LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A two-person leadership team will replace Garrey Carruthers when he retires as New Mexico State University chancellor and president.
The NMSU regents on Friday announced the surprise dual selections of Dan Arvizu as chancellor and John Floros as president.Arvizu is a former senior U.S. Department of Energy official while Floros is dean of the Kansas State University agriculture college and K-State Cooperative Extension.Flores will focus on operations of the university’s main campus in Las Cruces. Arvizu will oversee the entire NMSU system and be tasked with addressing the big-picture vision and strategy of the overall system, regents said.
They were among the top five candidates in a national search for the next chancellor.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that regents Chair Debra Hicks said she discussed the possibility of splitting the job titles with both men after the regents agreed Monday to take that approach.
Regent Vice Chairwoman Kari Mitchell said it has been apparent for some time that NMSU eventually would have to take the new leadership path to address challenges facing the university such as declining public funding.
“We were compelled to start thinking about how the university would overcome those challenges, given the fact the university has struggled in some of those fronts over the last decade,” she said.
The search effort for a new Military Affairs Council Director for the Junction City Area of Chamber of Commerce in Junction City is under way following the retirement of former director John Seitz.
MAC Advisory Committee Chair Phyllis Fitzgerald provided an update to that committee this past week. She told JCPost.com resumes have been received and a search committee has narrowed them down. “And they’ll start pretty soon looking at them, seeing if they have the right resumes, and potentially do some interviews.”
If the applicants are not what is being sought by the committee Fitzgerald added they would then continue to receive other resumes.
An increase in the use of the illegal drug, heroin, is beginning to show in Kansas.
Assistant Geary County Attorney Tony Cruz said the number of heroin overdoses increased dramatically in Colorado between 2011 and 2016. “We’re slowly starting to see heroin here in Kansas.” Cruz also noted, “Kansas City is starting to see it, we’re slowly starting to see it here in Geary County as far as heroin being possessed. We haven’t had any overdoses, thank goodness.”
Cruz noted there has also been an increase in methamphetamine in recent years. He explained one reason for the meth use increase has been the fact that several states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana to a certain extent. Organizations who made money selling black market marijuana had to diversify and now a lot of the drug cartels are manufacturing a lot of methamphetamine.
For brothers Jake and Bryce Farrant, owners of Kansas Turf, a turf replacement and installation company based in Meriden, Kansas, it was a dream come true — the replacement of the turf at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. It was a place they had visited many times as kids and college students.
“We were thrilled to be chosen as the turf replacement contractor for Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Kansas Turf CEO Jake Farrant said. “We have a lifelong connection to that place, and as a locally owned, Kansas based company, we couldn’t be more proud to finish this worthwhile project.
Kansas Turf partnered with AstroTurf on the project. The inventor of synthetic turf, AstroTurf, is one of the most recognized brands in American sports.
Kansas State is the first FBS program in the country to install the latest artificial turf innovation from AstroTurf – RootZone Trionic 3D.
JCPost.com has learned that there will be a change in leadership at Junction City Middle School.
We contacted Geary USD 475 Board of Education President Tom Brungardt who confirmed that a communication has been submitted to the parents of students that Luan Sparks is the person they should contact if there are questions about the situation.
Sparks has been serving as the Executive Director of Student Support Services for the school district. That position serves as a resource and support for special programs, as well as a liason for parent communications.
JCPost.com asked about City Middle School Principal Mary Wright but Brungardt would not discuss her status because it is a personnel matter.
A family member did confirm Wright has been placed on administrative leave.
On Saturday, May 12, undergraduate colleges on the Manhattan campus of Kansas State University will award degrees, and the College of Architecture, Planning and Design, whose graduates participate in the Graduate School ceremony, will have a recognition ceremony. The following is the schedule of ceremonies and speakers:
• College of Arts and Sciences, 8:30 a.m., Bramlage Coliseum, with Jim Haymaker, retired corporate vice president of strategy and development at Cargill, as speaker. Haymaker earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and French from Kansas State University.
• College of Architecture, Planning & Design, 10 a.m., in McCain Auditorium, with Cheryl McAfee, CEO of McAfee3 Architects, Atlanta, as speaker. McAfee earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Kansas State University.
• College of Education, 11 a.m., Bramlage Coliseum, with David Griffin Sr., assistant dean of the College of Education, director of the college’s Center for Student Services and Professional Services, and an associate professor of curriculum and instruction, as speaker. Griffin is retiring in June following 26 years with the college. He is a Kansas State University alumnus, earning his doctorate in educational administration and leadership.
• College of Business Administration, 12:30 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum, with Candace Duncan, retired managing partner of KPMG in Washington, D.C., as speaker. Duncan earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Kansas State University.
• College of Agriculture, 2:30 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum, with Richard Myers, Kansas State University president, as speaker. Myers is a retired U.S. Air Force four-star general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who became the university’s 14th president in 2016. A Kansas State University alumnus, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and was a member of the Air Force ROTC program.
• College of Human Ecology, 4:30 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum, with April Mason, the university’s provost and senior vice president. Mason is leaving Kansas State University after serving in her current position for eight years.
• College of Engineering, 6:30 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum, with Ivor “Ike Evans, retired president and chief operating officer of Union Pacific Railroad, as speaker. Evans earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University.
DVDs of the ceremonies may be ordered through the K-State Campus Store at 800-KSU-CATS or 785-532-6583.
Graduate school ceremonies were held on Friday ( May 11 ).
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Two students and one member of the faculty will speak during Junction City High School commencement on Saturday, May 19.
The commencement is scheduled at 7 p.m. at Al Simpler Stadium but would be moved indoors to the Shenk Gym if there is inclement weather. If the ceremony is held indoors there would be overflow seating in the Settles Auditorium.
According to a check with JCHS the Senior Class President Leah Ervin, Senior Class member Xavier Cason and government / psychology teacher Reina Cruz will be among the speakers.
There will also be a baccalaureate service at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19th, in the Settles Auditorium.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State plans to reduce its budget by more than $15 million for the upcoming school year.
University officials on Thursday said the 5.27 percent cut will affect administrative offices, colleges and research and extension.
Spokeswoman Jennifer Tidball says the reductions include $6.1 million for administrative units, such as the president and provost offices and Hale Library.
The Manhattan Mercury reports about $6.3 million will affect all the university’s colleges and $3 million will come from Kansas State Research and Extension.
School officials cited declining enrollment as the main reason for the reductions. The university’s enrollment has dropped in each of the last three years. Its September 2017 census counted 22,796 students, nearly 1,000 fewer than in 2016.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A two-person leadership team will replace Garrey Carruthers when he retires as New Mexico State University chancellor and president.
