Kansas State University

George Takei — author of the 2023 K-State First Book "They Called Us Enemy" — will give a Sept. 27 lecture at McCain Auditorium. Tickets will be available for K-State students, faculty and staff to pick up beginning Wednesday, Sept. 20.

The K-State Alumni Association will honor alumnus Kanayo F. Nwanze, Ph.D., as the recipient of the Alumni Excellence Award at a banquet and ceremony on Friday, Oct. 20.

Join the K-State Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences, or MANRRS, chapter in celebrating the fall 2023 MANRRS Week, Sept. 18-23.

The K-State SAFE Zone program will host an advanced professional development workshop with the Honor and Integrity System from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, via Zoom.

Join the K-State College of Agriculture for the 13th "Growing our Mindset" Diversity Forum at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the Wildcat Chamber at the K-State Student Union. It will be a great dialogue on the importance of diversity in the workplace.

Join International Student and Scholar Services at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, for Coffee Hour: Cote d'Ivoire.

Join the K-State Black Faculty and Staff Alliance for its annual Boyer/Switzer Lecture and Welcome Back Social at 4 p.m. on Sept. 26 in Room 114 of the Leadership Studies Building. There will be cake, coffee and community.

As a Cherokee citizen and member of the Native American community at large, Justice Catron feels duty bound to explore a new understanding of what "Nativeness" looks and feels like.

The President's Committee on Religion, Spirituality and Nonreligious Diversity presents the global observance information for Sept. 18 to Sept. 24.