Kansas State University

UPCOMING EVENTS & CONFERENCES:

STOCKER FIELD DAY – Join us for the 24^th Beef Stocker Field Day to be hosted on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at the KSU Beef Stocker Unit in Manhattan. Attached is a copy of the program.  Online registration information can be found at asi.ksu.edu/stockerfieldday.  If you are faculty, staff or students and you’d like to attend, you can register complimentary at https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2tmnZWL0uEV2tZI. If you’d like to join for just the lunch portion, please let Katie Smith know in advance by Thursday, September 19 so there are accurate meal counts. You can pick up a lunch ticket in advance from Katie in 218 Weber Hall.

We have a great program lined up for you. We’ll offer practical information and management tips to help achieve greater flexibility and optimize your stocker operation in the evolving beef industry.  We will be serving a bbq beef lunch.  The day will conclude with a good old-fashioned prairie oyster fry.

HENRY C. GARDINER GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS CONFERENCE & LECTURE:

• • Conference – K-State Alumni Center, October 7 – Noon to 4 p.m.
  • Lecture – Scientist Peer Ederer will be the featured speaker. His talk is titled “Scientific Evidence Behind the Role of Livestock and Meat Production in a Global Society”. Read more here.

DEPARTMENT NEWS

• Welcome to #KSUASI Mindy King! Dr. King will join the faculty in January as an assistant professor of animal nutrition.
  Read more: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/news/24_king.html

• Application for graduation deadline: Tuesday, October 1
• College of Agriculture awards nearly $90,000 to graduate students
• NBAF Laboratorian Training Program is now accepting applications, learn more about this program here.
• K-State upgrading KSIS and HRIS systems on September 20 – Learn more regarding the updates here.
• All University Career Fair – Bramlage Coliseum (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

  • NOTE: Days are grouped around industry segments. Students encouraged to review companies attending each day through Handshake, as there may be opportunities of interest on multiple days. Day 1 – Tuesday, September 24 Agriculture, Food, & Environment Health Professions Veterinary Medicine Day 2 – Wednesday, September 25 Business & Leadership Art, Architecture, Design, & Communications Humanities, Education, Societies, Law, & Government Day 3 – Thursday, September 26 Engineering, Construction, & Math Sciences, Computers, & Info Systems

• The College of Agriculture is hosting a networking night open to all ag students with over 30 employers on Monday, September 23 from 6-8 p.m. Please encourage your students to register for the event. Registered attendees will receive a nametag, employer list and hors d’oeuvres at the event. The registration link can be found in the student newsletter or here.

UPCOMING SEMINARS

Dr. Juergen Richt, Regents and University Distinguished Professor, CEEZAD and CEZID Director, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, will present: “Experimental H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b Virus Infections in Livestock ” on Thursday, September 19 at 3:30 p.m. in the Mara Center.

You may also join via Zoom,  https://ksu.zoom.us/j/91407704236.

• Monogastic Seminar
  • Rachelle Lazaga, Wednesday, September 18 – “Effect of added sodium metabisulfite on nursery pig performance.” – Weber 111 at 12:30 p.m.
  • Mikayla Spinler, Wednesday, September 25 – “Supplementation of xylanase in the grow-finish diet.” – Weber 111 at 12:30 p.m.
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • Elizabeth Kiselewski, Monday, September 23 – “Cannabis sativa as a feedstuff for ruminants” – Call Hall 205 at 4:30 p.m.
• Reproductive Physiology, Breeding, and Genetics 
  • Elizabeth Dressler, Tuesday, October 8 – “The Genetics of Cashmere Fiber Characteristics” – Call Hall 205 at 8:30 a.m.
    • Zoom link: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/99530148658?pwd=awbYgTvSOJ29VcNLurXz41zqPbyoT3.1 (Passcode: 622694)

CONSTRUCITON

• 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

If you’d like your birthday added to the list, please email Stacey Chard at schard@ksu.edu.

OPEN POSITIONS:

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

The K-State Rodeo took place this past week on September 6-8 at CiCo Park. There was a great crowd and great weather to kick off their season. Results are as follows:

K-State College of Agriculture is ranked No. 8 in Niche.com’s 2025 rankings

Kansas State University’s College of Agriculture has once again been recognized as a top 10 college by Niche.com in its annual ranking of the Best Colleges for Agricultural Sciences. In the 2025 list, K-State ranks No. 8.

The Niche.com ranking is based on an analysis of academic, admissions, financial and student life data collected by the U.S. Department of Education, plus millions of reviews from students and alumni.

“We are once again honored that K-State is included in Niche’s top 10 list for 2025 Best Colleges for Agricultural Sciences in America,” said Ernie Minton, Eldon Gideon dean of the College of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension. “Niche.com’s data and survey results show what we are passionate about — academic excellence, faculty approachability and student experience.

