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Regents approve $26 million to renovate K-State’s biomanufacturing innovation center

By Emma Loura The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the next step in and addition to the Bioprocessing and Industrial Value Added Products Innovation Center at K-State, a project estimated to cost between $26.5 million and $30 million. Regents approved a program statement for the facility, which belongs to the Department of Grain [...]

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By KMAN Staff|2025-02-13T16:28:28-06:00February 13th, 2025|Local News|Comments Off

Official: K-State’s retention rates nearing 2025 goals

By Emma Loura K-State is getting closer to its goal for retaining freshmen. Officials on Wednesday told the Kansas Board of Regents the university’s first-time freshman retention rate was up to 85.5% as of fall 2023. K-State’s goal for 2025 is 90% first-time freshman retention. Its four-year graduation rate was 53.9%, surpassing the 2025 target [...]

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By KMAN Staff|2025-02-13T16:24:33-06:00February 13th, 2025|Local News|Comments Off

K-State master plan calls for making campus more walkable

By Emma Loura Officials want K-State to be more walkable. That was a major theme of a presentation on the university’s master plan earlier this week. K-State officials said Tuesday they’re looking at closing some roads, such as parts of Martin Luther King Drive and College Heights Road, which would connect Anderson Hall and Ahearn [...]

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By Chris Swick|2025-02-13T16:10:03-06:00February 13th, 2025|Local News|Comments Off

Another week of K-State’s celebration of their (re)Search for a Cure

K-State continues to be busy with events to celebrate the work they do in their Search for a Cure in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Johnson Cancer Research Center’s Director Doctor Sherry Fleming invites everyone to their Pink Power Luncheon. It’s catered by Coco Bolos at the Alumni Center at the corner of Anderson [...]

By Rhonda Zellweger|2022-10-23T11:20:58-05:00October 23rd, 2022|Local News|Comments Off

Wamego poverty simulation shines light on difficulties families face

The K-State Research and Extension Office recently hosted a poverty simulation at Wamego High School. Tuesday’s event, Living on the Edge – The Realities of Living Paycheck to Paycheck in Today’s World, was attended by about forty community members. Pottawatomie County Family Consumer Science Agent Erin Tynon explains. The decisions involved housing and utilities, clothing [...]

By Rhonda Zellweger|2022-09-22T16:34:11-05:00September 22nd, 2022|Local News|Comments Off

Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program names Riley County’s Steve Schurle to class of 2022/23

Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program’s Founder Representative, Vivienne Uccello, announces Steve Schurle has been chosen to attend a leadership program. In his application, Schurle said he recognizes we need each other for continued growth in the region and he hopes that through his participation in the program he will gain a better understanding of how [...]

By Rhonda Zellweger|2022-08-22T12:04:28-05:00August 22nd, 2022|Local News|Comments Off

Power Power Play returns at new location

After a year away (coughthankscovidcough), Purple Power Play returns to get the Wildcat nation hyped up for the home opener Saturday against Southern Illinois. The pep rally will look different in 2021, however. For starters, it is one night only on Friday. The other change is that it will be at Blue Earth Plaza, rather [...]

By Chris Swick|2021-09-09T09:11:35-05:00September 9th, 2021|Fence Post|Comments Off

Win with the Morning Buzz and the Kansas Lottery!

You could score $25,000 INSTANTLY with the Kansas Lottery and B104.7! Each morning at 7:10 a.m., Bill and Jen will play Armchair Quarterback! You guess the correct winner of a Sunflower Showdown between K-State and KU (Football only!) and you could walk away with a Rivalry Riches instant scratch ticket, which could potentially net you [...]

By Chris Swick|2020-10-16T11:50:52-05:00October 16th, 2020|Fence Post|Comments Off