We want to welcome you to our College, whether you're a prospective student, a current K-Stater, a parent or someone who needs expertise we can provide. The mission of K-State's College of Human Ecology is to discover, disseminate and apply knowledge to meet basic human needs and improve the human condition. This knowledge advances professions, human services, public policy, business and industry.
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Undergraduate Students
As a student in the College of Human Ecology, you’ll get a well-rounded, broad-based education that will expand your mind, sharpen your problem-solving skills and enhance your critical thinking abilities. It will help you become someone who can thrive and contribute anywhere, anytime. You will be ready for whatever life throws at you. And employers will come after you. People who solve problems, think critically and make connections are the ones who really add to the bottom line.
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Graduate Students
The College of Human Ecology has a rich history of providing graduate students with stimulating learning experiences in classrooms, online, in laboratories and in clinical settings. Admission to graduate study in the college is competitive so we recommend early application. In addition to offering well-known and highly regarded on campus programs, the K-State College of Human Ecology is at the forefront nationally in providing online graduate learning.
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Faculty & Staff
The College of Human Ecology is committed to creating a supportive workplace for faculty and staff and to making the expertise of faculty and staff available to serve the public good. The faculty and staff directory will help you find individuals with the expertise you seek. The quick links are provided to provide a one-stop service center for faculty members who need to access University information relevant to their employment. The advisor's handbook contains the information that faculty need to guide students who are pursuing degrees in the College.
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Alumni & Friends
The College of Human Ecology takes great pride in its alumni and their accomplishments. The College is enriched by the service of alumni who serve on the College and Departmental Advisory Boards. It is the generosity of alumni and friends that provides the resources required for the College to improve its facilities, support its students, and advance its programs.
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College News
Kaup, Baptist on programs for free Parkinson’s Education Conference in Justin Hall April 13
Monday, March 18th, 2013
A neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and two Human Ecology faculty members will be among the speakers at the 2013 Parkinson’s Education Conference at Kansas State University on Saturday, April 13. The free, annual event, to be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Justin Hall, is aimed at people with Parkinson’s, caregivers, family [...]
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Apparel marketing senior nominated for national Udall scholarship
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Jennifer Birzer, a senior in apparel marketing, has been nominated for the Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship. Awarded to only 50 students each year, the national Udall Scholarship is awarded to college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care. Scholars are awarded up to $5,000. Recipients [...]
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Interior design team wins national competition with higher ed learning environment presentation
Friday, March 1st, 2013
A Kansas State University interior design student team won the 2012/13 Interior Design Educators Council Student Design Competition with “A Refreshing Education.” Team members are Sydney Hall, Andrea Sisk and Haoran Hu. Migette Kaup, associate professor, is the group’s adviser. The win marks the third time in five years that a student team from the [...]
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‘Zoobiquity’ lecturers to explore link between human and animal health, healing
Friday, March 1st, 2013
What does a flamingo’s heart attack, a dolphin’s diabetes or a jaguar’s breast cancer mean for you? Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., and Kathryn Bowers will present two free lectures about what animals can teach us about our health and the science of healing in Manhattan on Wednesday, March 13. Their book, Zoobiquity, is about listening to [...]
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A habit called vocal fry can stymie professional image
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
The use of one vocal habit could put some college students at a disadvantage when it comes to presenting a professional image, according to Linda Hoag, professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Human Ecology. Vocal fry — also known as glottal fry or the pulse register — is one of the [...]
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- Several Kansas State University faculty members are helping children with a new approach to treating auditory processing disorder that they hope might create better results.
- WTB, K-State partner to help warrior recover
- Through a partnership between the Kansas State University Athletics Training program and the Warrior Transition Battalion, Staff Sgt. Jason Willits passed his PT test with a score of 70 percent and has become a success story for other Soldiers to follow.
- Fort Riley Soldier Makes Surprise Visit Home
- MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- The Young children had no idea what was in store for them Tuesday night. They thought they were going to a banquet at Kansas State University's Student Union Ballroom and then to see a performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at McCain Auditorium. John Thomas, 10, Georgia, 8, and Steven, 6, were all dressed in red for the big night.
- Kids and Money: Professor pushes for better e-textbooks
- Predictions that electronic textbooks would push traditional books to the back shelf on college campuses have so far proven largely unfounded. But Brian Lindshield remains a big believer.
- Survey gives baseline in Kansas children’s status
- Kansas State University researchers have completed a report on baseline data on childhood poverty that will be used in efforts to improve the lives of children, including reducing the number of births to unwed mothers.
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