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
Flower power
The K-State Beach Museum’s “In Bloom” exhibit showcases the importance and beauty of the K-State Gardens. Peering through the garden gate north of Main St on the west side of campus, you can’t take your eyes off the beautifully organized flower rows. Even as […]
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!’
A 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 […]
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 […]