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college stories 11
programs 31
services 34
STATISTICS
02 Student Stats
07 Credit Hours
08 Conferences
COLLEGE STORIES
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Agriculture
Architecture, Planning and Design
Arts and Sciences
Business Administration
Education
Engineering
Human Ecology
Technology and Aviation
Veterinary Medicine
PROGRAMS
SERVICES
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Noncredit Programs
Conferences
Student Services
Faculty Services
Division Funds Grants to Faculty
Grant Listing 42 Contact Listing
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DCE statistics
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Students by Gender
All statistical data is from Academic Year 08-09
Male
Female
4,195
5,927
10,122 total
STUDENT SNAPSHOT
Male
41% 59%
Female
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41%
Age
K-State Distance Education students by age
Intersession and Evening College excluded
41.8%
<24
31.3%
25-34
13.3%
35-44
9.8%
45-54
3.8%
>55
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Students by Age
EVENING COLLEGE
INTERSESSION
85.8%
11.2%
≤24
25-34
35-44
45-54
≥55
TOTAL
13.9%
25-34
1.6%
AGE
81.9%
≤24
35-44
1.2%
45-54
0.2%
≥55
2.2%
1.6%
0.4%
Evening College
Enrollments
1,897
Intersession
Enrollments
988
Distance Education
Enrollments
2,801
Total
Enrollments
5,686
247
35
27
5
168
27
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2,096
894
659
254
2,511
956
705
264
2,211
1,207
6,704
10,122
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Students by
Location
16.5%
International
Kansas
United States
0.3%
83.2%
LOCATION
Evening College
Intersession
Distance Education
Totals
Kansas
97.7%
95.4%
1,151
75.9%
5,111
83.2%
8,422
United States
2.3%
23.7%
1,566
16.5%
1,670
International
0%
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4.5%
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0.2%
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Student Credit Hours
Division SCH by Program
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GR
Annual Programs*
0
1,720
Distance Education
19,726
11,621
ESL (English as a Second Language)
102
4,477
Evening College
8,041
9
Intersession
3,181
386
UFM
1,801
0
TOTALS
32,851
18,213
51,064
* Annual Programs consist of: Master’s of Agribusiness, Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and Graduate
Certificate in Personal Financial Planning
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Conferences
Fiscal Year 2009
Face-to-Face Events
132
Mediated Programs
236
Total:
State Audiences
56
Regional Audiences
16
Local Audience
6
National Audience
45
International Audience
245
368 events
* Mediated Programs refer to programs containing components delivered through communication technologies (such as
video, internet, live feed, etc.) These programs extend K-State’s reach and offer greater opportunities to those who are
location-bound.
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Events
Face-to-Face
Mediated
Total Programs
Engineering
36
46
82
Veterinary Medicine
16
58
74
Outside/Youth
23
129
152
Higher Education
22
0
22
Agriculture and Extension
19
2
21
Arts and Sciences
7
0
7
Education
5
0
5
Human Ecology
2
1
3
Architecture
2
0
2
132
236
368
TOTAL
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Agriculture
Architecture, Planning, and Design
Arts and Sciences
Business Administration
Education
Engineering
Human Ecology
Technology and Aviation
Veterinary Medicine
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college stories
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AG 2008-09
student credit hours
3,995UG
1,528GR
27.5%UG12.4%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
share of dce sch
nathan smit
10.8%
PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPED
Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) to offer courses
specifically for professionals interested in grain operations.
TRIP TO ASIA
Master of Agribusiness program completed a Southeast Asia
trip in Fall 2008.
NEW PROPOSALS
Four program development proposals received approval for the
development of distance education certificate programs and
courses.
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College of Agriculture
B
eing a young professional in the food science industry can be demanding.
That’s why Nathan Smit, Albert Lea, Minn., completed his food science
bachelor’s degree online through Kansas State University.
Smit was always interested in studying science, but the nearest program was hours away. He began working at Hormel Foods in Austin,
Minn., where he found himself surrounded by K-State alumni. Because
of the enthusiasm of his co-workers and his growing interest in food
science, Smit began to envision a career on the production side of the
industry, but entry-level positions in the field required a bachelor’s degree.
“One of my co-workers who earned his master’s from K-State gave
me continuous support when I decided to go back to school,” Smit said.
“I used the knowledge gained in my classes to help create new food
products at work.”
