Latest Health and Human Sciences News
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June 10, 2021
Kansas State Student Speech Language Hearing Association receives bronze chapter honors
For the second year, the Kansas State Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, KSSSLHA, has been awarded the Bronze chapter honors from the National Speech-Language-Hearing Association Executive Council. Bronze Chapter honors signifies that KSSSLHA has demonstrated that the future of the professions in the area of communication sciences and disorders is filled with strong leaders who are committed […]
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June 7, 2021
Demographic shifts, economic challenges, political transitions, environmental threats, and a global pandemic are all societal shifts that have changed how we communicate personally and professionally, which is especially true of service professions like financial planning, where trust is paramount. To ascertain how financial planner/client communication has changed over the past decade, the MQ Research Consortium, […]
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June 4, 2021
Kansas State University Educator, Researcher Kevin L. Sauer Becomes 2021-2022 Academy President
Registered dietitian nutritionist Kevin L. Sauer, professor in the department of food, nutrition, dietetics and health at Kansas State University and co-director of the national Center for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs, began his one-year term on June 1 as the 2021-2022 President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest […]
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June 2, 2021
Jennifer Miller selected to lead public health program
Following a national search, a K-Stater has been selected to lead the new Bachelor of Science in public health program being offered by the Department of Kinesiology in the College of Health and Human Sciences. Jennifer Miller will serve as the inaugural program director. “We are excited that Jennifer will be joining our department and […]
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May 24, 2021
Yarrow earns Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation award for undergraduate teaching
MANHATTAN — Excellence in teaching is earning four Kansas State University faculty members the 2021 Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. This year's recipients are Kevin Donnelly, professor of agronomy; Amelia Hicks, associate professor of philosophy; Nicole Meritt, instructor of special education, counseling and student affairs; and Linda Yarrow, instructor of food, nutrition, dietetics […]
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May 19, 2021
Center for Child Development earns national NAEYC accreditation
The Center for Child Development located on the K-State campus has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, or NAEYC, the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children. NAEYC accreditation is a rigorous and transformative quality-improvement system that uses a set of 10 research-based standards to collaborate with […]