Kansas State University

April

2 – Arts & Sciences Faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m., EH 015
3 – KSU Alumni Powwow event: Film Screening with Artist Rodrick Pocowatchit “The Dead Can’t Dance”, 1:30 p.m., Student Union Little Theatre
10 – KSU Alumni Powwow event: “PowWow 101” w/ Errol “Scotty” Brown Eyes, 1:30 p.m., Student Union Courtyard
11 – All-University Open House, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
23 – KSU Alumni Powwow event: Christopher Cornelius keynote at Multicultural Engineering Ceremony, 11:30 a.m., Student Union Ballroom. RSVP required.

May

10-15 – Final Exams
15 – Graduate School Commencement
16 – Undergraduate Commencement

Click to find the Spring 2015 calendar under Academic Affairs

It’s not always easy to catch everything that’s happening in our college on K-State Today. Here are a collection of stories of things that made headlines in our college over the last few weeks:

Two ArtSci students nominated for national Udall Scholarships

Biology graduate student to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

KSDB-FM students win multiple awards in Kansas Association of Broadcasters Competition

New album featuring MTD’s Pinkall tops Billboard charts

Weekend of Performing Arts Brings Purple to Kansas City

Saxophone professor featured as guest American artist for SaxFest Costa Rica International

K-State theatre students expand their own ‘modern family’ with trip to Los Angeles

Pink and Purple Polyester Party Supports Johnson Cancer Research Center

Political Science graduate program ranked number one

K-State journalism student wins prestigious Telly Award

Journalism students win big at Kansas Association of Broadcasters

The goal of this eNewsletter is to provide helpful and relevant information to you, our ArtSci faculty and staff. If there is something we missed or should include in future issues, email your suggestions and feedback to Tom Roesler at troz@k-state.edu.

Greetings, Colleagues in A&S!

For this newsletter, I thought I would report to you on participation in and some of the outcomes of the Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research and Travel Scholarship programs to date. These programs are supported through the $8 per credit hour A&S Instructional Fee and are open to students in majors across the College.

The A&S Undergraduate Research Scholarship provides an award of $1,000 to a student to conduct a semester- or summer-long research project with a faculty member in an A&S department. $250 for research support
is also provided through Continue reading “A note from the Dean’s Office” →

National Science Foundation workshop free to K-State faculty

Writing Center, Graduate School announce inaugural Dissertation Writing Retreat for May 2015 intersession

Professional development funding available

Kirmser Undergraduate Research Award committee seeks nominations from faculty

March

March 16-20 – Spring Break, no classes
March 23 – April 17 Enrollment for Summer/Fall 2015 Terms
April

April 2 – Arts & Sciences Faculty meeting, 4:00 p.m., EH 015
April 11 – All-University Open House, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Click to find the Spring 2015 calendar under Academic Affairs

It’s not always easy to catch everything that’s happening in our college on K-State Today. Here are a collection of stories of things that made headlines in our college over the last few weeks:

Chapman Center Presents Alan Winkler with Bruntzel Award

Exploring the Digital Humanities at K-State

Faculty participate in historic conference about Black farmers at Howard University

China names chemistry professor accredited international expert, cancer research adviser

American ethnic studies faculty testify at ethnic studies House Bill 2207 hearing

Biology students awarded honors at Natural Resource Conference

History Doctoral Students Enjoy Work at Eisenhower Museum

K-State history professor publishes new book on World War I

Linder to deliver keynote address at Australian celebration of Anzac Day, April 24, in Brisbane, Australia

Political science student from Lenexa earns prestigious fellowship

History alumnus follows advice to give back to K-State students

Voice professor Bryan Pinkall featured on new album celebrating Rachmaninoff’s classic ‘All-Night Vigil’

Coach’s approach to collegiate debate leads to success

19th annual Mathematical Olympiad for grade school, high school students April 11

The goal of this eNewsletter is helpful and relevant to you, our ArtSci faculty and staff. If there is something we missed or should include in future issues, email your suggestions and feedback to Tom Roesler at troz@k-state.edu.

Dear Colleagues,

As we enter the fifth week of the semester, most of our students are settled in their classes and demonstrating how well they can succeed. Some of your students may not be doing as well they could be, so I want to remind you that early intervention works!

To help such students, one of our departments recently asked its faculty to identify struggling students and report them to the central advising and undergraduate studies team of their department. This kind of early alert system has been shown to be very effective in providing students Continue reading “A note from the Dean’s Office” →

Black History Month events

The Tournées French Film Festival will be Feb. 20 – March 2

Cuban percussionist visits K-State

Poet Geffrey Davis to read from his work, speak on diversity and creativity this week

Professor emeritus of Art, Margo Kren, to discuss her work Feb. 19 at Beach Museum

Geography Colloquium on Friday examines climate change adaptation

Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Grants available for students

Nominate a student for a K-State Alumni Association award

Reminder about Global Food Systems Innovation grants

Advisors: Apply now for professional development grants

Uwe Thumm, Physics, to present Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture