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Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 A grant awarded to K-State Polytechnic will assist the campus in offering smart manufacturing courses to workers displaced by the coronavirus pandemic. Faculty involved, clockwise from top left, are Mark Jackson, Siny Joseph, Michael Pritchard and Troy Harding.    MANHATTAN — Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has received a $398,100 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce to support the needs of the advanced manufacturing industry in Kansas by reskilling and upskilling workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic. K-State Polytechnic will use the funds...

Holm Auto Good News: Bill to help alleviate NOAA pilot shortage Jean Kozubowski Flying into a hurricane to collect real-time weather data might be the dream storm-chaser job. Under a new program in legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., passed by both chambers of Congress and sent to the president for his signature, it could be possible to train for the job and have college expenses paid at the same time. Moran’s fiscal year 2021 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill included $1.5 million within NOAA to support programs...

K-State Polytechnic mourns loss of Dennis Kuhlman Former longtime CEO and dean of Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, Dennis Kuhlman, died Dec. 7 due to complications of COVID-19. Kuhlman served as CEO and dean of the Salina campus from 1997 until his retirement in 2012, leading the campus's enrollment growth and its establishment as an aviation industry leader. He also grew campus facilities, including the addition of the Student Life Center, which opened in 2009. "We are saddened by the loss of Dennis Kulhman who served Kansas State University over a long and distinguished career," ...