A&S Letters, Winter 2016 by K-State

Winter 2016

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At the center of it all College of Arts & Sciences proposes new geoscience-centric building for Manhattan campus.

Alumni and Friends, This issue of A&S Letters is dedicated to the dreams and aspirations of generations of A&S alumni whose passions achieved resonance with the many talents of our faculty and students to create something more excellent than before, inspiring the future generations of alumni. These past four years of my leadership in the college have been inspired by your dedication to propel us forward, embracing K-State 2025, and challenging me to be innovative and compelling. In January 2012, I began my tenure as dean of the college, and we launched our first A&S Letters magazine, changing the title and adding a focus on the ampersand: &. The etiology of this nearly mythical character may be found in a 1957 study by Jan Tschichold titled “The Ampersand: Its Origin and Development.” Interestingly, he did not use the ampersand in his title. The ampersand is placed in the center of the top row of the standard keyboard as far back on typewriters as I was able to find. In my humble opinion, it resides there based on its status as a joiner — a simple, coordinate conjunction that brings different thoughts together; it joins different, but not disparate, philosophies together. Do not dismiss it because it is not inclusive; I also treat it as a correlative conjunction, because I can think of it being necessary in pairs: both-and. Arts & Sciences. Before starting my job as dean, I attended a leadership workshop (aka Deans’ School). We were asked to write a compelling statement about our respective colleges based on a visioning exercise. Since I never throw anything away, I was able to find what I had written in fall 2011: At the heart of every great public research university is a College of Arts & Sciences that touches the lives of every student, engendering self-discovery, creative problem-solving, and a passion to have an impact on all they do. Discover your passion in the College of Arts & Sciences. Even then, I used the ampersand. I believe in the symbolism of this joining, inclusive character. You have seen this in previous A&S Letters magazines, bringing the arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences together in ways that can only be done at K-State, with K-State students and faculty. You may have also heard it in my speeches and quotes from Leonardo da Vinci: Study the art of science, study the science of art, and develop a complete mind. What you will see in this issue is the culmination of this perspective in the campaign for K-State: Innovation and Inspiration. It’s both-and; it’s “&.” Together, we have charted a course for faculty and student successes, building upon the paths you walked here on campus before us, to prepare the way toward 2025. Your successes after graduation inspire us and propel us forward. We have serious momentum on our side! Entering my fifth year at K-State, I am now compelled by new and mysterious challenges. Many of you know that I was appointed to lead the Office of Research as the interim vice president effective in January 2016 until a new, permanent leader is identified and on board. As this issue of A&S Letters was being sent to print, university leadership just announced Amit Chakrabarti, the head of the physics department, will be interim dean of the college. However, this transition diminishes none of the great things we have accomplished since 2012. We have a visionary strategic plan that was built by our faculty and alumni. We have outstanding, award-winning students and faculty who are really the heart of the college and who believe in the value of an Arts & Sciences education. We are well on our way to raising $100 million to support a strong future for our college. We are well prepared for a new chapter in our Letters, a new leader for a time. So, I will close with another tribute to the value of Arts & Sciences, this one made by Albert Einstein: The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious — the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art & true science. (ampersand added for emphasis). All the best,

Peter Dorhout Dean

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Table of contents

Peter Dorhout, Dean Louise Benjamin, Associate Dean Beth Montelone, Associate Dean Kimathi Choma, Interim Assistant Dean Alison Wheatley, Assistant Dean Tom Roesler, Communications Coordinator

At the center of it all

Dean’s Office: 785-532-6900

College seeks to expand Faculty Development Program....................... 7

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A transformative gift..................................................... 8

KSU Foundation Development Office: Sheila Walker, Senior Director of Development Eric Holderness, Director of Development Emily Mahoney, Development Officer Shelley Carver, Development Officer 800-432-1578 or 785-532-6266 found.k-state.edu foundation@found.k-state.edu

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College of Arts & Sciences proposes new geoscience-centric building for Manhattan campus................................................. 4

Acting on generosity..................................................... 6 Springboard for success

Dean’s Excellence Fund helps college fill key needs........ 9 Connecting people to a passion.................................. 10 Innovation and Inspiration kickoff............................... 12 Meet the interim dean................................................ 13 Young alumni award................................................... 14 Alumni merit award.................................................... 15 Benefactors................................................................. 16

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At the center of it all

by Greg Tammen

College of Arts & Sciences proposes new geoscience-centric building for Manhattan campus

Pamela Kempton sees geosciences at the center of all sciences. Since her arrival in fall 2013, Kempton, head of the geology department in the College of Arts & Sciences, has overseen efforts to maximize space in Thompson Hall — a building that once served as a cafeteria at K-State and is the current home of the geology department. Storage rooms have become small-scale laboratories. Classrooms double as teaching and lab space when classes are not in session. Thompson Hall, though, is reaching its limits. Storage space for samples and equipment is low. A new X-ray diffractometer — funded with contributions from alumni and friends and matched by a contribution from the College of Arts & Sciences — had to be split over two separate rooms because of lack of space. Most labs can only accommodate two people at a time, and petroleum lab experiments must be conducted in a building across campus as adding fume hoods to the Thompson Hall space is cost prohibitive. Additionally, classrooms cannot accommodate student needs. Every semester nearly 600 undergraduates enroll in the 21 sections of Intro to Geology. Room size limits the course to 30 students at a time, and the class’s reliance on the department’s collection of rocks, minerals and fossils prevent it from being taught in another building. Another classroom has support beams obscuring student views. This is in the midst of the American Geosciences Institute forecasting that in the next 10 years there will be 4

