Nigerian Governor And Delegation
Coming To K-State Monday

Kansas State University's leadership in beef cattle production research is a big reason why the executive governor of Zamfara State in Nigeria will visit K-State next week.

His Excellency Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi will be on campus Monday, May 12, according to Myra Gordon, associate provost for diversity and dual career development. Members of the governor's delegation include his wife, Her Excellency Aisha I B Babangida; Musa Zubair, chief of staff to the governor; Ali Bako, principal private secretary to the governor; Garba Mohammed, special adviser to the governor on livestock development; Dr. Sani Bako, consultant, livestock development; and Muktari Shinkafi, a businessman in Zamfara State.

The governor and his delegation are coming to see U.S. style beef production at K-State's Beef Cattle Institute. They will meet with Dan Thomson, assistant professor of clinical sciences and director of the Institute, and other K-State faculty.

President Jon Wefald will welcome the Nigerian delegation to campus. Other activities will include a memorial service for Shinkafi's late brother, who graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1976. This service will begin at 4 p.m. with a processional from the K-State Alumni Center to the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside Ahearn Field House.

The service will be attended by a delegation from Fort Hays State University and will include the laying of a wreath, a proclamation and presentation of gifts. The public is welcome to attend.

K-State Dance Students To Perform Original Works

Original dance works will be performed by Kansas State University dance students at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in East Stadium's Purple Masque Theater. The performances are free and open to the public.

"The One After the Penultimate" will feature original works by Autumn Scoggan, sophomore in dance, Beloit; Kelsey Zirkle, senior in dance, Harper; and Elizabeth Schafer, senior in dance, Topeka.

The performance is part of a semester-long senior dance project by Schafer and Zirkle. It will include one work by Scoggan, three by Schafer and four by Zirkle. The dances include jazz, hip-hop, tap, modern and contemporary ballet.

K-State To Celebrate Commencement May 10 In Salina And May 16-17 In Manhattan

Kansas State University is preparing to present degrees to more than 2,900 students at commencement ceremonies in Manhattan and Salina. The class of 2008 is the 141st to graduate from K-State since the first class graduated in 1867.

Commencement for K-State at Salina will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Center Administration Building J, 2025 East Iron Ave., Salina.

Ceremonies in Manhattan Friday, May 16, will be at 1 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum for the Graduate School and at 3:30 p.m. in McCain Auditorium for the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Ceremonies, all in Manhattan, Saturday, May 17, will be: College of Arts and Sciences, 8:30 a.m., Bramlage Coliseum; College of Architecture, Planning and Design, 10 a.m., McCain Auditorium; College of Education, 11 a.m., Bramlage Coliseum; College of Business Administration, 12:30 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum; College of Agriculture, 2:15 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum; College of Human Ecology, 4:15 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum; and College of Engineering, 6:15 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum.

To be presented include more than 2,280 bachelor's degrees; more than 420 master's degrees and 50 doctorates; and more than 40 associate degrees. Nearly 80 students will receive multiple degrees, while 106 students are earning their degrees through a K-State distance education program.

K-State commencement speakers include a U.S. senator, the host of HGTV's "Color Correction," the president of the Kansas Senate and the president of the Council of Graduate Schools. In addition, a former U.S. poet laureate will be reading some of his work.

Commencement speakers, by college, include:

* U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback for the College of Agriculture. Brownback, Topeka, was student body president at K-State and president of his class at University of Kansas Law School. He was a White House Fellow in the first Bush Administration and was the youngest secretary of agriculture in Kansas history. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994. In 1996, he was elected to Senate seat held by former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole.

* Constance Ramos, designer and host of HGTV's "Color Correction," for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. Ramos, born in Kansas City, Mo., is an alum of K-State's architecture program. In addition to creating design work for shopping centers, cinemas, resorts, television commercials and theater productions, Ramos has been an actor and a cast member of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

* Kent Glasscock for the College of Arts and Sciences. Glasscock, Manhattan, is president of the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization. He also heads his family's business, Kansas Lumber Homestore. Glasscock received a bachelor's degree in English from K-State. From 1990 to 2003 he represented the state's 62nd District and was the speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2001-2003.

* Dan Deines, professor of accounting, for the College of Business Administration. Deines, the Ralph Crouch KPMG Professor of Accounting at K-State, is dedicated to recruiting students into accounting careers. He has developed and implemented a recruitment program aimed at counteracting negative stereotypes among high school students about the field of accounting.

