Education
Ladies-only camp gets women fired up about the great outdoors
Michelle Manning is sporting a huge bruise on the inside of her upper arm. She shows it off, pulling up her shirt sleeve to expose the injury that she refers to as her “prized possession.” While learning how to shoot a bow and arrow earlier, Manning accidentally snapped her arm with the bow string, which…
Kansas City Public Schools partner with community groups to expand summer learning opportunities
From an arts-focused camp with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey to swimming lessons through the YMCA to kindergarten boot camp, Kansas City Public Schools is expanding its summer learning offerings through collaborations with community partners. KCPS Superintendent Steve Green announced today that working with partners, including Freedom Schools, Boys and Girls Club, Upper…
Instructors, digital professionals debate value of social media certification
Liesl Christman is the digital content specialist for the Kansas City Public Library system. She is in charge of managing, among other things, website content and all social media accounts, like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She has no formal social media training. “To be fair,” she said, “when I started college, it was 1998. Social…
KU Professor lends D-Day expertise to upcoming NOVA special
University of Kansas students and faculty will see a familiar face on PBS this spring. KU History Professor and retired U.S. Army Major Dr. Adrian Lewis is one of the key historians in NOVA’s two-hour special “D-Day’s Sunken Secrets,” which will premiere on KCPT and other PBS stations May 28, 2014. “Adrian had an incredibly…
Q&A with robotics competition co-founder Dr. Woodie Flowers
Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism Instead of seeing 58 robots competing, Dr. Woodie Flowers sees 58 solutions to a problem he created. Flowers is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, original host of the PBS series “Scientific American Frontiers” and the co-founder and creator of the…