Fort Hays State University

Gustavo Reyes, Garden City sophomore, was recently accepted into the 2011-2012 class of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Undergraduate Fellows Program. The program is a mentoring program for undergraduate students to explore the field of student affairs and higher education.

Students from the College of Business and Leadership at Fort Hays State University and other departments around campus donated more than 4,000 pounds of canned goods through "Thought for Food," a program to benefit two community food banks.

Rachel Brinley, an administrative specialist in the Office of Student Affairs, and Cheryl Helget, server coordinator in the Computing and Telecommunications Center, were named the 2011 winners of the President's Distinguished Service Award today at Fort Hays State University's 24th annual Holiday Party and Awards Ceremony, held in the Memorial Union.

Dancers from ages 7 to 19 years old will perform at the "Prairie Nutcracker" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, both in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall on the Fort Hays State University campus.

The Tiger Talkback white board in the Memorial Union sponsored by the American Democracy Project and the eCitizenship initiative has grown so much in popularity with the student body on the Fort Hays State University campus that the discussions will expand to the online student community by going on Twitter.

Fifty-four employees with a combined 905 years of service to Fort Hays State University and the state of Kansas will be recognized at the university's 24th annual Holiday and Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, in the Fort Hays Ballroom in the Memorial Union.

A consumer group that compiles rankings for the affordability of online college courses has recognized a Fort Hays State University program as among the best in the country.

Students and faculty from Fort Hays State University's Department of Technology studies teamed up with 50 volunteers to make 249 wooden firetrucks in a five-hour span on a recent Saturday.

Military Advanced Education's 2012 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities will include Fort Hays State University. It is FHSU's fourth consecutive year in the annual guide.

The annual Fort Hays State University Art Faculty Exhibition will be on display from Dec. 9, 2011, to Jan. 27, 2012. The exhibition reception, in conjunction with the Winter Gallery Walk, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, in the Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art in Rarick Hall, room 102.

Christmas is closely approaching and Santa's elves are busy this time of the year, but they will get some help from members of the community and Fort Hays State University students and faculty. The university's Department of Technology Studies once again will assist with the "Teaming up for Tots" program by making wooden toys.

A news release dated November 18, 2011, named Dr. Gwyn Mellinger as a professor of journalism at University of Kansas. This is incorrect, she is a professor of journalism at Baker University. We apologize for the error.

Two more graduate degree programs will soon join 11 others available online from Fort Hays State University.

Three weeks of training their livestock and a lifetime of experience with the animals led to much success for Fort Hays State University students in the Block and Bridle Little International fitting and showing contest.

Technology Education Collegiate Association at Fort Hays State University won honors first-place in manufacturing at the annual Four State Regional Technology Conference in Pittsburg.

Members of Insight Kansas Consortium, a group of Kansas political science and journalism professors who double as political columnists, will meet for a symposium on the first year of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's administration.

Just in time for the holiday season the Dickens Carolers, Fort Hays State University choirs and any students, faculty or staff who enjoy caroling, are taking requests to sing at events around the community.

Eight Fort Hays State University students of Dr. Joseph Perniciaro, assistant professor of music, recently placed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing West-Central regional student competition, hosted by FHSU.

They strive to serve as representatives and role models of real men -- not what society has defined men to be. The "Men of Merit" at Fort Hays State University have been selected for the 2011-2012 school year.

Fort Hays State University once again exceeded its fund-drive goal for the United Way of Ellis County.

The Transition to Teaching Program at Fort Hays State University was recently awarded a five-year sub-award totaling more than $400,000. The sub-award is a component of Ohio State University's $5 million grant to build a network of partner universities that will support alternative licensure.

Students at Fort Hays State University may be looking at new benefits, such as short-term life insurance, 15% off of all classroom and LiveOnline courses for standardized tests, and low-interest loans with being a member of the American Association of University Women.

Fort Hays State University Theatre will present "Guys and Dolls," Frank Loesser's musical about a 14-year engagement and a smooth-talking gambler who meets a straight-laced girl and falls in love.

Citing separate studies commissioned by the Kansas Board of Regents and Fort Hays State University, Dr. Edward H. Hammond said access to quality higher education holds the key to a healthy economic future for Kansas.

Buy Christmas gifts for the whole family at the Fort Hays State University Department of Art and Design Annual Art Sale on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon. The sale will be on the first floor of Rarick Hall on the FHSU campus.

"What Would You Do?," a three-minute anti-bullying video made by and starring residence hall assistants at Fort Hays State University, has won a regional computer software publications award from NASPA, the international professional organization for student affairs administrators in higher education.

Arun Gandhi, grandson of the great Indian civil rights leader Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, has continued the legacy of his late grandfather through peace activism and nonviolence promotion. He will share lessons learned from his grandfather at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the Fort Hays State University Campus.

Women in leadership and building confidence will be the subjects of the panel discussion and a workshop, respectively, sponsored by Fort Hays State University Panhellenic Council.

Art and science don't mix. Or, do they?

Dr. Edward H. Hammond, president of Fort Hays State University, will tour the length and breadth of Kansas next week, Nov. 7 through 11, to emphasize that support for higher education is vital for the state during difficult economic times.

The Fort Hays State University Meetings, Conventions and Events Management class will sponsor a battle of the bands at Singers, 114 E. 12th, Hays, on Sunday, Nov. 6. The event will benefit Options Domestic and Sexual Violence Services.

Three-time Grammy winner, acclaimed songwriter, speaker and painter Bill "Birdsong"' Miller will perform at Fort Hays State University in celebration of Native American heritage.

Rumford is a familiar name in the sport of rodeo and to cowboys from all over the world. The son of a stock contractor and now one himself, Bronc Rumford, head rodeo coach at Fort Hays State University, has experienced every aspect of the arena from competing on stock to running the show and from entertaining the audience to judging the events.

