Two years after the university's College of Veterinary Medicine--where Richardson has been dean for 10 years--began doling out multi-purpose Toshiba tablet computers to incoming students, Richardson said the school would pursue more technology that supplements the college's intensive coursework.

"If you would have asked me five years ago if we would use this kind of technology, I would have told you, 'No, ours is a professional school, and we need personal interaction,'" said Richardson, who practiced veterinary medicine in Miami and served as an assistant professor and head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Purdue University for 23 years before joining Kansas State. "I've done a 180-degree turnaround with the increasing reliability of technology. It's a tremendous part of how we educate students today … and I think it will continue to expand."

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