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Latest Campus impact

Campus Connections

With nearly half of K-State students reporting loneliness, Cats Connect offers a space for support, friendship, and belonging. We rely heavily on our relationships for happiness and structure. Our friends and family listen to and help solve our problems and celebrate every success with […]

Swine dining

K-State’s applied swine nutrition team receives an award for driving progress in swine nutrition and management after decades of success and dedication. “Increase your water and protein intake, and make sure to get an adequate amount of exercise — no lounging around all day.” […]

Signals of support

Thrive Navigators is just one of the many mental health resources handy to K-State students. Picture this: You’re driving to work, and you keep hitting red lights. As soon as you get through one stop light, you see the next one turn yellow, then […]

Space vs. soil

K-State professor protects farming productivity through his role on the Space Weather Advisory Group. Though they are 12,000 miles apart, outer space and global agriculture are closely intertwined.  Just like on Earth, space experiences destructive storms, putting vital GPS systems in jeopardy. Not only […]

Urban wilderness

K-State professor uncovers the beauty created when nature and urbanization are combined. Nature and man-made structures tend to clash, though they are both beautiful in their own ways. But when they are combined correctly, like with the installation of a green roof, even-greater beauty […]

Funding the fifth year

Financial relief — plus a little inspiration and resolve — come in the form of a fellowship. K-State’s College of Architecture, Planning and Design, famous for highly personalized instruction from expert faculty, dominates in national rankings with multiple top 10 placings. Its master’s programs […]

hand with 3d printed human spine in 3d printer

Print-to-perform

K-State prof develops an engineering course highlighting the printing of on-demand medical equipment. If you’ve ever watched a show like Grey’s Anatomy, House or The Good Doctor, you have a good idea of the sky-high stakes involved in medicine. Timing and precision are everything. […]

four female architecture students working on a model

Service in action

Helping make life a little easier for others drives John and Kate Strautman’s philanthropy at K-State and elsewhere. Work hard, don’t worry about failing, learn from your mistakes and keep your integrity. Live life as a privilege with selfless exceptionalism, being grateful for opportunities. […]

Rewarding relationships

K-State student athlete puts academics into practice at her inspirational internship with a retirement home. When you hear the word “reward,” you probably think of a trophy, a sweet treat or money. But sometimes the most meaningful reward comes from lending a helping hand […]

Prairie prosperity

K-State announces its new agritourism certificate to boost economic development. The expanse of the heartland prairie is filled with farming wonders. Large combines rove across the golden wheatfields, and tractors pulling heavy machinery roar on the horizon. Cattle of assorted colors speckle the landscape, […]

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