High school students from across Kansas will compete in Fort Hays State University's Math Relays on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Undergraduate students at Fort Hays State University have the chance to learn about opportunities to become involved with research at the Undergraduate Research Experience Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Sunset Lounge of the Memorial Union.

Ed Howell, director of University Police at Fort Hays State University, has been selected by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center to present and receive training at the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute Dec. 4 to 9 in Annapolis, Md.

The number of elementary education student teachers from Fort Hays State University is currently the highest it has been in the last 16 years, according to Kerry Schuckman, teacher licensure specialist in the Department of Teacher Education.

Region IV West of NASPA, the international professional organization for student affairs administrators in higher education, presented its Presidential Excellence Award today to Dr. Edward H. Hammond, president of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan.

Fort Hays State University has a history of integrating new technology into the classroom, and university officials demonstrated that spirit of innovation during a news conference today in a newly renovated classroom in Rarick Hall.

Senior Technology Day, an annual event hosted by the Department of Technology Studies at Fort Hays State University, will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1, beginning with registration at 9 a.m. in the Fort Hays Ballroom in the Memorial Union. The event is a day dedicated to high school seniors who have an interest in technology studies.

Charles Keefer, an Augusta graduate student at Fort Hays State University, has received national recognition as an outstanding graduate assistant.

Those who enjoy science-fiction should attend the next Science Cafe at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 at Cafe Semolino, 111 W. 10th St.

The Fort Hays State University Alumni Association has welcomed aboard two new student workers for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Kansans in 2011 generally prefer keeping income, sales and property taxes at current levels, and by percentages about the same as in 2010, but the percentage favoring tax increases for corporations and high income earners has been on the increase since 2009, according to results from the third annual Kansas Speaks survey by Fort Hays State University's Docking Institute of Public Affairs.

Thirty years ago, the black-footed ferret was brought back from the dead. Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History will celebrate the anniversary of that discovery with a full day of programs beginning at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7.

The Kansas Legislature is considering an important proposal that would help solve the state's dental care shortages by creating a new kind of midlevel provider, thus strengthening our dental care workforce and making it easier to get dental care. Rigorous training and education of these new providers -- called registered dental practitioners -- will be essential to ensuring that all Kansans receive top-quality dental care.

Cloud County Community College, Concordia, has become the second recipient of a grant from EnergyNET Kansas. The grant will fund online course development for a 68-credit-hour wind energy technology education program. SchwindTEC Inc., a Kansas company, has been awarded a contract to develop the online courses.

Dennis King, director of the Virtual College and learning technologies at Fort Hays State University, was selected to attend the Leadership Academy of the recent Instructional Technology Council. The academy was in Colorado Springs.

Dr. Chris Crawford, professor of leadership studies and assistant provost for quality management at Fort Hays State University, was elected to the board of directors for the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education.

Free dance sessions hosted by the Fort Hays State University Modern Language Department and the Spanish Club provide an opportunity to learn the basic steps to four different styles of dance.

The origin, growth and decay of living things is the theme for this semester's After School Science Program, created to provide science field experience for elementary teacher candidates at Fort Hays State University.

As a part of the Red Balloon Project speaker series, the Provost's Office and Graduate School at Fort Hays State University announced the visit of author and entrepreneur Rob Salkowitz on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

Shaley White, Leoti, is not the typical college sophomore. Only 17 years old, White is in her second year of college and is a high school senior at the Kansas Academy of Mathematics at Science at Fort Hays State University.

A concert featuring six soloists and the Fort Hays State University wind ensembles and choirs will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall on the FHSU campus.

The space week rocket launch has been rescheduled for 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23, and will take place at the Ellis County Fairgrounds. The launch is sponsored by Fort Hays State University's Science and Math Institute, Department of Geosciences and Forsyth Library.

Students and staff in Residential Life at Fort Hays State University are offering area children a fun and safe way to celebrate Halloween.

Monsters will raise funds for mutts at a 5K run/walk event on Sunday, Oct. 30, at Frontier Park, in Hays. The event is being sponsored by the Western Plains Animal Refuge, the Fort Hays State University student organization Action for Animals and a FHSU Leadership 310 group.

Making money from trash and stargazing will each be the focus of a program at Fort Hays State University's Kansas Wetlands Education Center, trash on Oct. 25 and stargazing on Oct. 28.

A presentation called "Why do we need Global Leadership" will be presented at Fort Hays State University's Times Talk from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Forsyth Library.

Fort Hays State University's Dr. Carrol Haggard, associate professor of communication studies, co-wrote a case which was published in the September issue of the Journal of the International Academy of Case Studies.

With the results in-hand from a survey that gathered perceptions about the current Fort Hays State University mission statement, a task force is planning two open forums to gather additional input.

With the results in-hand from a survey that gathered perceptions about the current Fort Hays State University mission statement, a task force is planning two open forums to gather additional input. The first forum will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and the second from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27. Both will be in the Stouffer Lounge, which is located on the second floor of the Memorial Union on the FHSU campus. Ample parking will be available in the lot immediately west of the Memorial Union.

From Canada to the southernmost tip of Texas, a Fort Hays State University freshman and his harvest crew were followed and documented by a History Channel film crew.

Students from the Department of Teacher Education at Fort Hays State University will be awaiting the arrival of about 220 children from surrounding elementary schools and local daycares for the Fall Story Festival from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Students, faculty and staff at Fort Hays University can see possibilities for studying abroad at an international fair at Fort Hays State University from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the Memorial Union's Sunset Lounge.

Five bands, alternative, hard rock and Indie, from as far away as Kansas City and Wichita, will play for free on the Fort Hays State University Quad on Friday, Oct. 14, to help fight human trafficking.