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more jobs in geosciences than there will be graduates to fill them. Despite ingenuity by Kempton and support from the College of Arts & Sciences, one could say that Thompson Hall is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to expansion. “We’ve done really well at maximizing the space we have, but we’ve reached the limit in terms of what we can do with the existing building,” Kempton said. “Because Thompson was built as a cafeteria, much of its physical design and infrastructure make it difficult to teach and conduct some of the cutting-edge science our graduates need to be competitive.” In 2014, the geology department’s alumni advisory council proposed a challenge to university leadership: Design a new geosciences building and the council will help it to completion. “It was a great challenge and something that came to fruition quickly because of our alumni,” said Peter Dorhout, College of Arts & Sciences dean and interim vice president for research. “People recognize that a geosciences building is not only a need for K-State, but for Kansas industry and for Kansas’ future in energy, the environment, water and other natural resources in coming years.”

The Department of Geology is laying a solid foundation with the geosciences initiative. Building for the future positively affects several areas:

Energy

Water

A $4.3 billion industry in Kansas alone, employing more than 26,000 directly and indirectly.

Jobs

Environment

Geosciences skills are required as Kansas legislators are tasking the state with enhancing the public water supply, economy and agriculture.

Geosciences job vacancies — geologists, geophysicists, hydrogeologists, environmental scientists and earth science educators — are significant and growing faster than the average of nearly all vacancies.

Interdisciplinary collaboration is needed between geosciences and all other sciences to address environmental opportunities and problems.

Education and Research An advanced STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — facility centralized on campus with multipurpose classrooms to strengthen interdisciplinary teaching and research.

research labs and offices for faculty and graduate students. The facility is designed to educate and train the next generation of workers for Kansas’ $4.3 billion energy industry. “We’re really excited about the project and the building’s design,” Dorhout said. “Faculty were involved in figuring out what needs and space the building can fulfill both in terms of research and teaching. The result is a marvelous space that’s in the heart of campus for all to benefit from.”

The overall cost of the proposed 78,000-square-foot building is projected to be $45 million, half of which is expected to be paid for through philanthropic gifts. It will have 13 classrooms with 750 seats, 21 laboratories and 50 offices for faculty, graduate teaching assistants and doctoral researchers. Thompson Hall is 16,500 square feet, has three classrooms with 138 seats, 13 laboratories and 19 offices. The new building will have three floors. The first will house classrooms for the Intro to Geology course and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, courses, while the second floor will house the geology teaching labs, classrooms for upper-level geology courses and some offices. The top floor will have

The college is more than 20 percent of the way toward our $22.5 million goal when counting gifts received and verbal commitments. The college hopes to begin construction in July 2017 pending approval from the Kansas Legislature. “The idea is that this building will be right in the center of where all of the other STEM departments are,” Kempton said. “Geosciences are at the heart of everything and intersect with our fellow sciences such as engineering, chemistry, agronomy, mathematics and physics. At the moment we have a lot of physical distance from those departments. This would be a fantastic opportunity for collaboration in research and student education.”

CALL TO ACTION: To help us reach the goal of raising half of the cost for the geoscience-centric building,

PLEASE CONTACT: Sheila Walker, Senior Director of Development, 785-532-7511.

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Acting on generosity by Stephanie Jacques Darrington Clark couldn’t be any more the opposite of the character he played in Kansas State University’s 2015 fall theatre production of “A Christmas Carol.” Clark, who landed the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, is a hardworking and exuberant senior in K-State’s College of Arts & Sciences with a double major in theatre, and journalism and mass communications. “As a person, Darrington is humble, full of joy and has proven himself to be an exceptional member of any team,” said Jennifer Vellenga, associate director of K-State’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, who works with Clark in her role as director of the theatre program. “As a student, he is mature, responsible and engaged in every class. As an actor, he is inquisitive, creative and a full participant in the process of developing a show.” Clark, from Kansas City, Missouri, also is a first-generation student who knew before his freshman year that putting himself through college was going to be difficult for a variety of reasons, including financial — which almost kept him from continuing his education. At the end of four years at K-State, Clark needed one more year to finish his two degrees, but the funding he used in the past was not available to fifth-year seniors. He already worked 20 hours a week, went to school full time and participated in multiple extracurricular activities that added critical experience to his resume, such as editor-in-chief of the university’s student-run newspaper, The Collegian. “When I was facing how to pay for college every year, something always worked out. But in May 2015 I was looking at my bill for next fall and knew I did not have any of those resources for my fifth year,” Clark said. “I spent all summer trying to figure out what I could do. That was very difficult and very scary.” Enter the comic relief. After speaking to Vellenga, Clark found out about the Vincent and Jamey Stonestreet Scholarship that is awarded to students with financial need in the theatre program. Clark also applied for a scholarship from K-State Proud, a student-funded philanthropy specifically designed to help students in need stay at K-State. Both sources provided the funds needed for Clark to continue his education. “K-State theatre is better with Darrington in our program and we knew we couldn’t lose him,” Vellenga said. “We are extremely grateful to have donors who understand the importance of an education in the arts.” Eric Stonestreet, the actor in the ABC television comedy “Modern Family” and a Kansas State University alumnus, started the scholarship in honor of his parents for their giving nature and encouragement of his dream to become a professional actor.

