Events
Opportunities to have Broader Impact GROW Saturday Workshop
Save the Date: April 11, 2026
K-State faculty, staff and students are invited to design and facilitate a hands-on science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) activity for middle school students at the GROW workshop on Saturday, April 11, 2026, on the K-State campus in Manhattan.
The GROW Saturday Workshop bolsters 6-8th grade students' interest in STEM through a day-long series of hands-on, educational activities. It is hosted by the K-State KAWSE office and facilitated by experts (like YOU!) across campus, including K-State faculty, postdoctoral researchers, staff, and students.
Have an idea for an activity? Want to demonstrate the broader impacts of your research? Excited to get youth involved in your field? Consider hosting an activity at the April 11th workshop! Fill out the Saturday Workshop facilitator application today.
Join us for an energizing GROW Saturday workshop where we’ll explore creativity, innovation, and bold thinking under this year’s theme: “Invent the Future." KAWSE Program Manager, Katie Messerla, is available to help brainstorm activity ideas and relate facilitators’ area of expertise to the event theme.
GROW and EXCITE Summer Workshops
Save the Date: June 3-5, 2026
K-State faculty, staff and students are invited to design and facilitate hands-on science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) themed activities for middle and high school students during our 3-day, 2-night summer workshop! Unlike our Saturday Workshops, the Summer Workshops do not have a theme, so we welcome any STEM-based activity proposal. Activities range from 45-minute to 2-hours in length, can occur more than once and be held on one or more days of the event.
Activity proposals are open now. If you have questions prior to then, please contact the KAWSE Program Manager, Katie Messerla, at any time. You may also call the KAWSE office at 785-532-6088.