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K-State Sesquicentennial
Division of Communications and Marketing
Kansas State University
128 Dole Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-2535
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Kick off K-State's 150th Anniversary
Kansas State University celebrated its sesquicentennial on Feb. 14 with a kickoff event looking back at 150 years of colleges, academic departments and other facets of university life — topped off with the university's signature Call Hall ice cream and birthday cake. Watch the video below to view the festivities.
Mission
A celebration for America’s first land grant institution and Kansas’ first public university—its past, present, and future.
The year 2013 marks a milestone for Kansas State University. We are celebrating 150 years of excellence with a birthday bash.
The sesquicentennial is a time for friends, alumni, students, faculty and staff to honor the proud history of our university and look to the future.
It’s no wonder that Kansas State has become an international leader in teaching, learning, extension, service and research. Our founders started the university with a vision for innovative education, and the university opened in 1863 with 52 students as the first fully operational land-grant university in the country.
Kansas State’s storied history and rich tradition of excellence has led to record enrollment and giving numbers, increased research dollars, and internationally recognized programs and research. The university serves the state and nation, and it has improved the world and touched countless lives.
The Kansas State University family can take pride in knowing that we will continue to build upon our previous successes as we approach the next 150 years. The university is striving to become a top 50 public research university by 2025.
We invite our entire family to celebrate our achievements, the Wildcat spirit and the triumph of Kansas State University.
Official sponsor of the Sesquicentennial celebration
Sesquicentennial news
- K-State marking 150 years
- Happy 150th Birthday K-State!
- Media arrangements for sesquicentennial kickoff event Feb. 14 at Ahearn Field House
- Future leaders: Students help organize All-University Open House that will remember history while looking ahead
- Wildcat March Exhibition offers artistic take on 150th anniversary celebration
- Opinion: 150 years after university's founding, the new land-grant mission is alive
- Back to the future: Students showing their purple pride by planning, organizing events for university's 150th celebration
- Celebrating 150 years as first land-grant institution begins Feb. 14
- Traditions tighten student, alumni bonds throughout Kansas State University history
- February brings sesquicentennial, popular shows, special presentations to campus
- 150 years of wonder: Beach Museum exhibition brings together objects from many university departments in honor of sesquicentennial
- History on the move: Purple Masque Theatre getting new home in West Stadium