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MFD investigating Tuesday morning fire at Edwards Hall
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Manhattan firefighters made quick work of a small fire at Edwards Hall just before 6:30 a.m.
Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes says the fire was contained to one room, in the northeast corner of the building. Smoke damage was found throughout the wing of the building, which holds offices for Human Capital Services and the University Police Department, as well as the Division of Public Safety. Firefighters brought the fire under control within 10 minutes.
No injuries were reported. The cause has been ruled accidental due to an issue with the building’s HVAC unit.
Faculty Senate to host spring open forum
The Kansas State University Faculty Senate invites you to the spring 2021 open forum from 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, via YouTube Live.
The event will provide an opportunity for all campuses to interact with President Richard Myers, Provost Charles Taber and a few members of the President s Cabinet in a question and answer format. The forum will begin with a few questions from Faculty Senate and then other questions posed in the chat will be addressed as time allows.
Please visit the president s communication page to view the stream. A K-State eID and password will be required to view the live stream or archive following. If you are already signed in to K-State webmail, etc. then it will not ask you to sign in again.
NEW BEDFORD The days of walking into a classroom, seeing a substitute teacher and expecting a movie day are long gone due to COVID-19.
While teachers are highly valued, even considered by some to be superheroes amid the pandemic, they aren t immune to viruses, and replacements must be in place in case they cannot be present in the classroom. That s where substitute teachers have played a key role this year in keeping students on track with their academic lessons.
Pre-pandemic, each school district had a pool of substitute teachers who were paid on an hourly or daily basis and were called into schools if available. Currently, New Bedford, Fairhaven and Acushnet have employed building-based substitutes whoreport to the school each day and fill in for a teacher if need be. This reduces the chance of spreading the virus bouncing between schools through contact tracing. Dartmouth is currently experiencing a substitute shortage and typically has around 100 substitutes that rotate