2022 All-University Achievements
• Little Apple is big value: Manhattan ranks as one of nation's most affordable college towns.
• Well-versed: Traci Brimhall named Kansas poet laureate.
• Planted in success: Crops Team ties for national championship.
• Coming together: K-State named Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center.
• Hitting the right note: Distinguished Professor Goins named to board of Blues Foundation.
• Results that work: K-State staffers receive Outstanding Research to Practice Award.
• Writing honor: Social transformation studies professor's work part of award-winning book.
• Distinguished selection: K-State Salina to participate AAC&U Institute on ePortfolios.
• Vocal leader: Julie Yu conducts Louisiana All-State Choir.
• Top teachers: College of Agriculture's Cassandra Jones and Chad Miller recipients of the 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences.
• Shining star: APDesign's LaBarbara Wigfall earns As Astra Award from Kansas Planning Association.
• Rising star: International student advisor receives NAFSA Region II Rising Star Young Leader Award.
• Excellent educator: Kimberly Kramer named 2022 American Concrete Institute Education Award winner.
• National winner: Veterinary student one of three winners of Throlson American Bison Foundation scholarship.
• Prizeworthy program: Master of Arts in teaching program winner of the 2022 University and Professional Continuing Education Association Central Region Outstanding Program Award.
• A vision to lead: Engineering's Stacy Hutchinson serving one-year term as chair of NSF's Engineering Research Visioning Alliance.
• National scholars: Phi Kappa Phi awards Love of Learning Award to six K-Staters.
• Outstanding veterinarian: James Carpenter honored by the American College of Zoological Medicine as the recipient of the Murray E. Fowler Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Young leader: Kansas Prevention Collaborative presents Kansas Prevention Young Leader Award to K-State biomedical engineering student.
• Design champ: Interior architecture student wins Student Award for submission to regional design contest.
• Promotional excellence: K-State earns 21 Best of CASE honors for creative work.
• Best of the best: Royal Purple yearbook named No. 1 college media publication over last 100 years.
• For the win: Sabita Ranabhat, doctoral student in entomology, won the first-ever graduate student poster competition at the World Food Prize Foundation's annual meeting.
• Climate champion: Chuck Rice appointed to expert review panel for Fifth National Climate Assessment.
• A high finish: Financial planning team takes second at national competition.
• Perfection in print: Collegian, Manhappenin' are Pacemaker finalists; student staff members earn individual honors.
• High recognition: APLU names Ferraro a 2022 Board on Human Sciences Award winner.
• Artful read: Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann write new book on 3D experimental virtual reality.
• Leadership in action: Trisha Gott named inaugural member of International Leadership Association Committee on the Advancement of Leadership Programs.
• Excellent place to work: K-State is top university employer in Kansas.
• Diversity champion: College of Veterinary Medicine receives Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for second year in a row.
• Royal finish: K-State Meat Judging Team takes first-ever American Royal competition win.
• Honored project: Landscape architecture student earns Award of Excellence honor from American Society of Landscape Architecture.
• The write way: Multidisciplinary K-State faculty author book about the world of unmanned aerial systems, counter-unmanned aerial systems, underwater unmanned vehicles and space; K-State Salina professor publishes book on computational engineering; and College of Veterinary Medicine's Chengappa pens fourth edition of veterinary microbiology textbook.
• 4-H honors for five: Kansas 4-H honors five faculty members for leadership and service to the organization at state and national levels.
• Drawing top finishes: APDesign professors earn honors for work at the Design Communication Association 2022 International Juried Drawing Exhibition.
• Librarians rule: K-State Libraries employees recognized at Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology.
• Award-winning MANNRS: Students earn honors at MANNRS regional conference.
• Super software: K-State-created software PEARS earns 2022 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Partnership Award.
• Powerful opportunity: Chemical engineering doctoral student awarded national laboratory residency through U.S. Department of Energy program.
• Select scholars: Veterinary medicine student receives prestigious Amstutz scholarship from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, while architectural engineering student earns American Institute of Steel Construction Education Foundation Scholarship.
• Distinguished publications: Collegian, Manhappenin' magazine finalists for national honors.
• Cyber-defenders: Engineering doctoral students on winning team of international cybersecurity competition.
• Compliments to the chefs: Housing and Dining Services' dietitians recognized in national burger competition.
• Doing good: Postdoctoral researcher receives AAUW fellowship for innovative community service project empowering women, girls.
• Diversity matters: For the ninth year in a row, K-State receives HEED Award for diversity and inclusion efforts.
• Free speech champion: K-State No. 2 in nation in college free speech rankings.