Since earning his degree, Smit has been promoted from senior research and development technician to associate food scientist in the
product and process development section of Hormel Foods. He also has
three patents pending on food products and processes he has developed
since then.
“Completing my degree has inspired other employees to go back to
school. Sometimes people I don’t even know approach me and ask for
information on K-State,” Smit said. “It’s motivation for them because I
rose up from humble beginnings to become an associate scientist. And
I tell them that any online program at K-State is going to be one of the
best there is.”
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AR 2008-09
student credit hours
1,012UG
376GR
36.6%UG27.5%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
kiowa county courthouse, greensburg, ks
share of dce sch
2.7%
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College of Architecture, Planning, and Design
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n May and June of 2009, the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design offered the course “Appreciation of Architecture” (ARCH 301)
through the K-State Division of Continuing Education. This course involved an analysis of the evolution of architectural styles to determine
the relation of architectural expression to the needs of society.
Course instructor Larry Bowne, Associate Professor of Architecture at K-State, used this and other architecture courses to help rebuild
Greensburg, Kansas using green technology like wind and solar power
that also met the needs of the community. Project models developed
from FY08-09 courses will help rebuild future structures in the Greensburg area.
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AS 2008-09
student credit hours
16,137UG
2,080GR
28.0%UG -6.1%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
cephus scott
share of dce sch
35.7%
15 NEW COURSES
Fifteen new online courses have been developed.
PROGRAM EXPANDED
The Riley County High School concurrent program expanded
to include Spanish I and II.
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College of Arts and Sciences
C
ephus Scott, Galveston, Tex., spent a year at Kansas State University, but
it was a year he’ll never forget. In 1997, he was a defensive back on the
K-State football team, the year the Wildcats won the Fiesta Bowl, and
living for football meant education wasn’t exactly his priority.
When his football career ended, Scott found himself in Galveston
with a family and decent job as a supervisor at a local mental health
facility—but no college degree. He contacted K-State and learned about
the Second Wind program, developed specifically to help former K-State
athletes finish their academic work from their current community.
“At one point, Coach Snyder called me to tell me how proud he was
of the work I was doing and how hard I was trying,” Scott said. “It was
one of the most thoughtful things I’ve ever gotten from K-State.”
Scott completed a social science bachelor’s degree with a concentration in behavioral sciences. He is now a teacher in the Positive Approach
to Student Success program at a Galveston Middle School. The program
is designed to provide behavioral support for students who are experiencing significant emotional and behavioral difficulties.
“There was always someone there—family, friends, teachers, advisors—to pick me up when I fell, to turn me right when I was going left,
no matter where I was in life. I felt like I should do the same,” Scott said.
“I’m the first person in my family to graduate from college because of
that support.”
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BA 2008-09
student credit hours
3,331UG
318GR
harriet o. williams
6.2%UG 0.0%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
share of dce sch
7.1%
RECORD NUMBERS
A record number of students graduated from the General
Business Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program.
MORE ONLINE OFFERINGS
The number of online business classes increased to a record
number of offerings.
NEW HIGH
Student enrollments for online business classes
reached an all-time high.
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College of Business Administration
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f you ask Harriet O. Williams about Kansas State University, her response will sound like a long-distance love story. Williams was a military
wife and mother, and her family relocated to several states before and
after being stationed at Fort Riley in the 1980s. She attended various
institutions, but none seemed to have the same connection with her that
she immediately felt when she attended K-State.
“The other states have great schools, but my heart was at K-State. I
couldn’t do it anywhere else,” she said.
So she started taking K-State distance classes to finish her bachelor’s
degree, planning to move her family back to her homeland of the Virgin
Islands. But years later, after starting a nonprofit community center in a
low-income area of the Virgin Islands, Williams realized she still badly
wanted to earn her K-State diploma. She knew it was now or never to
get serious about finishing at K-State.
After changing her major to general business and taking more K-State
distance education classes, she brought her entire family to the Manhattan campus to watch as she walked proudly across the commencement
stage.
Today, after her years of schooling, just talking about “her K-State”
makes Williams admit that she plans to pursue a master’s degree someday. When she learned K-State offers a distance program in youth development, she promised to look online for more information immediately.
“I just love my K-State,” she said.
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ED 2008-09
student credit hours
1,612UG
9,864GR
57.6%UG -4.4%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
lorena baker
share of dce sch
22.5%
PROGRAM AWARDED
The Academic Advising program won DCE’s Outstanding
Program Award at a reception in May 2009.
