Community impact
Our donors care about Kansas. They invest in outreach programs and initiatives that help fulfill K-State’s land-grant mission. At the KSU Foundation, we maximize these gifts to create change — strengthening the Kansas economy, advancing collaborative partnerships and improving lives.
Latest Community impact
Taking the bull by its horns
Kansas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory advancing toward more airtight animal disease prevention with new facility plans. You’re in a bull pen wearing an obnoxiously bright red shirt. You turn to your left and see a huge, wide-horned bull running toward you, muscles rippling and eyes […]
Boosting bison
K-State alum leads the charge to bring bison back to the prairie with a hands-on veterinary externship. The value of bison has fluctuated drastically over the years. Native Americans relied heavily on bison for their food and clothing, and then settlers hunted bison for […]
Hatching stellar students
K-State graduate increases learning success in her students with agriculture-based activities like growing their own lunches or hatching chicks. Would you rather open a textbook and read about the process of hatching chicks, or witness firsthand the fluffy babies coming to life? If you […]
Paws for care
Veterinary social worker helps veterinary employees, K-State interns and pet owners work through grief. After a long, hard day, one of the most comforting amenities of life is coming home to a fluffy, wagging tail or a purring snuggle-buddy. Pets deliver companionship, stress reduction, […]
Jockeying for the job
Edge District internships are a winning strategy in the race to the right career. Internship options run the gamut from low-stress summer gigs and multi-semester practice professions, so students have an important choice to make when the time comes to get some real-world experience […]
Say “bees!”
K-State entomologist uses AI to help the public keep bees buzzing. What’s that buzzing? Or rather, who’s that buzzing? K-State’s Brian Spiesman, assistant professor of entomology, has created a high-tech way to answer that question. His BeeMachine, a bee-tracking app, uses Google’s TensorFlow AI […]
Pain in the grass
Pain relief for cows? An award-winning K-State professor is making it happen. How can you tell a cow is in pain? That is not the set up to a joke, but rather the core challenge that has driven a K-State professor’s groundbreaking research to […]
Science non-fiction
K-State Salina’s Aerospace Education Hub will bring together three programs — uncrewed aircraft systems, aviation maintenance and advanced composites — in one space to work together, just as they do in industry.
From plant to plate
The Feeding Your Future summer camp introduces high schoolers to careers in food science. With a growing number of mouths to feed and challenges that threaten a sufficient and sustainable food supply, the need for solutions increases by the day. The Kansas State University […]
The grill next door
New K-State program empowers small business success. Your morning coffee shop, your beloved boutique, your trusted mechanic — small businesses, especially in Kansas, keep communities running. In fact, 99.1% of businesses in the Sunflower State are mom-and-pop shops, making their success crucial to the […]