• No better school: National survey ranks K-State among the best.
• Tops in his field: Steinmetz named Critical Criminologist of the Year.
• International appointment: Economics' Gaulke named fellow at IZA — Institute of Labor Economics.
• Hear this: Speech Language Hearing student organization earns national recognition.
• Making headlines: Collegian Media Group students are national finalists, K-State among Top 100 Pacemaker Award winners.
• Career honor: Agronomy's Presley named fellow of Soil and Water Conservation Society.
• Best of the best: K-State named one of most LGBTQ+-friendly colleges in nation.
• In the spotlight: American Library Association magazine showcases Hale Library as among most impressive new and renovated libraries.
• Bright scholars: Four architectural engineering students earn Besal Lighting Fund scholarships.
• Award-winning author: Sociology's Travis Linnemann receives American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice Book Award.
• Researcher on the rise: Crop Science Society of America recognized Vipan Kumar with its Early Career Award.
• National service: Center on Aging's Laci Cornelison selected for the Moving Forward Coalition for nursing home quality.
• Up-and-coming designers: Interior design students take top two places in Interior Design Educators Council's video competition.
• No debate about it: Communications studies professor and debate coach Alex McVey named Kansas Speech Communication Association's Educator of the Year.
• Fantastic financial planner: Megan McCoy wins top paper award from National Council on Family Relations.
• Quality, excellence confirmed: K-State's accreditation renewed for next decade.
• No. 1 in Kansas: K-State ranked best value in Kansas.
• Going places: Six K-State students earn Gilman international scholarships.
• Agronomy accolades: American Society of Agronomy names Ciampitti a fellow, honors Rice with Distinguished Service Award.
• Design stars: Interior architecture and industrial design students earn top honors in international design competition.
• Top paper: Two K-State business faculty members co-authors of top paper honor from Academy of Management.
• Passion for fashion: Fashion studies student takes second in alpaca association design competition.
• Acing the test: New vet med grads excel on national licensing exam.
• Write stuff: Briana Nelson authors upcoming book on war deployments and trauma in military couples and families.
• Attracting attention: K-State research in spotlight as Seek magazine a finalist for prestigious publishing award.
• We mean business: K-State's Technology Development Institute receives $2 million federal grant and offers latest technology to help Kansas manufacturers.
• Teacher leader: Leadership's Kerry Priest earn national outstanding teacher award.
• Building success: Four architectural engineering students earn ASHRAE scholarships, most of any school.
• Singing sensation: K-State's Bryan Pinkall performs at Kennedy Center.
• Exceptional professional: Adam Ahlers named fellow of The Wildlife Society.
• Double scholar: May graduate Cadence Ciesielski earns Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship and Mortar Board Fellowship.
• Worthy endeavor: K-State neuroscience research center receives $11.2M NIH grant.
• Invention success: Recipients of patents, plant variety protection certificates in second quarter of ’22 recognized.
• Potential rewarded: Two leadership communication students win national awards.
• Wordsmiths: NSF-backed faculty team wins best paper award at national engineering education conference.
• Elite selection: Khosla, Launius selected, attend HERS Institute.
• Cited for excellence: Amir Bahadori receives American Nuclear Society Presidential Citation.
• Creative excellence: University earns international recognition for promotional, creative work.
• Going national: College of Education documentary, "Becoming Trauma Responsive," being shown across nation.
• High honor: Ornelas earns National Council of Architectural Registration Boards' Presidential Medal for Distinguished Service.
• Elite scholars: Four College of Agriculture students named 2022 Seabord Royal Scholars.
• Way with words: Gloria Freeland earns national communications honors.
• Excellent essays: Two veterinary students place in national veterinary essay contest.
• Reward for service: Plant pathology's Marty Draper earns divisional Distinguished Service Award from American Phytopathological Society.
• International winner: Management student recognized in international X-Culture Competition.
• Game on: Civil engineering's Aziz selected for NSF Game Changer Academies.
• National champs: Wildcat Wind Power wins Collegiate Wind Competition.
• Fulbright trio: K-State chemist to serve as Fulbright scholar in Hungary; ag economist to serve in Brazil; and operations and supply chain management professor to serve in Nigeria.
• Global learners: Three students earn Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants.
• Informing the future: Landscape architecture's LaBarbara Wigfall selected for NEH institute exploring new ways to teach histories of Black, Indigenous peoples and landscape.
• Service rewarded: International electrical engineering organization names Pahwa to select committee, honors Scoglio for editorial service.
