Kansas State University

Get free help with math, physics and statistics!

Visit our new Quantitative Learning Center in 105 Cardwell Hall to get help with your math, physics and statistics courses! GTAs are there 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. to offer drop-in assistance for undergraduates. You can also use it as a quiet space to work independently. More information, including the staffing schedule, is on the math department’s Walk-in and Online Help page.

Get free help with your writing!

The English department’s Writing Center assists undergraduate and graduate students in both synchronous and asynchronous modalities.

Students can sign up for an on-campus or online video session to discuss a range of topics, from idea-mapping and outlining to drafting and revision.

The “Get Written Feedback” program allows students to submit their writing and get feedback from a writing consultant within 48 hours. To get feedback within the school week, students should submit on Mondays or Tuesdays. Consultants will address clarity, organization and development of content.

Tutoring sessions are by appointment and scheduled through the website.

Reminder: College award applications due soon

The college’s Undergraduate Research Award applications for summer and fall 2025 are due March 1 and May 1, respectively.

The Mark Chapman Scholars Program, which funds summer projects for five undergraduate students per year, are due March 3.

Reminder: Peer Advisor positions available

The college is looking for some high-achieving juniors and seniors to serve as peer advisors. They’ll work closely with advising staff to serve our students for about five hours per week at $10/hour. Learn more and apply by March 14.

Apply now for the 2025 Developing Scholars Program

The Developing Scholars Program offers high-achieving, serious-minded, first-generation or historically underrepresented students the opportunity to do faculty-mentored research in their field of study. Scholars receive academic, social and financial support while integrating into K-State’s intellectual arena.

Learn more from Scholar Development and Undergraduate Research’s DSP page and apply by March 1!

Research Safety Bootcamp – Free for students!

This free, weeklong, hands-on, action-packed training and networking event, from Feb. 10-14, will prepare you to succeed and keep everyone safe in the lab! Learn more and register on the website.

Noontime Yoga at K-State

K-State’s Noontime Yoga (and Pilates) can help you focus on your mental and physical well-being in a friendly, non-competitive environment. This volunteer-based program is free, and sessions are open to all students, staff, faculty and community members of all levels and abilities.  

This semester, the group will meet from 12:05-12:50 p.m. every day, Monday-Friday, at various locations on campus. View each day’s teacher and location on the full schedule and join the group’s email listserv to receive updates.

Noontime Yoga started in 2002 as a part of K-State’s Campaign for Nonviolence.

Love Poems by Request

Fri., Feb. 14 | 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Flight Crew Coffee, 423 Poyntz Ave.

This Valentine’s Day, pick up a love poem with your morning coffee! Students from Kansas Poet Laureate and English professor Traci Brimhall’s “Advanced Poetry” class will be at Flight Crew Coffee to write love poems about the love of your choice.

Cultural Studies Lecture

Fri., Feb. 21 | 4-5 p.m.

“Serpent Mound in Transit: Indigenous Representation and the Built Environment”

Chadwick Allen, associate vice provost for faculty advancement and professor of English, University of Washington

Sponsored by the English department as part of the 34th Annual Cultural Studies Symposium.

Important academic dates

• Feb. 7 – Instructors May Drop Students for Non-Attendance
• Feb. 10 – Last Day to Drop Classes for 100% Refund (16-week classes only)
• Feb. 14 – A/Pass/Fail Option Request Deadline
• Feb. 17 – Census: 20th Day Deadline to change program/plan for Spring 2025
• Feb. 17 – Last Day to Drop Classes for 50% Refund (16-week classes only)
• Feb. 19 – Deadline to Apply for Residency Reclassification for Spring 2025
• Feb. 25 – Last Day to Drop Classes – no ‘W’ grade(s) on the Transcript (16-week classes only)
• Mar. 3 – Graduation Application Deadline for inclusion in Commencement Program
• March 16-23 – Spring Break!

View full Academic Calendar

K-State FAFSA priority date is March 1.

If you complete your FAFSA by February 14, you will be automatically entered to win one of four $100 scholarships from the College of Arts and Sciences!

K-State Scholarship Network priority date for current students is March 15.

Planning to graduate this spring or summer?

It’s time to complete your graduation application! Apply through your KSIS account by March 3 to ensure that your name is in the Commencement program. Even if you don’t plan to attend the commencement ceremony, the application is required to graduate. Stay up-to-date by checking the K-State Commencement and Graduation website frequently as the Registrar’s Office is working now to add the details for Spring 2025. Please also continue to check your K-State e-mail for graduation and Commencement updates from the college and university.

This is an exciting time! Contact our college’s Center for Student Success and Engagement if you have any questions, 107 Calvin Hall, artsci@k-state.edu.

The 11th Annual Civil Rights Teach-In, “Wellness: Body, Mind, World,” held Jan. 29, was a powerful exploration of well-being, social transformation, and the intersection of the sciences and humanities. It was sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Committee during K-State’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Observance Week.

The event opened with the K-State Land Acknowledgement and then featured Dr. Melissa Poll, social transformation studies, presenting on land, embodiment and well-being, and Dr. Julio Hernandez Pavon, psychological sciences, presenting on neuroscience and the science behind well-being. The two speakers were then joined by Dr. Keisha Clark, social transformation studies, for a panel discussion on how the sciences and humanities can intersect to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

The teach-in inspired attendees to think critically and work towards a more inclusive future. Plan to attend the 12th annual Civil Rights Teach-In tentatively planned for Jan. 28, 2026!

Arts and Sciences graduates go in many different directions after they leave K-State, and we are proud of all they do to improve the world. Below are a couple of great examples!

Allison Bowman, 2017 fine arts graduate, artist and nonprofit professional

Allison Bowman ’17 has always been drawn to the tallgrass prairie.

Born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, she came to K-State as a transfer student to study art, and whenever she needed a moment of peace and reflection, she would walk through the Konza Prairie. The gently rolling hills, waving grasses and beautiful wildflowers served as sources of inspiration that continue to weave themselves through her artwork.

Today Bowman is a multidisciplinary artist who also works for a nonprofit arts organization called Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Read more.

Erica Short, 2007 mass communication graduate, creative director

Can you save a life through a video ad on social media that lasts only a few seconds?

Erica Short ’07 and her teammates at Kansas City-based creative agency Overflow believe you can.

Short, who serves as a creative director, recently worked on a Gen Z fentanyl awareness campaign called “You Never Know.” Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that can be manufactured illegally and cheaply, and then disguised as legitimate medications, such as Xanax. It is 50 times more potent than heroin, and it takes just a few grains to kill someone.

Read more.

University guidance on free expression

As a higher education institution, where thousands of perspectives and viewpoints convene, we provide space for civil conversations and discourse to express ourselves and learn from each other.

Please see the university’s latest policies, guidance and resources related to free speech and expressive activity.