Nov 24, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra will feature faculty soloists Nicholas Smith, horn, and Paul Brodene Smith, tenor, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, in Wilner Auditorium.

Dec 9, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has earned the No. 1 ranking of the Top 10 Happiest University Employers, an online poll by CareerBliss.

Nov 24, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Carolyn Shaw, associate professor of political science at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Marie Curie Sklodowskiej University in Lublin, Poland, during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Nov 17, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Percussion Ensemble concert will feature the Boys and Girls Club Steel Band and the university will announce the gift of $130,000 worth of percussion equipment to benefit both organizations. Marimbist Kevin Bobo is the featured guest artist.

Nov 16, 2010 — By Anthony Marrone — Aakash Amatya, a graduate student in electrical engineering at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, participated in the Kansas State University Pollution Prevention Institute intern program this past summer. Amatya worked with the Coleman Co. to help reduce waste, protect the environment and save money.

Nov 29, 2010 — By Anthony Marrone — Project Lead The Way, a national pre-engineering program for middle schools and high schools, allows teachers and students a chance to grow, learn and build their science, technology, engineering and math skills.

Nov 15, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Kansas Investor Education Fund, at the direction of the Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner, has given $50,000 to the Kansas Council on Economic Education, hosted at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, to advance the use of The Stock Market Game program in Kansas schools.

Nov 12, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's International Student Union will present "All the World's on Stage at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ," a fundraiser to end polio, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in the CAC Theater.

Nov 17, 2010 — By Shannon Littlejohn — In Academe news, Mara Alagic, Sherry Goodvin and Fuchang Liu participated in Russia's Intercultural Communication Competence Conference, and Ted Ayres received an NAACP award. Also featured are Krysti Carlson Goering, Dan Close, Alicia Huckstadt, Linda Mitchell, Jeremy Patterson, Trisha Self, Carolyn Shaw and Virginia Kay Williams. The recent deaths of June Allen, David R. Ellis and Rachel Harriso

Nov 10, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Kansas Securities Commissioner Marc Wilson is working with the Kansas Council on Economic Education, hosted at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, to promote financial literacy in Kansas schools through The Stock Market Game.