Welcome to K-state

Serving K-State students from enrollment to career
The welcome center will establish K-State as a national leader in student life. With New Student Services flanking one end of the facility, and Career and Employment Services in the other, students and families will see and experience the natural connection and progression between the two.

New Student Services (NSS)
K-State's New Student Services offers programs and services for prospective and new students and families. Their programs serve individuals and groups who are outside of the traditional college student age range, including pre-school through high school group visits and special tours and programs for adults of all ages.

The mission of New Student Services is to provide for continuing services and assistance that will:

• Aid new students in their transition to K-State.

• Expose new students to the broad range of educational opportunities offered by K-State.

• Integrate new students into the life at K-State.

The service philosophy for New Student Services is very similar to the K-State philosophy of "putting students first." Their aim is to accommodate all students and to create a personal connection for them. New Student Services is where newcomers to K-State are introduced to the K-State "family."

Career and Employment Services (CES)
K-State's Career and Employment Services is the threshold that connects students and graduates with employers who seek emerging talent for internships, part-time jobs and career employment. As a centralized career services office, CES provides one-stop assistance to more than 20,000 students from across the university. Likewise, CES represents the face of K-State to hundreds of businesses and government and nonprofit sector employers who visit campus to recruit K-State talent.

Entire building $10 million

Welcome center area $6 million
CES area $4 million

Lobby $3 million
The lobby area will be the main entry for all visitors. This space will not only serve as reception for our visitors, but also a waiting area for prospective students and groups waiting for their appointments and current students who may be scheduled to interview. Prospective employers will likely utilize this space to access the building as it has a convenient access point to the parking structure to the east. Designed to be comfortable and full of K-State pride, this space will be an often-requested reception space for the campus.

Green roof system $1 million
The renovation of the structure requires a permanent solution for waterproofing the roof. The green roof system is both an attractive and sustainable option to bring K-State to the forefront of building innovation. The current design offers a solution for providing traditional seating (bleachers) and non-traditional (grassy areas) on the stadium stands. Guests who are enjoying a day on campus may sit outside in a green space while waiting for an appointment or campus tour.

Pride walkway $1 million
The walkway that connects the lobby to the Career and Employment Services suite is an important symbolic and functional feature of the structure. The design has allowed for a literal and figurative "connection" between the beginning of a K-State experience to transitioning into one's career. The hallway is the design element that allows us to bring the two points in a student's educational experience together.

Castle towers (2) $500,000 each
The castle towers will be the landmarks for the building — the features by which we will describe the building to help our guests find us. The towers will be like the Anderson Hall steeple — an instantly recognizable part of K-State. The north end of the welcome center hosts the physical gathering place for students and employers, the technology to facilitate career connections and the career services personnel who are dedicated to guiding K-State students from college to career.

Patio $250,000
The patio will be the first impression of the welcome center. Guests will access the lobby by traversing the patio. Located at the most convenient and safe crossing from the parking structure, the traffic through this space will be significant. The patio also affords a casual place for visitors to relax. Whether taking a break between interviews or waiting to depart on a walking tour of campus, the patio will be a popular spot to enjoy a day on campus. Equipped with benches and appropriate landscaping, this space will also be a complement to the K-State Alumni Center and their east parking/entrance.

Admissions representative office $250,000
The admissions representative office is designed to support the collaborative and team-based environment that is essential for effective enrollment management programs. The large open office with adequate desk configurations creates a space that allows for collaboration on programming and in serving students and families. This structure — open, inclusive, collaborative — is an excellent model for the student staff who will work in a similar space adjacent to the admissions representatives.

Interactive information area $200,000
The interactive information area is envisioned to be a space where guests may access the latest K-State information and customize the information they receive by selecting from options on interactive displays. We plan to have options that allow a guest to transfer information to handheld devices. Imagine creating your own customized campus map based on your individual campus visit schedule and your personal interests. Way finding, academic information, student life and student support services information would be accessible through custom searches. Student profiles could be customized by geography, academic interest, student leadership experience, etc. Guests would have immediate access to games and applications, and could interact with the university through cutting-edge technology before experiencing the "high touch" of a friendly and responsive staff member.

K-State information display $100,000
The K-State information display will be a multi-screen audio/visual centerpiece for the lobby area. This feature will be a prominent aspect of the welcoming experience and will allow for individualized welcome messages, K-State information and highlights, and news and weather information that impacts the visit experience to be communicated through video. The overall system would also provide room scheduling announcement and individual welcome messages at the doorways of select spaces within the facility.

Large interview rooms (4) $100,000 each
With space to accommodate small group needs, four multi-functional rooms will host visiting students, families and groups for their introduction to educational opportunities at K-State, employer briefings, video-conferencing and job candidate meetings that involve multiple interviewers.

Medium interview rooms (12) $50,000 each
Twelve standard interview rooms will provide the privacy and comfort needed to conduct admissions informational sessions for visiting students and families, practice interviewing for students, and pre-screening interviews with industry representatives.

Arched outside windows (20) $50,000 each

Offices on main level (20) $50,000 each

Offices on mezzanine level (19) $25,000 each
Career advisors provide students with job search coaching, industry expertise and information about career opportunities, internships and organizations that are seeking talent. Employer-relations staff support industry relationships that involve career fairs, on-campus interviews, online job listings and other employer development activities. Administrative staff coordinate departmental operations to effectively serve the university's internal and external audiences.

Offices and conferences rooms located between the lobby and the auditorium/classroom offer New Student Services the chance to be united on the same floor of the same building. This close physical proximity will increase our efficiency and ability to collaborate in our day-to-day work.

In addition, office and conference space is set aside for student life services that are in high demand during the college search. We envision having temporary offices or conference room access for student financial assistance and housing representatives to present to small groups or meet individually with families about their services and programs. Offering the option to meet with someone about some of the most important aspects of a college decision in the same physical space as admissions provides a tremendous benefit to our visitors.