Kansas State University

• #KSUASI Headlines: Take a look back on February around Weber & Call Hall: February KSU ASI Headlines 
• Gamma Sigma Delta Undergraduate Research Symposium: The Gamma Sigma Delta Undergraduate Research Symposium will be hosted on April 19, 2024, from 1-3 p.m. in Leadership Studies – Room 126. Interested undergraduates should submit their abstracts by April 8, 2024 at midnight. Please submit abstracts to Jessie Vipham.
• 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 hosted in the historic Weber Arena on April 6. There will be two divisions, experienced for if the student has shown the species before, and novice, for those who 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 includes breakfast and a t-shirt. For every additional animal, it will be an extra $15. Sign-ups are taking place outside Weber 123 until Friday, March 8.  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 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, Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8. View schedule at: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/candidates/meats/

 

SEMINARS: 

• Meat Science Seminar
  • Sidney Munk, Muscle of dark and normal beef differs metabolically – Monday, March 18, 2024.
• Monogastric Nutrition Seminar
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • Elizabeth Kiselewski “Mitigating methane emissions with 3-nitrooxypropanol” – Monday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. in Call 205
• Physiology and Animal Breeding Seminars
  • None planned for the next two weeks. 

ASI FACULTY & STAFF BIRTHDAYS: 

• 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.

 

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

• Mississippi State University, Dairy Herder, https://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/507368/dairy-herder.
• Texas Tech University, Executive Director of Equestrian Programs, https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5635#jobDetails=854997_5635.