It's pecha kucha time! The August 18 faculty meeting will include our traditional faculty pecha kucha. 3 slides, 20 seconds each. You may send your slides to Stephanie any time before Friday, Aug 15, 5 pm.

Gary Stith, AICP, Assistant Professor, was featured in the Manhattan Mercury, Thursday, Aug 7, speaking about regionalism in the Flint Hills. Gary is changing the face of long range planning in our region! Click here to read.

Courtney Boman, project coordinator, attended the James R. Coffman Leadership Institute for a three-day, in-residence leadership development retreat for K-State faculty and professional staff at Rock Springs August 6-8.

Nominations for the Kansas APA 2014 Awards are due August 22. Click here for more information.

President Obama included landscape architects in his comments on the importance of rebuilding transportation infrastructure during a recent visit to 1776, a tech startup incubator in Washington, D.C., that supports entrepreneurs tackling major challenges in education, energy, health care, and other critical industries.

An extensive list of grant opportunities relevant to our disciplines is on the LARCP KSOL site in the Faculty Affairs>Faculty RSCA folder. Thank you to Dede Brokesh for preparing the list! Everyone is welcome to add to it and save as a new version.

If you couldn't make it to the Manhattan community workshops this month, there's still time to weigh in online on the future of Manhattan. Click here to find out more.