Kansas State University

• Academic Quadrathlon Schedule:
  Monday, Feb. 19 – 6 p.m. start – Weber Hall – Lab practicum and written exam
  Tuesday, Feb. 20 – 6 p.m. start – Weber Hall – Quiz bowl and oral presentation
  Thursday, Feb. 22 – 6 p.m. start – Alumni Center – (for members of top 9 teams on written exam) Final events, placings & CoCo Bolo’s prime rib catered meal
• Cattleman’s Day: If you are encouraging students to attend Cattlemen’s Day, please encourage them to register at https://bit.ly/KSUcattlemensdaystudent.
• Stockman’s Dinner: The 2024 LMIC Stockman’s Dinner will be hosted on Thursday, February 29, honoring Galen and Lori Fink as the Stockman of the Year.  The event will begin with a social at 6:00 pm followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and will be at the Stanley Stout Center.We are requesting some volunteers from our ASI family to help with serving the meals.  We have two scheduled timeframes where we are requesting help.  If you are interested you can sign up by using this link or emailing Katie directly. Volunteers will be served a steak dinner! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WXWUJja_nlQEoidoki17eFmFW1Stz7COM2vq3Kdvdlc/edit?usp=sharing
• Town Hall meeting Feb. 20 for K-State faculty and staff –

  President Richard Linton will host a town hall for faculty and staff from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the K-State Alumni Center. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend in person. A live stream will be available for those unable to attend in person.

  The town hall panel will include Linton, Interim Provost Mercer, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff Marshall Stewart, members of the President’s Cabinet and Division of Information Technology leadership.

  The town hall will be streamed on the president’s communications webpage. Access will require a K-State eID to view the session. The video also will be archived at that same site.

SEMINARS: 

• Meat Science Seminar
  • Jordan Looper, “Compositional Differences Among Types of Mechanically Separated Chicken and Their Influence on Physicochemical Attributes of Frankfurter-Type Sausages” – Monday, February 26, 2024.
• Monogastric Nutrition Seminar
  • UPDATE: Katelyn Gaffield, “Impact of amino acids in modulating muscle growth and development in swine” – Tuesday, February 27 at 12:00 p.m. in Weber 121.
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • Harleigh Johnson, “Extending color display life of meat through dietary supplementation of vitamin E ” – Monday, February 26 at 4:30 p.m. in Call 205
• Physiology and Animal Breeding Seminars
  • Kate Nelson, “Social status influences adult Ossabaw learning and working memory during the development of a novel feeding cognition test” – Tuesday, February 27 at 8:30 a.m. in Weber 146 or via Zoom, https://ksu.zoom.us/j/92695446761?pwd=UTRBMjc3dURGSU5GdHhTQTRSWEhiZz09 (Meeting ID: 926 9544 6761, Passcode: 247396)

ASI FACULTY & STAFF BIRTHDAYS: 

• Abbey Nutsch – February 21
• Casy Winn – February 25

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:

• Tarleton State University, Ph.D Position – Environmental Impact on Cattle Developmental Programming.  Ph.D. Assistantship_Contreras_TSU