ºìÐÓÊÓƵ dropped off a donation of food at the Community Food Bank of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ County Friday. The items were collected by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Library from faculty, staff and students at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ at the end of the fall semester.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Library will team up with the English department and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s literary annual “Prairie Ink†staff to host a “Getting Started Writer’s Workshop†from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in the Cavanaugh Ballroom, in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Library.
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16. ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Center for Adult Education and the Shafer Art Gallery also will be closed. Offices will reopen and classes will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
New business owners or those wanting to start a business can learn about key components of running a business from area experts on a variety of topics at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s “On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow Your Business†seminar from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday evenings from Feb. 9 to March 30 at the Front Door Community Center.
The drought monitor report as of Tuesday, January 3 no change as we are still in extreme drought.Ìý There is little hope for any change in conditions in the short or even long term.Ìý
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Dec. 6 she had appointed Volunteers in Action of Central Kansas Director Linn Hogg as a Kansas Volunteer Commission commissioner with a term expiring March 25, 2026.
Scale Technician classes will join the lineup at the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Grandview Plaza campus starting Jan. 23.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Theatre Department will hold auditions for its spring production of the sci-fi classic “R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots,†by Karel ÄŒapek Jan. 11 and 12 from 5-7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. All roles and technical positions will be cast.
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ dropped off a donation of stuffed animals at the Family Crisis Center in Great Bend on Wednesday. The toys were collected by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Library from faculty, staff and students at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ.
The drought monitor report as of Tuesday, December 27 indicates the area of exceptional drought slowly expanding east and north from Western and South-Central Kansas.