About Us
Mission
Statement:
The Center for Kansas Studies carries
out a number of activities each year, all of which focus on the
varied and often interdisciplinary study of Kansas history, environment
and culture. Its Fellows come from all walks of Washburn University
life, joining together
through their common bond of a scholary or teaching interest
in all kinds of things Kansas.
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Center offers a minor in
Kansas Studies, in which students construct individual programs made up
a variety of different courses from different disciplines, all taking Kansas
as a focal point.
The
Center sponsors an annual speakers series, Speaking of Kansas .
The
Center webpage makes available a growing assortment of Kansas materials,
to be found both under the Kansas Sources and the Lists
of Lists. These include both electronic texts of original
Kansas literary works and bibliographies of print primary and secondary
sources about Kansas. Also included is a list of links to other Kansas-related
website.
The Center's programming includes:
Supporting
the Shawnee County Historical Society in the preservation and
interpretation of the Historic Ritchie House as a sesquicentennial
project.
Continuing
the development of the current KANSAS history television series,
website and teaching materials project.
Identifying
materials on Kansas history and culture currently out of print,
for which there is publication demand and identifying voids in
available resources needed for a fuller understanding of the
state's activities.
Continuing
to maintain and develop the Center's webpage.
Encouraging
the development of curriculum materials on Kansas for schools
and the training teachers in new techniques for teaching Kansas
history in the schools. Connected to this the Center will continue
its support of Kansas State Historical Society Schoolteachers
Seminars in Kansas history each summer.
Center Director Tom Schmiedeler welcomes questions and suggestions.
Contact him by phone at 785-670-1559, or by
e-mail at tom.schmiedeler@washburn.edu
Contact Us:
- By Regular Mail : Center Director Tom Schmiedeler/Henderson
Building Room 313/Washburn University/1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, Kansas 66621
- Telephone : Center Director Tom Schmiedeler:785-
670-1559
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