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Check this short list of hot spots for each college and Hale Library.
See 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
- 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 cars designed by K-State students.
- Tour one of the few research/teaching nuclear reactors on a university campus.
- Events also run from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Friday.
Business administration
- See Calvin Hall transformed into a Monopoly game board. Whether you're 2 or 92, you'll enjoy Calvin Hallopoly.
- Collect $200 in CBA money when you pass Go at the front door. Then use the money to visit each stop on the game board and learn about different college clubs.
- Test your skill in contests and games to win great prizes.
- Enjoy a free lunch as you visit with current students, academic advisors, and professors.
Education
- Watch historical figures come to life in a "living" wax museum.
- Join in a fun puzzle game.
- Have your face painted.
- Watch our balloon artist.
- See what other students do in their classes.
- Have some fun with future teachers.
- Talk to students and advisors about the College of Education.
Agriculture
- 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.
- Take a road trip across campus—and win a free T-shirt. You'll learn about programs ranging from ag economics to horticulture science.
- "Get branded" in the College of Agriculture! Learn about the history of branding while receiving your own K-State brand.
Human ecology
- 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 class projects that turn a beginning design student into an emerging professional.
- Tap into your creative design side by recycling vintage silk ties into new decorative buttons.
- Future Wildcats, let your ideas go wild as you color your own clothing line.
- 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.
- 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.
- Watch hotel and restaurant management students transform big blocks of ice into beautiful sculptures.
- Learn about the people-oriented careers, professional organizations, and leadership activities in our college.
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 photography 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.
- Race through the GI tract display to see how food is digested.
- Check out the live parasite, flea, and tick 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.
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K-State at Salina: Technology and aviation
- Using our student-built cannons, aim water balloons at your least-favorite mascot.
- Think you're the man/woman of steel? Tour our materials testing labs and see how much abuse metal can really take.
- Watch how a new product is designed and manufactured.
- 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 an aircraft and check out the university's fleet.
- Some focus on working with objects, others focus on working with people. Come check out what the Family Studies and Human Services program has cooking.
- See what our students learn and check out their completed senior projects.
K-state libraries
- Connect with your very own librarian and enter the prize drawing.
- Check out some unusual items from the libraries’ collection.
- Find your parents or grandparents in our old K-State yearbooks.
- Play Guitar Hero or Wii Sports and learn why games are an important part of libraries today.
- Visit the ADAPT station and find out how the libraries are using technology to help students with disabilities.