Kansas State University

The 2024 K-State ASI Family & Friends Reunion publication is printed and if you attended the 2024 #KSUASI Family & Friends Reunion your copy will be arriving soon in your mailbox. If you can’t wait for it to arrive, you can check it out here:

Flip format: https://ksulmic.org/251-2/#flipbook-df_241/1/
PDF: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/…/24_FandFPublication_lr.pdf

• Request from ASI Communications & Marketing: As you plan your semester, I encourage you to share any upcoming hands-on learning activities happening in your classroom. These activities provide excellent opportunities to capture engaging photos and video for departmental promotion. If possible, please provide details at least one week in advance to Emily Grund (egrund@ksu.edu) to help plan for proper coverage and highlight the incredible work happening in your classes.
• Update on the 2025 federal transition and executive orders
• Campus Master Plan: View the preliminary plan Feb. 3. – A Campus Master Plan town hall will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Banquet Room of the K-State Alumni Center.
• New Cybersecurity Training available February 3 – The Division of Information Technology (IT) is launching its latest cybersecurity training course on Feb. 3 as part of our commitment to maintaining a secure digital environment. This annual training is a vital component of the university’s Secure Access initiative and is mandatory for all faculty, staff and student employees through the State of Kansas ITEC Policy 7230 – Information Technology Enterprise Security Policy section 8.0 Awareness and Training Standard.The invitation to the training will be delivered to your inbox on Feb. 3 from system@listmos.com.
• Save the Date: Mark your calendars for the 112th Cattlemen’s Day hosted at the National Guard Armory on March 7, 2025. Registration details and the event schedule can be viewed here.
• Save the Date: Mark your calendars for the ASI Graduate Student Research Symposium that will be held on Thursday, May 8 at the Stanley Stout Center. The ASI Graduate Research Symposium is a great opportunity for graduate students to showcase and present their research with ASI peer graduate students and faculty members, get feedback, and better prepare for the conferences held in the summer. Your participation is key to the success of this event. A “Call for abstracts” email will be shared closer to the event date.
• W-2 forms available through State of Kansas Employee Self Service

• UPCOMING DEFENSE:
  • Mariana Paredes defends “Use of qualitative and quantitative microbial data to determine if turkey pre-chill and post-chill sampling are predictive of Salmonella enterica contamination in ground turkey” on Monday, March 24 at 1 p.m. in 201 Wayne Franklin Student Leadership Conference Room.
  • Sidney Munk – Thursday, April 3 at 1 p.m. in Call Hall 205.
• UPCOMING SEMINARS
  • Meat Science
    • None at this time.
  • Monogastic Seminar – Wednesday 12:30 p.m. in Call Hall 140
    • March 5 – Cooper McAuley – Effect of phytase super dosing e in nursery diets
  • Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
    • None at this time.
  • Reproductive Physiology, Breeding, and Genetics 
    • None at this time.

  OPEN POSITIONS:

  Professor (Assistant/Associate/Full) Position(s): 

  None at this time.

  Unclassified Staff Position(s):

  • Research Technician – Kansas Artificial Breeding Services Unit (KABSU) – To apply, go to https://careers.k-state.edu/jobs/research-technician-manhattan-kansas-united-states-4600d43f-6c43-44c2-9512-3efc3c86ace7
    

  University Support Staff Position(s):

  None at this time.

  Department Student Employment Position(s):

  https://www.asi.k-state.edu/studentsuccess/student_employment/
  If you are interested in adding a job to this page, please email Emily Grund.

  Professional Opportunities(s):

  • SUNY Colbeskill, Assistant Professor – Animal Science: View more here.
  • University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Dean of UT Extension: View more here.

View more photos of feedlot boot camp here.

2025 K-STATE FEEDLOT MANAGEMENT COLLEGIATE BOOT CAMP:  Twenty-three students participated in the 2025 K-State Feedlot Management Collegiate Boot Camp hosted January 13-16 in and around Garden City, Kansas. Eleven #KSUASI students participated, and additional students were from Oklahoma State University, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture – Curtis, West Texas A&M University and Colorado State University.

This is the seventh year of the program with the overarching goal being to develop student knowledge, skills, and professional relationships in feedlot management to help meet critical need for trained professionals in the industry. 

Visits to area feedlots Reeve Cattle Company, Finney County Feedyard, Poky Feeders and Fairleigh Feed Yard; classroom discussions on animal health, feeds and nutrition, and the business of cattle feeding; as well as evening networking dinners with feedlot managers and industry professionals comprised the program.

Dr. Pete Anderson and colleagues from Midwest PMS, feedlot managers and representatives from Zoetis have provided program expertise and program sponsorship. Dr. Corbin Stevens, Production Animal Consultation (PAC) and Dr. AJ Tarpoff, K-State beef extension veterinarian , contributed expertise on feedlot health management. In addition to Zoetis, Phibro Animal Health, Axiota, MicroTechnologies, and many feedlot businesses have provided tuition and scholarship sponsorship for participating students.

Representatives from approximately 20 feedlots attended the networking dinner where participants were able to interact and interview for potential feedlot internships/jobs. Rabo AgriFinance organized and sponsored the evening networking event.

If you have questions regarding this program, contact Dr. Karol Fike, karol@ksu.edu.