I started out my life in Lakin, Kansas, and finished up high school graduating in the year 2000. I then attended Kansas State University where I graduated in May of 2006 with a Mater's and Bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering. Now, I have moved out to Golden, Colorado, to work full time.

Currently, I work for M-E Engineers located right outside of Denver, Colorado. They do engineering design on most of the new professional and college sports stadiums in the U.S. which is pretty cool. Maybe one day I will get to go to one or two.

Upon leaving K-State, I was presented with the 2005-2006 Distinguished Service Award for the K-State Housing and Dining System. This award is the highest award that can be given out to any student living on campus at Kansas State. It is a huge honor to receive that award and was an experience that I won't soon forget. If you would like to see what is said, read my Distinguished Service Award bid here.

Knowing that I was given the DSA Award, I have been very involved in the residence halls and on campus living at K-State. I started out my college career living in Moore Hall. Just how did my first year go? Not too bad, but I was a featured student in the Collegian in their "From the Beginning Series". Here are the articles about me when I was a freshman. Yeah, I look a little funny, but it is me!


Freshman Student Continues Family Tradition at K-State (Part 1)

Carvings, Leadership, Football part of freshman's new role on campus (Part 2)

Residence Hall draws student for second year (Part 3)

Student enjoys 1st semester away from home (Part 4)

Sticking with his beliefs (Part 5)

And. . .as if that wasn't enough about me online with the Collegian, here's a program that was done at Moore Hall when I was President in 2001.

Mute mascot speaks in Moore's Code

I was very involved in the residence halls and on campus living at Kansas State University along with regional and national conferences. I first started out as a student in 2000-2001 and was elected as a representative to K-State’s Association of Residence Halls. At the end of my first year, I attended NACURH 2001 “Becoming a Star” at the University of Southern California and presented a recognition program. In the spring of 2001, I was inducted into the Little Apple Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary. I was also recognized as K-State's First Year Experience Award recipient. 

During 2001-2002, I was the president of my residence hall, Moore Hall, in which we won “Hall of the Year” on campus. I was also selected as the 2001-2002 Student of the Year. At the conclusion of that year, I traveled north to the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities to NACURH 2002 “The Truth is Out There” and presented a program on how to build a successful governing board and programming for large halls.

Following my time as a student leader, in the 2002-2003 school year I was a Resident Assistant (RA) in Goodnow Hall in which I was awarded the 2002-2003 RA of the Year award. I also served as an RA in Goodnow during 2003-2004.

After my residence hall experiences, I moved out to the on campus apartments at K-State, Jardine. Currently, I'm on staff in the Wiley section of the Jardine Apartments as an Assistant Coordinator.

Along with being involved locally in housing, I served as the Regional Director of the National Residence Hall Honorary for the Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls from November of 2003-2005. I was one of 8 students across the nation that serve in that capacity. I oversaw about 35 different chapters throughout the region and attend all regional and national conferences.

In addition to my housing experience, I kept busy with my engineering work. I was involved in many engineering groups and served as an ambassador to the College of Engineering. I also spent most of my summer's on internships throughout the country. Two of my summer’s, I worked at an engineering company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the summer of 2005, I was in Detroit, Michigan, working as an electrical engineer. Detroit is a tad bit bigger than anywhere I had been.

I also have many hobbies, one being carving limestone rocks. I was the creator of the "Hunt for the G Rock" program on the campus of Kansas State University. It happened twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. Click here to see my whole collection of limestone rock carvings.

Since I have now finished up at K-State, you can find out more about what I've done at my blog Craig.Wanklyn.com

With all that said. . .I think I bleed purple. . .