Staley School of Leadership

New episode of Wildcats Beyond the Classroom is live!

In our final episode of the season, we sit down with Dawson Wagner, instructor and Assistant Director of Wildcat Electronic Media at K-State.

Dawson shares his unique journey from undergrad student to faculty member in the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication. Tune in to hear how diving into applied learning experiences, like campus media organizations and internships, directly paved the way for his career success, and how he's now helping the next generation find their own "light bulb" moments. 💡

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My Summer applied learning experience

Meet Ramsay Thayer, an Applied Learning Experiences (ALE) Ambassador majoring in Personal Financial Planning. This summer, she is taking her education global and participating in the Business Leadership and Fashion program in the beautiful town of Orvieto, Italy!

"In my experience so far in Orvieto, I have gotten to take my experiences to a whole new level. With a new culture, transportation, and language, I have been able to apply my learning in my classes through field trips and workshops. I love Italy!"

What are leadership studies alumni doing with their leadership development? Meet Haden Botkin, Ph.D., '22, assistant professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

"The Staley School played a tremendous role in shaping my beliefs and assumptions related to leadership learning and practice, particularly in that leadership emerges in and through relationships. This is particularly true in service-learning, community engagement, and so on, where quality relationships are so crucial and where we're trying to make progress together on the grand challenges of our time. My time as a leadership studies student prepared me to advance these commitments as a scholar-practitioner of collective leadership, service-learning, and community engagement.

I am delighted to have been invited to give a keynote address at Indiana University Bloomington’s annual Conference on Community-Engaged Learning. Many thanks to the conference organizers for inviting me to campus! It’s a critical time, to say the least, for this work and it has been a privilege to spend a couple days on the IUB campus, where community engagement is alive and well."

Meet the spring 2026 Leadership Communication doctoral program graduates: https://bit.ly/4vnvvGl

Last month, Julie and Roger Davis Executive Director of Applied Learning Dr. Craig Schroeder joined Dr. Adam Walker, President and CEO of the K-State Alumni Association, on The Scoop on K-State to talk about the mission and goals of Applied Learning Experiences at the University.

Watch the full the episode at the link below:
https://youtu.be/CdIVzbF8zh8?si=BQj1xFybRubapzD7

Applied Learning Experiences is hiring a Program/Project Coordinator to provide essential administrative and operational coordination for the Applied Learning Experience (ALE) university-wide initiative.

Application closes June 7.

Apply: https://bit.ly/ale-program-coordinator