“I’m so thankful that donors like Stonestreet have taken an interest in education,” Clark said. “I feel like our generation is being told that you have to get a degree to be successful, but at the same time it seems like there is a nationwide disregard for education funding — especially arts education.” Clark’s dream was to play the leading role in a production. If he had not been able to obtain the funding to come back to K-State for the fall 2015 semester, he would have missed his big chance to audition and play Scrooge, which is an asset to his resume. “I’m most grateful for the opportunity to be the lead character of a production,” Clark said. “Not everyone gets to have that experience. Without the scholarships I received, I couldn’t have been considered for this show at all.” After graduation, Clark will work for Stage Right Performing Arts in the Kansas City area as the company’s assistant creative director. He also will continue pursuing his dream of an acting career, landing his first professional performance: the role of Kowalski the penguin in “Madagascar Live!” at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City. “We expect great things out of Darrington, and we know that he will be an equally exceptional alumnus,” Vellenga said.

THE NEED: Scholarships for Arts & Sciences students in the area you are most passionate about

TO HELP: Contact a member of the development team at (785) 532-7603 or (800) 432-1578. 6

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Springboard for success College seeks to expand Faculty Development Program

by Beth Bohn

Helping early-career faculty members find a path to professional success is an important goal at Kansas State University’s College of Arts & Sciences and the reason the Faculty Development Program was created. The program is for young faculty in disciplines where funding opportunities for postdoctoral training are scarce, which is generally, but not exclusively, in the arts and humanities, said Beth Montelone, associate dean for research. “The College of Arts & Sciences’ Faculty Development Program provides funding to help young faculty members conduct scholarly work, such as travel to do research for a book, collect preliminary data for a larger proposal, or pay a student assistant to help code data. Additionally, it provides mentoring from someone in their field — someone at K-State or someone from another university,” Montelone said. “We want to increase scholarly and creative efforts across the college. We want to show these faculty members there are opportunities for them and they can be successful in a national and international arena.” The challenge, Montelone said, is funding. Because the college is currently the sole support of the program, funding is tight and demand is high. That makes the program very competitive and limits the number of faculty it may serve.

That could change through the $1 billion Innovation and Inspiration Capital Campaign for Kansas State University. If the college can meet its campaign fundraising goals, with help from alumni and friends, more early-career faculty could be served through the Faculty Development Program. Greg Paul knows what a difference the program makes. “I knew that the program would be a great springboard to starting up my research activities at K-State,” said Paul, an assistant professor of communication studies. “I also knew that it was important to the department that I seek research funding, given that such funding tends to snowball and lay the groundwork for future funding success.” And that’s just what the program has done for Paul. He collaborated with an undergraduate in communication studies to work on a project examining restorative justice and victim-offender conferencing. His mentor is Bill Schenck-Hamlin, now a professor emeritus of communication studies, and they are currently working on two projects that resulted from the work supported by the Faculty Development Program. Paul also took advantage of a trip the college offers to early-career faculty to Washington, D.C., to meet with funding agencies and make key connections that could lead to future funding. “There is a direct line between my participation in the Faculty Development Program and my meetings with funding agencies in Washington, D.C.,” Paul said. “The program gave me a base of research that I could use in talking with funders at the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice and the Kettering Foundation. In fact, those discussions with the Kettering Foundation resulted in funding I’m currently using to perform community-engaged research on the issue of juvenile justice in Manhattan and elsewhere around Kansas.” Without the program, Paul said he would not have published two articles, presented at conferences, submitted a federal grant application and received a grant from a private foundation — not to mention the additional projects spawned by his work. “We’re very much seeking to grow this program,” Montelone said. “Dr. Paul’s success to date is exactly the type of outcome that we want for all our young faculty.”

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THE NEED: To make a big impact on a department, center, or faculty member in teaching, research or service

TO HELP: Make a gift online at found.ksu.edu/ give/as or contact a member of the development team at (785) 532-7603 or (800) 432-1578.

A transformative gift by Sheila Ellis-Glasper Alumni support can help build new campus buildings, attract outstanding faculty or guide a student to graduation. One Kansas State University alumni family chose to use its support in the form of a gift to save lives. Les and Virginia Clow invested $200,000 in K-State cancer research because it was the favorite university program of Virginia Clow’s sister, Doris Peters. Both sisters were breast cancer survivors. “This gift turned out to be transformative,” said Stefan Bossmann, K-State professor of chemistry. Bossmann and Deryl Troyer, K-State professor of anatomy and physiology, are a part of the team that received a U.S. patent on technology to detect cancer cells and tumors in early stages — even before the appearance of physical symptoms. The technology has a 95 percent success rate of detecting cancers at the stage 1 level and above. The gift from the Clow family allowed the K-State researchers to upgrade from slow fluorescence experiments to speedy plate reader experiments and hire a postdoctoral fellow. The new technology is now 100-400 times faster, allowing for a larger patient testing. The researchers are now at the stage to use this technology in a clinical lab, Bossmann said. “Without a donor you don’t reach this point,” Bossman said. “The Clow family’s gift has allowed us to proceed with research without being dependent on public money.” Bossmann has a personal connection to cancer. He lost his father to lung cancer. “One of the main problems is that cancer is detected too late,” he said. Bossmann, Troyer and their team also have developed tests for 15 more markers for cancer and pulmonary diseases. “These gifts are so powerful,” Bossmann said. “Donors help researchers to reach the next level.” The Clow family has been affected by breast cancer three times, said Ann Swirczynski, John and Virginia Clow’s daughter. Swirczynski, is a breast cancer survivor, along with her mother and aunt Doris Peters, who was the wife of longtime K-State administrator, Chester Peters. Swirczynski described her first meeting with Bossmann and the research team as encouraging. “Just to see their enthusiasm, passion and dedication to their research; it made us feel good about our gift,” she said, noting that everyone working in the lab, from the students to the professors, were all focused and determined in their research. “We know our gift is in such good hands and used so wisely,” she said. The Clow family’s gift continues to give as Bossmann and his colleagues are currently collaborating with China’s First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University on conducting double-blind cancer detection tests. Double-blind tests are one of the most stringent testing procedures, as neither the test participants nor the administrators know who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group. If the researchers’ detection test achieves a high accuracy rate, it will likely become a viable medical test for physicians in the U.S. and across the world.