For the fourth consecutive year, Fort Hays State University has been recognized by G.I. Jobs Magazine as a military-friendly school.

Fort Hays State University has launched Blackboard Mobile Learn, a mobile application that provides students with full access to their course information directly from their mobile devices.

New T-shirts with "The Spirit Lives" written across the front were unveiled Thursday night by the Fort Hays State University Alumni Association. The Tiger T-shirt Project shirts will be for sale during the 2011 Homecoming festivities as well as in the Alumni office and online at www.goforthaysstate.com.

World hunger is a dire situation facing our world today. The numbers are staggering. Nearly 1 billion people go to bed hungry every night, and nearly 25,000 people die every day from hunger related issues.

Hotel entrepreneur Jack P. DeBoer, Bradley A. Feuling, chair of The Asia Institute, and Fort Hays State University Provost Dr. Larry Gould will be the featured speakers during the annual Business and Leadership Symposium sponsored by The Journal of Business and Leadership and the College of Business and Leadership at FHSU on Monday, Oct. 10, and Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Mark Eberle, lab coordinator for the department of biological sciences at Fort Hays State University and collection manager for the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, and FHSU graduate Joe Tomelleri have published a book, "Fishes of the Central United States" second edtion, revised and expanded.

The choral program at Fort Hays State University boasts more members this year than it has in a long time, reflecting the growth of the Department of Music and Theatre.

With enrollment continuing to soar, officials at Fort Hays State University foresaw the need to create more on-campus housing for students. Construction is beginning on the answer to that need.

The third annual Gospel Extravaganza, hosted by Fort Hays State University's offices of Diversity Affairs and Student Affairs, will be on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall.

Six alumni and one friend of Fort Hays State University will be honored by the FHSU Alumni Association at the Alumni Awards and Recognition Banquet on Friday, Oct. 7, during Homecoming festivities.

A reunion for Tiger football players and coaches at Fort Hays State University's 2011 Homecoming will feature a book signing by former Coach Bob Cortese.

A collection of art that includes works by noted American artists Thomas Hart Benson and Grant Wood will open in Fort Hays State University's Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art on Friday, Oct. 7.

This year's Fort Hays State University Homecoming celebration will include a variety of ways for Tiger supporters to reacquaint with their old stomping grounds through such get-togethers as the class of 1951 and 1961 class reunions and the All-Year Football, Block and Bridle, Anderson VIP Ambassadors, and Wesley Foundation specialty reunions among many other events.

What better way to get into space than by using a rocket? A community rocket launch, as part of the Space Week festivities, will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Ellis County fair grounds. The even is free and open to the public. Members of the public are encouraged to bring their own rockets to launch.

Fort Hays State University, which has more than doubled its enrollment over the past decade, announced yet another all-time headcount record for the official 20th-day of the fall semester, which was Monday, Sept. 19.

Faculty members from Fort Hays State University's departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Performance, and Modern Languages have been named by Provost Larry Gould as service-learning fellows for the 2011-2012 year.

Elisa Waldman, consultant for the Johnson County Community College Kansas Small Business Development Center (http://www.kansas.gov/ksbdc) has been selected as the 2011 State Star of the KSBDC Network and as the Star Performer by the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) (http://www.asbdc-us.org) according to State Director Greg Panichello.

Linda Ganstrom, professor of art and design at Fort Hays State University, will unveil a new series of ceramic sculptures as part of the "Look and See" exhibit opening at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, Kan., on Friday, Sept. 23. The opening reception is from 5 to 8 p.m.

Among the opportunities available to Fort Hays State University students Spring Break 2012 is a backpacking trip across Spain.

Fort Hays State University's Tigers in Service and Kansas Corps are offering a number of volunteer opportunities and free events for students, faculty and the community this fall.

Fort Hays State University's financial planning team won first place at the Financial Planning Challenge national competition in San Diego.

Poets, guest speakers, theatre productions and comedians will come to campus for Fort Hays State University's Office of Diversity Affairs "Super Sweet Diversity Week," Oct. 10 to 14.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars chapter at Fort Hays State University was awarded Bronze STAR status at NSCS's 2010 Leadership Summit.

Chicago's legendary comedy theater, "The Second City," will appear at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center. The performance, sponsored by Fort Hays State University's University Activities Board, will feature some of the best sketches, songs and improvisations from Second City's 45-plus year history.

Christian Challenge at Fort Hays State University introduced two new service times this fall -- 7 and 9 p.m. -- to accommodate for its growing membership.

Jeanne Quinn, a highly acclaimed international installation artist working with ceramics, will host an installation workshop at Fort Hays State University on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

A new season has begun at the Department of Art and Design's Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art in Fort Hays State University's Rarick Hall, room 102.

Three Fort Hays State University financial planning students were selected to be among nine teams from across the country to participate in the Financial Planning Challenge national competition in San Diego, Calif., from Wednesday, Sept. 14, to Saturday, Sept. 17.

Career Services at Fort Hays State University will provide an opportunity for students to meet potential employers at the Fall Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Gross Memorial Coliseum.

Continuing enrollment growth at Fort Hays State University has created the need for four new capital projects.

At Mad about Monarchs from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 24, visitors can capture monarchs at the Fort Hays State University's Kansas Wetlands Education Center, northeast of Great Bend on K-156.

For the 10th anniversary of Sept.11, Fort Hays State University's Tigers in Service will host "Struggle to Strength," an overnight campus camp-out and community event beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, in the FHSU Quad.

Building on 2010's inaugural event, the 2011 Tiger Auction and Dinner made a huge impact on the future of FHSU athletics. Final numbers are not yet in, but event coordinators estimate that more than $200,000 was raised, with more than 300 items up for grabs at the auction in the Memorial Union on the Fort Hays State University campus.

