E-mail from Dr. Ritterbush:

It may seem early, but it is time to start thinking about summer 2008 internships.  A wide variety of internships (many paid) are available around the country, but you will need to do some research to find one that fits your interests.  That work is well worth it, however, as internships are excellent ways to learn through hands-on experiences, provide experience while exploring potential future career, prepare you for that career, and to network with others.   (more…)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:  November 1, 2007

Ancient and Modern Inuit Art on Display at The Coffey County Historical Museum, 1101 Neosho Street Burlington, KS   66839.

Arctic Spirit:  Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, showing at The Coffey County Historical Museum beginning November 15th, 2007, displays the Canadian Inuit culture’s rich artistic history.  The Inuits, or Eskimos, are a society of natives who live mainly in Siberia, Alaska, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic.  Though many consider these various groups to be homogenous, Arctic Spirit showcases the artistic styles that are distinctly of the Canadian Inuit. This exhibition is toured by Exhibits USA, which is the national touring program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, a non-profit regional arts organization based in Kansas City, Missouri.
(more…)

Last Friday we met at the bowling alley and bowled. We had a quick meeting where we discussed what will happen in the days to come. November will have a movie night, Bollywood themed or African themed, up to members. We voted Jenae Haskell as the Vice President Temporaire and we bowled some more.

Conrad - Secretary

Club members,

Here are a couple of important things coming up on the Anthropology Club calendar.

1. Friday, Oct. 19th 7pm Union bowling alley: Bowling/business meeting The club will pay for the lanes; bring money for shoes/food. Remember to come prepared if you want to be our temporary Vice President. If you didn’t RSVP, please come anyway, we’d love to have everyone!
(more…)

Congratulations to Sarah Trabert, senior in anthropology at KSU. Sarah completed research in the KSU Archaeology Lab this past summer through the McNair Scholars Program under the mentorship of Brad Logan. She has presented her research at several venues, most recently the 65th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference held in Rapid City. She entered her paper in the Undergraduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Plains Anthropological Society (PAS) and presented it in a very professional manner to her peers and anthropology professionals. As a result of her efforts, she was awarded the PAS Undergraduate Student Paper Award for 2007! I hope you will join me in congratulating her. (more…)

Hello Anthro Club members!
We are planning on having our first “business” meeting at 7pm on Friday, October 19th. We will meet at the bowling alley in the basement to take care of business, and then…you guessed it…go bowling. Hurrah!

(more…)

(text courtesy of Scoop Independent News) 

New York - September 13, 2007 - At long last, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a reality. It was adopted today by the United Nations General Assembly by a vote of 143 to 4 with 11 abstentions. The declaration spells out the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples including their right to their traditional lands and resources; their right to give their free, prior, and informed consent before governments take actions that negatively affect them; their right to be free from genocide and forced relocation; and their rights to their languages, cultures and spiritual beliefs. (more…)

Attention all anthropology majors and enthusiasts. Before the weather starts to change on us, we’re going to be having our annual Anthropology Club BBQ. Location will be at Goodnow Park, which is at the end of 4th street down near Bob’s Diner (I’m sure everyone knows where that is.)

We’ll be starting at 6pm on Friday September 7 and run until about 10pm. Admission is potluck, so bring your favorite dish (preferably something other people will want to eat as well), a beverage, or if you’re short on time and can’t prepare something, a simple 2$ donation will suffice. A small price to pay for an evening of free food and entertaining activities.
(more…)

We hope to re-energize the club this semester with plenty of social events for anthropology majors and club members to get to know eachother, the staff, and learn more about anthropology at KSU and across the world.

We had our first officers meeting last night and (more…)

• 6 people in attendance
• Open House is this Saturday April 14th!! If you can stop by to help or have any cultural “artifacts” to contribute to make our table even cooler, email Ashley Conrad at aflac@ksu.edu. Hope to see you there!
• Club BBQ will be April 21st around 4:30pm you can show up to learn flintknapping and how to throw an atlatl. Dinner will start cooking around 6pm. Club will provide the meat, etc but club members are encouraged to bring other items like beverages, fruit, chips, dip, etc. Location map/directions will be emailed to the club listserv at a later date but it will be at Tuttle Creek Reservoir. (more…)