Leaders at Kansas State University plan to remove the word “diversity” from the school’s mission statement to comply with a new state law. K-State’s previous mission statement, approved in December 2008, says the university “embraces diversity, encourages engagement and is committed to the discovery of knowledge, the education of undergraduate and graduate students, and improvement [...]

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By Emma Loura K-State’s Anderson Hall will be looking good as new after upcoming renovations, with restored bricks, new balconies and a walking plaza in place of Mid-Campus Drive. At Friday’s State of the University address, K-State president Richard Linton presented the Campus Master Plan and explained changes planned for the university, from a new [...]

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An investigator in K-State’s civil rights office is drawing criticism for controversial social media posts in support of Palestine. Derron Borders, an investigative specialist in Civil Rights and Title IX office at K-State, reportedly made pro-Hamas posts on social media that critics say are extremist and anti-Semitic. “F*** your fake outrage at Palestine when you’ve literally [...]

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By The Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The Trump administration defunded 16 of 17 Feed the Future labs across the country when it began wiping out U.S. Agency for International Development projects. After months in limbo, Kansas State University found out its lab is the lone survivor. Two K-State labs that are part of the Feed [...]

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  Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday advocated for Kansas and for his home base of Manhattan during the confirmation hearings for U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins. Moran was one of several senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee asking questions of Rollins, who is Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture. Moran [...]

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K-State and Garden City Community College are joining forces to make bachelor’s degree programs available to students in southwest Kansas. This collaboration will allow students to complete their education locally, addressing a critical need in a region where only 17.9% of residents hold a four-year degree compared to the state average of 33.9%. The new [...]

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