RECORD ENROLLMENTS
The English as a Second Language (ESL) program had
1,300 enrollments—the highest number to date.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
The Council for Public School Improvement (CPSI) conferences
hosted a total of 458 participants at four workshops
throughout the year.
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College of Education
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s a child, Lorena Baker, Dodge City, Kan., experienced first hand the
struggles of learning a new language in school. Born to Spanish-speaking
parents from Mexico, Baker attended a Dodge City school and needed
to learn English. Today, she is coming full circle by pursuing her dream of
returning to the classroom to teach English as a Second Language (ESL).
“My parents taught me that the key to success is education, and they
always encouraged me to pursue that avenue,” said Baker, a paraprofessional at Central Elementary School in Dodge City. “I realized that my
heart was in the classroom.”
Baker enrolled in K-State’s Access Us program to earn a degree in
elementary education with an emphasis in ESL. The program was designed for students in Western Kansas who wanted to pursue a degree
in elementary education without having to leave their job, community, or
relocate their family. Now a senior, Baker is part of the final cohort of
students to complete the program.
“This was my opportunity to obtain a high-quality education in Southwest Kansas,” Baker said.
After graduation, Baker plans to stay in Dodge City and use the skills
she learned from K-State and from her own experiences growing up to
teach ESL students in her community.
“I realized I could impact my community by becoming a teacher and
helping our diverse population learn and grow in a positive way,” she
said.
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EN 2008-09
student credit hours
college of engineering students
1,016UG
1,384GR
25.4%UG 4.4%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
share of dce sch
4.6%
PROGRAM LAUNCHED
The Operations Research master’s degree program was launched
as the seventh distance education engineering master’s degree.
RECORD NUMBER
The Big 12 Nuclear Engineering Consortium/Course-Sharing
had a record number of 30 students from a single university in
one of K-State’s online introduction classes.
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College of Engineering
A
fter earning his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Davis, Russ McDonald accepted a position as a
process engineer with Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Ore. But when he
decided to go back to school and get his master’s degree, he found his
geographic location to be somewhat limiting.
“I knew someone at work who was in an online master’s program in
engineering offered by K-State and had a lot of good things to say about
the experience,” McDonald said.
McDonald decided to enroll in the program, but while working on
his degree, he shifted roles and became a yield engineer, working with
increasing amounts of statistical data. He thought adding some graduate
work in statistics might be a smart move, so he also enrolled in K-State’s
online graduate certificate in applied statistics.
“It overlapped perfectly with the engineering master’s degree,” McDonald said. “The programs are really well tailored for people who work
full time. The professors are very understanding about situations or projects coming up at work and needing to delay homework or tests if you
really need to.”
Now that McDonald has both an engineering master’s degree and
applied statistics graduate certificate from K-State under his belt, he’s
looking forward to the future, saying there’s not much standing in his
way to become a senior engineer or earning his professional engineer
license. McDonald hints at re-enrolling someday to earn a second master’s degree—this time in statistics.
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HE 2008-09
student credit hours
5,745UG
2,599GR
7.9%UG 10.9%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
share of dce sch
16.3%
michael emmart
AWARD-WINNING STUDENT
Distance education student Lanita McGee won the
University Continuing Education Association Great Plains Region
Outstanding Distance Education Student Award.
NEW MASTER’S
The Dietetics master’s degree program was launched in Fall 2008.
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College of Human Ecology
L
iving with his wife and four children in upstate New York, Michael
Emmart never dreamed he would someday hold a degree from Kansas
State University. But with K-State’s online degree programs, his education was within reach.
Emmart, an 11-year veteran counselor in the juvenile justice system
in New York, discovered the K-State master’s program in youth development while researching options for online graduate studies.
“The exceptional national ranking of K-State as one of the nation’s premier research institutions set it apart,” Emmart said.
Because of the great need for educationally prepared, highly motivated youth development workers who serve families and communities
nationally and globally, Emmart says he frequently recommends K-State’s
youth development program to others in his field.
“While the program of study at K-State was rigorous, this intensity was matched by a quality team of caring and available professors,”
Emmart said.
He completed his master’s degree in May 2009 and is turning his attention to sharing what he has learned. He continues to have an active
leadership role in his workplace and is now evaluating program needs
and facilitating the process of change within his facility.