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THE NEED: To invest in the cure and bring K-State’s discoveries from the benchtop to the bedside.

TO HELP: Contact Shelley Carver, Development Officer, 785-532-7510.

Dean’s Excellence Fund helps college fill key needs Dream big and make a difference. That’s what donations to the Dean’s Excellence Fund allow the College of Arts & Sciences to do, said Dean Peter Dorhout. Growing the fund is one of the key priorities for the college through Innovation & Inspiration: The Campaign for Kansas State University. “Excellence Funds were created as a source that the dean can use to fund projects with the potential to make a big impact on a department, center, or faculty member in teaching, research or service to the discipline,” Dorhout said. “We use Excellence Funds to enable faculty to start a new research project; to promote and facilitate technology transfer; to support faculty and student travel to meetings, workshops and training; to promote diversity activities; to bring alumni and friends together to celebrate K-State; and to bring renowned scholars to campus to give lectures or teach short courses.” One current emphasis area for the Dean’s Excellence Fund is to recruit new

faculty in the sciences, which is why K-State alumnus John Fischer and his wife, Antonia “Toni” Fischer, donated in honor of Rodney Babcock, a former longtime dean of the college. The Fischers’ gift will support the hire of a new faculty member in biology this semester and will cover the purchase of some key laboratory equipment to jump-start his or her lab. Dream big and make difference are what K-State and Dean Babcock helped John Fischer do with his career, so he said he was happy to help launch the career of a new faculty member. Fischer was studying chemistry at K-State when he got a job offer to be an assistant chief chemist at Hughes Tool Co. in Houston. The only problem was he wanted to finish his degree, too. “Dean Babcock was very helpful to me, letting me take everything from correspondence courses to courses at the University of Houston and counting them toward my K-State degree,” Fischer said. After working for Hughes for several years, Fischer was offered a job as chief metallurgist with Smith

by Beth Bohn Tool Co. He and his wife then went on to start their own oil drill bit company in California. “K-State and Dean Babcock were very good to me. They helped me with my whole career,” Fischer said. “I would never have been available to take the job as an assistant chemist at Hughes or be offered the job of chief metallurgist at Smith without the help of K-State and Dean Babcock.” “Excellence funding directed toward hiring new science faculty, seeding new research projects that may later attract funding from a foundation or industry, or toward supporting visiting speakers who inspire a new project are examples of how donations enable our programs to thrive and become even more successful,” Dorhout said. Whether for new faculty or to meet important research needs, Dorhout says Excellence Fund donors like the Fischers are essential for the college. “We don’t often know what opportunities may arise, so having a flexible source of funding that enables us to react quickly and dream big makes a difference,” Dorhout said.

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Connecting people to a passion College of Arts & Sciences Development Team

“The development team for the college is critical to the success of our campaign,” said Peter Dorhout, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. “They are professionals who work with me to get to know our friends and alumni, to learn about their passions and to help connect those passions with our college’s needs. Together, we connect great people with great ideas.” Meet the team:

Sheila Walker Sheila Walker’s commitment to the College of Arts & Sciences has come full circle, from her time as a student in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications to her current role as senior director of development at the KSU Foundation. Walker has been a communicator throughout her life. While a student at K-State, she met her husband, a student in graphic design. After graduating in 1991 with a degree in journalism and mass communications, she anchored the news for WIBW radio and the Kansas Information Network for four years. She also served as the director of the Division of Vehicles for the state of Kansas.

Eric Holderness

Sheila Walker For five consecutive years, the College of Arts & Sciences has enjoyed record fundraising, set by alumni and friends who care deeply about the future success of the college. Success like that isn’t possible without a lot of hard work from dedicated people. The Kansas State University Foundation’s College of Arts & Sciences development team is just that, serving as the main point of contact for alumni to connect to the area they want to support.

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thousands of alumni back to the university. “My favorite thing about working for the College of Arts & Sciences development team is communicating with alumni, reminiscing about their past at Kansas State and helping them find how they want to leave a legacy,” Walker said. A native Kansan, Walker’s hometown is Moundridge and she is the youngest of six children. Walker enjoys old-fashioned photography; she spends her spare time telling visual stories, mainly about her daughter, Grace, through photography and scrapbooking.

Eric Holderness After growing up on a farm in Montezuma, Kansas, Eric Holderness knew attending Kansas State University would be a big change from small-town life. He has two memorable moments from his time at the university. The first was getting lost on campus on his first day of classes. The second was in 2011 at the Graduate School graduation ceremony. “After receiving my diploma for my master’s degree and walking off the stage, I was greeted by fellow graduates and professors. I realized that I not only had connected with my peers, but also had been recognized by leaders at the university,” Holderness said. Holderness, director of development for the College of Arts & Sciences, has been with the KSU Foundation since 2013.

