Kansas State University's Institute for Academic Alliances has been awarded a $248,000 grant through the U.S. Department of Education to continue helping colleges and universities develop and deliver joint online graduate degrees and certificates. U.S. Representative Jim Ryun, R-Kan., announced the congressionally directed grant.

Six students from Kansas State University at Salina's mini Baja team competed in the Baja West competition, an international event earlier this month in Green Valley, Ariz.

Kansas State University and the Kansas Wheat Commission are spearheading the effort to create the Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, an international program focused on building the foundation for advancing agricultural research for wheat production.

The Kansas State University Alumni Association board of directors' chairman and new board members assumed their leadership roles at the 2005 annual board meeting in Manhattan, Kan., June 3-4.

Kansas State's Erik Sproll and Stephanie Limoges were named recipients of the 2004-05 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Award, the Big 12 Conference announced June 1.

A Kansas State University graduate has received a national scholarship intended to develop future scientists in fields vital to homeland security through the Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Program.

While many students at Kansas State University struggle to find time in their busy schedules for group projects, two students had to fight time zones and language barriers to even begin their project.

Overwhelming support and participation from a small community in southwest Kansas produced successful results when the Kansas Radon Program at K-State went looking for radon in Radium, Kan.

LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin has accepted the position of director of the K-State College of Engineering Multicultural Engineering Program. She has held the post of interim director of the program since August 2004.

A K-State biology professor has studied how chronic habitat loss increases the extinction risk of migratory songbirds. The research may provide insight about how other animals might respond to a similar loss of habitat.

David S. Allen, assistant professor of elementary education at K-State, is adding a new responsibility: director of K-State's Honor System. He succeeds speech professor Phil Anderson, who is stepping down.

Faculty from K-State will partner with a consortium of other universities through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance to offer an interdisciplinary online master's degree program in community development.

K-State's Steve Murphy and Terry Blunt were named to the 2005 All-Big 12 Baseball Team May 25 in a voting of the league's head coaches. Both Murphy and Blunt were named to the honorable mention squad after stellar seasons offensively and defensively.

Phil Hughes, K-State associate athletics director for student services, was honored by the National Associate of Academic Advisors for Athletics June 12 as the recipient of the 2005 Lan Hewlett Award.

K-State's Erik Sproll and Stephanie Limoges were named recipients of the 2004-05 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Award, the Big 12 Conference announced June 1.

K-State's Trisha Culbertson was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) June 3.

K-State's Matt Van Cleave has been selected to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Men's At-Large All-District VII Team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) May 26.

Four members of the K-State women's rowing team were recently named National Scholar Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA).

K-State freshman Kali Quick cruised to the title in the 2005 Idaho Golf Association (IGA) Match Play Championship at the Valley Club in Hailey, Idaho, on June 4.

The K-State Powercat Tractors Team finished second in the International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition, June 2-5 in Moline, Ill.

People over age 50 want nutritious, snacks that are easy to chew, open and eat on-the-go according to the K-State sensory analysis team.

Move over, Tim the "Tool Man" Taylor. It's time for Savvy Tools - tools with style for women. Savvy Tools are the idea of five interior architecture and product design students at K-State.

The 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded June 11 with four K-State athletes earning All-American honors.

K-State baseball players Steve Murphy, Eric Eymann and Terry Blunt are headed for the big leagues after the Major League Baseball draft and free agent signings in June.

K-State head men's basketball coach Jim Wooldridge announced in late May the hiring of Dennis Cutts as the team's director of basketball operations.

Former K-State quarterback Michael Bishop became the Arena Football League's most potent single-season rusher in May.

Do you have a special memory to share from your first week as a student at K-State? Share your memory as part of the new "Class Quotes" section in the fall 2005 issue of the K-Stater magazine.

The K-State Alumni Association board of directors' chairman and new board members assumed their leadership roles at the 2005 annual board meeting in Manhattan, Kan., June 3-4.