VISITORS INFORMATION
                                                                                       

Economics Department Information - http://www.ksu.edu/economics 

Faculty: 20 Lines

Krishna Akkina - Minnesota (1972) - Macroeconomics, Econometrics, International Trade.
Michael Babcock - Illinois (1973) - Transportation Economics, Urban Economics, Regional Economics.
Lance Bachmeier - Texas A&M (2002) - Time Series Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Energy Economics.
William Blankenau - Iowa (1997) - Macroeconomics, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Econometrics.
Steve Cassou - Minnesota (1989) - Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Econometrics.
Inkyung Cha - Texas A&M (2004) - Public Economics, Microeconomics
Yang-Ming Chang - SUNY Buffalo (1985) - International Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization.
Wei Chi - Minnesota (2003).
Philip G. Gayle - Boulder (2002) - Industrial Organization, Econometrics, International Trade
Patrick Gormely - Duke (1967) - International Economics, Development Economics.
Daniel J. Kuester - Missouri (2000) - History of Economic Thought, Business Cycle Theory
Dong Li - Texas A&M (2000) - Econometrics, Health Economics.
Wayne Nafziger - Illinois (1967) - Development Economics, International Economics, Comparative Economics.
Michael Oldfather - Ohio University (1980) - Economic Education, Monetary Economics, Labor Economics.
Jim Ragan - Washington University (1975) - Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Public Policy.
Lloyd Thomas - Northwestern (1972) - Monetary Economics, Macroeconomic Policy.
Roger Trenary - Wayne State - Economic Education.
Tracy Turner - U.C. Davis (2000) - Public Finance, Applied Microeconomics, Econometrics.
John T. Warren - Kansas State (1997) - Labor Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization
Dennis Weisman - Florida (1993) - Economics of Regulation, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics.
Roughly 45 Graduate Students, and 80 Bachelors.
 

Kansas State University - http://www.ksu.edu


Kansas State University, founded in 1863 as a land-grant university, has a total enrollment of approximately 21,000 students, including more than 3,300 graduate students. The school has a strong academic emphasis among faculty and students. Carnegie designates the university as a ¡°doctoral-research extensive¡± (i.e., Research I) university. In 2001, Kansas State University ranked first nationally among all 500 state universities in Truman, Goldwater, and Udall scholars since each foundation began awarding scholarships. KSU ranks sixth (next to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and Duke) among all four-year colleges and universities in the number of of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and Goldwater scholarships awards, 1986-2001. http://www.mediarelations.ksu.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/scholarschart.pdf


City of Manhattan:
http://www.manhattan.org
http://earth.geol.ksu.edu/sgao/manhattan/about.manhattan.html
http://www.ci.manhattan.ks.us
 

Map of Manhattan:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&&csz=Manhattan+KS+&Get%A0Map=Get+Map
 

For a tour of Kansas State University, see http://www.ksu.edu/facilities/tour/tour.htm
 

Today’s weather information: http://www.wunderground.com/US/KS/Manhattan.html
 

Visitor’s guide (including restaurants, lodging, shopping, and what to see and do (museums, natural history, Konza Prairie, outdoor recreation: http://www.manhattan.org/visitguide/visitor.html
 

http://www.manhattan-ks.net/ provides links to information on arts & entertainment, business, computer & internet firms, events, financial services, libraries, local news, parks, real estate, recreation (including golf courses), and religious organizations.
 

http://www.ci.manhattan.ks.us/Airport/ on Manhattan Regional Airport.
 

Location: About 120 miles (2 hours by car) west of Kansas City, Missouri and 60 miles west of Topeka, Kansas, the state capital.
 

http://www.kansascity.com/ has a guide to Kansas City.
 

Terrain: The flint hills is a gently hilly region running North-South from Nebraska to southern Kansas. Manhattan is located in the Kansas River Valley, which runs through the flint hills. The area has varied vegetation, with much of the upper elevations of the flint hills consisting of grassy prairie while the river valleys, including Manhattan, being moderately forested.
 

The Konza Prairie Biological Station is 13.5 square miles of native tallgrass prairie, owned by the Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University and managed by the Division of Biology. The Konza is an attractive place to hike and see prairie landscape within the Flint Hills. http://www.ksu.edu/konza/keep/
 

Climate: Winters are relatively moderate. There are a handful of cold days mixed in with mostly cool days. There are a few snowfalls in a typical year, but most of the snow melts off within a few days. Summers are generally hot and dry. June and July temperatures will top out in the low 90s F, while summer averages a few days over 100 F. Spring and fall are very mild and comfortable.
 

City Statistics: Manhattan has a population of about 45,000. Most housing consists of single family homes which are moderately priced relative to the national average. (Real estate information can be found at http://www.home-guide.net/realtors) There is virtually no traffic congestion in town except perhaps near the football stadium on a game day.  The town has typical suburban shopping facilities, including a major shopping mall, several smaller strip malls and a few older city blocks, including Aggieville near the university, with a mixture of stores and dining establishments (see visitor’s guide).
 

City Activities: On campus is McCain Auditorium, which hosts touring productions of music, plays and other performances, as well as major university sponsored lectures. Nearby Tuttle Lake, with 112 miles of coast line, offers boating, fishing, swimming, camping and other recreational activities.

Konza Prairie (http://climate.konza.ksu.edu/HomePage.html) wildlife refuge offers hiking.
 

City Schools: (http://www.usd383.org) Considered among the best in the state, the city offers elementary and secondary education with average class sizes of around 15 students.
 

The Faculty Newletter is at http://www.mediarelations.ksu.edu/; click InView on the gray bar. The campus student newspaper is at http://www.kstatecollegian.com/ and the local newspaper http://www.themercury.com/