Thomas Pogge, a professor of philosophy and international affairs at Yale University, will present “Human Rights and Global Justice” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 8, at the Alumni Center. The lecture is part of the University Distinguished Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. Pogge has given talks on global justice issues [...]
K-State’s Mock Trial Team has qualified for its first-ever trip to the American Mock Trial Association’s Championship Series. The team earned its bid by placing fourth out of 23 teams at the association’s regional tournament, Feb. 19-21, hosted by Washburn University. Team members Kelsey Heft, senior in political science and pre-law, Greensburg, and Nikki Marcotte, [...]
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 [...]
A K-State business ethics expert has long observed that what businesses lose in productivity to March Madness betting pools they may gain in worker morale. But in the current economic climate, workers have reason now more than ever to be concerned with how productive they are — or at least how productive they look. At [...]
K-State Alerts, the university’s emergency notification system, will be tested at about 10 a.m. Monday, March 1. Emergency notification channels to be tested include text messaging, automated phone calls, e-mail and the alert beacons installed in Eisenhower Hall, Seaton Hall, Seaton Court, Leadership Studies Building, Throckmorton Hall, the engineering complex and behind the front desks [...]
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, one of the nation’s premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5, at Kansas State University’s McCain Auditorium. Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana was founded in 1983 with the mission of bringing flamenco to mainstream audiences. The group strives to promote flamenco as a living art [...]
Kansas State University’s Amy Sents, McPherson, has been named a finalist in the 2010 Harry S. Truman Scholarship competition. The $30,000 Truman scholarship is awarded each year to as many as 65 students who plan to pursue graduate studies and careers in public service. Scholars are selected primarily on leadership potential and communication skills, intellectual [...]
Financial times are tough at K-State and cuts are going to hurt, said President Kirk Schulz during an open budget forum Tuesday. “I expect you all to say this is going to hurt because we are not going to be able to do something that our campus community is used to,” Schulz told a crowd [...]
Losing a spouse can be one of the most trying and emotional periods in an individual’s life. However, as staff at the K-State Financial Therapy Clinic are discovering, what may be just as trying for individuals is dealing with the financial situation a loved one leaves behind. Since opening its doors in late January 2009, [...]
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 [...]