Kansas State University came up several times during the monthly Kansas Board of Regents meeting held Wednesday.
K-State Student Body President Reagan Kays presented at the meeting as chair of the board’s Students’ Advisory Committee. He reviewed the top priorities for students including Higher Ed Day on Feb. 10.
There was also an update on K-State Salina, including building renovations and the unmanned aircraft systems program.The University Engineering Initiative Act was discussed with Blake Flanders, Regents vice president for workforce development, talking about the progress of the University Engineering Initiative Act. The Kansas Legislature appropriated $1 million in 2011 to expand the state’s professional engineer training programs at Kansas State University, the University of Kansas and Wichita State University.
The appropriation was enhanced by a commitment of $3.5 million per year for 10 years for each of the three colleges of engineering to continue the expansion and produce a combined total of 1,365 engineering graduates per year by 2022. The K-State College of Engineering must also provide a one-to-one match from non-state sources, or $3.5 million per year, for a total of $35 million over the next 10 years, to support engineering education programs
