Entries tagged with "army"

McCullough named to top Kansas scientists in history list

Elizabeth McCullough, professor of textiles in ATID and co-director of the Institute for Environmental Research, has been selected to be among the top 150 scientists in Kansas’ history.

Britt, Bell study financial resiliency of soldiers

Two Kansas State University researchers are crunching the numbers when it comes to the financial status of soldiers at Fort Riley.

Doctoral students present at Capitol research summit

Ten graduate students represented K-State at the 8th annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka in February.

Moxley, Schulz travel to Iraq

Virginia Moxley, dean of the College of Human Ecology, and K-State President Kirk Schulz are traveling to Basra, Iraq, as guests of Maj. Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley.

Soldiers to tell two stories of combat stress at Oct. 14 ‘wounded warrior’ lecture

Two soldiers; two stories of life and death. One is Capt. Joshua Mantz, felled by sniper in Baghdad in 2007, technically died. He flat-lined for 15 minutes before medical teams revived him. “I could feel myself starting to die,” he said. The other is Major Jeff Hall, two tours to Iraq, lost troops. He and his wife Sheri faced another deadly type of military trauma: suicide, traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Senior receives $5,000 for service to Ft. Riley community

Rebecca Strong, senior in human ecology, received a $5,000 educational grant recognizing her commitment to military community service.

Study points to resilience, satisfaction in military marriages

The majority of married people at an Army post were satisfied with their relationship, despite challenges faced like deployments, according to a recent study conducted in family studies and human services.

Jen Case studies athletes weight goals, suggests high protein diets

From starvation diets to sauna suits, athletes in sports like mixed martial arts, wrestling and boxing often to go unhealthy extremes to meet their weight class goals.

International leaders, researchers, ‘Big Red One’ among 2009 honorees

The college’s annual Celebration of Excellence will salute eight individuals and an Army base Oct. 1 and 2 on campus. Awardees and their awards are: Col. George Dilly, PhD, RD Distinguished Service Award Dilly, who was awarded a PhD in human ecology with a specialization in foodservice and hospitality management at K-State in 1998, is [...]