News Archive for College News
November 1, 2018
The College of Human Ecology welcomed back nine alumni and friends to the K-State campus as part of the annual Celebration of Excellence. The two-day event brings these outstanding alumni and friends back to campus to recognize them for the extraordinary things they have accomplished in their careers. This year’s award winners are: Distinguished Research […]
October 29, 2018
Dr. Keri Schadler to present for the Distinguished Lecture Series in Kinesiology
To culminate Exercise is Medicine- On Campus month, the Department of Kinesiology and the Kinesiology Student Association have invited Keri L. Schadler, Ph.D., from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, to present the Kinesiology Distinguished Lecture. She will present “Exercise to improve chemotherapy efficacy: Evidence in mice and men” at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October […]
October 29, 2018
New minors and certificates now offered through the College of Human Ecology
The College of Human Ecology has announced three new minors and two new certificate options that will be available to students starting in the spring. “We are excited to not only respond to the needs of employers and the interests of our students but also to shape the future of practice by offering these certificates […]
October 25, 2018
Personal financial planning program has success at annual conference
Kansas State University’s personal financial planning student team has once again succeeded at the national level. The undergraduate competition team placed third overall in the Financial Planning Challenge at the 2018 Financial Planning Association national conference Oct. 3-5 in Chicago, Illinois. Out of the last 17 years, this is the 16th time the team has […]
October 24, 2018
Save the Date: Retirement Reception for Charlotte Shoup Olsen on October 30
The College of Human Ecology invites you to the retirement reception of Charlotte Shoup Olsen. The reception will be held on Tuesday, October 30 from 3-4:30 p.m. in Hoffman Lounge, Justin Hall. Colleagues and friends are invited to attend for refreshments and share their well wishes. Olsen is a professor and Extension specialist for the […]
October 23, 2018
Join the Exercise is Medicine campus walk on October 25
The Department of Kinesiology and the Kinesiology Student Association will host the second annual campus walk as part of October’s Exercise is Medicine- On Campus month. All faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to take part in the walk which will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Bosco Plaza at the K-State Student Union […]
October 18, 2018
K-State’s Center on Aging to host Personhood and Dementia workshop
The K-State Center on Aging, located in the College of Human Ecology, will present their annual event, Personhood and Dementia, on Thursday, November 1. The event will be held in the Hartford Room at the Bluemont Hotel with sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Karen Stobbe, founder of […]
October 17, 2018
Communication sciences and disorders student team wins conference quiz bowl
Four graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program recently won the inaugural Prairie Cup Praxis Bowl during the Kansas Speech-Language Hearing Association’s conference in October. The bowl is comprised of teams of graduate students from all four Kansas universities with a communication sciences and disorders graduate program: Fort Hays State, Kansas State University, […]
October 15, 2018
Moxley awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from APLU
Virginia Moxley, former dean and professor emeritus of the College of Human Ecology, was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The Lifetime Achievement Award honors a nationally-recognized leader who has a significant history of promoting and advancing the human sciences in higher education. Moxley began her […]
October 10, 2018
Seay named President-Elect of the Financial Planning Association
Martin Seay has been elected by the Financial Planning Association’s board of directors as the 2019 FPA President-Elect for a one-year term beginning January 2019. He will serve as president in 2020 and conclude his leadership role as chair in 2021. "FPA represents the present and future of the financial planning profession through its focus […]