A consumer group that compiles rankings for the affordability of online college courses has recognized nine Fort Hays State University programs as among the best in the country.

Music, drama and comedy abound in the 2011-2012 season for Fort Hays State University's Department of Music and Theatre.

A consumer group that compiles rankings for the affordability of online college courses has recognized nine Fort Hays State University programs as among the best in the country.

Fort Hays State University's Office of Diversity Affairs has announced that Dr. Juan Andrade, who was scheduled to speak as part of Hispanic Heritage month, has been rescheduled for fall 2012.

The combined efforts of involved citizens, city and county governments, and Fort Hays State University will become reality with the official opening on Saturday, Sept. 3, of the FHSU Soccer Stadium in the community's new sports complex.

An interim position as dean of Fort Hays State University's College of Education and Technology (COET) has become more permanent for Dr. Rob Scott, professor of justice studies and chair of the Department of Justice Studies. Scott's appointment to a three-year tenure as dean was announced Aug. 8 by FHSU Provost Dr. Larry Gould.

The public is welcome to enjoy Jazz on the Quad, sponsored by Fort Hays State University's Office of Diversity Affairs, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, on the FHSU Quad.

Fort Hays State University's rodeo team is seeing double with identical twin brothers on board this year. Cody and Ty Hamm, Minneapolis freshmen, will compete in saddle bronc riding after signing earlier this spring.

As of the first of July, anyone with access to cellular, Wi-Fi or Internet service could download free smartphone applications -- called "apps" -- that allow them to engage with Fort Hays State University, Nex-Tech and Nex-Tech Wireless from anywhere in the world.

Musical ensembles, dance talents and theatrical musicians will all light up the stage in Fort Hays State University's 2011-2012 Encore Series.

Two upcoming birding events have been announced at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, a branch of Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History.

At the direction of President Edward H. Hammond, a group has been hard at work over the summer organizing a review of the Fort Hays State University mission statement.

Dr. Edward H. Hammond, president of Fort Hays State University, unveiled "Hope: The Silver Lining" as the theme for the 2011-2012 academic year during his address this morning at the annual Fall Convocation. Noting that FHSU "makes the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes," the president described how the university has overcome the difficult economic challenges of the past three years.

At the direction of President Edward H. Hammond, a group has been hard at work over the summer organizing a review of the Fort Hays State University mission statement. Now it is time for the university's family and friends to weigh in.

Returning faculty and staff will be welcomed back and new faculty and staff will be welcomed aboard at Fort Hays State University's annual Fall Convocation, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17.

Two miles of nature trails located just west of Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History will be dedicated and named for Dr. Howard Reynolds, retired professor of botany at FHSU, on Saturday, Aug. 13.

Fort Hays State University has seen a significant increase in overall enrollment for the new academic year, with a resulting increase in demand for student housing. To meet the demand, FHSU has entered into an agreement with Motel 6, 3404 Vine St., to provide overflow housing.

Three works by Michaela Groeblacher, McPherson graduate art student at Fort Hays State University, were accepted into the Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition.

Fort Hays State University's Alumni Association Board of Directors recently announced the addition of four new board members. They were introduced June 10 at the board's summer meeting in Hays. New to the board are Dr. Mary (Johansen) Martin, Hays; Dan Sharp, Healy; Denise (Stegman) Riedel, Overland Park; and David Voss, Colby.

Dr. Raymond Wilson, professor emeritus of history and former chair of the Department of History at Fort Hays State University, was appointed to the Governor's Blue Ribbon Committee in Topeka.

Dr. Carrol Haggard, associate professor of communication studies at Fort Hays State University, in partnership with Dr. Patricia Lapoint, professor of management at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, recently published "Diggins/Reinholdt Plastics, Inc.: A Study in Resistance to Change in the Organization Development and Change."

More than 300 middle school and high school band students from Kansas, Nebraska and Tennessee are in Hays for the 64th annual High Plains Band and Orchestra Camp on the Fort Hays State University campus.

Dutch oven cooking is on the educational menu at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center near Great Bend at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 31.

Dutch oven cooking is on the educational menu at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center near Great Bend at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 31. Eric Giesing, KWEC educator and wildlife biologist, will demonstrate how to cook delicious meals over a campfire.

Leadership programs at Fort Hays State University have joined a rare group with the announcement that the Association of Leadership Educators has given the university's Center for Civic Leadership its 2011 award for Outstanding Leadership Programs.

Members of Fort Hays State University's chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars have the opportunity to take part in NSCS's Summer Success S2 Challenge, a 12-week program that launched June 6 and goes through August.

A ceramic piece by Katrina Florell, Hays graduate student at Fort Hays State University, was recently selected for display in the Workhouse Arts Center First Annual Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition in Lorton, Va. The exhibition will run from Aug. 3 to Aug. 8.

The Fort Hays State University Post Rock Alumni and Friends Chapter will host its first event in Trego County at the Trego County Fair and Parade, Aug. 3 through Aug. 6. All FHSU alumni and friends are invited to the Post Rock Alumni Chapter's booth each evening from 3 to 10:30 p.m. to connect with other alumni and for chances to win FHSU prizes and giveaways.

Carolyn Campbell, Wheat Ridge, Colo., sophomore at Fort Hays State University, recently had the honor of introducing Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor for The New York Times, at the American Democracy Project national meeting in Orlando, Fla.

More than 70 students were awarded nearly $80,000 at Fort Hays State University's College of Business and Leadership (COBL) Scholarship Awards Ceremony for the 2011-2012 academic year.

More than 300 middle school and high school band students from Kansas, Nebraska and Tennessee are in Hays for the 64th annual High Plains Band and Orchestra Camp on the Fort Hays State University campus.