“I remain very thankful for the doors my K-State graduate degree
has opened thus far, as well as the many I anticipate it will open in the
future,” Emmart said. “One would be hard pressed to find a betterstructured or more economic choice.”
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More than twenty 2+2 agreements have been signed for the
Technology Management bachelor’s degree completion program.
ONLINE PIPELINE
Additional online courses will be developed
for the next academic year.
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College of Technology and Aviation
T
he College of Technology and Aviation, Kansas State University’s most recently
established College, is one of the fastest-growing throughout the university,
and FY08-09 was no exception.
Among its accomplishments was the development of online courses offered for the first time during the Fall 2008 term. K-State at Salina’s Department of Continuing Education offered several online courses in a variety of
subjects including web page development and digital photography.
“Taking classes online is helpful for the many who have a hectic schedule
to take college courses without the time restraints of regular classroom instruction,” said Joe Krause, Continuing Education Administrator at K-State at
Salina.
In addition to extending the University’s virtual reach with online class
development, the College of Technology and Aviation also helped to extend
K-State to place-bound students in Kansas and other states. The development
of additional Technology Management 2+2 agreements with community and
technical colleges helped more students complete a K-State bachelor’s degree
in Technology Management using distance education technologies.
“These agreements will help community college graduates who aspire to
management levels in technical fields but who cannot relocate to the K-State
Manhattan or Salina campus,” said A. David Stewart, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education.
The College of Technology and Aviation will continue to expand its
distance education efforts through additional online course development and
Technology Management 2+2 agreements in the next fiscal year.
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VM 2008-09
student credit hours
vet med camelid program
3UG
100GR
N/AUG 376.2%GR
percent change
from previous academic year
share of dce sch
0.2%
PROGRAM AWARDED TWICE
The VetBytes program won both the University Continuing
Education Association (UCEA) and Association for Continuing
Higher Education (ACHE) Great Plains Region Non-Credit
Program Awards.
PROGRAM LAUNCHED
The Camelid Distance Education Program was launched in Fall 2008.
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College of Veterinary Medicine
V
eterinarians can now receive specialized training from Kansas State University’s Camelid Distance Education Program, a web-based continuing
education program focused exclusively on llamas and alpacas. This program is the first of its kind to be developed in the nation and the world.
Educators in the College of Veterinary Medicine at K-State received
a $20,000 grant from the Mid-America Alpaca Foundation (MAAF) to
develop this “virtual training” program, which allows veterinarians from
anywhere in the world to gain access to critical training information at
their leisure or in times of crisis.
“Veterinarians may need immediate access to information to better
care for or diagnose life-threatening conditions in llamas or alpacas,” said
Dr. David Anderson, professor and head of agricultural practices at the
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and program co-creator.
The growing interest in camelids and the emergence of 6,000 alpaca
farms nationwide has prompted the need for veterinarians to broaden
their expertise in working with these animals, and demand for the information provided by the program both close to home and abroad is high.
K-State became MAAF’s partner for the development of the program
due to the renowned faculty experts and shared commitment to education.
“A program of this caliber allows us to broaden our teaching mission
while solidifying the MAAF and K-State as leaders in veterinary education
innovation,” Anderson said.
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Intersession
Evening College
Noncredit Programs
Conferences
Student Services
Faculty Services
Division Funds Grants to Faculty
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n August 2008, Kansas State University offered
the first Intersession class entirely online, and
upon request from K-State students and instructors, four online Intersession classes were
offered during the following Intersession term
in January 2009.
Science (POLSC 110). The enrollment limit
for all four classes increased when maximum
enrollment was reached. Enrollment numbers
for these four classes alone accounted for approximately twenty percent of enrollments for
January 2009 Intersession.
K-State Intersession offers classes in convenient three-week sessions between standard
university terms and was previously available
only to on-campus students. Now distance
students also have the option of taking an Intersession class to get ahead in their programs
and study topics not typically offered during
the rest of the year.
“Online classes greatly expand the audience
for Intersession,” said A. David Stewart, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education. “They
open Intersession to more residential students
who are away from campus during these times
as well as to our distance education students. I
think we can expect a growing response from
both distance and on-campus students.”
The four online Intersession classes offered for
the January 2009 Intersession term included:
Families, Health, and Illness (FSHS 300); Intercultural Communication (EDSEC 786); Ancient
Egypt (HIST 598); and Introduction to Political
Due to student and faculty response to online
Intersession classes, more are in development
for upcoming Intersession terms.
