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All invited to K-State Open House on April 24

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

K-State is inviting everyone to experience university life firsthand at the All-University Open House, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 24 on the Manhattan campus. (Watch a video about Open House). K-State at Salina also hosts a full day of open house events. K-State’s open house is free and a chance to experience what [...]

Powwow coming to Salina campus April 10

Monday, April 5th, 2010

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 [...]

Weather closing Manhattan, Salina campuses Dec. 24

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Because of the forecast for severe winter storms overnight and into tomorrow, K-State campuses in Manhattan and Salina will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24. In an announcement this morning, Bruce Shubert, vice president for administration and finance, said, “The safety of our employees is of utmost importance. Because the forecast calls for a severe winter [...]

K-State at Salina aviation professor renews Master Certified Flight Instructor accreditation

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

William “Bill” Gross, chief pilot and professor of aviation at Kansas State University at Salina, has renewed his Master Certificated Flight Instructor accreditation for a fourth time. Gross, who has held the professional accreditation continuously since 2003, is one of only 54 flight instructors worldwide to earn the credential four times. He also is one [...]

Solving real-world business problem, Salina students win competition

Friday, October 30th, 2009

K-State at Salina‘s Students In Free Enterprise team is the grand champion of Southern Arkansas University’s Walgreens Wrangle, besting seven other teams for the title. The case competition that challenges students to solve a real-world business problem for a company was Oct. 22-24 in Magnolia, Ark. The K-State at Salina team’s path to victory included [...]

Transgendered speaker coming to Salina on Nov. 23

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Ryan Sallans, a transgendered individual whose presentations focus on honoring and respecting who you are, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in the College Center Conference Room at K-State at Salina. The presentation is free and open to the public. Sallans also will speak to classes in K-State at Salina’s family studies and [...]

Cat Cannon 4.0 unleashed, sending T-shirts the length of a football field

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Members of K-State at Salina’s Cat Cannon Club know what it takes to raise Wildcat spirit to new heights at home K-State football games: teamwork, nerves of steel and being very precise at folding T-shirts. The Cat Cannon, which shoots T-shirts to the crowd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, is the product of the engineering [...]

K-State to graduate nearly 2,300 students in the next two weekends

Monday, May 4th, 2009

K-State will award nearly 2,300 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 9, in Salina, and Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16, on the Manhattan campus. The class of 2009 is the 142nd to graduate from K-State since the first class in 1867. To be awarded will be more than 1,900 bachelor’s degrees, around [...]

Nintendo Wii controllers help K-State at Salina students understand suspension systems on Mini-Baja vehicles

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Kansas State University at Salina’s Mini-Baja Team may have a “Wii” bit of success this year thanks to some members of Greg Spaulding’s senior design course. Spaulding is a professor of engineering technology at K-State at Salina. As part of the senior design course he teaches, students select, define and analyze a mechanical engineering project [...]

K-State at Salina not involved with door-to-door magazine sales

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Kansas State University at Salina has been made aware of an individual going door to door in the Salina community, representing himself as selling magazines for K-State at Salina. K-State has no involvement with any such program. K-State officials caution residents to ask for positive identification when approached by solicitors and be aware that the city of Salina requires [...]

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