By Emma Loura
The association this year is celebrating 150 years of tradition, community and purple pride. With that milestone comes a celebration and the start of a strategic plan.
The Alumni Association began June 24, 1874, when K-State was still Kansas State Agricultural College. Graduates from the college met at Manhattan’s First Presbyterian Church, against the wishes of John Anderson, the president of the college of the time, who wanted full control of the Alumni Association. The alumni wanted the organization to be independent.
“From the very beginning, we’ve had a streak of independence about us so that way we can truly represent the needs and wants of our K-State alumni,” said Tim Schrag, editor of the Alumni Association’s magazine, The K-Stater.
