Pittsburg Students Design Refugee Shelter for Contest
Two Pittsburg State University engineering students Aus tin Leake and Cody Frieden of Independence and Lamar Missouri plan an entry in a national shelter design contest in Arkansas. The World Vision John Brown University competition offers a 1000 prize and will provide the winning design to World Vision for building shelters for refugees in Syria. Requirements call for a four person shelter that weighs little, costs at most 1500 to produce, withstands earthquakes and high winds, and assembles without tools or special knowledge.
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Award-winning Haskell students embrace uphill starts
Kassie James grew up with little direction on her Indian reservation and will soon graduate from Haskell Indian Nations University. She aims to earn a master’s in social work at Washburn University to help others in her community. Mary Veerse James, Coca-Cola First Generation Scholar, was honored as she plans service work among American Indians. Bobby Crow Feather, Standing Rock Sioux, found belonging at Haskell after a hip replacement and two years of study, joining the American Indian College Fund program.
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Kansas City CEO Nominated NEA Chair Ties to Lawrence Arts
Kansas City chief executive Jane Chu of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is nominated by President Obama to be the next chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Her confirmation by the Senate is pending, a move some Lawrence arts leaders view as beneficial due to proximity and regional ties.
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