uncover campus hot spots
Can't-miss sights abound at Open House. Here's a short list of hot spots for each college and Hale Library.
Check the complete listing for all events, locations, and times
Arts and sciences
- Tour the newsroom of the Collegian, K-State’s award-winning newspaper.
- Watch students spin magic on a potter’s wheel.
- Check out K-State’s own tightrope-walking “rat pack.”
- Test your physical fitness by measuring your grip strength.
- Marvel at strange and fascinating amphibians and reptiles.
- Discover how mutant beetles help fight cancer.
- Challenge your brain with optical illusions.
- Get dazzled at the chemistry magic show.
- Dive into a world of animation.
- Tour the campus radio station.
Engineering
- Events run from 2:20 to 9 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
- Check out the Lego robot design competition.
- See the solar car that raced across America.
- Discover the latest technology in wind tunnels, automated manufacturing systems, and computer applications.
- Find out how a bionic cow can help monitor cattle.
- Learn how to design Formula One and Baja racecars by studying the cars designed by K-State students.
- Tour one of the few research/teaching nuclear reactors on a university campus.
Business administration
- Play "Who wants to be a Wildcat?” It's the K-State version of the popular "Millionaire" game show.
- Meet with business students representing the different majors and options available in the world of business.
- Get your questions answered about majoring in business by business ambassadors, faculty members, and advisors.
- Get in on the action. Meet members representing business groups and clubs and find the perfect spot for you.
Education
- Watch history come to life with "living" historical figures at our wax museum.
- Play "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"
- Talk to students and advisors about the College of Education.
- See what other students do in their classes.
- Have some fun with future teachers.
Agriculture
- Learn about programs ranging from ag economics to horticulture science and enjoy free food.
- Speaking of free food, surround yourself in a room full of cookies.
- Take home a plant from the plant sale.
- Watch wheat being milled and processed into flour.
- Sample free, fresh-baked goods and stop by Call Hall.
- See exotic insects and tarantulas at the insect zoo. Be sure to reserve your spot with an advance ticket.
- Tour the conservatory and greenhouses, flour mill, bakery lab, and meats lab.
- Enjoy fresh-made pancakes.
- See new genetic crop varieties and test your soils, weeds, and crops knowledge.
- Learn about Kansas wheat diseases.
- Watch a soda-pop geyser erupt.
- See the microorganisms that make food tasty.
- Learn how color is part of your perception of taste.
- Take a road trip across campus—and win a free T-shirt.
- "Get branded" in the College of Agriculture! Learn about the history of branding while receiving your own K-State brand.
Human ecology
- Explore the different areas we have to offer in apparel design, marketing, and textiles.
- See real students' work displayed on student models in a fashion show—like "America's Next Top Model" without the attitude.
- Explore your style in our textile lab by experiencing how an original print is silk-screened onto muslin tote bags.
- What do design students do? Come see the projects that turn a beginning design student into an emerging professional.
- Experience a taste of our creative design side by learning how to recycle vintage silk ties into new decorative buttons.
- See how children interact with light and shadows and drawing what they see.
- Challenge your decision-making skills with Reality Check, a game created by the School of Family Studies and Human Services.
- Tour the Speech and Hearing Center located north of Justin Hall and get a free hearing screening.
- View anatomical models of your vocal folds and ears while you learn about speech and language development.
- See how your financial acumen measures up in a trivia game. You might win a chance to sink a putt for prizes.
- Learn the presentation aspects of helping someone you know with a communication problem, and get a free voice analysis screening.
- "Come taste the rainbow" and learn about eating all colors of fruits and vegetables.
- Learn about the people-oriented careers, professional organizations, and leadership activites in our college.
- Gain an understanding of treating your body right while you learn about healthy eating.
- Forget about healthy eating long enough to enjoy grilled hot dogs, chips, and a soda at the open-air café.
- Watch hotel and restaurant management students transform big blocks of ice into beautiful sculptures.
Architecture, planning, and design
- Explore the ground floor of Seaton Hall's east wing, which was completely transformed into an improved learning laboratory by fifth-year studio students.
- Immerse yourself in models, furniture, plans, and landscapes that are drawn, designed, and built by students.
- Experience cutting-edge technologies, including 3D modeling and animation, used by students.
- View the annual student rendering competition and exhibit.
Veterinary medicine
- Learn what it takes to get into vet school.
- Come visit the exotic animal exhibit.
- Visit the small ruminant petting zoo.
- See how food is digested at the GI tract display.
- Check out the parasite and flea exhibit.
- Blow dart demo: see how veterinarians safely handle wild animals.
- See the exhibit of congenital defects.
- Roamin' the rumen: learn what a cow does with her food.
- Dress up like a surgeon and see students prepare a "patient" for surgery.
- Come try your luck at "cow pie lotto."
- Cheer for your favorite pet at the pet show.
K-State at Salina: Technology and aviation
- Take our your least-favorite college mascot by launching water balloons from cannons designed and built by students.
- Think you're the man/woman of steel? Tour our materials testing labs and see how much abuse metal can really take.
- See how a new product is designed and manufactured.
- Just how quick are you? Test your time and athletic ability by jumping a speeding car.
- Concrete floats? Well, it does in the hands of our students. Check out the latest concrete canoe design.
- Take part in wild and wacky chemistry demonstrations.
- Feeling lucky? Play the electronic roulette wheel and find out.
- See what it's like to fly K-State's jet, and check out the university's fleet.
Hale Library
- Hear masterful storytellers regale the audience with amazing adventures at children’s story time.
- See Harry Potter's cupboard and traverse our many hidden staircases.
- Marvel at the mystical cathedral room and check out the fantastic murals from a foregone era.