Fort Hays State University's Virtual College and the Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning Technologies recently won an Award of Distinction for a video production in the coveted international Videographer Awards competition.

Fort Hays State University's recommendation for a tuition increase for the 2011-2012 year has been approved by the Kansas Board of Regents.

Summer for grade-school students at the Science and Mathematics Education Institute of Fort Hays State University begins Monday, June 6, with the Fast Track Science Summer Camp on the FHSU campus for students who will enter third through fifth grades in fall 2011.

Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, has become the first recipient of a grant from EnergyNET Kansas, which will fund online course development for a 36-credit-hour power plant technology education program.

Fort Hays State University's School of Business, with the support of the FHSU Small Business Development Center, will host the Kansas Jubilee Conference Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 2011 in FHSU's Memorial Union.

The Fort Hays State University Panhellenic Council conducted a campus-wide book drive during the last two weeks of the Spring 2011 semester.

Dr. Jeffery Burnett, associate professor of health and human performance at Fort Hays State University, received the Outstanding Advising Award in the Faculty Academic Advising category from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).

Twenty-six students from around Kansas have been accepted for the third class of the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science on the Fort Hays State University campus. The class begins its two-year curriculum in the fall.

The Kansas Legislature may have broken the budget logjam for fiscal year 2012, which begins July 1, and Dr. Edward H. Hammond talked today about what the impact could be for Fort Hays State University.

A group of faculty members from Fort Hays State University made two presentations at this year's Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Ryan Shofner, a Littleton, Colo., senior at Fort Hays State University, won first place at the annual Kansas Entomological Society meeting at the University of Kansas.

Dr. Carrol Haggard, associate professor of communication studies at Fort Hays State University, and Margaret Miller Butcher, Online Education Consultants, Dodge City, presented the paper "Ethnocentrism and Intercultural Willingness to Communicate in U. S. College Students" at the National Social Science Association convention in Las Vegas, Nev.

Dr. Jeffery Burnett, associate professor of health and human performance at Fort Hays State University received the Outstanding New Advisor Award from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).

A new leadership certificate is now offered by the Fort Hays State University's Department of Leadership Studies.

The Bank of Hays has created a new $1,000 scholarship at Fort Hays State University in honor of the Reverend William Miller, who worked at the Bank of Hays in community relations during the last years of his life.

After experimenting last year with a special hooding ceremony for graduate students, Fort Hays State University will have a completely separate Commencement this year for students who are receiving advanced degrees. This year marks the first graduating class for the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science, which is hosted at FHSU, so KAMS will also have a separate Commencement. For the first time, Commencement at FHSU will consist of three stand-alone ceremonies.

More than 100 scholarships will be awarded at Fort Hays State University's College of Business and Leadership annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, in the Memorial Union's Fort Hays Ballroom on the FHSU Campus.

Fort Hays State University Intramurals will offer swimming lessons to children 6 months and older this summer for $35. The lessons will be in Cunningham Hall on the FHSU campus.

Soon after arriving at Fort Hays State University in August 2009, members of the inaugural class of the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science gave themselves a name: the "Pioneer Class."

Two members of Fort Hays State University's faculty received a special award Thursday, April 28, at the Governor's and Attorney General's Victim Rights Conference in Wichita.

Students can boost their brainpower using remote-control race cars in this summer's Fast Track Science Experience, a four-day camp, at Fort Hays State University's Science and Mathematics Education Institute from June 27 to June 30.

Winners of the poster contest have been announced for the recent Research and Creative Activities Week (RACAW) at Fort Hays State University.

Students can boost their brainpower using remote-control race cars in this summer's Fast Track Science Experience, a four-day camp, at Fort Hays State University's Science and Mathematics Education Institute from June 27 to June 30.

Moving ever forward in its leadership in information science education, Fort Hays State University has gained approval from the Kansas Board of Regents for a new Bachelor of Science degree in information systems engineering (ISE).

Fort Hays State University Leader staff took home 18 awards from the annual Kansas Associated Collegiate Press convention in Hutchinson. In the overall newspaper category, the Leader was awarded a Bronze Medal.

Fort Hays State University will promote and give tenure to 23 faculty members, who will be honored at a reception at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 5, in the Memorial Union's Stouffer Lounge.

Linda Ganstrom, professor of art and design at Fort Hays State University, has been busy exhibiting ceramic sculptures and hosting workshops throughout Kansas as well as in Colorado, Florida and New Jersey.

Sixty-four students have been selected through an interview process to be orientation assistants for freshman orientation for the 2011 fall semester at Fort Hays State University. Twenty-four of the OAs are returning from last year.

Exploring social, political, visual and moral events, the Todd Christensen Exhibition sponsored by Creative Arts Society at Fort Hays State University will open with an artist's reception from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 29, in the Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art.

More than 1,500 students from about 55 schools are expected to attend Fort Hays State University's 37th annual High School Art Exhibition from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, at Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Event is Hosted by FHSU's Department of Art and Design.

Six seniors seeking degrees in philosophy at Fort Hays State University will present their senior theses in the Hays Public Library Gallery, two on April 20, two more on April 21 and the final two on April 26.

Nine shooters from Fort Hays State University finished with an accumulation of first-place finishes in four of six events at the recent Association of College Unions International Clay Target National Championship in San Antonio, Texas. The team received the runner-up trophy overall.

Faculty members at Fort Hays State University now have extra incentive to employ service learning, a strategy in which students learn through a unique educational experience that incorporates service to a larger community both inside FHSU and the broader civic community around it.

As the Kansas Legislature struggles to write a fiscal year 2012 budget with $500 million less in resources than were available in the current year, representatives of the state's higher education system caution than cuts would actually hurt the economy in future years.

Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Respect and Sacrifice, Fort Hays State University SPURS has announced it's new members for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Dr. Brittany Howell, associate professor of agriculture at Fort Hays State University, was recently appointed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to a three-year term on the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board. The board oversees administration of the national Beef Checkoff Program.

Local professionals representing various careers in the field of biology will be available to inform, answer questions and demonstrate some of what they do in their professions at the Biology Career Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 28, on the Fort Hays State University Quad.

An article by Dr. Theresa Billiot, assistant professor of management and marketing at Fort Hays State University, was recently published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, a publication for news, information and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Students from the Leadership 310 class at Fort Hays State University will host an Ellis Community Clean-up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 16. The goal of this event is to clean up public areas of Ellis, such as Main Street and the parks.

Fort Hays State University, Kansas Farm Bureau, Kansas Beef Council, AGRI 610 Beef Production students, Collegiate Farm Bureau and Block and Bridle are sponsoring their annual beef promotion event from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, in the FHSU Quad.

Dr. Joseph Perniciaro, assistant professor of music and theatre at Fort Hays State University, will present an "All-American Song Recital" at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, at Palmer Recital Hall in Malloy Hall on the FHSU campus.

Fort Hays State University Theatre will present "Rabbit Hole," David Lindsay-Abaire's emotionally wrought play about the emotional wreckage left by the loss of a small child.

Mitch Holthus, the "Voice of the Kansas City Chiefs" and a Smith Center native, is well-known for being the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in Chiefs' history. His infamous "Touchdown Kansas City!" has been broadcast to Chiefs fans since 1994.

Dinner @ Six, a new program sponsored by Fort Hays State University's Office of Diversity Affairs, will have its first session from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, in the Memorial Union's Stouffer Lounge.

With another academic year drawing to a close next month, Fort Hays State University is making major progress toward fully implementing a new Emergency Management Plan that was approved last September by the President's Cabinet.

Line Follower, Maze Madness, Speed Limit and Planting Time on Mars are just a few of the events scheduled for the sixth annual Western Kansas Lego Robotics Competition sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association, the Fort Hays State University Physics Club, and the Science and Mathematics Education Institute at Fort Hays State University on Friday, April 8.

Fort Hays State University's Greek community will host its annual Greek Week from April 11 to 15. The week will be full of fun activities for the Greek and campus community. It will end April 18 with the Awards Banquet, which will feature a student and staff speaker and recognize students in Greek life.

Custer Hall's new offices--The Center for Civic Leadership, English as a Second Language, Kansas Small Business Development Center and the Docking Institute--will host an open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12.

The Fort Hays State University Post Rock Alumni and Friends Chapter will host the FHSU Baseball "Pack the Park Night with Alumni" at 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Larks Park baseball field, Fourth and Oak in Hays. All alumni are invited to attend this event to connect with other Post Rock alumni and to cheer on the Tigers as they face Southwest Baptist University.

Getting lost in the wilderness, suffering a serious injury, or being caught in bad weather. All can be an outdoorsman's worst nightmare. Would you know what to do?

Twenty-five students have been selected through an intensive interview process to serve as official Fort Hays State University representatives -- the Anderson VIP Student Ambassadors -- for the 2011-2012 academic year at Fort Hays State University.

Nearly 600 cowboys and cowgirls from colleges and universities across Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri will pull into the city of Hays for the Fort Hays State University Rodeo, beginning Friday, April 15, and running through Sunday, April 17. Add in alumni, coaches, families and friends, and that 600 will translate into 1,500 to 2,000 people stampeding the streets of Hays.

Dr. Norman Caulfield, professor of history at Fort Hays State University, received the Harvey Johnson Best Book Award from the Southwest Council on Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) at the organization's annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

An assistant professor or communication studies at Fort Hays State University, Dr. Qingjiang Yao, and two colleagues at other universities have collaborated on an article noting an increasingly positive view of religion in Chinese media.

An appearance at Fort Hays State University by Alina Fernandez, daughter of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall on the Fort Hays State University campus.

Works of art from all areas of undergraduate endeavor in the Department of Art and Design at Fort Hays State University will be on exhibit at the department's Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art from April 1 to April 20.

Charlie Brown is in trouble with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lucy knows the Earth has 48 suns, and Snoopy and Linus are planting french fries in the garden. These are just a few of the misadventures and explanations gone wrong as the Peanuts Gang explores the natural world -- what other trouble will they find?!

At 5 a.m., already dressed appropriately formal for a day at the Kansas Legislature, the Board of Regents and the Kansas Supreme Court, the 24 high school juniors in the second class of the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science began trickling out of Custer Hall on March 16 to board the three vans that would take them to Topeka.

The place to be at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday, April 11, is Fort Hays State University's Memorial Union Ballroom for the annual Teacher Career Fair!

The Alpha Chi Omega Foundation and Fort Hays State University's Greek Life are sponsoring the presentation "Kristin's Story: A Story of Acquaintance Rape and Depression" for the campus and Hays community.

The nationally acclaimed Camp Invention program is coming to Fort Hays State University this summer through the camping program of the university's Science and Mathematics Education Institute (SMEI).

At 5 a.m., already dressed appropriately formal for a day at the Kansas Legislature, the Board of Regents and the Kansas Supreme Court, the 24 high school juniors in the second class of the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science began trickling out of Custer Hall on March 16 to board the three vans that would take them to Topeka. And so began the second class's field trip to the state capital, much like the trip taken by the first class, the "Pioneer Class," last year. This second group, aware of the pioneer designation given to last year's juniors, has dubbed itself the Trailblazers, and the four class members who gave a presentation to the House Education Committee -- the day's first stop -- proudly used the Trailblazer name.

A top New York arts and entertainment industry advertising agency, Spotco, reached out to a place "four hours from the middle of nowhere" to get a design intern from Fort Hays State University.