Knowing that they always wanted to get back to the place they “love full well,” Walker and her family moved back to Manhattan in 2003.

“As a member of the College of Arts & Sciences development team, I go to work every day knowing I am doing exactly what I was meant to do, something I know not many people get to experience,” Holderness said.

Since joining the development team almost 12 years ago, Walker has used her communications experience to connect

Before joining the KSU Foundation, Holderness worked for K-State Athletics on behalf of the Ahearn Fund. A supporter of

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In June 2015 he married his wife, Molly, a K-State alumna.

Emily Mahoney Every Wildcat fan likes the color purple, but for Emily Mahoney, that’s a big understatement. Graduating with a degree in journalism and mass communications in 2013, Mahoney joined the KSU Foundation staff in summer 2014 as a development officer for the College of Arts & Sciences. “I love working for the College of Arts & Sciences and having the opportunity to work alongside so many generous alumni and friends of the university who care so deeply about having an impact on future generations of K-Staters,” Mahoney said. Before joining the KSU Foundation, Mahoney worked as the community relations coordinator for Horizon Academy in Roeland Park. Mahoney is very active in the Manhattan community and enjoys serving as the interim committee chair for Young Life. As an alumna of K-State’s chapter of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, she also serves as a director for its housing corporation, ensuring current members have a safe, healthy environment where they can thrive as students. “Manhattan is home to me. I am thankful to be part of a community that truly feels like family,” Mahoney said. An adventure-seeker, Mahoney won’t pass up an opportunity to go skydiving, rock climbing and scuba diving. However, walking the Konza Prairie trails and relaxing at home with her husband and their three pets is her favorite alternative. Mahoney and her husband, Daniel, also a College of Arts & Sciences graduate, are happy to again call Manhattan home.

Shelley Carver

Emily Mahoney K-State Athletics, he hasn’t missed a home football game in 10 years. He sees athletic events as an opportunity to connect with other passionate alumni and to support student athletes.

Shelley Carver Shelley Carver joined the College of Arts & Sciences development team in November 2015. As the team’s newest member, she is happy to be back at her alma mater. “I am excited to spend time with people who really love K-State and work with alumni and friends who want to support the students, faculty and programs in the College of Arts & Sciences, and be able to share their great experiences at K-State,” Carver said. Originally from Seattle, Washington, she received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Seattle University. Carver and her family moved to Manhattan more than nine years ago and they quickly made themselves at home. In addition to working in local and regional government, she attended Kansas State University and earned her master’s degree in public administration. Carver continues to enjoy the Manhattan area and supports the local restaurants, businesses and organizations with her family. She is a member of the Manhattan Konza Rotary as well as a service unit volunteer and troop leader for Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri. “Manhattan and the entire Flint Hills region is a truly special place to live and work. It’s exciting to see all the great things that are happening for K-State and the surrounding community,” said Carver. Before joining the KSU Foundation, Carver stayed connected to the university by serving on the alumni advisory board for the public administration program, and guest lecturing on the profession and practice. She enjoys running in local races, with the Waddell & Reed Kansas City half-marathon her favorite event.

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Innovation and Inspiration College of Arts & Sciences joins celebration

Last October, the university community, along with alumni, donors and friends, publicly launched Innovation and Inspiration: The Campaign for Kansas State University. It is the most ambitious campaign in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, with a goal of raising $1 billion to drive K-State forward in its strategic vision to become a Top 50 public research university by 2025.

Wayne Goins, right, director of jazz stuides.

The College of Arts & Sciences is proud to have played a major role in the launch, showcasing many of the amazing people and work that put K-State on a national stage.

Jordan Thomas and MacKenzie Wade, both seniors in anthropology.

Shai Washington, senior in political sciences and artsci student ambassador president.

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Greg Eiselein, professor of English.

Frank Tracz, music professor and dirctor of bands.

Rachel Hunt, left, senior in music, and Karis Dolens, senior in music education.

Amit Chakrabarti to serve as interim dean of College of Arts & Sciences Kansas State University has named an interim dean for its largest college. In February 2016, Amit Chakrabarti, professor and head of the department of physics and the William and Joan Porter chair in physics, was selected to serve as interim dean of the the College of Arts & Sciences. April Mason, provost and senior vice president, made Chakrabarti’s appointment. He replaces Peter Dorhout, who is serving as interim vice president for research. Chakrabarti’s success as a department head made him the right choice to lead the college, which is home to more than 20 departments, secondary majors and special programs, Mason said. As interim dean, Chakrabarti will serve as the college’s chief academic and administrative officer. He will provide leadership and support to all undergraduate and graduate academic degree programs in the college; oversee its continued excellence and growth in research; and work productively with faculty, department heads, deans and administrators on interdisciplinary and collaborative projects. Other duties include maintaining alumni and donor relations, fundraising and more. He will report directly to the provost and serve on the Academic Council of Deans. “I am honored and excited to serve as the interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences,” Chakrabarti said. “This college is the academic center of K-State. Arts & Sciences’ students are

winners of many major national awards and our graduates are productive as leaders of the nation’s scientific and industrial community. The college’s faculty members include many university distinguished professors, holders of the Coffman chair for university distinguished teaching scholars, and Presidential Award winners for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The excellent quality of our faculty and students provides a great opportunity to build on our collective strength and help raise the college’s profile to a higher level of distinction.” Chakrabarti became head of the physics department in 2011. A theoretical physicist with interests in soft matter and statistical physics, he has worked on diverse soft-matter systems, including liquid mixtures, polymers, liquid crystals, aerosols, colloids, nanoparticles and most recently, selfassembly of proteins. He calls his research curiosity-driven. His individual and collaborative research projects have received extramural funding from agencies such as NASA and the National Science Foundation. Honored both for his teaching and research, Chakrabarti received K-State’s 2009 Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, which recognizes quality research and advising of graduate students. He also received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2002, and is a two-time winner of the Stamey Award for Teaching Excellence from the College of Arts & Sciences. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and mentored eight doctoral students and several postdoctoral fellows.