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D
uring the five Evening College sessions in
FY08-09 (two in Fall 2008, two in Spring 2009,
and one in Summer 2009), Kansas State University offered approximately 125 Evening
College courses with topics from a variety of
departments throughout the university.
Evening College courses are offered on the
K-State campus in Manhattan between 5:30
and 10:30 p.m. Many classes are offered in
eight-week and 12-week terms as well as the
full 16-week term to help students get ahead.
“One of the original purposes of Evening College was to extend access to the university
to those who for a variety of reasons are not
able to attend during the day,” said A. David
Stewart, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education. “Evening College does serve non-tradi-
tional students in the Manhattan geographical
area, but it also serves on-campus students at
K-State whose schedules are filled with other
obligations during daytime hours.”
In FY08-09, a greater number of on-campus
students took advantage of the lower-level
introductory courses offered during Evening
College, most of which fulfilled their University General Education requirements.
“Most Evening College classes have smaller
enrollments, and that can allow for more quality interaction among students and between
students and instructors,” said Stewart. “The
extent and reach of Evening College opportunities this past fiscal year have broadened and
enriched the K-State college experience and
helped fulfill K-State’s land grant mission.”
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Noncredit Programs
K
ansas State University held its first Sustainability Conference in January 2009. The conference was developed to create awareness
of the diverse sustainability needs of Kansas,
including sustainability research, public sustainability education, land and water use, and
energy. This is the first conference of its kind
to be developed at K-State and in Kansas.
The Sustainability Conference was developed
to help make K-State not just a participant but
a statewide and regional leader for sustainability, highlighting sustainability efforts, research,
and engaging the public and communities in
Kansas.
More than 350 individuals and groups attended
the conference to discuss the extent of their
sustainability efforts. A mix of representatives
from business, state government, leaders in
sustainability, faculty, students, and administrators attended.
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and other universities can lead a society-wide
transition to a conservative resource future
by example and through outreach,” said Ben
Champion, K-State Director of Sustainability.
“This conference represented a variety of activities related to sustainability at K-State, both
in terms of academic research and teaching,
and in university operations and management.”
The conference aligns with the implementation of new sustainability efforts at K-State. A
university-wide task force is developing a longterm strategic plan for K-State’s sustainability
initiatives, and with the increased emphasis on
sustainability, campus groups are also beginning to collaborate. The second Sustainability
Conference will be held January 2010.
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I
n March 2009, Kansas State University held the
first-ever Arab-American Women Conference
on the Manhattan campus, focusing on the
immigration, settlement, and history of ArabAmerican women and their status within both
the Arab-American community and the larger
American society.
Dr. Michael Suleiman, university distinguished
professor at K-State, facilitated the conference, where more than 30 noted scholars
from around the world made presentations on
topics such as gender, identity, health, assimilation, experiences, challenges, and accomplishments of Arab-American women.
“In addition to the papers and the intellectual
discussions, the conference also generated
much-needed cross-fertilization of productive
scholarship,” Suleiman said. “The consequence
was the further enhancement of our understanding of Arab-American women specifically
and the Arab-American community generally—the primary goal of the conference.”
The conference was open to the K-State community as well as to the public and applied to
multiple fields of study such as anthropology,
women’s studies, cultural studies, religious
studies, and other disciplines.
“This program can inspire others to convene
similar conferences on this important topic,
especially conferences that deal with specialized topics relating to Arab-American women,” Suleiman said. “The hope was not only
to identify the main issues, but also to suggest
concrete ways to deal with them and to encourage greater interaction between young
and more mature scholars, perhaps resulting
in joint scholarship in this area of study in the
future.”
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Student Services
K
ansas State University’s Division of Continuing Education (DCE) developed and launched
a Facebook fan page and Twitter account as
a service and communication tool for K-State
distance students in Summer 2009.
These social media accounts are maintained by
the DCE Facilitation Center to create awareness about distance-accessible campus opportunities that can help distance students foster
a deeper connection with the university. They
are also used to send quick reminders about
important university and distance education
deadlines and events.
After just a few days of implementation, the
Facebook fan page, called “K-State Distance
Students,” had more than 100 fans and the
Twitter account, called “KStateDistance,” had
more than 25 followers. The number of fans
and followers of both pages continues to increase.
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In addition to posting useful information to
distance students, the Facebook fan page allows fans to view and even submit their distance education related photos, participate
in discussion boards about distance programs
and technologies, and post questions and feedback.
