Kansas State University

• Operation Santa: The Department of Animal Sciences & Industry will be participating in Operation Santa this holiday season. Operation Santa has been helping military families at Ft. Riley for 40 years. Each family receives 2 toys for each child; a Christmas stocking with stocking stuffers for each child; and a game or puzzle for each family. The gifts are wrapped and delivered to the families beginning Dec. 4 through Dec. 25^th . Last year Operation Santa served 850 military families: between 1700-1800 children.

  If you would like to participate in the donation, please bring your monetary gift or a new toy(s) to one of these locations:

  ASI Business Office 232 Weber Hall; Call Hall Business Office 139 Call Hall; or Food Science Institute Office, Call Hall 216.

  Any money collected will be given to Operation Santa coordinators to purchase items that are needed.  Donations will be collected until 5:00 p.m. December 2, 2024.

• Blood Drive: Donate Blood on Friday, December 6 in Dykstra Hall from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To make an appointment email, Marci Ritter (mritter@ksu.edu).

• Plan to join us Wednesday, November 20 to leave your mark and sign a beam that will go in the new Bilbrey Event Center. This construction milestone will be celebrated from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Stanley Stout Center (2200 Denison Ave) as a come-and-go event. Please RSVP by November 13 at kstate.ag/Bilbreybeamsigning.

• Save the Date – Friday, November 15th 9:15am-10:00am KSU Student Union, Big-12 Room (+Zoom)

  KSU President Linton and Provost Mendez will meet with all College of Ag leadership, faculty, and staff on Friday, November 15, 2024, from 9:15-10:00am at the KSU Student Union (Big 12 Room). We will ensure that a zoom connection is available for those that cannot attend in person.

• Cheese Box: Cheese box order forms are now available here –

  Please turn in all orders before November 22nd, this will give us time to ship all orders by December 6th. Cheese Box Order Form 2024[12]

UPCOMING SEMINARS

• Monogastic Seminar
  • Jessica Smallfield, Wendesday, November 13 – “Mode of action of organic acids and impacts of performance” – Weber 111 at 12:30 p.m.
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • Jeremy Davies, Monday, November 11 – “Trace mineral bioavailability: organic and inorganic complexes” – Call Hall 205 at 4:30 p.m.
  • Rachael Skinner, Monday, November 18 – “Effects of dietary milk fatty acid profile on dairy calf immunity” – Call Hall 205 at 4:30 p.m.
• Reproductive Physiology, Breeding, and Genetics 
  • Maria Eugenia Gaya Macaneiro, Tuesday, November 5 at 8:30 a.m. in Call Hall 205 – “Social dynamics in pigs: The influence of contest outcomes, behavioral lateralization, and feeding conditions” Maria Eugenia Gaya Macaneiro Seminar Flyer
  • Samantha Scott, Tuesday, November 12 at 8:30 a.m. in Call Hall 205. Sem1_Flyer

CONSTRUCTION

• It’s an exciting time on campus. Bookmark our construction page to follow how changes are occurring around Weber and Call Halls and up by the Stout Center with the construction of the Bilbrey Family Event Center.
  https://www.asi.k-state.edu/construction.html

OPEN POSITIONS:

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

None at this time.