Names in the news Students making news: Jordan Thomas, senior in anthropology, Atchison, was selected for a Marshall Scholarship… Thomas also was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship… Andrew Marshall, psychological sciences doctoral student, received a Dissertation Research Award from the American Psychological Association… Matthew Galliart, master’s student in biology, and Tuyen Nguyen and Soma Sekhar Sriadibhatla, both doctoral students in chemistry, were selected to represent K-State at the 13th Capitol Graduate Research Summit at the State Capitol… Emily Williams, a master’s student in biology, was awarded the Robert B. Berry Conservation Award by the American Ornithologists’ Union. Faculty accomplishments: Stefan Rothenburg, assistant professor of biology, received a $1.85M NIH grant to study virus interaction with the immune system and identify poxvirus threats… Michael Kanost, university distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, was elected a 2015 Entomological Society of America fellow… Jesse Nippert,

associate professor of biology, was named a distinguished alumnus of the Colorado State University ecology program… John Blair, university distinguished professor of biology, and Donald Saucier, director of undergraduate studies for the psychological sciences department, both received $5,000 Iman Awards for their research and teaching… Lisa Tatonetti, professor of English, won the Thomas J. Lyons Book Award in Western American Literary and Cultural Studies for her book “The Queerness of Native American Literature”… James Sherow, professor of history, had his book, “Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner’s Westward Journey,” selected to the 2015 Kansas Notable Book List by the State Library of Kansas… Angela Powers, professor of journalism and mass communications, received the 2015 Barry Sherman Teaching Award… Lado Samushia, assistant professor of physics, was selected for membership in the Euclid Consortium, a team responsible for a space mission to map the dark energy and dark matter in the universe.

Alumni news: Geri Richmond, chemistry alumna, is receiving the National Medal of Science Presidential Award for her work as the presidential chair in science at the University of Oregon… Former presidential press secretary and journalism and mass communications alumnus Marlin Fitzwater received an honorary doctorate from K-State at fall commencement… Jason Sweet received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the geography department… Kourtney Bettinger, a modern languages alumna, will receive a 2016 Distinguished Young Alumni award from the K-State Alumni Association. College/departmental news: The political science department was ranked No. 1 for political science graduate programs by GraduatePrograms.com… The psychological sciences department’s industrial organizational master’s program was ranked No. 5 by SuccessfulStudent. org… 19 choir students performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City at a sold-out performance of “An Americana Thanksgiving.”

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Young Alumni Award David E. Waters | Partner | Lathrop & Gage LLP

by Jennifer Tidball

“A well-rounded liberal arts education can prepare you for so many different types of opportunities in life, yet each of us has a common thread through the College of Arts & Sciences. I’m proud to be part of that tradition at Kansas State University.” David Waters David Waters says that two aspects of his College of Arts & Sciences education have been critical to his career: empathy and intellectual curiosity. As a partner at the Kansas City law firm Lathrop & Gage LLP, empathy helps Waters understand the motivations and needs of other individuals and engage in successful negotiations and conversations. Intellectual curiosity makes him want to learn more about his clients and to get involved in community service work. “A well-developed sense of empathy comes by taking time to learn about and appreciate another’s society, history, language, ligature and culture — all of which I was exposed to in the College of Arts & Sciences,” Waters said. “Intellectual curiosity causes me to say ‘yes’ to serving, to meeting new and diverse people, to challenging myself in my work and to exposing myself to new experiences. I believe doing so makes me a better lawyer and community volunteer.” 14

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Waters said the College of Arts & Sciences helped fulfill his love of learning about topics such as history, philosophy, political thought, art and music. Waters graduated from Kansas State University in 1999 with a double major in political science and modern languages-Spanish. He soon graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law, joined Lathrop & Gage in 2002 and became a partner in 2010. Waters is now a successful lawyer and has been recognized as among “The Best Lawyers in America” in Real Estate and has been named to the Missouri “Super Lawyers” list and a Kansas Rising Star. He specializes in business, transactional, planning and zoning, health care, real estate development matters, municipal and public law, construction/architecture projects and startup ventures. He continues to stay involved at Kansas State University and is a graduate adviser for Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Waters, his wife, Mandy — also a Kansas State University graduate — and their two sons live in Westwood, Kansas.

by Taylor Manges

Alumni Merit Award

Patricia Solís Senior Research Associate in the Office of the Vice President for Research, and research associate professor of geography, Texas Tech University

