Empty Bowls "Bowl-a-Thon" at the Manhattan Arts Center. Come make a bowl for the 2010 Manhattan Empty Bowls Project on Sunday, from 7 - 9 p.m. For a $5 studio fee, community members can make or paint a bowl that will be sold and profits will go to local hunger fighting organizations. No experience needed! For more information contact Emily at 785-532-6444

March is National Nutrition Month. Purchase a nutritional analysis at the Rec Complex during the month of March for half price. Student price is $7.50 and $10 for Rec members. Sign up in the administrative office at the Rec Complex. Call 785-532-6980 for more information.

Powercat Financial Counseling hosts Walk-in Financial Friday from 9 - 11 a.m. in the Office of Student Activities & Services, ground floor of Union.  No appointment necessary. Come in and ask our peer financial counselors your quick money questions every Friday morning until April 30.

Intramural basketball playoffs will begin March 2. Playoff brackets will be posted as follows:
Fraternity, residence halls, women and 6' Under brackets posted Sunday at 10:30 p.m.
Independent and co-rec brackets posted Tuesday, March 2 at 3 p.m.

Nominations are being accepted for the Anderson Senior Awards, the Mulicultural Leadership and Service Awards and the Graduate Student Awards. Anyone is free to nominate deserving students who will be graduating in May, August or December 2010. Forms are available at k-state.com/awards and are due by 5 p.m. March 12.

The Student Homecoming Committee is now seeking applicants. Pick up an applicatioin at the Alumni Center or complete one online at k-state.com/homecoming. Applications are due March 12 at 5 p.m.

Noted architect Kulapat Yantrasast, principal and founder of WHY Architecture, will present "A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste" at 5 p.m. today in Seaton Hall's Foerster Auditorium (room 63). The event is open to the public without charge and is sponsored by the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. Attendance at the lecture can be submitted as continuing education credit for design professionals by contacting Diane Potts at 785-532-1090 or potts@k-state.edu.

The City of Manhattan Parks & Recreation Department is looking for volunteer coaches for the upcoming youth soccer season. The season will run approximately March 1 to May 6. The department is also hiring soccer officials at a pay rate of $12 - $24 per game. Interested individuals should call 785-587-2757 or e-mail Jeff Mayer at mayer@ci.manhattan.ks.us.

Rec Services offering free muscle focus workshop Saturday from 2 - 3 p.m. targeting biceps, triceps and glutes. Limited to first 25 K-State students or Rec members. Reserve your spot by signing up at the weight room attendant desk at the Rec Complex. For more information, call 785-532-6980.

Information Technology Assistance Center will be presenting the following orientations. The events are open to all K-State faculty, staff and students. Registration required.
-IT Orientation: Library Technology will be held from 10 - 11 a.m. March 4 in Hale Library room 401B.
-IT Orientation: Emerging Technologies will be held from 10 - 11 a.m. March 10 in Hale Library room 401B.

Rec Services offering free Women on Weights workshop on Sunday, March 7, from 2:30 - 4 p.m. Sign up in the administrative office by calling 785-532-6980. Participants must be K-State students or Rec members.

Entries accepted for intramural dodgeball March 1 - 4 in the office at the Rec Complex. Sign up a four-person team with up to 10 individuals on the roster. $1 per person plus tax. Competition will be tournament format held March 6 at 10 a.m. For more information, call 785-532-6980

Applications for National Student Exchange for fall 2010 and spring 2011 are due by March 1. For more information, contact Kari Nap in the Office of Admissions at karinap@k-state.edu or go to nse.org.

The TechBytes series is offering the following sessions. The series is open to all K-State faculty, staff and students. Registration is not required. All sessions are from 1:30-2:30 p.m. and held in 501 Hale Library, except for Thursday's session, which will be held in 301A Hale.
-Today - Uses of WordPress
-March 4 - Twitter Tools
-March 11 - Zimbra Calendar
-March 25 - Google Wave  

Information Technology Teaching and Learning will offer the following sessions:
March 25 - A Sense of Where We Are: Geographic Information Science and Systems
April 22 - Show ME, Don't Tell ME.
All events are from 11 - 12:30 p.m. in Union 212. Events are open to all faculty, staff and students.

The Planner is the Collegian's bulletin board service. To place an item in the Planner, stop by Kedzie 116 and fill out a form or e-mail news editor Bethaney Wallace at news@spub.ksu.edu by 11 a.m. two days before it is to run. Some items might not appear because of space constraints, but are guaranteed to appear on the day of the activity. Confirmation will not be provided.