Kansas State University

• Department Update: Encourage your students to attend the Department Update taking place on Tuesday, March 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Weber Arena. This will be an opportunity for students to hear from Dr. Cassie Jones, #KSUASI Teaching Coordinator, and Kathy Huser, Student Services Coordinator, about the #KSUASI curriculum updates and building renovation plans.

• 94th Annual Little American Royal Showmanship Contest:

  The Little American Royal Executive Team would like to invite you to participate in the 2024 Little American Royal held in the historical Weber Arena on April 6th. There will be two divisions, experienced for if you have shown the species before, and novice, for if you have not shown the species before. The species eligible to be shown are beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and swine. The entry fee for the first animal is $25, and that will get you breakfast and a t-shirt. For every additional animal, it will be an extra $15. Sign-ups are taking place outside Weber 123 from Monday, February 26^th through Friday, March 8^th.  Sign-up will not occur on March, 1 (Cattlemen’s Day). If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to kbriffel@ksu.edu. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at LAR this year!

• Interview Schedule for Sustainable Small Ruminant Production position:

  On campus interviews will be held for the Asst/Associate Professor Sustainable Small Ruminant Production position on the following dates:

  Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 

  Monday, Mar 4, 2024 

  View schedule at: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/candidates/sustainablesmallruminant/

• Interview Schedule for Sustainable Fresh Meat Industry: On campus interviews will be held for the Asst/Association Professor Sustainable Fresh Meat Industry position on the following dates:Tuesday, March 5, 2024Thursday, March 7, 2024Friday, March 8, 2024View schedule at: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/candidates/meats/
• 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.

 

SEMINARS: 

• Meat Science Seminar
  • Mariana Pardes Rivera, (Title to come) – Monday, March 4, 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
  • Jasmine Mehalic, “Strategies to Alter Soybean Meal for RUP in Dairy Cattle” – Monday, March 4 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: 

• March 1 – Barbara McMurray
• March 12 – Lindsey Hulbert
• March 12 – Deanna Retzlaff
• March 20 – KC Olson
• March 22 – Tom Taul
• March 23 – Billy Brown

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.