A yearlong College of Arts & Sciences study abroad fellowship at the Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland during her undergraduate education inspired Patricia Solís to make a difference in the world. “When I returned home, I integrated a global perspective in everything I did,” Solís said. Since graduating in 1994 with a double major in physics and modern languages-German, and a master’s degree in geography in 1996, she has researched complex global issues such as climate change, food security and water resources. She often combines geospatial technologies, such as online mapping, with communication technologies to learn about the people and places where these problems are faced. “My degree programs in the College of Arts & Sciences gave me, at the same time, a breadth of understanding about the world and a depth of knowledge in specific disciplines that throughout my career have helped me to both navigate and contribute to some of society’s real-world challenges,” Solis said. Solís has developed more than 50 competitively funded projects totaling nearly $9 million by working with sources such as the National Science Foundation, NASA, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of State. In these integrated research and education projects, Solís has engaged more than 4,000 students, faculty and educators in 60 countries, including the U.S. She also has passionately worked to promote broadening participation in higher education in women and minorities. Currently, Solís serves as the senior research associate in the Office of the Vice President for Research and as a research associate professor of geography at Texas Tech University. Named an Alumni Fellow in 2013 by the College of Arts & Sciences, she is a member of the alumni advisory board for the geography department at Kansas State University. “I am very proud to be a part of the Wildcat family,” Solís said. “Through my experiences in the College of Arts & Sciences, I have been empowered to use intellectual and practical skills, and to be flexible and creative with the path that I have taken. My experience at Kansas State University was life-changing.”

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Timothy Dougherty Ron Downey and Irene Ward Jan Dreiling Don and Linda Dressler Terrence and Peggy Dunn Helen and Duke Dupre Ruth A. Dvorak Charitable Trust Wilfred and Evelyn Dvorak E Earhart Foundation Raymond and Jacqueline Eastwood Peggy and Gary Edwards Robert and Jennifer Edwards Amy Edwardson Glenn Elder Eli Lilly and Co. Frederick and Connie Erickson Ernst & Young Wayne and Ellen Evans ExxonMobil Foundation F Jim Fairchild Eric and Julie Farmer Lucy and David Fitch Jan and Neal Flora Beth Fryer Marc C. Fullington Estate G Ron and Colette Gaches Gary and Carol Gadbury Lisa and Jim Garrison Geary County General Electric Co./GE Fund Don and Agnes Giese Grant and Donna Glenn Glenn’s Music Global Impact Joann Goldstein Tony and Toni Gonzalez Leslie and Justin Gordon Erin Green Rebecca and Stuart Green Joseph Gregus Ekwensi and Angela Griffith Karen Griffith and Donald Mullen James Grimm and Mary Ann Bivans-Grimm H Barbara Hageman Jerry Hall Jim and Connie Hamilton Al Hamscher and Claire Dehon Allan and Carolyn Harms Kristi and Skyler Harper John and Lisa Harrington Betty Harthoorn Clay Harvey and Patty McGivern George and Linda Hawks Jim and Kathy Haymaker Bob Hector and Lisbeth Claus Jerry and Jerri Hefling Patricia Heinsohn Dennis Hemmendinger and Sue Maes Paula Hern and Tom Barbour Marge Hicks Joleen Hill Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. Damon and Carrie Hininger Michael Hinton Jan Hiser Reed and Carolie Hoffman Mark Hollingsworth Jeannie and Phil Hollis Heidi and Rich Holm Gary and Rebecca Hoover Richard D. Horning Trust Cornelius and Corina Hugo Cathy and Greg Hupp

I IBM International Foundation Carl and Mary Ice Icon Enterprises Inc. Illinois Tool Works Foundation Ron and Rae Iman InFaith Community Foundation J Bob Jackson Jim and Mary Lou Jacobs Mike and Elaine Jacobson Carl Jarrett J.E. Dunn Construction Group Inc. Donald and Anita Jennison Jon and Marilyn Jeppesen Johnson & Johnson Johnson County Farm Bureau Association Bill and Norma Johnson K K-State Federal Credit Union Kansas Chapter 13 NAPUS Kansas Health Foundation Kansas Newspaper Foundation Kaw Valley Rodeo Association Kazoo Marketing LLC Karen Keating Bill and Cindy Keller Cathryn and Griff Kennedy Cathryn Kennedy Consulting LTD Lola B. Killam Estate Steve and Janis Kirkeby Steve and Donna Kirkwood Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation Loren and Sandra Koch Steve and Juliet Koppes Larry Kraus Margo Kren Max and Helen Krey Dennis and Carol Kuhlman L Ladies Auxiliary Charlene and Rod Lake Jane Laman Trust Oscar Larmer Rich and Susan Laubengayer Paul and Catherine Laugesen Gene Laughlin and Verlyn Richards Elden and Sylvia Leasure Patrick and Deborah Lee Woody and Lynne Leel Carl Lentz Carl F. Lentz Family Foundation Jane Ley Lynn and Lizbie Lin Clark* and Christy Linders Tony and Mary Jane Link David and Peg Livingood Mary Lockton Elbie Loeb and Ada Ramos Barbara Lukert Tom Lutgen and John Miller M Pam Maben and Jo Koehn Crystal Mai Nita Mai Greater Manhattan Community Foundation Manhattan Arts Center Inc. Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 David and Wendy Manzo Marketing Images Inc. Ed and Deanna Markley Stephen and DeAnna Marshall Edmund Martinez Harvey McCarter and Marilyn Barnes Jack and Peggy McCullick Raymond McDonald and Kay Weller-