* Robert Shannon, superintendent for USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden, for the College of Education. Shannon, who earned his doctorate in educational administration from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, has been a school administrator since 1978. He joined the Manhattan-Ogden district in 2005

* Stephen Morris, president of the Kansas Senate, Hugoton, for the College of Engineering. Morris, whose first term in the Senate was 1993, chairs the Interstate Cooperation Committee and the Joint Committee on Legislative Coordination. In addition to the agriculture and ways and means committees, he serves on the state building construction committee. His family farm is in Stevens County.

* Debra W. Stewart for the Graduate School. Stewart has been president of the the Council of Graduate Schools since 2000; before that she was vice chancellor and dean of the graduate school at North Carolina State University. Her service to graduate education includes chairing the Graduate Record Examination Board and the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education.

* Evan Grier, president of the College of Human Ecology alumni board, for the college. Grier, Manhattan, is a 2002 K-State graduate and the owner, with wife Andrea Grier, of Harry's and Howdy's restaurants.

* Bill Meredith, director of the School of Family Studies and Human Services, for K-State at Salina. Meredith is a specialist in issues of family violence, family relationships in Asian cultures, and adolescence. His doctorate in community and human resources is from the University of Nebraska. He joined K-State in 1999.

* Billy Collins, former poet laureate of the United States, will read three poems for the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dan Thomson, assistant professor of clinical sciences at K-State, will address the graduates. Thomson's research interest is in the interactions between production management, environment and nutrition on the health and performance of beef cattle. He is the Jones Professor of Production Medicine.

Videotapes of the ceremonies may be ordered through the K-State Student Union Bookstore, 1-800-578-2287 or 785-532-6583. Tapes must be paid for at the time of purchase. For distance education students unable to attend their on-campus ceremony, a virtual commencement ceremony is available at: www.dce.ksu.edu/commencement/

Drawings At K-State's Beach Museum Demonstrate Medium's Versatility

Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art has dipped into its permanent collection to showcase the range of technique and subject that drawings have afforded artists through the years.

"Drawings: Selections from the Permanent Collection" is on view in the Ruth Ann Wefald Gallery through May 18. It consists of about 20 pieces that use many materials and methods.

"These selections provide an opportunity to study the ways drawing functions and the variety of approaches different artists take," said Bill North, senior curator at the Beach Museum. "Many styles, themes and subjects are represented, so there should be something for everyone."

The exhibit of drawings is the second installment of works from the permanent collection to go on display in the Wefald Gallery.

For more information, call the Beach Museum of Art at 785-532-7718 or drop by the museum on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Admission is free, and free visitor parking is available next to the building. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.

Sunday, May 18
International Film Series presents
"Her Name is Sabine"
2:00 p.m., 2nd floor auditorium
Manhattan Public Library

Sabine "An intelligent, moving and beautiful portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire."

This film is not rated and is presented in French with English subtitles. This film is not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission. 85 min.

For more information contact the MPL 776-4771 or the website: manhattan.lib.ks.us.

4 Species Fishing Tournament
May 18, 2008

Crappie Tickets are available at Griffith Lumber, Ole' Mike's Shooter Supply, Weisbender Contracting. This tournament consisted of Crappie, White Bass, Walleye and Channel Cat.

Tuttle Creek Lake
5020 Tuttle Creek Blvd.
Manhattan, KS 66502

Check-in as early as 11 am
(785) 537-9815
$100 entry fee if registered prior to May 17th; $130 entry fee on May 17th or May 18th

Tournament_Flyer.pdf

Exhibition Brings Images Of Mega Churches To K-State's Beach Museum

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Raleigh NC, 2006
By Joe Johnson The interiors and tech-savvy furnishings of contemporary houses of worship form the basis of "Mega Churches," an exhibition of photographs by a former Manhattan resident that opens Friday, April 4, at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

"We're thrilled to offer the first public showing of Joe Johnson's mega church imagery," said Bill North, senior curator at the K-State museum. "The photographs are powerful and distinctive images dealing with an important aspect of contemporary American culture."

Many mega churches, which can have weekly attendances of 2,000 to more than 10,000 worshippers, incorporate elaborate sound systems, video production and contemporary praise songs to attract a broad spectrum of attendees. Since 2006 Johnson has taken photos of churches in 15 states, from Colorado to North Carolina, and he hopes eventually to document all such institutions in the U.S.

