Congratulations! You have just been given the opportunity to recognize students, advisors, professors, and/or staff members for the outstanding work they have done for YOU this year. Descriptions of each of the awards and nominations forms are below. It's easy to nominate - simply write a few sentences or a few pages about the nominee.

Nomination forms are available at the Recreation Center and Student Services Office, by logging on to K-State Salina (www.salina.k-state.edu) and the Student Governing Association website (http://salina.k- state.edu/sga/forms.html), or by checking your email. Please limit your nomination to approximately 500 words or less. Send your nomination by email to amyeb@k-state.edu, or deliver it to the Student Life Center Room 102 by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14.

The awards will be presented during the awards ceremony on Thursday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m. All nominees and nominators will be invited to attend the dinner free of charge. Questions? Please contact

Amy Sellers at 785-826-2971 or amyeb@k-state.edu. 

It's time to once again double down on the fun! This year's Casino Night will be held Wednesday, March 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the College Center Conference Room. There will be FREE food and prizes!!
And the event is free for all K-State Salina students. 

*Sponsored by Programming Board

At about 1:30 p.m. March 4, Kansas State University will conduct an official test of K-State Alerts, the university's emergency notification system.

Emergency notification channels to be tested include: text messaging, automated phone calls, email to all K-State accounts, the university's home page, and the alert beacons in various buildings on the Manhattan, Olathe and Salina campuses. The tornado sirens with voice communications and public address system in the carillon atop Anderson Hall will also be tested.

K-State Alerts is used when a dangerous condition exists on any of K-State's campuses. The system is tested twice a year to ensure that it will work during an actual emergency.

During the test, text messages, automated phone calls and emails will be sent out. In addition, the wall-mounted alert beacons will emit a loud siren, flash strobe lights and provide digital scrolling text for two full minutes. They can't be turned off during the test.

To sign up to receive emergency notifications by text message or an automated phone call, students, faculty and staff with active K-State eIDs must enroll in K-State Alerts through the eProfile system. Eligible K-Staters can add contact information of parents, children and spouses when they sign up.

Those who already subscribe to text message and automated phone calls won't need to re-register, but officials recommend checking the Web site to make sure K-State has current phone numbers and email addresses.

Individuals who sign up for the service and don't receive the test alert or any other alerts should contact K-State's IT Help Desk at 800-865-6143 or 785-532-7772. 

Are you sitting at your desk and something doesn't feel quite right? Well, you're in luck! On Tuesday, March 11, K-State Salina will host Lisa Hoffman, Safety Consultant, Industrial Safety and Health, Department of Labor on campus to perform "free" ergonomic checks. In order to maximize the ergonomic checks process, you will need to list the times you will be available in your office. (Example: 9:45 - 11:30 AM)

If it appears that there are more ergonomic checks than Lisa Hoffman can perform on Tuesday, she has volunteered to stay until Wednesday, March 12 to complete K-State Salina's ergonomic checks. 

If you are interested in an ergonomic check of your office area, please e-mail Marlene Walker with:
* Your Name
* Building and Room No.
* Times you are available on Tuesday, March 11
* Please have "ERGONOMIC CHECK" in your subject line

Please respond to walkerm@ksu.edu by 3:00 PM this Friday, February 28 so the date and times can be finalized. 

The library needs your opinion about its services and spaces to better serve you! Please take the time to complete a short survey, which should take about 15 minutes of your time and can be found on the library's homepage here.

The survey is open from Feb. 17 to March 14. Please make sure you complete the survey before the deadline to be eligible for the drawing. 

Planning for the K-State library's future, it is important that we understand the perceptions and expectations of our campus community so that we may provide the services and resources that K-Staters need to be successful. We greatly appreciate your help and thank you for your participation. 

The Marchbanks Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence is awarded every year to a K-State Salina faculty member who promotes excellence in education with a focus on the development of students' talents and abilities.  An excellent teacher should enhance each student's academic and personal development through involvement of students in active learning practices with innovative instructional methods, activities and assessment. Selection criteria include organization, content, relevance, academic rigor, knowledge, ability, enthusiasm, intellectual stimulation, creativity, innovation, fairness, flexibility, and other traits that make an outstanding teacher.