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Important academic dates

Feb. 9 – A/Pass/Fail Option Request Deadline
Feb. 12 – Census: 20th Day Deadline to change program/plan for Spring 2024
Feb. 12 – Last Day for 50% Refund (16-week classes only)
Feb. 14 – Deadline to Apply for Residency Reclassification for Spring 2024 
Feb. 20 – Last Day to Drop Classes – no ‘W’ grade(s) (16-week classes only)
Feb. 26 – College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Application Deadline for inclusion in Commencement Program

March 10-17 – Spring Break!

Full Academic Calendar

K-State FAFSA priority date is March 1.

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

Planning to graduate this spring or summer?

It’s time to fill out your graduation application! Apply through your KSIS account by Feb. 26 to ensure your name is in the Commencement program. You may hear about other dates, but Feb. 26 is when the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office needs your application to review and approve it in time for the university deadline.

Even if you don’t plan to attend Commencement, the application is required to graduate. Stay up-to-date by checking the K-State graduation site frequently. 

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

Celebrate Black History Month!

Check out all the fun and informative events to celebrate Black History Month, and follow the Black Student Union on Instagram @ksubsu for updates!

‘Career Chat’ about NSF funding and grant-writing with biology’s Dr. Dinah Davison

Feb. 27 | 10-11 a.m. | 215 Fairchild Hall

Dr. Davison, a postdoc in Dr. Brad Olson’s lab in the Division of Biology, will talk about her career path and NSF funding opportunities and offer grant-writing tips for graduate students at this Career Chat sponsored by KAWSE.

Learn more.

‘Career Chat’ about networking in a culturally diverse context

Feb. 22 | 10-11 a.m. | 215 Fairchild Hall

Dr. Ana Julia Paula Carcedo will discuss her career path, the intersections of her identities as an international female scholar, and tips for networking in culturally diverse contexts. Learn more.

Inclusive physical and mental wellness events

February 13-15 is IDEAll Week (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Availability for All) at the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. All events are free!

Public Lecture: “Midwestern Asian Americans, Racialized Visibility, and Internalized Racism”

Fri., Feb. 23 | 3:30-4:30
Leadership Studies Building Town Hall or Zoom: http://tinyurl.com/trieukstate

Professor Monica M. Trieu, Purdue University, will present “Midwestern Asian Americans, Racialized Visibility, and Internalized Racism” as part of the English department’s Cultural Studies Symposium. Dr. Trieu will explore how the Midwest, like the rest of the United States, is a historically racialized space that reflects Asian American narratives of discrimination, racism, and internalized racism.

Arts and Sciences student research awards

Undergraduate students enrolled full-time in any major in the College of Arts and Sciences are invited to apply for $1,000 research awards to conduct projects with faculty members in the college. Applications are due March 1. Learn more from the Student Research and Creative Inquiry Opportunities page.

Mark Chapman Scholars Program to support summer projects

The Mark Chapman Scholars Program helps promising Arts and Sciences students fund meaningful summer projects early in their undergraduate careers and offers support for the following academic year. Five awards of $5,000 are given each year—$3,000 to fund a summer activity and $1,000 per semester in the following academic year. Applications are due March 1.

Benson Award for students committed to diversity

The College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Committee invites applications for the Professor Douglas K. Benson Award. This student award provides $500-1,000 and honors the late Dr. Doug Benson for his tireless advocacy surrounding diversity issues at K-State and beyond. The submission deadline is Fri., March 15.

Employer Pitch Nights with K-State Career Center

K-State’s Career Center hosts Employer Pitch Nights for various career pathways. These Zoom events, from 5:30-7:00 p.m., feature up to 10 employers each. Employers quickly “pitch” their organization’s jobs and internships and then breakout sessions allow students and employers to network, address questions and discuss skills employers look for.

Here are tips to help you get the most out of these events.

Watch for these Upcoming Employer Pitch Nights!

• Agriculture and Natural Resources – Feb. 8
  • Cargill 
  • Scoular 
  • Crop Quest, Inc.
  • and more…
• Engineering, Math and Computer Career Pathways – Feb. 15
• Business and Communications Career Pathways – Feb. 22
• Art, Design and Humanities Career Pathways – Feb. 29
• Law, Justice and Social Sciences Career Pathways – March 5

History professor involved in PBS documentary airing Feb. 20

Phil Tiemeyer, associate professor of history and author of award-winning book Plane Queer: Labor, Sexuality, and AIDS in the History of Male Flight Attendants, was interviewed and served as historical advisor for the PBS documentary, “Fly with Me,” airing at 8 p.m. (CST) Feb. 20 on PBS.

“Fly with me” tells the story of the pioneering women who became flight attendants at a time when single women couldn’t order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a birth control prescription. The job offered unheard-of opportunities for travel and independence. These women were on the frontlines of the battle for gender equality in the workplace.

“[Flight attendants were] being marketed, basically, as a Barbie doll, and yet doing more and more complex work,” Tiemeyer said. “There’s a fundamental incompatibility between these two things.”

Watch PBS’s “Fly with Me” trailer.

Modern languages and political science alumna recognized

Modern languages and political science graduate Jill Applegate ’16 is one of two 2024 Distinguished Young Alumni named by the K-State Alumni Association. Applegate is currently a Skadden Fellow at the Neighborhood Defender Service. After studying at K-State, she earned a juris doctor from the University of Texas at Austin.

Of the things she learned at K-State, she had this to say:

“I even had the privilege of learning about migration from immigrant farm workers themselves while working as a research assistant for Alisa Garni in the sociology department, which was an invaluable opportunity to put names and faces to what I was learning in the classroom.”

Read her full interview with the Alumni Association.

Spanish professor recognized for promoting diversity

Maria Teresa DePaoli, professor of Spanish, has received the university’s Commerce Bank Presidential Faculty/Staff Award for Distinguished Services to Historically Under-Represented Students.

Her nominator said, “She includes service-learning experiences so that students have hands-on intercultural/bilingual interactions and opportunities to serve their communities while they learn. These service-learning activities not only benefit students by working and learning directly from historically underrepresented groups but also benefit non-profit organizations.”

See announcement from the Division of Student Belonging and Inclusion.