Credit for good grades in the fall 2010 semester resulted in 2,768 Fort Hays State University students saving a total of $293,220 for tuition in the spring 2011 semester, according to the university's Student Financial Assistance Office.

Multiculturalism and internationalization at Fort Hays State University got a big boost last week when the U.S. Department of Education notified Dr. Pelgy Vaz (pronounced PEL-jie VAHZ), associate professor of sociology, that she has been selected for the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program.

Multiculturalism and internationalization at Fort Hays State University got a big boost last week when the U.S. Department of Education notified Dr. Pelgy Vaz (pronounced PEL-jie VAHZ), associate professor of sociology, that she has been selected for the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program. Vaz will spend the month of July in Brazil, attending lectures, conferences and field trips in five states.

After Commencement, school may be out for the summer, but for two students it could start up again a few thousand miles away. Through Fort Hays State University's Sias summer exchange program, two individuals will experience a summer filled with Chinese culture.

The Blood Drive trophy stays at Fort Hays State University! For the eighth consecutive time, the Tigers have won the blood drive competition held every year against Emporia State University.

Nuclear power programs, eliminating racism and protecting children's rights in post-conflict territories are just a few topics discussed by 26 Fort Hays State University students at the annual Midwest Model United Nations in St. Louis, Mo.

Women from all walks of life will have the opportunity to join together for an entire day focused on them at the Kansas Women's Leadership Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 1, on the Fort Hays State University campus.

Amanda Berckefeldt, a high school senior at the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science at Fort Hays State University, has received a 2011 Award for Aspirations in Computing from the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT).

"A Cretaceous Carnival" at Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History on Sunday, April 3, will raise funds for the museum's Discovery Room through good old-fashioned fun-night games with a natural history theme.

"I love being a Paleontologist!" said Cole Morton, grandson of Elton and Wendy Beougher, Hays. The Beougher family was visiting the new Fossil Dig Pit attraction opened recently at Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History.

Love will be in the air during Fort Hays State University's opera's production of "Orfeo" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, in Felten-Start Theatre in Malloy Hall on the FHSU campus.

Loving God, loving others and serving the world, Fort Hays State University's Christian Challenge has announced two upcoming events that the public is invited to attend.

Turkey hunting enthusiasts of all ages will have the chance to learn more about the sport in a free turkey hunting seminar from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 6th, at Fort Hays State University's Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 10 miles northeast of Great Bend.

Jupiter and the Orion Nebula are on the agenda for Fort Hays State University's Astronomy Club on Saturday, Feb. 26.

Fort Hays State University has been setting records for enrollment since the turn of the century, and the official 20th-day headcount for the spring 2011 semester continues that growth trend with an official tally of 9,955 students.

Works by 11 Fort Hays State University students were recently recognized and adopted by the Kansas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Association, an organization that works with the courts to protect the rights of abused children. The state non-profit organization is using the works in its 20th anniversary celebration campaign this year.

Mike Michaelis, director of the Energy Network of Education and Training at Fort Hays State University, known conversationally as EnergyNET, has announced the hiring of two key members of his staff.

Students at Fort Hays State University, prospective students and community members who want to learn more about the academic options available at FHSU will have the opportunity to do so at the university's Majors and Graduate Programs Fair, from 12 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, in the Fort Hays Ballroom of the upper level of the Memorial Union.

Dr. Raymond Wilson, professor of history, and Sharon Wilson, instructor of English, wrote political and cultural articles on "The Howdy Doody Show," "Cisco Kid," and "Alger Hiss," which will appear in the book "The Forties in America."

Dr. Hong Wang, assistant professor of instructional technologies at Fort Hays State University, was invited to serve as a contributing editor for "Insight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching."

A passion for technology that has developed since childhood in Goodland will lead a Fort Hays State University senior to Mountain View, Calif., and around the world. The latest opportunity to come Josh Cech's (pronounced Check) way is an offer to work for Google Inc. as an internal technology resident.

Fort Hays State University has added several new faculty beginning the Spring 2011 semester.

Alexander Galt, a fall 2010 graduate of Fort Hays State University, has had a passion for the outdoors and nature since he was a young boy in Carrington, N.D. For him, pursuing a career in wildlife biology was an obvious choice. Recently, Galt's efforts paid off when he received the Janice Lee Fenske Memorial Award for Outstanding Students during the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Minneapolis, Minn.

Twenty thousand anonymous scholarship dollars were dropped into Dr. Mark Bannister's lap over the Christmas break for Fort Hays State University's College of Business and Leadership.

In a break with tradition, Fort Hays State University will conduct two separate graduation ceremonies at the end of the current school year. University officials are announcing the change now so that graduates and their families may plan ahead. The FHSU Graduate School will conduct Commencement at 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and a reception will follow in the Dreiling Lobby, which is located at the front of Sheridan Hall. Commencement for undergraduates will follow the next morning. That ceremony, as in previous years, will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Gross Memorial Coliseum.

Amy Schmierbach, associate professor of art and design at Fort Hays State University, exhibited two art installations at the Aqua and Red Dot art fairs, both part of the recent Miami, Fla., Miami Basel art show.

Red will be worn every Friday in Fort Hays State University's Department of Nursing during the month of February as a part of the Go Red For Women Movement by the American Heart Association to raise awareness of women and heart disease.

Career Services at Fort Hays State University will provide an opportunity for students to meet potential employers at the Spring Career Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, in the Fort Hays Ballroom in the Memorial Union.

In the world of insects, the Kansas version of the jumping bristletail is a little thing, about an inch long, a third of that being body and the rest tail (three of them, in fact). It is not known either for good or ill. It is not even certain what it eats.

