Kansas State University

• The Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium will be Friday, May 3 from 9 am-12pm in Leadership Studies Townhall. The Symposium will include research projects from swine science, animal reproduction, small ruminant science, meat science, muscle biology, food safety, and genetics. Coffee and donuts will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
• ASI Research Day: Mark your calendars for the first ASI Research Day that will be hosted on Wednesday, May 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stanley Stout Center. Learn more about this event by visiting, ASI Research Day
• Save the Date: On-campus interviews for Asst/Assoc Professor – Animal Nutrition will take place Thursday, May 2, Tuesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 15. View the candidates’ cover letter, CVs, and Seminar zoom links at https://www.asi.k-state.edu/candidates/animalnutrition/.
• Kiracofe Lecture: Dr. Jeff Stevenson will be the presenter at the 2024 Kiracofe Lecture and Physiology/Animal Breeding Seminar on Tuesday, April 30 at 1:30 p.m. in Call Hall 205. The presentation title is “Perils and Performance of Peer Review”. Learn more about the seminar here.
• Mark your calendars: The Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation Groundbreaking will take place on May 17 at 2:30 p.m. Visit here to register for the event.

SEMINARS: 

• Meat Science Seminar
  • None at this time
• Monogastric Nutrition Seminar
  • None at this time
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • None at this time
• Physiology and Animal Breeding Seminars
  • Dr. Jeff Stevenson, “Physiology and Technologies Developed for Reproductive Management.” – Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Call Hall 205 at 8:30 p.m.

ASI FACULTY & STAFF BIRTHDAYS:

• May 1 – John Wolfe
• May 3 – Liz Boyle
• May 3 – Kelly Gette
• May 4 – Victor Gomez Leon
• May 8 – Jack Lemmon
• May 14 – AJ Tarpoff
• May 14 – Nathan Plummer
• May 16 – Tony Sauvage
• May 20 – Evan Titgemeyer
• May 20 – Macy Mueller

If you’d like your birthday added to the list, please email Stacey Chard at schard@ksu.edu.

OPEN POSITIONS:

• Dairy Teaching and Research Center Manager – To apply, go to https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/515771/dairy-teaching-and-research-center-manager
• Animal Technician Supervisor (Dairy Unit) – To apply, go to https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/jobs/job-announcements.html.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

UPCOMING EVENTS:
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April 30 – Kiracofe Lecture – Call Hall 205 – 1:30 p.m.
April 28 – April 30 – State FFA CDE’s
May 3 – ASI Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 8 – ASI Research Day – Stanley Stout Center – 8 a.m.
May 6-10 – Finals Week
May 10-11 – Manhattan Campus Commencement
May 15 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
May 17 – Global Center for Grain & Food Innovation Groundbreaking – 2:30 p.m.
May 27 – Memorial Day (University Holiday)
June 3-5 – Livestock Judging Camp
June 4-6 – HACCP Course – Manhattan, KS
June 5-8 – K-State Animal Science Leadership Academy (KASLA)
June 10-12 – Livestock Judging Camp
June 12 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
June 13 – Horse Judging Camp – Stanley Stout Center
June 20-22 – Junior Dairy Show – Salina, KS
July 4 – University Holiday
August 3-6 – Ag Media Summit
July 12-13 – Dr. Bob Hines Kansas Swine Classic – CiCo Park
September 27 – Stocker Field Day
October 5 – K-State ASI Family & Friends Reunion

To submit information for future updates, visit https://forms.gle/iuH4eCKt4hCxCgDU8

• The Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on Friday, May 3 from 9 am-12pm in Leadership Studies Townhall. The Symposium will include research projects from swine science, animal reproduction, small ruminant science, meat science, muscle biology, food safety, and genetics. Coffee and donuts will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
• ASI Research Day: Mark your calendars for the first ASI Research Day that will be hosted on Wednesday, May 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stanley Stout Center. Learn more about this event by visiting, ASI Research Day
• GSA Meat Bingo: Please mark your calendars for the 4^th Annual ASI GSA Meat Bingo on April 25^th! The event will be hosted at the Manhattan Brewing Company at 6:30 PM. Bingo cards are $15 per card with chances to win many unique prize bundles. Please plan to join us for a fun night and to support the grad student association within our department. In addition, if you or a company that you are affiliated with would like to donate meat, gift cards, or prize bundles please contact Abigail Jenkins at akjenkin@ksu.edu.

