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Teaching the teacher

While studying abroad in Italy, a K-State alum gained a deeper appreciation for community and the people who shape it. Traveling to a new place is exciting and enriching. But elementary education major Irene Hoff learned it’s not the destination that makes the trip […]

Traveling teacher

For K-Stater Addie Mead, a trip to Italy brings her dream of merging travel and teaching closer to reality. Addie Mead has always had a love for travel, so a study abroad experience was a natural next step in her college career. But the […]

Follow the Kompass

K-State gives freshmen an informative headstart on navigating college life through its Kompass program College is an amalgamation of new. New classes, new schedules, new living spaces, new food, new friends and new life goals. This can be a shocking time for a student, […]

Double duty

The Graduate Student Parent Success Initiative is knocking down this hurdle for K-State’s grad students balancing studies and parenthood.

Space simulation

K-State seniors help the Cosmosphere reimagine space camp with their VR simulation. Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts often must identify and seal small air leaks in the hull caused by debris contact. The Cosmosphere mimics this process during its summer Cosmos camps, giving […]

Charting new skies

A high-flying partnership with General Atomics is propelling K-State Salina students toward cutting-edge careers in uncrewed aircraft. Innovators have been testing the limits of pilotless flight since 1783 when the Montgolfier brothers launched a hot air balloon without passengers, marking the earliest example of […]

Cosmic collaboration

From simulation to inspiration, K-State students are creating hands-on experiences for young campers that bring space down to Earth. K-State Salina and the Cosmosphere Science and Space Museum recently launched a partnership, inspiring the next generation of STEAM students to shoot for the stars. […]

A study that serves

A class project turns into a Kirmser award–winning study. Morgan Doane’s K-State college experience has been a journey of exploration. Initially majoring in business, he switched to personal financial planning and then finally landed on social work and addiction counseling in his junior year. […]

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