Studies show that teacher quality is the most important factor in K-12 student achievement. But how do we know that our children's teachers enter the classroom ready to help them learn? Professional accreditation is one way to ensure the public that schools of education are graduating well-qualified teachers ready for today's classrooms.

Students in Fort Hays State University's Panhellenic Council collected 234 books to donate to Better World Books, Atlanta, Ga., and South Bend, Ind.

Emily Dickinson and her story of self-exile in Amherst, Mass., is coming to Fort Hays State University Theatre in its presentation of "The Belle of Amherst" by William Luce.

This week the Black Student Union brings another Music Art and Dance Talent show at 7 p.m. Feb. 4, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall on the FHSU campus.

From development of his blog to covering and promoting rodeos, Ted Harbin, a Fort Hays State University alumnus, has been busy chasing his dreams.

Members of the Fort Hays State University family and folks from the surrounding communities can enjoy an open house at Forsyth Library to honor the 150th birthday of Kansas.

Registration is still open for four of the five programs in the Fort Hays State University Sternberg Museum of Natural History's winter educational series for children 4 to 12 years old throughout February

Taking the first step in post-secondary education is often the most difficult one. College Goal Sunday, hosted by Fort Hays State University, is an event designed to help make that first step a little easier. CGS, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13, in Cody Commons in the lower level of the Memorial Union, will offer students and their parents one-on-one assistance filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

The high-tech, high-touch learning environment at Fort Hays State University will soon become even more technologically advanced thanks to a major contribution from Nex-Tech, a Hays telecommunications provider.

Three Fort Hays State University students with a plan to help first-generation college students stay in school will join approximately 1,000 other students from around the world to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University from April 1 to April 3 at San Diego State University. The conference will be hosted by former President Bill Clinton.

Fort Hays State University students will have the opportunity to share campus with their families during the university's Family Weekend, Feb. 4 to Feb. 6., celebrating family, friends and fun with various events taking place throughout the weekend.

It should be business as usual, in the very best sense of that expression.

With the state of Kansas facing a budget shortfall of $550 million for fiscal year 2012, which begins July 1, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback released a recommended budget on Thursday that would close eight state agencies, eliminate more than 2,000 state jobs, cut per-pupil classroom spending in K-12 education and eliminate state support for public broadcasting.

The Kansas Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) announced the 2010 Emerging and Existing Businesses of the Year this week. Each of the eight KSBDC regional centers had the opportunity to select one emerging and one existing business for the award.

When asked what they want to do for a career, many new, and some seasoned, college students simply reply with a blank stare. To help these undecided students choose the perfect career path, the Majors and Graduate Programs fair will explore a variety of majors, minors, and certificate and graduate programs between noon and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, in the Fort Hays Ballroom of Fort Hays State University's Memorial Union.

To commemorate the life of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Fort Hays State University will hold the third annual Candlelight Celebration from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center of Sheridan Hall on the FHSU campus.

Fort Hays State University's Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science, which offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to get a head start on their college education, will host eight free information sessions across the state for potential students. Students and their parents can learn about KAMS and visit with representatives from the academy.

Fort Hays State University will be one of 23 locations to host College Goal Sunday, a session in which people meet with financial aid professionals and get hands-on help with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

This year's edition of Fort Hays State University's annual 13-city Student Recognition Program will begin in Denver on Jan. 16 and end in Dodge City on Feb. 2. The highlight at each event is the recognition of scholarship winners.

Technology plays an important role in higher education, and with the evolution of technology, education must adapt to fully utilize the advances. At Fort Hays State University, Dr. Dan Kulmala, associate professor of English, has taken on this charge as he was recently dubbed a Teagle Foundation Teaching and Learning Scholar.

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History of Fort Hays State University will be closed Friday, Christmas Eve, and Saturday, Christmas Day, but will open at the regular 1 p.m. time on Sunday, Dec. 26.

Fort Hays State University's Tell Your Story Student Contest gave students the opportunity to express their creativity through video/animation, digital photography, graphic design and original writing.

Fort Hays State University ceramics will host a two-day workshop featuring Arthur Gonzalez on Saturday, Feb. 5, and Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011.

The 56th annual Fort Hays State University Art Faculty Exhibition will be on display from Dec. 3, 2010, to Jan. 21, 2011. The exhibition reception, in conjunction with the Winter Gallery Walk, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10, in the Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art in Rarick Hall, room 102.

Students from the College of Business and Leadership at Fort Hays State University donated more than 3,000 pounds of canned goods through "Thought for Food," a program to benefit the Community Assistance Center in Hays.

One in 1,277 are pretty long odds, but Suzie Lidstrom's luck was in on Dec. 3 when her ticket was drawn and she won the 1986 Jaguar XJS at the Tigers-University of Nebraska-Omaha basketball game at Fort Hays State University.

Four current and one retired Fort Hays State University faculty members from the Department of Communication Studies recently attended the National Communication Association's 96th annual convention in San Francisco, Calif.

Emily Ptacek, Lyons special student, was named a finalist for the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Young Artist Competition to be held in January in Idaho. Ptacek is one of eight finalists out of 130 national auditions.

Dr. Michael Madden, professor of allied health and director of medical diagnostic imaging and radiologic technology programs at Fort Hays State University, recently received a $10,000 Undergraduate Campus Faculty Scholar Award from the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence.

Mike Michaelis, the former assistant to the dean of the Virtual College at Fort Hays State University and most recently executive director of the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development, has taken the reins of the Energy Network of Education and Training.

The Kansas Board of Regents, at their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in Topeka, made changes to the standards high school graduates must meet to be admitted to state universities.

Contacts with 1,103 Fort Hays State University graduates from the 2009-2010 academic year found a "success rate" -- placement in a job or enrolled in advanced study -- of 94 percent, according to a report from the university's Office of Career Services.