KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 17 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2024-25 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 - No. 5 (April 17) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keiser (Fla.) took over the top spot in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25, moving to No. 1 by a one-point margin over Oklahoma City. OCU picked up two more first-place votes than Keiser, but the Seahawks finished a point ahead of the Stars in the fifth rating of the r  more

IRVING, Texas, April 18 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Arizona Prevails In Playoff To Win Big 12 Women's Golf Championship For the first time in Conference history, the Big 12 Women's Golf Championship went to a playoff, as Arizona proved victorious over Arizona State and Oklahoma State to clinch the school's first Big 12 team title. Kansas State's Sophie Bert captured the individual Big 12 title, finishing as the only player under p  more

WACO, Texas, April 18 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Kansas Advance to Big 12 Women's Tennis Championship Quarterfinals No. 5 Arizona, No. 6 Arizona State, No. 7 BYU and No. 8 Kansas advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 Big 12 Women's Tennis Championship with wins Thursday at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. The Jayhawks will take on No. 1 seed Texas Tech at 9 a.m. CT on Friday as well as the Su  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 17 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * Kansas joins states that prohibit 'intercepting' of foster children's federal benefits A first-in-the-nation executive order in Kansas aims to protect the rights of foster care youths to their federal benefits, a policy move that a handful of other states, all outside the Midwest, have taken through the recent enactment of laws or agency-directed initiatives. According to the Children's Advocac  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 18 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * Wildcat Rocketry wins national competition, sets altitude world record By Grant Guggisberg Kansas State University's Wildcat Rocketry team made history at the 2025 Argonia Cup by taking first place in the national collegiate rocketry competition and breaking a world record. K-State's student team is the first from Kansas to win the competition -- this year from among 20 collegiate teams -- and th  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 17 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Renews Partnership with Big Game KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has renewed its partnership with Big Game as the Official Football and Women's Flag Football of the NAIA. The NAIA has partnered with Big Game since 2016, and in 2020, the collaboration expanded to include flag football. As part  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 17 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU-COM student working with local nonprofit to aid homeless population One Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine student is helping individuals navigate the legal system and advocate for their health. Allison Long is a second-year medical student at OSU-COM and a part of the 2024-25 Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Tulsa cohort. The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is dedicated to devel  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 17 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * School of Social Welfare to host panel, networking event to celebrate launch of new center LAWRENCE -- The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare will host a panel presentation and networking opportunity April 23 that will celebrate the launch of the school's new Center for the Advancement of Healthcare for Everyone (CAHE). The two-part event will open with a panel discussion led by local and natio  more