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Incoming garrison commander 'overjoyed' to be part of Fort Riley

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By Lewis Marien
| The Manhattan Mercury Verified
FORT RILEY — There’s a new leader on post. Col. Joseph Orr, the incoming garrison commander at Fort Riley, succeeded Col. Gerald Nunziato Thursday during a change of command ceremony. Orr was commissioned as an armor officer in 2003 through the University of Kentucky. His career includes service with the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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PHOTOS: May Features

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By Lewis Marien
| The Manhattan Mercury Verified
STAY PAW-SITIVE, 'CATS — Jenneen LeMay, assistant director of Kansas State University’s Morrison Family Center for Student Well-being, handles her 4-year-old golden retriever, Oakley, as he visits with students between classes Friday, May 8, 2026, outside of Nichols Hall on the Manhattan campus. Oakley was introduced at the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year as a way to bring comfort, affection and support to K-State students, faculty and staff.
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‘The difference’: K-State education students celebrate commencement

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By Lewis Marien
| KMKF-FM (Manhattan, KS) Verified
By Lewis Marien “Be the difference.” That was the topic Geary County Schools USD 475’s superintendent, Reginald Eggleston, spoke from during the K-State College of Education commencement ceremony on Saturday in Bramlage Coliseum. He reassured the students that artificial intelligence cannot do their jobs. “The history books will capture this one fact, and that is teachers make the difference,” Eggleston said.
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