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September 28, 2021

Diversity Programs Office Fall Update

Submitted by Zelia Wiley

DPO Fall Event Calendar

Happy fall and Hispanic Heritage Month!

We trust all are adjusting well to full-capacity classes and work schedules. As the fall semester is getting started, the Diversity Programs Office (DPO) would like to welcome Sarah Weekes and Zenzele Asante to our office and welcome back Lonnie Hobbs, Jr., Summer Santillana, McKenzie Stevens, Sydney Besa, Sanders Barbee and Raymond Thomas. We are looking forward to an exciting semester filled with many events.

Please mark your calendars and join the DPO and the K-State Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Chapter for our events this semester (see flyer). This Wednesday is the Fall 2021 MANRRS Virtual Corporate Showcase on September 29 at 6 p.m., Zoom ID 972 0061 3215, where students are given the chance to network with a variety of corporate partners and discuss internships and job opportunities. Please join us in networking and learning from our corporate partners, including Land O’Lakes – Purina Team, Cargill, Merck Animal Health Inc., Compass Minerals, Ardent Mills, Mars Petcare, Syngenta and John Deere Co. We are thankful for their willingness to spend the evening with the students and look forward to the connections made. Earlier this month, on September 14, we also had the opportunity to speak with and learn from the John Deere Co.’s representatives about the Importance of Diversity in the Workplace during the virtual Fall 2021 Student Leadership Workshop.

Other notable events throughout the semester include:

15th Annual Midwest HALO Encuentro

  • October 5, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
  • Courtyard, K-State Student Union

K-State Indigenous Peoples Day

  • October 11, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
  • K-State Student Union

Virtual KSUnite Presentation

  • October 12, 2-2:45 p.m.
  • “Assessment of Diversity Experience of Kansas State University College of Agriculture Undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic”
  • Presentation Team: Dr. Zelia Wiley, Assistant Dean and Director for Diversity Programs; Dr. Andrew Barkley, Department of Agricultural Economics Professor; Lonnie Hobbs Jr., Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. student in Agricultural Economics; Raymond Thomas, Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. student in Agricultural Economics; and Summer Santillana, Undergraduate Research Assistant and senior in Agricultural Economics.

MANRRS Virtual Regional Cluster

Tilford Conference Presentation

  • KU Lawrence Campus, 8 a.m.
  • “Assessment of Undergraduate Diversity Attitudes and Experiences during Covid-19 in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University”
  • Presentation Team: Dr. Zelia Wiley, Assistant Dean and Director for Diversity Programs; Dr. Andrew Barkley, Department of Agricultural Economics Professor; Lonnie Hobbs Jr., Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. student in Agricultural Economics; Raymond Thomas, Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. student in Agricultural Economics; and Summer Santillana, Undergraduate Research Assistant and senior in Agricultural Economics.

“The Marrow Thieves” Hybrid Book Panel, with K-State First Book and K-State MANRRS

  • November 11 at 12 p.m.
  • Cottonwood Room, K-State Student Union, or Zoom ID: 972 0061 3215

MANRRS Week

  • November 15-19
  • In partnership with Sigma Gamma Lambda for Cat’s Cupboard Food Drive

College of Agriculture Diversity Programs Office’s ninth biannual Growing our Mindset forum

  • November 16, 5:30 p.m.
  • Featuring James Millsap, Dick’s Sporting Goods - Manager for Inclusion and Diversity Strategy and College of Agriculture Alumni (2010 Graduate)
  • Town Hall, Leadership Studies Building, or Zoom ID: 972 0061 3215

Friendsgiving

  • November 17, 6 p.m.
  • Waters Hall 348

MANRRS Study Hall

  • December 6-10, 6-10 p.m.
  • Waters Hall 106

All are welcome to these events, so please join us throughout the semester.

Lastly, we would like to congratulate DPO undergraduate assistant, Summer Santillana, for her marriage to Rene Santillana, Ph.D. student in Nuclear Engineering. Congratulations to Summer and Rene!

The Diversity Programs Office thanks you for your continued support of our programs and efforts. Please continue to look for more diversity news and events as we continue to advertise. If you require any additional information about these events or to collaborate with the DPO, please contact Dr. Zelia Wiley at zwiley@ksu.edu, or 785-532-5793.