K-State at Salina will have its second annual Diversity Powwow on Saturday, April 10, as part of the college’s Diversity Summit 2010. Dancing and drumming will begin at 10 a.m. in the Student Life Center on the K-State at Salina campus. The powwow is free and the public is invited. A Native American-themed lunch will [...]
A video game has helped a K-State student place highly in a prestigious Japanese language speech contest. Xavier Gavin, freshman in arts and sciences-open option, Wichita, placed second in the category for students with less than a year of college Japanese instruction at the 24th annual Japanese Language Speech Contest, March 6, at the Consulate [...]
For the third year in a row and the fourth time in the last five years, K-State’s Black Student Union is the best in the Big 12 Conference. And, the group also is being recognized for having some of the most outstanding members in black student leadership. K-State’s Black Student Union was named the most [...]
A 25-year-old campus program that addresses safety issues for all K-State community members is introducing a high-tech pilot of the at-risk training program. During the at-risk training for SafeZone volunteers, an ally or other faculty/staff uses an interactive online training simulator, similar in style to a videogame. The player — in this case the SafeZone [...]
K-State has become the only university in the state with an on-campus council of the League of United Latin American Citizens. The national council of the league officially recognized K-State’s council and 18 of its members in January. The K-State council, the fourth council of the organization in Kansas, is dedicated to working with Latino [...]
As a first-generation college student, Brandon Hall said he was especially unaware of what it took to transition from high school to college. Now, with firsthand experience of these difficulties and as president of K-State’s Black Student Union, Hall aspires to help his fellow students achieve success in college. Hall, a junior in marketing, grew [...]
The impact of nonviolence education at K-State over the last decade will be the focus of the 2010 Season of Nonviolence, Jan. 30-April 4. This year’s theme is “For the Public Good.” The annual communitywide event is dedicated to promoting nonviolent relationships and takes place on the 64 days between the assassination anniversaries of two [...]
A project by two K-State at Salina faculty members offers a look at the first black executive in the White House and the tumultuous years leading up to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Judy Collins, associate professor of English, and Alysia Starkey, library director, have launched the civil rights education Web site “E. Frederic [...]
A candlelight vigil, documentary film about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and a laying of wreaths at King’s campus memorial are among the many events taking place during K-State’s Martin Luther King Observance Week, Jan. 18-22. The week is a celebration of the civil rights leader’s legacy. This year’s theme is “From the [...]
A new program will send 12 American teachers to Ethiopia to study the African nation’s culture and develop classroom lessons for U.S. schoolchildren. “What you’re talking about here is getting teachers to include a closer look at a given country so that children begin to understand how diverse cultures are across the world,” said Jacqueline [...]