“We began using Facebook and Twitter as additional tools to allow more contact between
us and our students and also to facilitate student interaction,” said Lynda Spire, Assistant
Dean of Continuing Education. “We plan to
keep using these technologies and others to
facilitate this communication.”
The use of both the Facebook fan page and
Twitter account will be evaluated by DCE in
2010 to determine how to improve these services for K-State distance students.
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ELATEWIKI Project Team
Front Row: Ellen Stauffer, Roger McHaney, Lynda Spire
Back Row: Bettie Minshall, Ron Jackson
T
Faculty Services
he Electronic Learning and Teaching Exchange
Wiki to Support Faculty Development, or
ELATEwiki, is a collaborative website that
serves as a resource for dialogue and dynamic
information exchange to improve teaching
practices. It was developed by a team of
K-State faculty and staff and launched in March
2009.
The site is constructed using wiki technology,
which permits access, multimedia expressiveness, remote collaboration, tracking, and reversibility of postings. Articles posted on the
wiki can include text, videos, images, embedded web applications, and may be shared via
RSS feeds.
“ELATEwiki was originally intended to enhance
and support faculty development and student
learning at K-State,” said Roger McHaney,
professor and interim head of the department
of management at K-State and wiki keeper
for ELATEwiki. “However, the project was
broadened for use by all institutions of higher
learning.”
This broader use is reflected in ELATEwiki’s
growing community of contributors/users.
These individuals help promote collaborative,
active learning among students, faculty, and
outside experts in the field. Web visits also
continue to increase, with the site receiving
more than 400 visitors each day.
“ELATEwiki has created an open atmosphere
of sharing and collegial scholarship where
good teachers and students can share and
exchange ideas to enhance their teaching and
learning,” McHaney said.
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Division Funds Grants to Faculty
A
year that began with uncertainty and anxiety
over a changing budget structure became an
opportunity for creativity, synergy, enriched
partnerships, and high productivity for the
K-State Division of Continuing Education
(DCE) and the university.
focus and align DCE’s approach to program
development with college and university priorities. In the process, DCE became a better
partner with the departments and colleges in
the development of distance education resources.
In FY09, DCE moved from a “flexible” to a
fixed annual budget. At the recommendation
of Sue C. Maes, Dean of Continuing Education, the Provost approved the allocation of
$250,000 in the fixed budget for the development of distance education programs. Shortly
after the FY09 budget was finalized, DCE sent
out a request for proposals to the university.
Within three weeks, 28 proposals for the development of online credit courses and programs were submitted with funding requests
totaling more than $500,000.
Initially, DCE funded approximately $200,000
in full or partial support for 24 of the 28 submitted proposals, holding back $50,000 for
“must do” proposals that might arise during
the rest of the year and to support additional
accessibility needs for the projects being developed. Additionally, DCE provided $22,400
from another budget source as “seed” support
for the development of three new conferences. During the last half of the fiscal year, DCE
was also able to find unused funds in other
areas of its budget and apply them toward additional proposals that continued to come in.
Each proposal included how its development
aligned with the stated priorities of K-State
and the Colleges, augmenting the strengths
and niches of the university. This helped to
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By the end of FY09, DCE received 43 proposals and funded 37 in full or in part. A total of
$602,952 was requested, and DCE provided
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Colleges and
departments
provided matches that totaled
$31,930.
By the end of FY09, DCE received 43
proposals and was able to fund 37 in full
or in part.
$314,832 to support the development of
credit, noncredit, and conference programs.
Colleges and departments provided matches
that totaled $31,930.
other institutions and the USDA as they pursue new partnerships.
At the end of the fiscal year, the principal
investigators were required to submit a final
report of their experience with their projects.
Some stated that development of their projects would not have been possible without
DCE funding and support. Frequent appreciation was expressed for the guidance of the instructional designers who worked with the PIs
to assure the best practices for online learning
were being followed. One report stated that
the experience gained in this development
has enhanced their ability to be a partner with
From a DCE perspective, the RFP and grant
funding process was a great success in its initial
year and especially in light of DCE’s transition to a fixed budget. It elicited considerable
interest and innovation for the development
of distance education at K-State, and due to
the interest, the challenge is how to narrow
down what would be funded with the amount
of dollars available. The grant funds stimulated
the development of many new courses and
programs that will extend the resources of the
university to its constituents, thus contributing
to the university’s land grant mission.
