Articles reprinted from other K-State venues (K-State Today, Kansas State Collegian, and campus newsletters)
K-State eID passwords will now need to be changed every 180 days. This enhancement is designed to distribute the password expirations throughout the year, as opposed to the set times we have now. Continue reading “No campuswide password change period”
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Although regular physical activity is a key factor in the prevention of a variety of chronic diseases, the majority of Americans remain insufficiently active. In fact, less than 5 percent of U.S. adults meet the national physical activity recommendations of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week. Continue reading “Help us solve our nation’s heath problems: Web developers needed for social media physical activity intervention”
The K-State Student Governing Association and K-State Libraries are announcing the Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative for Kansas State University. Recently funded through Student Centered Tuition Enhancements with a supplemental allocation provided by K-State Libraries, the initiative offers awards to K-State faculty working individually or collaboratively to deliver open or alternative textbooks in their courses. $60,000 is available for multiple awards of $1,000-$5,000 each. Continue reading “K-State faculty invited to develop open or alternative textbooks”
Come and learn about an alternate reality game pilot designed by iTAC and K-State Libraries from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 17 in 342 Bluemont Hall.
The game uses a narrative structure to draw players through a variety of physical and digital spaces. The game encourages players to discover and utilize library resources within the context of the game, generating fluency in library systems, places and platforms. Continue reading “Alternate reality game pilot based on “Ready Player One” on April 17″
noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Bluemont Hall Room 16A
Kansas State University
This meeting is open to all K-Staters.
Agenda: Join us as we take a look at using Video apps on the iPad.
As always:
– Q&A about your iPad
– Sharing your favorite apps
– Bring your lunch!
Sign up for the next e-newsletter training at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, by contacting Kimberly Baccus at kbaccus@k-state.edu.
To help colleges, departments and units communicate with alumni, friends and other audiences, e-newsletter templates have been developed. The templates and training sessions are especially targeted to those without a current communication piece, but any K-State faculty or staff are welcome to participate.
For more information, please contact Baccus in the Division of Communications and Marketing at kbaccus@k-state.edu or 785-532-2535.
(Editor’s note: Reprinted from K-State Today’s article published April 2, 2013.)
Dear Colleagues and Students,
In July the university’s email system will switch over to Microsoft 365, a full-featured email client used by professionals around the world. Among the enhancements you are likely to see are improved reliability, enhanced security and spam and phishing protection, more robust calendar features, and compliance with federal data locations and security — a necessity for K-Staters working with federally funded grants. Users who forward their email to open systems like Google, Yahoo and Hotmail will still be able to forward email to such systems. Continue reading “From CIO Ken Stafford: Microsoft 365 to replace current university email system”
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued an email and memorandum last week in response to the more than 65,000 individuals and organizations that responded to or signed a petition to require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. The new directive applies to federal agencies that spend more than $100 million per year on research and development and requires each agency to create a plan for the free, public access to federally funded research within 12 months of publication.
The directive specifically addresses public access to peer-reviewed articles and scientific data. K-State researchers who receive funding from USDA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Homeland Security, Food and Drug Administration, NASA, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency and 14 other agencies are affected by this directive. Agencies have six months to submit draft plans; implementation will take place once final plans are in place. Continue reading “Researchers, please read: Office of Science and Technology Policy presidential directive”
noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Bluemont Hall Room 21
Kansas State University
This meeting is open to all K-Staters.
Agenda: Audio Apps. Join us as we take a look at using Audio apps on the iPad.
Continue reading “iPad User Group meeting Thursday, March 14: Audio apps”
After the Feb. 21 iPad User Group Meeting was cancelled due to a winter storm and K-State campus closure, Mary Hammel in the College of Education emailed to say the scheduled Audio Apps session has been moved to the next meeting date on Thursday, March 14.
An email reminder will be sent before the next meeting. To be put on the iPad User Group mailing list, contact Mary Hammel, mhammel@k-state.edu.
