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All are welcome: Mandela Washington Fellows Graduation Ceremony

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The Staley School of Leadership at Kansas State University invites the public to the Mandela Washington Fellowship Graduation Ceremony. Join us 4-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at the Leadership Studies building (1300 Mid-Campus Drive N. Manhattan, KS, 66506). Please RSVP here.

A posed group photo of the 2024 cohort of Fellows from the Opening Ceremony.

Guests will enjoy brief reflections of each Fellow’s work and their experiences during their six weeks at K-State and in Kansas. After the program, cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served in the lobby, with time to mingle and connect one last time before they return home.

We encourage the community to attend to gain understanding of the impact of this program on both the Fellows and our surrounding communities. The relationships and partnerships formed by the Fellows will continue to foster positive global impacts. Learn more about the 2024 K-State cohort here.

K-State and the Staley School have hosted 25 Mandela Washington Fellows for a Civic Leadership Institute. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the U.S. Department of State’s Young African Leaders Initiative. Fellows come from more than 20 different Sub-Saharan African nations and were selected for the program because of their civic leadership work.

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The Mandela Washington Fellowship is a program of the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by IREX.  For more information about the Mandela Washington Fellowship, visit mandelawashingtonfellowship.org and join the conversation at #YALI2024.

Mobile food distribution July 18

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HandsOn Kansas State, in conjunction with Harvesters Community Food Network of Topeka, will host a mobile food distribution Thursday, July 18.

The event starts at 4 p.m. in parking lot C-1 of the Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex. The C-1 lot will open at 3:30 p.m.

The mobile food distributions are open to all members of the K-State and Manhattan community with food offered at no cost, while supplies last.

Individuals who plan to walk up are encouraged to bring reusable bags to make it easier to carry food.

Participants driving should plan to help open vehicle doors as needed.

Volunteers place boxed food into a vehicle trunk

HandsOn Kansas State is a program housed within the Staley School of Leadership that promotes civic learning and leadership through meaningful volunteer and service opportunities between campus and community. HandsOn strives to develop socially-responsible citizens, knowledgeably equipped for active participation. For more information or questions about mobile food distributions, contact HandsOn Kansas State at handson@k-state.edu.

K-State faculty mentor McNair Scholars through Summer Research Internship

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Scholar Development and Undergraduate Research, housed in the Staley School of leadership, recognizes and celebrates the 2024 McNair Mentors for their contributions to the Kansas State University McNair Scholars’ academic and professional growth as they prepare for graduate education. McNair mentors play a large role in the development of the undergraduate researchers and are helpful in providing a trajectory toward graduate education.

McNair Scholars interviewed and invited a faculty member to serve as a mentor for their Summer Internship. This summer, eleven K-State faculty members are serving as mentors through the Scholars’ 8-week summer internship, taking place June 6-July 26.

As a mentor, each faculty member will:

  • Guide the scholar through completion of research project including submission of written materials
  • Help the scholar understand theoretical frameworks and methodologies
  • Encourage understanding of discipline-specific professional trajectory, such as expectations for graduate program applicants

Thank you, to the following mentors for the 2024 McNair Summer Internship: Continue reading “K-State faculty mentor McNair Scholars through Summer Research Internship” →

Networking to make global connections

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All members of the Kansas State University and Manhattan community are invited to make global connections as a member of the 2024 K-State Mandela Washington Fellows Peer Network.

A reception will take place 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at the Leadership Studies Building. RSVP for the Networking Reception.

While they are in Manhattan, we hope to connect our Fellows to a professional network in the local community. This network will be a way for the Fellows to connect with community members who share a passion for civic leadership and positive social change. We believe this network can and will cultivate relationships focused on sharing best practices, working through leadership challenges focused on change, and building cross-cultural professional relationships.  

The Staley School will organize a few formal meetings and have set aside additional times for the Fellows to meet with members of the network. Outside of those times, you may hear from Fellows, and we invite you to contact them as well for coffee meetings, dinner invitations, weekend excursions, etc.  

If you would like to engage with the Fellows through the peer network this summer, please fill out this short survey.

For questions, email the K-State Mandela Washington Fellows coordinators at mandelafellows@ksu.edu.

Rethinking leadership education in college through global symposium

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This spring semester, Kerry Priest, Ph.D., a professor at the Staley School of Leadership, participated as a virtual panelist in a symposium titled “Leadership for What and for Whom? Reimagining Leadership Education in College.” The event was hosted by the University of Tokyo’s Integrated Human Sciences Program for Cultural Diversity, in collaboration with the Women and Leadership Education Research Project (WALP). WALP is spearheaded by three Japanese leadership educators: Associate Professors Momo Waguri from Fukuoka Women’s University, Michiko Izumitani from Soka University, and Toru Kawai from Ritsumeikan University. Both Waguri and Izumitani previously attended the Leadership Education Academy in 2022, an initiative designed and coordinated by Priest.

The symposium aimed to challenge current paradigms in leadership education and foster discussions on critical topics such as women’s leadership development, the identity growth of leadership educators, and the creation of transformative educational programs. The event drew fifty participants, including professors, staff, students, and alumni from various universities across Japan, who joined both in person and online. Continue reading “Rethinking leadership education in college through global symposium” →

Leadership Communication students and faculty awarded mini-grant to facilitate Nigerian Leadership Development Program

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Kansas State University Leadership Communication doctoral student, Oluyomibo Asunlegan and faculty member Kerry Priest, Ph.D., recently received an Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) Mini-Grant Award for their project: Leadership Capacity Building Workshop for Nigerian National Youth Service Corps Members. Mini-grants provide small awards to support new initiatives aligned with the organization’s values of supportive and inclusive community, collaboration, curiosity, and rigor.

The Nigerian government’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) program targets young Nigerian graduates who are deployed in one-year mandatory service promoting self-reliance in the Nigerian youth.

The ALE mini-grant funded a pilot leadership training workshop to help foster purpose-driven leadership in the corps, and build the capacity for collective, sustainable change in NYSC partner communities and organizations.

Continue reading “Leadership Communication students and faculty awarded mini-grant to facilitate Nigerian Leadership Development Program” →