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    Research. Engagement. Outreach.

    Strengthening rural Kansas communities while advancing student learning. Funding engaged research, outreach, and digital scholarship relevant to the Great Plains.

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    K-State Archaeology Through the Decades

    Kansas State University has supported an active, regionally recognized archaeology program since the 1960s. Archaeology faculty have placed high importance on creating valuable opportunities for student learning. These include field and lab courses that provide hands-on experience in archaeological…

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    Lost Kansas Communities

    This research collection is a digital archive featuring rural Kansas, history, and people conducted by undergraduate students at Kansas State University since 2010 exclusively for the Chapman Center for Rural Studies.

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    Kansas Land Treaties

    The Kansas Land Treaties Project is a public resource for educators, students, and the public to learn more about how Kansas went from the ancestral homeland of Indigenous nations to a state within the United States. This project is in process and will change over the next several years. Remember…

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Join us at the Kansas Science Festival 2025!

We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Kansas Science Festival again this year! Come visit us on Saturday, April 26th at the Manhattan Public Library and enjoy activities such as our Kansas Place Name Challenge, print a spectogram of your name activity, and our dialect quiz! To learn more about the Kansas Science Festival, visit their Facebook page here!

 


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    Join us at the Kansas Science Festival 2025!

    Mar 25, 2025

    We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Kansas Science Festival again this…

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    Chapman Center Interdisciplinary Research Grant pre-proposals due Oct. 25

    Oct 11, 2024

    The Chapman Center for Rural Studies calls for pre-proposals for its sixth annual Interdisciplinary…

  • Coffee Collab

    Coffee Collab: Engagement with Dr. Mary Kohn

    Sep 30, 2024

    The College of Arts and Sciences hosts a Coffee Collab with Dr. Kohn. Learn more about engagement…


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