Hey everyone,

We have officers for next year!
Congratulations to:

Janae Haskell–President
Amanda Stueve–Vice President
Sarah Hutchison–Treasurer
Danielle Wingfield–Secretary
Jessie Dean–Webmaster

Dr. Wesch will continue to be our faculty advisor

Amanda Stueve

Open House is this Saturday from 9 - 2 in the Student Union and we are hoping to show visitors how wonderful our anthropology program is. You can help in 4 ways:

1. Pictures!  If you have any pictures of yourself doing fantastic anthropological activities (traveling, researching, etc.), please bring them to my office or leave them in my box in Waters 204 so I can incorporate them into the display.
2. Videos!  If you have created a video that you would like to show at Open House, please send me the file or the link so we can show it. We’ll have our video productions on a loop to display to visitors.
3. Games!  If you have an idea for an anthropological game or activity, please let me know.
4. Help!  Join us on Saturday.  It can be really fun.  There will be lots of kids and people genuinely interested in hearing more about what we do.  We will begin setup here in my office (Waters 206) at 8:15 am, carrying everything over to the Union at that time.  Events run to 2 pm and we will need some people to help taking it down and returning materials to Waters.  E-mail me if you would like to help, or just show up on Saturday.  All are welcome!

Thanks, and I hope to see some of you on Saturday!

Prof Wesch
mwesch@ksu.edu

April is Kansas Archaeology Month.

See the following website for a calendar of events in recognition of the rich archaeological record of Kansas.

http://www.ksarchaeo.info/calendar.shtml

Sapiens Symposium conference schedule (revised) - the times have been slightly modified.

3:15 Kelly Marshall - Public and Environmental Health Program in Southern Kenya

3:25 Andrew Elliot & Dan Elliot - Rendering Language Visible: Linguistic Relativism, Language Mapping, and Their Implications for Linguistic Anthropology and Cognitive Linguistics (more…)

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008

MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University graduate has been named the winner of a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for 2007. The award, just announced, provides Ryan Klataske, Manhattan, $23,000 to study abroad for one year.

Klataske, a 2006 K-State graduate with a B.A. in anthropology and Spanish, was sponsored for the scholarship by the Manhattan Rotary Clubs. He plans to pursue research at the University of Namibia in the southern part of Africa.
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Schedule for March 25th - A more detailed break down will be posted once we finalize the submissions.
2:30 - 3:45   Session one

3:45 - 4:00    Break

4:00 - 5:15    Session two

Each presenter will have 15 minutes, depending on how many submissions we receive.

Ryan Klataske, a former KSU Anthropology Student, will be visiting Manhattan in March. He would like to talk to interested anth students about his experiences getting into and succeeding in grad school. He will meet with students in Waters 201A on Monday, March 3rd at 7pm.

Update: *We’ve decided to push the abstract submission date back to March 7th to give people more time to think about participating. The conference date has also been finalized for March 25th. Look for the schedule - will be posted soon!* 

The Sapiens Symposium is an event dedicated to a collaboration of student knowledge concerning issues of human experience and interaction. Through the exchange of wisdom, the Sapiens Symposium serves as a platform for like-minded individuals to present and discuss topics that each find important to their respective field of study. It is in the hopes of its organizers that the Sapiens Symposium will cultivate an increased awareness of and tolerance for the many facets of the human condition in a global village.

* The Sapiens Symposium is a great opportunity to gain experience presenting your own research to your peers and distinguished professionals. (more…)

Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship

The Archaeological Institute of America is pleased to announce the Waldbaum Field School Scholarship for summer 2008. Established in honor of AIA Past President Jane Waldbaum, this scholarship provides $1000 each for up to five successful applicants to help pay expenses associated with participation on an archaeological excavation or survey project (minimum stay: one month). (more…)

E-mail from Dr. Ritterbush:

It may seem early, but it is time to start thinking about summer 2008 internships.  A wide variety of internships (many paid) are available around the country, but you will need to do some research to find one that fits your interests.  That work is well worth it, however, as internships are excellent ways to learn through hands-on experiences, provide experience while exploring potential future career, prepare you for that career, and to network with others.   (more…)