Giving

The K-State Geography Alumni Fund, established by alumni and supported by alumni, friends and faculty in the Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences, is used for supporting student travel to professional meetings and professional development workshops, as well as for providing undergraduate student scholarships.

Supports the Self Scholarship which honors Professor Emeritus Huber Self. Professor Self retired in 1980 after having devoted more than 33 years of his professional life to the advancement of geography at KSU. He has authored textbooks and atlases on the Geography of Kansas and numerous articles in professional journals.

Supports the William D. Grimm Memorial Scholarship which is given to an undergraduate geography major. The award honors William Grimm, a 1986 Kansas State geography major, who was killed in action on January 31, 1991, during the Persian Gulf War.

Supports the annual award to the outstanding undergraduate geography student of the year. Named after Leonard LeBlanc, III, who earned a B.S. in Geography in 1973.

Supports the Seyler Undergraduate GIScience Scholarship which honors Professor Emeritus H.L. "Sy" Seyler. Dr. Seyler retired in 2000 after devoting nearly three decades of professional service to the advancement of both geography and geographic information science at Kansas State University.

Supports an annual award, formerly known as the Distinguished Graduate Assistantship Award, presented to a geography graduate student for outstanding performance as a teaching assistant. It was renamed to honor Professor Emeritus Stephen E. White, a former department head and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

Supports undergraduate learning and research experiences for students in the NRES Secondary Major. Funds will be used to enhance the NRES curriculum and offset costs for travel, fieldwork, and conference participation associated with student research and outreach.