McDonald McDonald’s Daniel and Kim McEntee C.W. and Nancy McKeen Varena Mechsner Kay Meggers Cheryl Mellenthin Jo Ann and Jim Mendenhall Bill Middleton and Barbara Bantinoglio Mid-Kansas Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. Midwest Music Inc. John and Jennifer Miesse Patricia and Duane Miksch Bill Miller and Debbie Leckron-Miller Mary and David* Miller George and Janet Milliken Ed and Patricia Mishmash Beth Montelone Lonnie and Jacqueline Moore Margaret and James Moore Ward and Brenda Morgan Duane Morris LLP Gary and Kristin Mortenson Michelle Munson and Serban Simu Andrew and Megan Murphy N National Greyhound Association National Newspaper Association Foundation Navarro Family Foundation Ray Navarro Phillip and Luann Neel Timothy and Bernadette Neff Larry and Linda Nelson Paul Danheim Nelson Endowment Fund Newfield Exploration Co. Larry and Celia Nicholson Karen Nickel-Creusere Vivian Nolte Trust Dale and Joan Nordstrom Reid Norman and Cindy Jumper Ed and Chris Null O Barbara Openshaw Carol Oukrop Our Community Spouse’s Club P P&G Fund Dr. Robert Panoff Chardell and Pat Parke Jean Patterson Nancy and David Paulson Sam and Janet Peppiatt Richard and Rita Petro Phi Lambda Upsilon Jason and Heather Phillips Keith and Ronda Philpott Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc David and Lois Powers Dale and Maryrose Preston Purple Power Play on Poyntz Inc. Q Quest Diagnostics R Gene Ratcliff Sharon L. Ratcliff Trust Madhuri Raut Raymond James Realty Executives-Weis Real Estate Jerry and Judy Reed Carol and Lowell Regehr Les and Sandy Regier Lindley and Kathleen Reimer Armando and Sue Ricci Edward and Janet Rice Dallas and Sharon Richards

113 Eisenhower Hall 1013 Mid-Campus Drive North Manhattan, KS 66506-1005 650-001

BENEFACTORS Kathy and Dan Richardson Greg and Connie Riepl Anice Robel Scott and Ann Robinson Mike and Anna Robson Ronald Rojeski Bill and Beth Romig Cibyl and Jim Ronen Royals Charities Margaret Ruccolo Brian Ruder and Michael James Lori Ryan and Tony Cairns S Diane Sampson Stephen and Deborah Saroff SAS Institute Inc. Lawrence and Judy Scharmann RaeDene Schmidt Kay and Leroy Schnurbusch DeKeta and Mark Schuckman Kirk and Noel Schulz Schurle Signs Inc. Seaton Publishing Co. Inc. Ed and Karen Seaton Martha and Dick Seaton Patricia Seitz and Alan Greer Rick Seitz Pat and Rhea Serpan Kenneth and Beth Sewell Robert and Elizabeth Shapley Shell Oil Co. Foundation Myrna and Mike Shuman Sharon Sigler Reid Sigmon Shirley Sikes Elisha and Kara Silfies Jean Sloop Estate David Smartt and Marisol Castaneto Charley and Kay Smith David and Melissa Smith Barry Snyder Bill and Sharon Snyder Marvin Snyder Mary Rita and Brian Spooner Warren and Mary Lynn Staley

Connie Stamets and Brice Tarzwell Daniel Stegner Chris and Shelby Steincamp Evan and Karen Stewart Eric Stonestreet Vincent and Jamey Stonestreet LeAnn and Mike Stout Bob and Julia Strawn Paul and Deana Strunk Daniel and Jari Sullivan Glenn and Claire Swogger T Tanya Tappehorn Marilyn and Bill Taylor Texas Instruments Foundation Steve and Paula Thompson John H. Tietze Foundation Trust Marilyn and Ben Tilghman Topeka Area Catbackers Matthew Totten Ronald and Karen Townsend Frank and Geralyn Tracz Michael and Dee Troutman Chris Tyler Laura Tyler U United Way of Greater Kansas City V Mike and Riva Vandenberg Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Jack and Donna Vanier Mary Vanier Lee Vendig Bob and JoAnne Vincent Raymond A. Voet Estate Bret and Ellen Volkel W Wabaunsee County Farm Bureau Assoc Jason and Sheila Walker Ray and Carolyn Waller Michael Walsh and Elizabeth Mendiola Geoff Warren Melissa Waters and Carter Hill WaterStone Lisa and Jason Way

Jerry Weis and Linda Browning Weis Richard and Amy Wendt Western States Fire Protection Co. Vince and Pam Wheeler Warren and Jean White John Wiley & Sons Larry and Ruth Williams Sue Williams Art Williamson Byron and Beverly Winans Winans Oil Inc. Fredrick and Nancy Wolfe Peter and Susan Wong

Y Madelyn and Dennis Yeo David Yoder Z Shangdong Zhan Donald and Marietta Zimmerman Janice and John Zimmerman Julie and Ken Zimmerman Mel Zimmerman Zoetis Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. *Deceased

Land Grant Legacy Society The Land Grant Legacy Society honors alumni and friends who have chosen to support the university by including K-State in their estate plans. By remembering the College of Arts & Sciences in their estate plans or deferred giving arrangements this past fiscal year, these alumni ensure future opportunities for the students and faculty of tomorrow. Glen and Sara Carnrick Jeff and Joanna Carra Brad Chilcoat and Richard Walker Bruce and Patti Christensen Brenda and Gib Compton James and Jane Curtis Nancy and Michael Czinege Jan Dreiling Ken Griffin George and Linda Hawks Jeanine and Bradley Haynes Susan Herbel Damon and Carrie Hininger Bill and Peg Kiser

Loren and Liz Kruse Cheryl Mellenthin Timothy and Linda Mitchell Lynn and Nancy Myers Dirk and Nicole Ochs Paul Post Kathy and Dan Richardson Cibyl and Jim Ronen Eileen and David Simmons Red Skelton Michael and Dee Troutman John and Janet Walters Warren and Jean White