• Environmental champion: Pollution Prevention Institute's Nancy Larson honored with Karen V. Brown Leadership Award for environmental assistance to small businesses.
• Twice as nice: K-State Salina again selected to support national UAS prize competition.
• Exceptional engineer: Amy Betz named fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Select service: Plant pathology's John Leslie named Jefferson Science Fellow.
• Rising researchers: Engineering's Suprem Das and Jeongdae Im winners of CAREER awards from National Science Foundation.
• National fellowship winners: Two regional & community planning master's students receive Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Graduate Fellowship for second time.
• Elite editor: Ric Rosenkranz new editor-in-chief of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
• Coveted scholar: English's Shirley Tung adds fourth prestigious fellowship for sabbatical research.
• Just published: K-State Salina's Randall Nichols teams up for "Drone Delivery of CBNRECy — Dew Weapons: Emerging Threats of Mini-Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disruption"; Pascal Hitzler authors book on neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence; and Andrew Barkley releases released "Imperfect Heroes: Teaching in Challenging Times to Motivate Student Achievement."
• Leading the way: K-State retention, graduation rates best in state.
• Working to be better: K-State to take part in 2022 Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Summer Institute.
• Future design star: Interior design senior named to Future100 list.
• National leader: Barbara Anderson elected president of Interior Design Educators Foundation Inc.
• Connection for excellence: Agronomy doctoral student selected for elite program through American Seed Trade Association.
• Patent power: Faculty members turn discoveries into new patents.
• Championing forensics: Darren Epping receives Distinguished Service Award from prestigious forensics organization.
• Standout presenters: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment's Liu and Ning receive best presentation award from international research group.
• National competitors: Two K-State Salina Upward Bound students national finalists in business pitch competition.
• Scholar U: Newest Truman scholar aspires to advance international cooperation; graduate student is NSF National Graduate Research Fellowship winner, second student earns honorable mention; two students recognized as Goldwater scholars; students earn Fulbright recognition; and student receives Udall scholarship honorable mention.
• Purple is green leader: K-State wins 2022 Race to Waste competition.
•Select scholar: Veterinary student receives USDA-Boehringer Ingelheim summer research opportunity.
•The write way: Collegian Media Group sweeps gold at state collegiate conference.
• Champions: Classy Cats claim national invitational title.
• Going the distance: Online student earns outstanding student honor from national online education association.
• Why work anywhere else? K-State named top employer for third year in a row.
• Tops in their fields: Three agronomy professors earn elite fellow status.
• King of yearbooks: Royal Purple named best collegiate yearbook; Collegian earns best website honors.
• The top choice: Carl R. Ice College of Engineering leads state in engineering grads, enrollment, highest average starting salaries.
• Our degrees work: 97% of K-State's 2021-2022 grads found jobs or are continuing education.
• Scoring a big victory: Marketing student earns sixth place at national sports ales championship.
• Best in class: Two doctoral students, recent graduate named Animal Science Young Scholars.
• Career honors: Stu Duncan, agronomy professor emeritus named 2022 cotton specialist of the year, while Clenton Owensby receives lifetime achievement award from range management society.
• Best in his field: Brandon Haddock receives Distinguished Service Award from Kansas Geographic Alliance.
• Prestigious honor: K-State researchers receive international award in biomedicine.
• Leadership potential: Two Human Capital Services staffers selected for Emerging Leaders Network program.
• Cross-campus collaboration: English Language Program, Department of Aerospace Studies and K-State Salina develop aviation course for Panamanian aeronaval forces.
• The right pitch: K-State Sales Team takes second at intercollegiate competition
• National recognition: College of Education Professional Development School Network receives Award for Exemplary Professional Development School Achievement.
•Among the best: Online programs earn high rankings from U.S. News & World Reports.
• Scholar travelers: Students earn Gilman scholarships for education abroad experiences.
• Rising star: Engineering's Hongyu Wu receives NSF CAREER award for power grid defense research.
• Worthy read: English's Mary Kohn earns prestigious book award from Linguistic Society of America.
• Career recognition: Gurpreet Singh named fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Sunflower tribute: Ron Wilson pens poem read in Kansas Day video from Kansas Tourism.
• Research honor:Agronomy grad student earns first place for poster, presentation at prestigious international meeting.
• Elite scientist: Marcellus Caldas named fellow by American Association for the Advancement of Science, and earns prestigious Enlaces Award from Latin American Geographers.
• Design star: Interior architecture & industrial design student named semifinalist in elite national competition.
• Harvesting excellence: Crops team finishes season as national runners-up.
• Top 5 program: Interior design program ranked No. 4 in nation.
