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Former editors reflect on 75 years of K-Stater magazine

In 75 years, the K-Stater has developed a robust history telling a wide variety of stories about life at Kansas State University and its alumni and friends. In celebration of the K-Stater’s anniversary, we asked several of the previous editors to share a memory or two about their time with the magazine.

Alumni Association partners with K-State Libraries to digitize K-Stater magazine

For nearly 75 years, K-Stater magazine has informed and connected the Kansas State University community. Now thanks to a partnership between the K-State Alumni Association and K-State Libraries, nearly 70 years’ worth of the back issue catalog has been digitized and is available for public access.

The K-Stater’s seventh editor shares memories of Hollis House, pasting together layouts and more

In 1983 Beth Hartenstein Tolentino ’80 saw an ad in the corner of the latest K-Stater magazine. “They were looking for an alumni editor,” she said. "That sounds interesting. I’ll apply. I could not believe I got an interview.”

Longtime K-Stater editor recalls fond memories telling stories of alumni and the university

For more than 35 years Tim Lindemuth ’77 has been telling the stories of K-State and the Alumni Association. Lindemuth, who was the eighth editor of K-Stater magazine from 1993-2012, has written a little bit of everything over the years in a span that has covered five K-State presidents, 25 bowl games, the establishment of many of the Alumni Association’s programs, and more.

'Tis not in forest: With several century trees and robust history, K-State’s trees are a learning experience and a stamp of time

There are more than 3,500 trees on Kansas State University’s Manhattan campus. They tell a story of a fledgling land-grant institution and its growth into the modern university seen today. That story began with just a few plantings on the prairie. 

K-State alum Erik Stalcup's work is helping the U.S. send astronauts to the moon

Courses on heat transfer are famously known as some of the most difficult course materials taught at Kansas State University. Perhaps it’s a strange irony that Erik Stalcup ’10 never took them while attending K-State. Stalcup, who works for the thermal systems and transport processes branch at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, deals with heat transfers every day.