GSA Meat Bingo Flyer 2024

• Save the Date: On-campus interviews for Asst/Assoc Professor – Animal Nutrition will take place Thursday, April 25, Thursday, May 2, Tuesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 15. View the candidates’ cover letter, CVs, and Seminar zoom links at https://www.asi.k-state.edu/candidates/animalnutrition/.
• Kiracofe Lecture: Dr. Jeff Stevenson will be the presenter at the 2024 Kiracofe Lecture and Physiology/Animal Breeding Seminar on Tuesday, April 30 at 1:30 p.m. in Call Hall 205. The presentation title is “Perils and Performance of Peer Review”. Learn more about the seminar here.
• Annual Cybersecurity Awareness training: All faculty, staff and students must complete the online Cybersecurity Training by Tuesday, April 30.
• BQA Training: The Collegiate Cattlemens Club is helping host a BQA Training taught by Dr. A.J. Tarpoff. This event hosted at the Stanley Stout Center will be April 23 starting at 6 pm. There will be free Cox BBQ sponsored by the Kansas Beef Council as well as a chance to buy tickets to win a Vaxmate Cooler that is sponsored by Bank of the Flint Hills. The whole event is free of charge and we would like to get a lot more of the students to go through a BQA training! If you would like to attend, please make sure you scan the QR code and RSVP! The form will close one week prior to the event so make sure to sign up early! Learn more about the training here.
• Save the Date: The Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium will be hosted Friday, May 3 from 9 am to noon in Leadership Studies Townhall. The Symposium will include research projects from swine science, animal reproduction, small ruminant science, meat science, muscle biology, food safety, and genetics. Coffee and donuts will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
• Mark your calendars: The Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation Groundbreaking will take place on May 17 at 2:30 p.m.

SEMINARS: 

• Dr. Paul M. Fricke, “Where’s the Beef? – use of sexed semen, beef semen, and IVP beef embryos in dairy cattle.” – Monday, April 29, Call Hall 205 at 3:00 p.m. (Zoom = 981 2929 1761 / Passcode = Repro)
• Meat Science Seminar
  • None at this time
• Monogastric Nutrition Seminar
  • Hilario Cordoba, “Effects of Ractopamine HCL in finishing pig diets” – Monday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m. in Weber 146.
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • None at this time
• Physiology and Animal Breeding Seminars
  • Dr. Jeff Stevenson, “Physiology and Technologies Developed for Reproductive Management.” – Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Call Hall 205 at 1:30 p.m.

ASI FACULTY & STAFF BIRTHDAYS: 

• April 23 – Tim Rozell
• April 27 – Joel DeRouchey
• April 29 – Logan Thompson

If you’d like your birthday added to the list, please email Stacey Chard at schard@ksu.edu.

OPEN POSITIONS:

• Dairy Teaching and Research Center Manager – To apply, go to https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/515771/dairy-teaching-and-research-center-manager
• Animal Technician Supervisor (Dairy Unit) – To apply, go to https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/jobs/job-announcements.html.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Facebook: @ksuasi
X: @KSUASI
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ksuasi/

April 27 – Wildcat Showdown – CiCo Park
April 30 – Kiracofe Lecture – Call Hall 205 – 1:30 p.m.
May 3 – ASI Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 6-10 – Finals Week
May 10-11 – Manhattan Campus Commencement
May 15 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
May 17 – Global Center for Grain & Food Innovation Groundbreaking – 2:30 p.m.
May 27 – Memorial Day (University Holiday)
June 3-5 – Livestock Judging Camp
June 4-6 – HACCP Course – Manhattan, KS
June 5-8 – K-State Animal Science Leadership Academy (KASLA)
June 10-12 – Livestock Judging Camp
June 12 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
June 13 – Horse Judging Camp – Stanley Stout Center
June 20-22 – Junior Dairy Show – Salina, KS
July 4 – University Holiday
August 3-6 – Ag Media Summit
July 12-13 – Dr. Bob Hines Kansas Swine Classic – CiCo Park
September 27 – Stocker Field Day
October 5 – K-State ASI Family & Friends Reunion

To submit information for future updates, visit https://forms.gle/iuH4eCKt4hCxCgDU8

Yesterday was Demo with the Deans! The event celebrated the start of the fencing going up around Weber Arena for the construction of the new Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation. Students, faculty and staff got to learn about the Agriculture Innovation Initiative while enjoying Call Hall Ice Cream. View more photos here.

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the K-State Meat Animal Evaluation Team, who claimed NATIONAL CHAMPION honors today by winning the National Meat Animal Evaluation Contest hosted at the University of Wyoming. The team outpaced all of the competition, winning by an impressive 300-point margin. The team won the Meats, Breeding, Market, Beef Evaluation and Swine Evaluation divisions. This is the fourth straight year and seventh in the past eight that K-State has earned this honor.

Individually K-State had six members place in the top 10 overall, including the top five individuals. Kyla Mennen, Logansport, Indiana, was first; Cole Murphy, Houstonia, Missouri, second; Sadie Marchiano, Fort Scott, Kansas, third; Bailey Lavender, Branford, Florida, fourth, and Sam Stickley, St Paris, Ohio, fifth. Congratulations to the team and coaches.

