Kansas State University is among the most military-friendly schools in the nation, according to G.I. Jobs magazine. The magazine has included K-State on its 2011 list of schools that cater to the military. It’s the second year in a row K-State has received the honor, which is given to only 15 percent of all colleges, [...]
The Advanced Manufacturing Institute at K-State has helped a Hutchinson company with one of its products. Seed Research Equipment Solutions, also known as SRES, manufactures seed planters. The company worked with the K-State institute to enhance the structural integrity of the frame on its precision planter. “A SRES precision planter was experiencing issues with the [...]
Projects involving economic development, public health, increasing science education and preserving local histories are receiving Engagement Incentive Grants from K-State’s Center for Engagement and Community Development. “The seven projects receiving grants are outstanding examples of our campus and Extension professionals working collaboratively with community partners to address significant issues facing Kansans,” said David Procter, director [...]
David Procter, director of the Center for Engagement and Community Development, participated in a briefing before the House Hunger Caucus on Nov. 4. The Hunger Caucus was co-chaired by Kansas Rep. Jerry Moran and focused on food deserts in rural and urban America. Procter was at the briefing to discuss rural food deserts and highlight [...]
The bioprocessing team at K-State’s Advanced Manufacturing Institute in collaboration with the Kansas Environmental Management Associates, has developed a new patented process for recovering excess phosphorus from feedlot waste streams to create a slow release granule fertilizer. A patent application has been published for “Fluidized Bed Precipitator With Optimized Solids Settling And Solids Handling Features [...]
What K-State faculty and students are doing to improve the health of fellow Kansans and citizens worldwide will be highlighted at “Engaging Health, Changing Lives” from 1-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Flint Hills Room at the K-State Student Union. The colloquium is sponsored by the K-State Center for Engagement and Community Development. It [...]
A new scholarship will help K-State science majors who want to become certified teachers. K-State TEACH is a collaboration between the university’s departments of secondary education, physics, geology and chemistry and the Division of Biology. It is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Scholarship Program, which awarded K-State $875,000 over a five-year period. [...]
“Mammoth Follies, featuring the Hudson Vagabond Puppets, will be on stage today at McCain Auditorium, free of charge to area school children. “McCain Auditorium is hosting area school children as part of our mission of community engagement,” said Executive Director Todd Holmberg. “Student matinee performances provide elementary, junior high, senior high and home school students [...]
Thursday‘s Constitution Day events include a docket day of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Cases will be heard from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 2 p.m. at Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union. These proceedings are open, and the public is invited to attend. The first two cases focus on the [...]
Farming is less a job than it is a way of life for the Kansas farmers who watch their peers retire from office and factory jobs without intentions of quitting themselves. They also often don’t have plans for the farms after they’re gone. That’s what a K-State sociologist has found in a study of farmers [...]