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2009 Division Grants to Faculty Funding List
agriculture
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygene; Behavioral
Interventions in Safety and Health
J. Ernest Minton and Mitch Ricketts
agriculture
Master of Horticultural Therapy
Candice Shoemaker
agriculture
Undergraduate Certificate Program in Turfgrass
Management
Steve Keeley, Jack Fry, and Dale Bremer
agriculture
Grain Science and Industry Distance Learning Program
Dirk Maier, Jeff Gwirtz, Leland McKinney, and Debbi Rogers
agriculture
AGCOM712 Environmental Communications
Christopher Lavergne
agriculture
AGCOM 590 New Media Technology
Marcus Ashlock
arts and sciences
DAS 300 - The Great Conversation
Laurie Bagby
arts and sciences
Intro to Physical Geography
Melinda Daniels
arts and sciences
News and Feature Writing
Sam Mwangi
arts and sciences
Criminal and Justice Studies
Susan Williams, Elizabeth Cauble, and Patrick Akard
arts and sciences
GEOG 508 - Intro to GIS
Marcellus Caldas
arts and sciences
THTRE 865 Professionalism and Ethics in Drama Therapy
Sally Bailey
arts and sciences
Basic Skills for Working with People and Social Welfare
Betsy Cauble, Donald Kurtz, and Lorenza Lockett
business
MKTG 544 and MKTG844 International Marketing
Swinder Janda
business
Graduate Certificate in the Management of Animal
Health Related Organizations
Jeff Katz, J. Bruce Price, and David Andrus
EDCEP 886 Enrollment Management for Higher Education
Doris Carroll
engineering
Master’s in Operations Research
Todd Easton and John Wu
engineering
Selected Topics/Concrete Pavement and Bridge Repair
Kyle Riding
engineering
MURC-KSU Professional Radon Training
Bruce Snead and Brian Hanson
education
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engineering
CE 732 - Advanced Structural Analysis I
Hayder Rasheed and Ellen Stauffer
engineering
CE 745 Structural Dynamics
Asad Esmaeily
engineering
Wide Area Networks EECE 841
Caterina Scoglio
human ecology
UG Minor/Grad Emphasis in Conflict and Trauma Studies
Terrie McCants and Briana Nelson-Goff
human ecology
HN620 Nutrient Metabolism
Weiqun (George) Wang
human ecology
GNHE 310 - Human Needs
Carol Kellett and David Thorne
human ecology
Personal Finance for College Students
Joyce Cantrell
human ecology
FSHS Baccalaureate Degree Online
William Meredith and Mary DeLuccie
human ecology
The Army Family Challege to Resilience
Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Briana Goff, and Elaine Johannes
human ecology
FSHS 534/754 Conflict in Organizations
Terrie McCants and John Steele
human ecology
Gerontechnology
Gayle Doll
PPIL 342 - Aviation Weather
Kenneth Barnard
vet. medicine
DMP 925 - Rumen Microbiology
T. G Nagaraja and Linda Johnson
vet. medicine
Public Health Food Safety and Vet Med-Development
and updating of FDSCI730 and DMP816
Robert Larson, Linda Johnson, Abbey Nutsch, and J. Kastner
Redesign EDCEP 829
Fred Newton
Development of EECE 660
Bala Natarajan
Statistics: Analysis of Messy Data STATS 870
Dallas Johnson
tech. and aviation
funded prior to rfps
education
engineering
arts and sciences
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Division Listing
dean’s office
credit programs
Sue C. Maes, Dean of Continuing Education
785-532-5644
scmaes@k-state.edu
Distance Education, Evening College, Intersession, credit
courses, distance degree programs, courses for teachers,
2+2 programs with community colleges 785-532-5575 or 1-800-622-2KSU (2578)
informationdce@k-state.edu
Fax: 785-532-3779
fort riley
K-State at Fort Riley Office on post 785-532-5575 (general questions)
or 785-784-5930
telenet 2
Statewide videoconference delivery system
785-532-5995
ufm
Community Learning Center 785-539-8763
facilitation center
Course materials and testing 1-877-528-6105 or 785-532-5686
conferences and
noncredit programs
785-532-5569
or 1-800-432-8222
registration@k-state.edu
Fax: 785-532-3779
mailing address
Division of Continuing Education
Kansas State University
13 College Court Building
Manhattan, KS 66506
www.dce.k-state.edu
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