Parents and Family Guide 2018-2019 Table of Contents 4 About This Guide 6 Welcome from Student Leaders 8 Career Center 10 K-State First 12 K-State Traditions 14 Student Involvement 16 K-State Proud 18 On-Campus Housing 20 Parents and Family Association 22 Campus Safety 24 Student Spirit 26 Around Manhattan 28 Calendar About This Guide The K-State Parents and Family Guide is a collaboration between the Parents and Family Association and the students of Collegian Media Group. Our goal is to provide families with the information and messages that they care about most. The content is crafted by students to target the interests of K-State parents and their new Wildcat students. Please refer to the Parents and Family Association at k-state.edu/ parentsandfamily and k-state.edu for updates about the university. If you have questions about this guide or suggestions for its content, please contact us at [email protected]. Collegian Media Group makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this guide. © 2018 Collegian Media Group. All rights reserved. K-State Parents and Family Association 122 Anderson Hall (785) 532-2222 [email protected] k-state.edu/parentsandfamily Collegian Media Group 103 Kedzie Hall 820 Mid-Campus Drive, South (785) 370-6350 [email protected] collegianmedia.com/kstate-parent-guide/ Cover Photo by K-State Photo Services + 4 Kansas State University Call us today! (785) 776-1118 2100 Westchester Drive | Manhattan, KS 66503 | WestchesterParkApts.com Call us today! (785) 776-8080 1401 Monticello Drive | Manhattan, KS 66502 | GeorgetownApts.net K-State Student Special! Up to $1,000 cash back at move-in No Application Fee 1 bedrooms from $689/month 2 bedrooms from $759/month Just minutes from K-State’s campus, on the city’s bus route. Westchester Park & Georgetown Apartments offer spacious units with top amenities: - 24-hour, on-site emergency maintenance - Upgrades include granite, tile, - Nationally-recognized, award-winning stainless steel and wood flooring customer service staff - Fireplaces and patio decks - In-unit washer and dryer - Private garages available - Spacious walk-in closets - 24-hour fitness center Lacy Pitts, Student Body Vice President, left, and Jordan Kiehl, Student Body President. Welcome from Student Leaders It is with great excitement that we to the State of Kansas in order to welcome you and your student(s) help the state grow in both culture to Kansas State University. Our and industry. Through academic university is known for its sense of excellence and exceptional career community, and we are thrilled to preparation, we are confident that the add you to the family. Whether your experience your student will embark K-State story goes back three decades, on at K-State will empower them to or you are on campus for the first achieve their greatest aspirations for time, there is a place for you here at the future. K-State, and we are sure that this decision will serve as beneficial to With nine colleges, over 250 academic your family for years to come. majors, and more than 475 clubs and organizations, there is truly The K-State tradition is that of a something at K-State for everyone. In well-rounded collegiate experience addition to a great variety of academic which builds on generations of programs, K-State continues the success and dynamic aspirations for tradition of “putting students first” the future. The decision to enroll through numerous student success is a commitment to the land grant programs, social entertainment mission, by bringing premiere outlets, and nationally ranked education and elite research programs Division I Athletic programs. 6 Kansas State University This year, as Student Body President experience is one which is constantly and Vice President, we are fortunate striving to improve. Working with to represent one of K-State’s student university administration to enhance organizations, the Student Governing our campus through emphasizing Association.Through engaging in the affordable textbook alternatives, dialogue of important decisions being advocating for the creation of made in the university, SGA serves a multicultural student center, as the communication link between improving campus transportation as students and administrators. One well as advising technology. of our most important decisions is the allocation of over $16 million in Once more, please accept our warm student privilege fee dollars, which welcome and we look forward to are essential to our university’s the year ahead. And as always, go efforts to provide a “home away from ’Cats! home” for your student through the Jordan Kiehl support of campus entities such as the Student Body President K-State Student Union, Lafene Health Senior from Fairway, Kansas Center, Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex, campus entertainment Lacy Pitts funds, and much more. Student Body Vice President Senior from Buhler, Kansas As students’ representatives, we will work to ensure the student PROUDLY ANNOUNCES OUR NEW ONLINE STORE AND DELIVERY OPTIONS! Now you can shop local from home! Delivery options now include: • pay online and pickup at store • pay online and Manhattan delivery in 24 hours • pay online and shipped to your house. “WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN THE STORE, BUT NOW YOU HAVE OPTIONS!” 