As a child, Sam Riding In, whose tribal name is Riding In Front As a Leader, would wait for what seemed like hours whenever his parents reconnected with old friends from Haskell Indian Nations University.
His mom is an alumna of the school, and the ties between her and her former classmates are strong. Now, the graduating Haskell senior understands why.
“We all have a kind of shared experience,” the ...
Graduating students at Haskell Indian Nations University have the option to celebrate their accomplishments in person or virtually on Friday, thanks to a local community center and a Haskell student organization.
Sacred Ground Haskell, a community center and campus ministry organization across the street from the university, will be hosting a graduation ceremony, dinner and powwow for Haskell graduates.
Deon ...
Updated at 4:58 p.m. Wednesday
The University of Kansas announced varying budget cuts for academic and administrative units on Wednesday — ranging from zero to 12% — to address its structural deficit.
The units with the largest cuts are the School of Music and the School of Engineering, which will both have a 12% reduction of the fiscal year 2021 general use budget. The second largest cuts are 10% ...
Story updated at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday:
A Douglas County District Court judge on Tuesday ordered former University of Kansas basketball player Silvio De Sousa to stand trial in an aggravated battery case that stems from a 2020 incident outside a bar in downtown Lawrence in which he is accused of hitting a man who later lost vision in his eye.
After Tuesday's preliminary hearing, in which Judge Sally Pokorny ...
The Faculty Senate at Haskell Indian Nations University declared on Friday that it had no confidence in the university’s vice president of academics, Melanie Daniel.
Criticisms of the vice president’s leadership included a lack of confidence in Daniel’s engagement with shared governance, collegial culture of academic integrity and transparent communication.
The decision came just weeks after ...
After generous donations and a couple of grants, a Eudora community garden now has more room to grow.
The Eudora Giving Garden, which became a nonprofit in 2020, has quickly grown from a small downtown garden to a larger operation on a new plot of land that includes a greenhouse, a beehive, a cold storage shed and more.
The creators of the garden, Mary Kirkendoll and Aman Reaka, say the mission of the ...