• GSA Meat Bingo: Please mark your calendars for the 4^th Annual ASI GSA Meat Bingo on April 25^th! The event will be held at Manhattan Brewing Company at 6:30 PM. Bingo cards are $15 per card with chances to win many unique prize bundles. Please plan to join us for a fun night and to support the grad student association within our department. In addition, if you or a company that you are affiliated with would like to donate meat, gift cards, or prize bundles please contact Abigail Jenkins at akjenkin@ksu.edu.

GSA Meat Bingo Flyer 2024

• Save the Date: On-campus interviews for Asst/Assoc Professor – Animal Nutrition will take place Thursday, April 25, Thursday, May 2, Tuesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 15. View the candidates’ cover letter, CVs, and Seminar zoom links at https://www.asi.k-state.edu/candidates/animalnutrition/.
• Kiracofe Lecture: Dr. Jeff Stevenson will be the presenter at the 2024 Kiracofe Lecture and Physiology/Animal Breeding Seminar on Tuesday, April 30 at 1:30 p.m. in Call Hall 205. The presentation title is “Perils and Performance of Peer Review”. Learn more about the seminar here.
• Annual Cybersecurity Awareness training: All faculty, staff and students must complete the online Cybersecurity Training by Tuesday, April 30.
• BQA Training: The Collegiate Cattlemens Club is helping host a BQA Training taught by Dr. A.J. Tarpoff. This event hosted at the Stanley Stout Center will be April 23 starting at 6 pm. There will be free Cox BBQ sponsored by the Kansas Beef Council as well as a chance to buy tickets to win a Vaxmate Cooler that is sponsored by Bank of the Flint Hills. The whole event is free of charge and we would like to get a lot more of the students to go through a BQA training! If you would like to attend, please make sure you scan the QR code and RSVP! The form will close one week prior to the event so make sure to sign up early! Learn more about the training here.
• Mark your calendars: The Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation Groundbreaking will take place on May 17 at 2:30 p.m.

SEMINARS: 

• Meat Science Seminar
  • None at this time
• Monogastric Nutrition Seminar
  • Larissa Becker, “Do health challenged pigs have different amino acid requirements” – Monday, April 22 at 1:30 p.m. in Weber 146
  • Hilario Cordoba, “Effects of Ractopamine HCL in finishing pig diets” – Monday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m. in Weber 146.
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • Kelsey Pasch , “Ruminal biohydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids” – Monday, April 22 at 4:30 p.m. in Call Hall 205
• Physiology and Animal Breeding Seminars
  • Will Schaffer, “miRNA Differential Expression for Water Intake, Average Daily Gain, and Dry Matter Intake” – Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Weber 146 at 8:30 a.m.
  • Dr. Jeff Stevenson, “Perils and Performance of Peer Review.” – Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Call Hall 205 at 1:30 p.m.

ASI FACULTY & STAFF BIRTHDAYS: 

• April 23 – Tim Rozell
• April 27 – Joel DeRouchey
• April 29 – Logan Thompson

If you’d like your birthday added to the list, please email Stacey Chard at schard@ksu.edu.

OPEN POSITIONS:

• Dairy Teaching and Research Center Manager – To apply, go to https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/515771/dairy-teaching-and-research-center-manager
• Animal Technician Supervisor (Dairy Unit) – To apply, go to https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/jobs/job-announcements.html.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

• North Dakota State University, Assistant Professor/Livestock Judging Coach, learn more here.
• North Carolina State University, CALS Statistical Analyst/Consultant, https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/199851.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Facebook: @ksuasi
X: @KSUASI
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ksuasi/

April 17 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
April 27 – Wildcat Showdown – CiCo Park
April 30 – Kiracofe Lecture – Call Hall 205 – 1:30 p.m.
May 6-10 – Finals Week
May 10-11 – Manhattan Campus Commencement
May 15 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
May 17 – Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation Groundbreaking – 2:30 p.m.
May 27 – Memorial Day (University Holiday)
June 3-5 – Livestock Judging Camp
June 4-6 – HACCP Course – Manhattan, KS
June 5-8 – K-State Animal Science Leadership Academy (KASLA)
June 10-12 – Livestock Judging Camp
June 12 – Faculty Meeting – 146 Weber Hall
June 13 – Horse Judging Camp – Stanley Stout Center
June 20-22 – Junior Dairy Show – Salina, KS
July 4 – University Holiday
August 3-6 – Ag Media Summit
July 12-13 – Dr. Bob Hines Kansas Swine Classic – CiCo Park
September 27 – Stocker Field Day
October 5 – K-State ASI Family & Friends Reunion

To submit information for future updates, visit https://forms.gle/iuH4eCKt4hCxCgDU8