1129 GARDEN WAY, MANHATTAN, KS 66502 | PH (785) 320-6363 WWW.MANHATTANRUNNINGCO.COM collegianmedia.com/kstate-parent-guide/ 7 Shopping the Career Closet. Photo by Saya Kahim, Collegian Media Group Career Center The Career Center facilitates the and a staff committed to assisting career readiness of all students students in the career development throughout the K-State community. process. The Career Center also It offers free assessments for provides students with opportunities exploring majors/careers, job search to attend career fairs, interview on- training, career advising, employer campus with employers, and enroll in connections, interview preparation, credit-based courses for 8 Kansas State University major/career decision-making and internship experiences. Students can also visit the Career Center to: We’re hiring! • Shop the Career Closet’s wide Mornings | Evenings selection of professional attire and accessories. Weekends Overnight-awake • Learn about personal branding and maintaining a professional online presence. Starting at $11.00/hour. • Look up K-State curriculum guides, or obtain graduate school Up to $12.50 in 3 information. months! Additional resources include employment profiles, salary information, relocation tips, advice from K-State grads, job offer guidelines, career reference books, and career planning workshops. The Career Center hosts career fairs in the fall and spring semesters, which bring a multitude of employers to campus to recruit K-State students for internships, part-time jobs, co-ops, and full-time jobs. In October, the Career Center also holds a browsing Big Lakes fair to explore more than 250 majors, minors and certificate programs, Development Center is... known as the “Majors, Minors and Teamwork • Respect • Integrity More Fair.” Quality Care • Making a Difference After registering their free Handshake account, students can apply for jobs and internships, schedule an (785) 776-9201 appointment with their career adviser, www.biglakes.org sign up for events, workshops, 1416 Hayes Drive | Manhattan, KS information sessions and interviews with employers coming to the K-State campus. For more information about the Career Center, visit www.k-state.edu /careercenter. collegianmedia.com/kstate-parent-guide/ 9 Hale Library. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier, Collegian Media Group K-State First K-State First is the University’s first- A group of 22 students enroll in two year experience program, our way general education courses and a one- of helping students establish a great hour connections course during the foundation for the rest of their college fall semester. The two main courses career. The program offers seminar count toward graduation in most courses and learning communities programs, and the friendly faces designed specifically for first-year in the CAT Community make the students. Home to the university’s larger, mostly lecture-based classes common reading program (KSBN), feel a lot smaller. To apply what a one-on-one mentoring program they have been learning, students (GPS), and other unique opportunities meet once a week in the connections for first-year students, K-State First course with this core group of is deeply committed to academic classmates and a professor from excellence, community, diversity, and one of the main classes. Students the empowerment of students can enroll in Residential, Non- Residential, and Study Abroad CAT CAT Communities Communities. Connecting Across Topics Residential CAT communities provide Communities are designed around an added opportunity for first-year student interests, and offer mentoring students to connect with others who from a professor, as well as an share their academic interests by advanced undergraduate Learning placing them in the same on-campus Assistant who shares the students’ residence hall along with their interests. They are an ideal place for Residential Learning Assistant. Like students to meet each other and to the other CAT Communities, first- study together. year students take a group of classes together, and also live, eat, sleep, 10 Kansas State University study, and socialize near each other, have the opportunity to connect on too. their own, or at GPS-sponsored events at least three times per semester. First-Year Seminars K-State Book Network The First-Year Seminar program (KSBN) provides students with the chance to take small, exciting classes that are The motto of KSBN is “A campus taught in a lively, interactive way. on the same page.” The program Students have the opportunity to ask is designed to provide a common questions, interact with the professor experience around a book to help first and the other students, and challenge year students transition from high themselves with personalized, school to college, grow academically hands-on attention.