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Friday, June 27, 2025

State/Regional

State poet laureate Traci Brimhall brings Kansans to the table with poetry
6/26/25 Kansas Reflector
“One really great direct benefit to my teaching is that I’ve been able to make several internships for students to help with laureate projects,” Brimhall said. “I’m glad I can fund students to do work in arts advocacy. And I am really grateful that Kansas State has been so enthusiastic about my work as laureate. Different departments have invited me to give talks; I’ve done a university podcast on food and poetry; and I gave the commencement speech for the College of Arts & Sciences last spring. I feel arts and humanities often feel overlooked in many academic spaces, and it is wonderful that a land grant institution that has a lot of agricultural focus can also see the value of the arts.”

Think you don’t have brown recluses in your Kansas home? Think again, expert says
6/27/25 The Wichita Eagle
If you’re unsure if you have any in your Kansas home, Kansas State University entomology professor Jeff Whitworth says you most likely do. “I think the brown recluse spider is the most common spider in dwellings or buildings in Kansas, at least in the eastern two-thirds part of the state,” he said. “Even talking about brown recluse spiders or somebody brings it up, they go, ‘Oh God, I’m glad we don’t have them.’ And now I say, ‘I bet you 100 bucks I can go to your house and find cast skin under someplace.’”

Farm incomes rising but set to fall
6/27/25 High Plains Journal
Jennifer Ifft, Flinchbaugh Agricultural Policy Chair at K-State, provided a deeper dive into Kansas net farm incomes. A $2 billion increase in government and insurance payments in 2024-25 is driving the “largest spike in several years” in NFI that could be the second highest on record. Some of those payments are from the American Relief Act of 2024 that are coming through the pipeline now; others are from the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program.

Local

'Connection to their future': USD 383 hosts STEM camp to inspire career interests
6/24/25 The Manhattan Mercury
Licensed teachers direct the workshops with help from interns with the Core Teaching Skills summer course at K-State, providing college students teaching experience by helping instruct courses at the camp. “This partnership has been funded by the DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity) grant, which has provided a lot of opportunities for involvement with our Core Teaching students, for internships during the summer in a non-traditional sense, enabling students in the community to have different educational outlets,” Amanda Lickteig, professor of teaching and Core Teaching Skills co-instructor, said.