Happy Birthday to K-State and UFM Community Learning Center!

Kansas State University celebrates its 150th birthday this year, and started with a Kickoff on February 14. The Kickoff event took place in Ahearn Field House and was open to the public. K-State celebrated with birthday cupcakes and Call Hall ice cream. An exhibition featured displays from colleges, units, and other campus groups.

View more events celebrating K-State’s sesquicentennial.

K-State’s UFM Community Learning Center will also be celebrating a birthday—its 45th! UFM was started in 1968 by K-State faculty and students who wanted to reach out to the Manhattan community. Originally named University for Man, the moniker was changed in the early 1990s to University for Mankind, and then to UFM Community Learning Center in 1999.

To help celebrate K-State’s sesquicentennial, UFM is offering two classes devoted to K-State history:

• 150 Years of the People & Places of KSU takes participants on a two-hour trolley ride of some of the historic buildings, homes, and sites of K-State and Manhattan. This class will take place April 26 from 1-3 p.m.
• Biscuits, Beef, and Butterscotch Pie: 150 Years of K-State Food Traditions examines K-State’s food heritage and its influence on communities around the world. This class will take place April 4 from 7:30-9 p.m.

View UFM’s entire course catalog.

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