“Meeting people with varying personalities who are going through similar situations that I am in was really reassuring and helped me feel more connected to K-State.”
Are you looking for a way to meet and connect with other K-Staters? Do you want to help build our K-State community? If so, sign up for ’Cats Connect – a new program at Kansas State University designed to build community through conversation.
‘Cats Connect is a peer-to-peer facilitated program designed to help groups of 4-6 Wildcats meet and develop friendships outside of their regular social circles. Groups meet for one hour for five consecutive weeks. During each meeting everyone will have the opportunity to respond to a series of fun and thought-provoking questions and engage in a small connection project.
Students, faculty, and staff are all invited to participate. Groups will be built based on shared experiences and availability. Participants can select in-person (on the Manhattan campus) or virtual meetings (via Zoom).
- Session 2: Meets weekly beginning the week of March 27 through April 28
Registrations for Session 2 are due by Wednesday, March 22
Below are the available sessions. If you are not available during any of these sessions, there is a space on the registration form to submit your availability.
Freshman
- Monday from 4-5 p.m.
- Tuesday from 5-6 p.m.
Sophomore/Junior
- Monday from 4-5 p.m.
- Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Senior and 5th year
- Tuesday from 4-5 p.m.
- Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Graduate Students
- Tuesdays from noon-1 p.m.
- Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- Thursdays from 5-6 p.m.
Faculty/Staff
- Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m.
- Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m.
- Thursdays from noon-1 p.m.
Each group will be led by a facilitator, who is also a member of the group. Facilitators guide the group through the instructions for each meeting and keep the conversations moving by following the agendas and question cards for each meeting. If you would be interested in serving as a facilitator for a small group, sign-up here.
All facilitators will receive ‘Cats Connect training. Training sessions will be offered:
- 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, March 20, Leadership Studies Building 123
- 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, Leadership Studies Building 201
The Morrison Family Center for Student Well-being and the Staley School of Leadership teamed up to bring ‘Cats Connect to the K-State community. If you have any additional questions please reach out to Del’Sha Roberts at delrob15@ksu.edu, or Tamara Bauer at tamara@ksu.edu.
Here is what some Wildcats said after participating in ’Cats Connect:
- “‘Cats Connect is a small group so it’s not just you being completely exposed to a bunch of new people, just a small group of people.“
- “It was really good to meet people with different majors and different backgrounds and branch out of my normal group.”
- “I gained new confidence in talking with new people – and, it was a lot of fun!”
Learn more and sign up to participate on the ‘Cats Connect website.
