At two town hall meetings next week, the Lawrence Public Library’s leaders hope to get more ideas from the public to help guide the creation of the library's master plan.
The library will have two meetings next week: one at its building at 707 Vermont St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 23, and the other at Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. The meetings are town-hall ...
A Lawrence library official says a new tutoring program designed to help adults improve their literacy and English skills in one-on-one meetings is “ready to go” after an initial launch this year.
The Lawrence Public Library announced Friday in a press release it was offering free one-on-one tutoring for adults seeking to improve their literacy skills. The program is for both fluent English speakers who ...
For the 80 years that the University Press of Kansas has been around, it has been about focus.
The press traditionally served as the publishing house for Kansas’s six state universities — Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University. In that time, it has published over 2,000 different titles, ...
For first-time authors, it can be difficult to figure out how exactly they should get published. Fortunately, with the University Press of Kansas right in Lawrence, they have 80 years of experience in helping authors get their stories published.
Although the University Press generally focuses on more specialized works — often scholarly works related to topics like political science or military history — two ...
Asking a young child “what do you want to be when you grow up,” doesn’t often have much pressure. In fact, you can get some really creative answers — like an astronaut/actor. But for students in college, that question can suddenly feel like looking at the next 40 years of life.
University of Kansas leaders are hoping a test — of all things — can help relieve some of the pressure.
Staff members at ...
A winery in rural Leavenworth County just northeast of Lawrence earned a grant worth just over $22,000 from the state to help boost tourism efforts, with the owner saying he hopes it can help its reach in the rural community.
Officials with the State of Kansas, Explore Lawrence and Leavenworth County were on hand Thursday morning at Irvine's Just Beyond Paradise Winery, 13561 246th St., for the presentation of ...
