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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014
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UNIVERSITY
Casting call to raise money for campus
CASSIDY RITTER
news@kansan.com
KU Endowment is hosting a casting call to promote the University and to help raise private funds for students, faculty and staff. Today, the casting call will be at Mrs. E's from 9 a.m. to noon. This will be the last day to participate.
At the casting call, participants will have their photos taken by a professional photographer. After the photo, they are asked to sign a release form and give a quote about
what the University means to them.
Valerie Gieler, senior editor at KU Endowment, helped plan this event. Gieler said their mission is to work with donors to gain support to build a better University.
"We will use the photos and quotes to promote the University in a positive light," Gieler said. "There's no better way to do that than to show off the faces and voice of people who are here on campus."
KU Endowment hosted a similar casting call two years
ago. Gieler said because the casting call was successful then, they wanted to do another one. This year's photos will be used for the KU Endowment website, printed brochures, advertisements and specific proposals to donors.
"It's always more interesting to talk about KU when you can show off the people here instead of just the programs," Gieler said. "We're always looking for ways to feature students and our faculty and our staff."
The donations received by
KU Endowment go back to the University in a variety of forms. While the donors direct where the money goes, much of it goes towards scholarships, fellowships for graduate students, professorships, research funds or campus construction.
This year's casting call has been running since Monday with about 90 participants on day one. Lisa Wojcehowicz, a senior from Milwaukee, Wis., said many students are excited to know they can be "KU famous" after this event.
"Now I can be a part of helping other students get scholarship," Wojcehowicz said. "Being a student at KU, you are a part of something bigger than yourself."
Participants may take a photo alone or with a group of friends. After the casting call, KU Endowment will create a gallery on their Facebook page where participants may use their own photo for personal use. For more information, visit the KU Endowment Facebook page.
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ALUMNA FROM PAGE 2
petition because I had that message to give."
Carrie Greenwood, who founded the Ms. Wheelchair Kansas program in 2004, said Schwilling's platform is made her stand out.
"[The competition] does not include outer beauty, but includes how you present yourself," Greenwood said. "Through a series of interviews, contestants share their platforms and their accomplishments."
Schwilling is the 11th contestant Ms. Wheelchair Kansas has crowned in its decade-long history, and she is dedicated to sharing her message.
"What I get to do now as Ms. Wheelchair Kansas is travel around the state encouraging people with disabilities and educating the public about people with disabilities and advocating for people with disabilities in groups," she said. "I'm hoping to talk to the Kansas Legislature."
improve access to buildings and sidewalks and housing.
She also hopes to change attitudes toward people with disabilities.
"We have a purpose. I believe that all people have a purpose, whether they have a disability or not," she said. "Regardless of their skin color or background or abilities, everyone has some ability and I focus on the abilities not the disabilities and that's what I would like to encourage other people to focus on."
Schwilling said she hopes to
In August, Schwilling will get to share her platform at the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant in Long Beach, Calif
"If God wants me to take this message beyond Kansas, he'll make me Ms. Wheelchair America. If he doesn't, someone else will win," she said. "But I'm already praying for that person, because, whoever wins, their life will be forever changed for the good."
INDIA FROM PAGE 1
"Most American law schools have focused much more on Europe, and when they go into the non-Western world, most of them focus on China," he said. "But KU has had more of a global vision and we've seen the important emerging patterns of the rise of India. We've been paying attention to important markets for our visibility."
Edited by Stella Liang
Because other American universities focus on other areas of the world, Bhala explained that this Indian partnership is unique to the University. Bhala praised the law school's steps in creating a wider international focus for partnerships.
we have to be more entrepreneurial and take some calculated risks." Bhala said. "Getting us to try to do new things is important. It's stimulating and more important professionally for our students."
Edited by Jamie Koziol
WOMEN FROM PAGE 2
sports was definitely a large part of her receiving the award.
"I put a lot of hard work into my studies and extra curriculars, so it's nice that my faculty advisors thought I was doing a good job too. It's reassuring that my work has made a difference," Langlas said. "I am always a little shocked by how few girls there are in my major. It was a good option for me to pursue [mechanical] engineering."
Growing up in a community, church, school and family that has instilled in her the importance of using her talents and resources to benefit others, it is no shock that Sitz received the "Outstanding Woman Student in Community Service" award.
Other than Jayhawk motorsports, Langlas is also involved in the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows Program, Engineering Student Council and is a student ambassador for the School of Engineering.
Sitz believes that her work with KU Alternative Breaks made her a qualified candidate.
"I am very honored and very excited to be part of such a distinguished group of women," Sitz said. "I've enjoyed combining that drive [to serve others] with my knack for organization and involvement in a variety of avenues- most notably KU Alternative Breaks."
Other than serving as co-director for Alternative Breaks, Sitz is in the University Honors Program, a CORO fellow, (a national internship program), and was the University's 17th Truman Scholar last year. She plans to pursue her master's in public administration this fall at Indiana University.
This year, the center also inducted six new members to the KU Women's Hall of Fame along with honoring a KU graduate with the Pioneer Woman award.
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wear freshman beanies. This tradition was squelched when returning WWII veterans refused to wear them, and no one chose to force the issue.
It was once tradition at KU that new students had to
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