Kansas State University

In this issue

From the administration

• Legislative Update

News and research

• K-State Alerts test today
• Polytechnic webinar on UAS regulation changes from FAA shared globally
• College of Arts and Science announces merger of American ethnic studies and gender, women, and sexuality studies

Events

• Beach Museum of Art offers virtual exhibition on art deco sculptor Waylande Gregory
• Economics Club hosting discussion on trade restrictions in the COVID-19 era
• Learn about open resources during Open Education Week
• Pre-Law to host alumni panel today
• International Coordinating Council to host 2021 International Fashion Show March 6
• Students for Environmental Action hosts 'Let's talk climate change: What's at stake at what can we do?'
• Fractals of negatively curved crystals focus of Art and Math Seminar

Human resources, benefits and training

• Understanding Legal and Ethical Responsibilities of Supervisors offered virtually on March 16 and 18

Personnel changes

• Vicky McAtee retiring after 32 years

Health and safety

• Tornado preparedness and safety tips
• Campus Creek Complex annual emergency light testing

Kudos, publications and presentations

• A closer look at CASE awards: #kstatestrong
• Goins publishes interview with legendary Count Basie Orchestra guitarist Will Matthews
• Shireen Roshanravan co-edits '#WeToo' in special issue of Journal of Asian American Studies
• Burrack, Payne and Thompson present at national conference
• Pedersen supports professional development of HLC peer reviewers
• College of Education faculty member publishes book on history of civic education curriculum
• Advisor Forum presents March Charlie Award

Technology

• March 5: LIWC2015 for Computational Text Analysis

Campus construction and maintenance

• Burt Hall service interruption notification

Newsletters, magazines and blogs

• Lifelines newsletter is online
• Teaching and Learning Center's news and upcoming events

University life

• Share about your peer mentoring program
• Submit summer and fall course material adoptions

Volunteer opportunities

• City of Manhattan requests citizen input