Raised in Manhattan, Johnson works as an instructor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Previously, he taught at Emerson College and Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Johnson recently received an individual creativity grant from the Ohio Arts Council to support continued work on his mega church series.

Although mega churches are defined by the size of their congregations, Johnson's views are devoid of human presence. "These photos of unpeopled interiors illuminate ways in which these churches' operations incorporate ideas and practices from broader contemporary American culture," North said. "Subject matter aside, the photographs' formal and technical qualities are quite strong. Johnson is a gifted photographer with a bright future."

Johnson received his bachelor's in fine arts at the San Francisco Art Institute and his master's in fine arts at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.

The exhibition will be on view at the Beach Museum through June 29. It is sponsored by the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Business Partners. For more information, contact the museum at beachart@k-state.edu or 785-532-7718, or drop by the museum on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Admission is free, and free parking is available next to the building. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.

Women of the Flint Hills
April 18 - May 31, 2008

Chris Wolf Edmonds
Sumac 32x32 custom printed fabric,
painted panel $1,400 Women
of the Flint Hills

The Flint Hills is a unique ecosystem of Kansas and these 26 women artists bring to us the beauty and inspiration they find in living in or near the various parts of the Flint Hills.

These artists include painters, ceramicists, fiber artists, a sculptor and a photographer: Jennie Becker, Sylvia Beeman, Jane Booth, Margaret Buie, Donna Carrington, Kim Casebeer, Kathryn Jankus Day, Chris Wolf Edmonds, Marilyn Grisham, Lisa Grossman, Dana Hassett, Cally Krallman, Janice Lee, Peggy Lyon, Judy Mackey, Carol McCall, Joan Parker, Judith Sabatini, Sarah Sedgwick-Coble, Deb Schroer, Gail Singer-Farber, Linda Swanson, Glenda Taylor, Jean Terry, Ann Trusty, and Barbara Waterman-Peters.

Much more than only "traditional" landscapes, these art works show the experience of living with the Flint Hills in everyday life is as expansive as the Flint Hills themselves.

Exhibit runs April 18 through May 31, 2008. The Gallery is located at 406.5 Poyntz, Manhattan, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 6, and by appointment. For additional information, 785-537-2099, and
www.strecker-nelsongallery.com

Smithsonian Collection Of Artists' Letters Arrives At K-State's Beach Museum

Beach Museum of Art Personal letters from some of the most important artists of the 19th and 20th centuries will be on display at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art when "More Than Words: Illustrated Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art" opens Friday, May 2.

The exhibition provides a different perspective on such artists as Thomas Eakins, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Duchamp, Dale Chihuly and Andy Warhol through their handwritten letters to family members, friends and business associates. The exhibit will remain on view through July 13 before continuing a 10-city national tour.

"We are pleased to bring this fine exhibition of illustrated letters by well-known artists to the Beach Museum of Art," said Lorne Render, museum director.

"The personal letters in 'More Than Words' uncover new insights into the personalities and creative processes of some of America's finest artists," said Liza Kirwin, the curator of manuscripts at the Archives of American Art who organized the exhibition. "In this age of modern technology, the works are designed to inspire us to communicate more thoughtfully and remind us to cherish handwritten, personal communications."

Although some of the letters are personal notes, others explore the travels or business relations of the artists. Most of the letters include drawings, caricatures, watercolors and collages that shed light on each artist's individuality.

"These letters will give visitors a close-up look at an artist's personal writings," Render said. "They also show how illustrations have been used to enhance the written word."

The letters are arranged by theme. Sections include "Bon Voyage," letters written to and by travelers; "I Do," letters written from the heart; "Plays on Words," using metaphors, puns and puzzles; "Visual Events," describing key personal, professional and political moments; "Graphic Instructions," providing illustrated directives to the reader; and "Thank You," letters of gratitude.

"More Than Words" was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Archives of American Art. A book that complements the exhibition, by the Princeton Architectural Press, is available in bookstores. More information about the Smithsonian's traveling exhibitions is available at: www.sites.si.edu

For more information about K-State's Beach Museum of Art, call 785-532-7718 or drop by the museum on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Admission is free, and free visitor parking is available next to the building. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.

UFM Summer Catalog

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