on COVID: Broad-spectrum protease inhibitor developed with K-State's help on to preclinical trial for possible COVID-19 vaccine.
• Engineering excellence: K-State sets record for largest number of engineering graduates ever in Kansas during 2020.
• K-State means business: Professional Master of Business Administration program ranks among best in nation.
• On course for success: Horticultural doctoral student receives Watson Fellowship from Golf Course Superintendents Association of American.
• Legendary faculty: Ted Cable, professor emeritus of park management and conservation receives Legend Award from national park and recreation academy.
• Top researcher: College of Veterinary Medicine's Juergen Richt receives Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Award.
• National director: Health and Human Sciences' Bronwyn Fees named director of APLU's Board on Human Sciences.
• By design: Landscape architecture student earns honor in international competition.
• On the front lines: Work by Lafene Health Center Medical Director Kyle Goerl contributes to CDC's revised quarantine guidelines for COVID-19.
• Virtual virtuosos: Members of Kansas State University Marching Band and the Class Cats Dance Team performing with select Intercollegiate Marching Band.
• Top teachers: National geoscience association names two geology graduate teaching assistants as it January 2021 outstanding GTAs.
• Business boosters: Technology Development Institute using CARES Act funding to help support Kansas manufacturers cope with pandemic.
• Research salute: College of Veterinary Medicine's Juergen Richt receives Excellence in Research Award from the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.
