Kansas State University

Arts and Sciences Enrollment Help Days Nov. 8 and 14

The Dean’s office advising team will host Enrollment Help Days to help students enroll in spring 2024 courses. The sessions will be from 9 a.m.-noon Wed., Nov. 8, and 1-4 p.m. Tue., Nov. 14, in 318 Calvin Hall. Arts and Sciences students are welcome to drop in but they must have already met with their academic advisor and have an approved course schedule. These sessions are for students who have questions about how to enroll or are having difficulty with the process.

Important dates

Nov. 11 | Veteran’s Day Observance but classes are in session  

Nov. 19-26 | Thanksgiving Break: No Classes all week

Dec. 8 | Graduation Application Closes

Dec. 8 | Last Day of Classes

Dec. 9 | Arts and Sciences Commencement

Dec. 11-15 | Final Examinations

Dec. 20 | Grades available in KSIS

Financial Assistance: FAFSA delayed

Due to federal delays, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which must be submitted to apply for federal grants, work-study funds and loans, does not open until December. Therefore, K-State has moved its priority deadline to March 1.

Learn more about the FAFSA.

Graduation and Commencement

Congratulations to our graduating seniors and graduate students! The Fall 2023 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences will be at 8:30 a.m. Sat., Dec. 9, at Bramlage Coliseum. Graduate Student Commencement is at 1 p.m. Fri., Dec. 8, at Bramlage Coliseum.

Graduating seniors, please note:

• Wear purple regalia.
• Arrive by 7:30 a.m. to line up with your department.
• Park in the west lot.
• Remember to bring your printed Grad Pass!
• Place tassels on the right and pin honor cords on the left shoulder.
• Do not carry in personal items, including purses, cameras, etc.; they will not be permitted on the floor.
• Wear comfortable shoes; you’ll be standing quite a while and using stairs.
• More information is in the university’s Day-of-Celebration Guide.

For more details about Commencement, including parking and schedule, visit K-State’s Graduation website.

Lunch with the Deans: First-Generation Students

Mon., Nov. 6 | noon-1 p.m. | 301 Calvin Hall
Free pizza with the deans! If you didn’t pre-register but want to come, email Kate Williamson, kate89@ksu.edu, before 11:15 a.m. to see if there’s space for you.

CANCELED – Grad Brunch & Pics with Willie – CANCELED

Tue., Dec. 5 | noon-1 p.m. | 301 Calvin Hall

Graduate School Commencement

Fri., Dec. 8 | 1 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum

Arts and Sciences Commencement

Sat., Dec. 9 | 8:30-10 a.m. | Bramlage Coliseum
Graduates line up at 7:30 a.m.

Events around the college

‘Navajo Code Talkers of World War II’ presentation

By Spintz Harrison, teaching associate professor of American ethnic studies
Wed., Nov. 8 | 6:30 p.m.
13 Leasure Hall

Winter Dance Concert 2023 – Shifting Landscapes

Thu., Nov. 9 | 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 10 | 7:30 p.m
Sat., Nov. 11 | 2:30 p.m
Chapman Theatre, Nichols Hall

Join K-State Dance for this annual show to keep your spirit warm! Featuring original choreography by K-State faculty and guest artists in jazz, modern, and tap styles.

Career Readiness Opportunities

Social Work Career Day event

Thu., Nov. 9 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
The social work program, in the department of sociology, anthropology and social work, will host a Social Work Career Day, where you can network with social service agencies and learn about career options. Lunch will be provided. Advance registration is required.

English Alumni Connections event

Fri., Nov. 10 | 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Zoom

A panel of English alums will talk about their paths to careers in publishing, librarianship, grant writing, law and academic coaching. This event is open to all students including non-English majors. For more information, email english@ksu.edu.

Alumni dish on getting career-ready and being a professional!

We hosted an Alumni Career Panel and Networking event Oct. 26. Four recent Arts and Sciences alums with impressive careers talked about their college-to-career journeys and gave advice for current students and recent grads. Watch our Facebook Live video.

International Education Resources

Celebrate K-State International Education Week Nov. 8-17

Take advantage of K-State International Education Week, Nov. 8-17, to become more internationally and interculturally aware and learn about K-State’s many Education Abroad opportunities. Several activities are planned to inform the K-State community about international initiatives that make our campus a rich and diverse global arena. K-State joins the U.S. Departments of State and Education in celebrating this week to promote programs that prepare future leaders for a global and inclusive environment.

See what an Education Abroad group trip can be like

Michael Wesch, professor of anthropology, took a group of students to Vietnam last spring. Although short, the trip allowed them to immerse themselves in the Cao Dai religion. Watch Dr. Wesch’s video on YouTube.

Learn about faculty-led group trips and other education abroad programs.

Get funding to host a diversity lecture

The college’s Diversity Committee invites applications for the Arts and Sciences Diversity Lecture Series Grant, due Nov. 15. Awards are typically $500-1,000.

First-year students: Join Wildcat Dialogues Nov. 8

All first-year students are encouraged to participate in Wildcat Dialogues, an intercultural learning and leadership event. Plan to attend at 7-9 p.m. Wed., Nov. 8, and help create a community of belonging for all. Reserve your spot by Sun., Nov. 5.

Mental health and other support

With final exams coming up in one month, it’s natural to feel stressed out. Know the resources that are available to all students, including you, and don’t be afraid to seek assistance. (Please note: some office names may have recently changed.)

Geology students find unsafe levels of nitrate in Barton County wells

K-State and Barton Community College students, led by K-State’s Matthew Kirk, associate professor of geology, partnered on a year-long analysis of private water wells in Barton County and found nitrates at levels considered unsafe for human consumption.

The students are part of the Kansas Groundwater GEOPAths undergraduate research program supported by the National Science Foundation and K-State’s geology department.

Read the full Great Bend Tribune story.

K-State Physicists collaborate with 2023 Nobel laureates

The physics department, where every undergraduate can participate in research, has close ties with this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Researchers in the department’s J.R. Macdonald Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Laboratory have been collaborating with the Nobel laureates on attosecond research for years.

The three Nobel laureates—Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillie—created new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. They demonstrated a way to create attosecond pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy. (An attosecond is so short that there are as many in one second as there have been seconds since the birth of the universe.)

K-State researchers have contributed significantly to attosecond science, which seeks to understand and control light-matter interactions at timescales commensurate with electronic motion in atoms and molecules. Such interactions play a critical role in chemical and biological processes like photosynthesis, cell replication and energy flow, and vision.

Continue reading “RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT” →

Helping Professions Networking Night

Students got to talk with area employers at the Helping Professions Networking Night event that our college co-sponsored with the College of Health and Human Sciences Oct. 19. Exhibitors included disabilities, counseling, health care and child/family service providers, school districts, police departments and more. See more about the event and exhibitors.

Halloween fun in the Dean’s Office

Halloween was a scary-good time in the Dean’s Office Center for Student Success and Engagement! The office crew decorated doors and visitors voted for their favorite. Sonya Baker’s “Wild Cat Door” won.

“Arts and Sciences”

by Traci Brimhall, K-State English professor and Kansas Poet Laureate

What if this time I don’t begin with a requiem
or a memento mori with a split pomegranate
and a harem of flies? What if instead I tell you 

a sleeping octopus changes colors while dreaming,
or how my gender is sable and softens with all
the gorgeous etceteras of age. No one guessed 

a chameleon’s tongue measured longer than
its body, but it unscrolled beyond tail, beyond
reasonable need. We wanted the mystery 

Continue reading “FOR FUN – “Arts & Sciences,” a poem by one of our own” →