Internships open doors for students
KU students praise internships as risk free trials that lead to full time jobs or strong post graduation opportunities. Raleigh Hartley and Lisa Leroux Smith note paid internships advance careers while majors like business place credit internships with academic work. Gorges from Koch and BAP contacts show internships boost confidence and hiring prospects for graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan Dreier
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Dreier
Kansas University
Ann Hartley
University Career and Employment Services
Hartley
Lisa Leroux-Smith
Business and Engineering Career Services Partnership
Kyrl Gorges
Wichita
Koch Industries
Kpmg Peat Marwick
Kansas City
Gorges
Clinic interns gain hands on experience in prosecutor offices
Law clinic coordinates year long program with interns from mostly third year. Twelve students apply, eleven start in fall. interns work eight hours weekly, log assignments, and attend Wednesday classes. Participants interview for placements in Douglas County and other offices while aspiring prosecutors gain courtroom exposure and real case prep experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. Howard Jr
Howard
Douglas County
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
U.S. Attorney's
Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Dan Dunbar
Dunbar
Zabel
Mark Knight
Shelley Diehl
Krug
Washington, D.C
Russell
Marlon Williams
Knight
Diehl
Williams
Moriarty
Lawrence
Higher ed bill worries Hemenway
Kansas higher education reform faces uncertainty about the July 1 start date and the future Board of Regents. Key questions include board composition, executive director selection, and funding for participating schools. Andy Tompkins is proposed as a top candidate. Tompkins downplays the possibility. Graves will appoint regents subject to Senate confirmation, with limits on degrees from a single institution.
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Board of Regents
Hemenway
Andy Tompkins
Kansas Board of Education
Regents
Tompkins
Pittsburg State University
Salina
Bill Graves
Ter
Emporia State University
Tom Bryant
Pittsburg State
Graves
Senate
Chan
Cellor
Kansas
Oz theme park bonds bill heads to governor for action
Lawmakers move a bill authorizing about 250 million dollars in state bonds for the Oz project development. Bonds would be repaid within twenty years using a 6.9 percent sales tax in the redevelopment district on park and nearby businesses. Concerns arise over who cleans up a 9,065 acre contaminated site and related responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mason
R-E] Dorado
Sunflower
Ethel Peterson
Dodge City
Lawmakers approve land cleanup and tax relief bill
After a heated session the legislature passed a bill funding a $40 million land cleanup project and a $27 million tax relief plan for oil interests. Oz Entertainment Co pledges $150 million cleanup funds. title to land contingent on remediation. House 91 31 Senate 38 1. Ballou touts donated land to DeSoto city and Kansas universities.
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Mason
Oz Entertainment Co
House
Senate
John Ballou
City of
DeSoto
Kansas University
Kansas State University
Ballou
R-Gardner
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Ljworld.com
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Jworld.com
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