K-State invites families to ‘let their spirits run wild’ at Open House
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
MANHATTAN — Everyone is invited to see Wildcats in their native habitat, the Kansas State University campus.
The All-University Open House, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, gives visitors the chance to see what life is like on the K-State campuses in Manhattan and Salina. Exhibits, entertainment and tours demonstrate not only what K-Staters are learning, but also what the university’s many colleges have to offer future students.
Open house can answer questions about admissions, student financial assistance, on-campus or Greek living, and campus life, including K-State’s nearly 450 student organizations. Open house will have information specifically for transfer students, students from military families, minority students and out-of-state students.
Each K-State college has demonstrations, games and food, and faculty and students will answer questions about the more than 250 majors at the university. To help prospective students, a free online career assessment will be given each hour beginning at 10 a.m. in 14 Holton Hall.
Walking tours, given each half hour, will include a 1 p.m. tour in English and Spanish. Shuttles run every 15 minutes from the K-State Student Union to sites across campus, including the Peters Recreation Complex, residence halls and Hale Library, the centerpiece of K-State’s Manhattan campus.
For K-State’s youngest visitors, open house includes children’s activities like the exotic animals booth and the stuffed animal clinic in Mosier Hall, face painting, and a moon walk near the engineering complex. A balloon animal expert will be strolling through campus, too.
Entertainment for people of all ages includes music on the Union’s Bosco Plaza, the Kansas City Marching Cobras drill team and the spring football game Saturday evening, as well as carnival rides outside Bill Snyder Family Stadium. More information on events at the sports complex is available at http://www.kstatesports.com
Open house always offers plenty to eat, including pancake feeds, goodies made by students in bakery science and management, pork sandwiches from the Swine Practitioners Club and healthful snacks from students in K-State’s consumer sciences education program.
A complete list of events at K-State’s All-University Open House is at http://consider.k-state.edu/openhouse/
Source: Emily Lehning, 785-532-6237, lehning@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415,
abadeker@k-state.edu
This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 and is filed under Events.