Presedential lecture series

 

Art and design

The Creative Process: How Do Artists Create?

Joyce Yeagerline, Associate Professor of Dance

Creative Thinking: A Design Process

LaBarbara James Wigfall, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning

Save it or Tear it Down? The Choices We Make for Progress

LaBarbara James Wigfall

So You Think You Can Dance?

Joyce Yeagerline

The Violin Family Has Unusual Members and Cousins

David Littrell, University Distinguished Professor of Music

Business

Educating the Digital Native

Roger McHaney, Professor of Management Information Systems

Entrepreneurism: The Art of Being Your Own Boss

Brian Niehoff, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Head of Management

The Future of Textbooks

Roger McHaney

Careers

Careers in Management

Brian Niehoff

Geology: Its Impact on Society and Exciting Careers

Don Von Bergen, Head of Arts, Sciences, and Business, K-State at Salina

Striving for Excellence: Building a Lifetime Resume

Andrew Barkley, Professor of Agricultural Economics

Diversity and gender issues

American Indian Education

Leslie D. Hannah, Assistant Professor of Arts, Sciences, and Business, K-State at Salina

American Indian Folklore and Traditions

Leslie D. Hannah

American Indian Literacy

Leslie D. Hannah

American Indian Religions

Leslie D. Hannah

American Indian Storytelling

Leslie D. Hannah

Beyond Holidays and Food: Infusing Culture in Schools and Curriculum

Tonnie Martinez, Assistant Professor of Education

Cross-Cultural Reflections by a Gringo in South America

Bradley Shaw, Professor of Modern Languages and Director of International and Area Studies

The International Imperative: 10 Reasons for Studying International Studies and National Languages

Bradley Shaw

Sensitivity Training for Cultural Diversity: Who Are You Seeing?

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin, Academic Program Coordinator, Department of Management

So You Though That Translation Was All About Words? Reasons Why Everyone Who Speaks a Language is Not a Translator

Bradley A. Shaw

Violence Against Women: A Cultural Epidemic

Michelle Bemiller, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Educational opportunities

Becoming an Educated Person

Jerome Frieman, Professor and Head of Psychology

Conflict Management Traning

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin

Finding the Right Fit: Making Sense of the College Selection Process

Emily Lehning, Assistant Dean of Student Life

Is There Life After High School?

Pat Bosco, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students

Searching for Scholarships

Jack Taylor, Assistant Director of Admissions and Student Financial Assistance

Stimulating Creativity: You Can Be Creative Even Though You May Not Be Artistic

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin

Stress Management: Have I Lost All My Marbles?

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin

Understanding Student Financial Assistance

Jack Taylor

What Happens After High School

Jack Taylor

What is a Truly Educated Person?

Andrew Barkley

What is in Your Oatmeal? Removing Barriers and Jumping Hurdles to Attend College as an Adult

Dixie Schierlman, Associate Dean of Student Life, K-State at Salina

Engineering

Chaotic Fluid Motions: How Sparrows Affect the Weather

Larry A. Glasgow, Professor of Chemical Engineering

Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Larry A. Glasgow

Some Serious Fun in Fluid Mechanics

Larry A. Glasgow

Food science

A Snack is Born: The Food Product Development Story

Fadi Aramouni, Professor of Food Science

Chinese Cooking Without Sweat

Daniel Y.C. Fung, Professor of Food Science

Food Safety and Common Sense

Daniel Y.C. Fung

Food Safety and Security at K-State

Curtis L. Kastner, Director of the Food Science Institute

Health and nutrition

Beneficial Role of Plant Chemicals in Vegetables and Fruits

George Wang, Associate Professor of Human Nutrition

Healthy Body Weight and Cancer Prevention

George Wang

The Science of Exercise: Why We Are Meant to Move

Craig Harms, Associate Professor of Kinesiology

What Are Microbes?

Daniel Y.C. Fung

History and society

African American Community in the United States: An Overview Since 1865

LaBarbara James Wigfall

Conducting a Community History Study

LaBarbara James Wigfall

Historic Campus Structures and Their Stories

Michaeline Chance-Reay, Professor of Secondary Education and Women's Studies

History of Nicodemus, Kansas

LaBarbara James Wigfall

Land Grant Ladies: Kansas State University Presidential Wives 1863-2003

Michaeline Chance-Reay

Leadership and communication

Am I in My Right Mind? Understanding Right and Left Brain Dominance

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin

Communication for Leaders

Emily Lehning

Communication in a Democratic Society

Tim Steffensmeier, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication

Get in Control: Time Management Skills for Living and Learning

Brian Niehoff

Leadership and Survival Tips From a Student's Perspective

K-State Blue Key Senior Honorary Students

Lessons in Leadership

Emily Lehning

Motivating Yourself and Others

Pat Bosco

Motivation: You are the Key to Success

Frank Tracz, Director of Bands and Professor of Music

Recharging Your Volunteer Batteries

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin

Recruit, Retain, and Recognize

Emily Lehning

Tomorrow’s Leader

Jack Taylor

You Can’t Not Communicate

Jack Taylor

You’ve Made it this Far, Will You Make it the Rest of the Way?

Frank Tracz

Psychology

Conditioning and Learning in Everyday Experience

Jerome Frieman

Memory and the Brain

Stephen W. Kiefer, Director, University Honors Program and Professor of Psychology

Studying a Person with an Extraordinary Memory

Jerome Frieman

Science and the environment

Agriculture and the Environment: An Economist’s View

Andrew Barkley

Alternative Energies

Kenneth Klabunde, University Distinguished Professor in Chemistry

Bioenergy and Your Future

Scott Staggenborg, Professor of Cropping Systems

Biotechnology

Andrew Barkley

Chemistry in Outer Space

Kenneth Klabunde

Climate Change: Are You Ready?

Ken Barnard, Professor of Aviation, K-State at Salina

From Molecular Sociology to Smart Materials

Christer Aakeroy, Professor of Chemistry

Global Warming: Causes and Solutions

Chuck Rice, Professor of Soil Microbiology

Going Green for Your Classroom or Business

Donita Whitney-Bammerlin

Good Planets Are Hard to Find: Save R PLANET

Ken Barnard

How Lasers Work

Chris Sorensen, University Distinguished Professor of Physics

Nanotechnology

Kenneth Klabunde

Soil: Sustaining Food, Energy, and Human Health

Chuck Rice

What Can You Do Now to Save Energy and Money?

Kenneth Klabunde

Veterinary medicine

Becoming a Veterinarian

Judy Klimek, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Physiology

How to Become a Veterinarian

Ronnie Elmore, Associate Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine

The Peruvian Horse: The Best Kept Secret in the United States

Ronnie Elmore

Running Fast: Secrets From Animals

David C. Poole, Professor of Kinesiology, Anatomy, and Physiology

U.S. Presidential Pets: How Pets Have Changed History

Ronnie Elmore

Veterinary Medicine: More Than James (Jane) Herriot

Lisa Freeman, Professor and Associate Dean for Research in Veterinary Medicine