For the third — and likely final — time, the University of Kansas on Monday dedicated “The Victory Eagle” statue in honor of the Douglas County residents who lost their lives fighting in World War I. “Monuments like this ‘Victory Eagle,’ commissioned to honor those from Douglas County who answered their country's call, makes this world history our local history,” said Lorie Vanchena, who is a ...
The nearly 4,000 graduates of the University of Kansas 2019 class have the ability to continue the “winds of change” and make a better world when they leave the university, Billy Mills said during the 147th KU commencement on Sunday. Mills, a Haskell Indian Nations University and KU alumnus, spoke to the graduates after he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his contributions to ...
In honor of his dedication to his studies, the University of Kansas Religious Studies Department is awarding a posthumous master’s degree to Mahmoud Samak, a graduate student from Cairo who died in class earlier this week. Jacquelene Brinton, an associate professor and graduate director, told the Journal-World Friday that the department was still in shock from the news and was mourning the loss. "Mahmoud was ...
The end of her time at the University of Kansas has not yet sunk in, said Zoya Khan, an accomplished student from Overland Park who will graduate from KU on Sunday. “I don’t know if it’s going to hit me while I’m walking down the hill,” she said, referring to the commencement procession from the Campanile to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. “I think it will be after the fact when I’m not ...
A University of Kansas student was killed Tuesday in a car wreck in Johnson County. Dylan Garnett, of Shawnee, was driving west on Kansas Highway 10 at 1:30 p.m. when a semitrailer in front of him slowed down because of traffic, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report. Garnett was unable to stop in time and crashed into the rear of the truck, suffering a fatal injury. Garnett, 19, was pronounced dead ...
TOPEKA – Despite legislators' recent approval of a multimillion-dollar increase in higher education funding, most of Kansas' state universities, including the University of Kansas, want to hike tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 school year. During the Kansas Board of Regents' meeting on Wednesday, Matt Casey, director of government relations for the Regents, said that the Legislature approved the $28.4 ...