“A key component of K-State’s vision to become the ideal next-generation land-grant university is the College of Agriculture’s Agriculture Innovation Initiative,” added Minton. “This includes not only new, state-of-the-art facilities across campus, but also new teaching and research approaches that will enable us to recruit and retain world-class faculty and researchers.

“Through our teaching we will educate and strengthen the future leaders and workforce of agriculture, preparing them to tackle the opportunities and challenges they face and help feed a hungry world,” Minton said.

Niche.com list of top 10 agriculture schools include:

No. 1 Cornell University

No. 2 University of California — Davis

No. 3 Texas A&M University

No. 4 North Carolina State

No. 5 Purdue University

No. 6 University of Florida

No. 7 University of Illinois Urbana — Champaign

No. 8 Kansas State University

No. 9 University of Georgia

No. 10 Oklahoma State University

Recruitment Events

The Presence of Purple was out and about this weekend with students attending the Kansas State Fair and the Youth Horse Show at the American Royal in Kansas City. Both were successful opportunities to interact with future K-State students and alumni.

K-State Animal Sciences & Industry Mentors and College of Agriculture Ag Ambassadors teamed up to have a booth between livestock barns this past week at the Kansas State Fair on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. With a ‘Cats win on Saturday, there was a lot of excitement and traction through the booth.

The K-State Horse Judging Team hosted a Quarter Horse Judging Clinic September 7 during the Quarter Horse Show at the American Royal in Kansas City. Team members hosted a giveaway and spent time interacting with the 55 participates sharing information about being K-State College of Agriculture students.

UPCOMING EVENTS & CONFERENCES:

• STOCKER FIELD DAY –

Join us for the 24^th Beef Stocker Field Day to be hosted on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at the KSU Beef Stocker Unit in Manhattan. Attached is a copy of the program.  Online registration information can be found at asi.ksu.edu/stockerfieldday.  If you are faculty, staff or students and you’d like to attend, you can register complimentary at https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2tmnZWL0uEV2tZI. If you’d like to join for just the lunch portion, please let Katie Smith know in advance by Thursday, September 19 so there are accurate meal counts. You can pick up a lunch ticket in advance from Katie in 218 Weber Hall.

We have a great program lined up for you.  We’ll offer practical information and management tips to help achieve greater flexibility and optimize your stocker operation in the evolving beef industry.  We will be serving a bbq beef lunch.  The day will conclude with a good old-fashioned prairie oyster fry.

• HENRY C. GARDINER GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS CONFERENCE & LECTURE:
  • Conference – K-State Alumni Center, October 7 – Noon to 4 p.m.
  • Lecture – Scientist Peer Ederer will be the featured speaker. His talk is titled “Scientific Evidence Behind the Role of Livestock and Meat Production in a Global Society”. Read more here.

DEPARTMENT NEWS

• NBAF Laboratorian Training Program is now accepting applications, learn more about this program here.
• K-State upgrading KSIS and HRIS systems on September 20 – Learn more regarding the updates here.
• Upcoming Drop Dates:
  • September 16-Last Day for 50% refund for a regular session course
• All University Career Fair – Bramlage Coliseum (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

  • NOTE: Days are grouped around industry segments. Students encouraged to review companies attending each day through Handshake, as there may be opportunities of interest on multiple days. Day 1 – Tuesday, September 24 Agriculture, Food, & Environment Health Professions Veterinary Medicine Day 2 – Wednesday, September 25 Business & Leadership Art, Architecture, Design, & Communications Humanities, Education, Societies, Law, & Government Day 3 – Thursday, September 26 Engineering, Construction, & Math Sciences, Computers, & Info Systems

• The College of Agriculture is hosting a networking night open to all ag students with over 30 employers on Monday, September 23 from 6-8 p.m. Please encourage your students to register for the event. Registered attendees will receive a nametag, employer list and hors d’oeuvres at the event. The registration link can be found in the student newsletter or here.

UPCOMING SEMINARS

• Monogastic Seminar
  • Ethan Stas, Wednesday, September 11 – “Interactions of branch chain amino acids and their effects of growth performance” – Weber 111 at 12:30 p.m.
  • Rachelle Lazaga, Wednesday, September 18 – “Effect of added sodium metabisulfite on nursery pig performance.” – Weber 111 at 12:30 p.m.
• Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar
  • Elizabeth Kiselewski, Monday, September 23 – “Cannabis sativa as a feedstuff for ruminants” – Call Hall 205 at 4:30 p.m.
• Reproductive Physiology, Breeding, and Genetics 
  • Elizabeth Dressler, Tuesday, October 8 – “The Genetics of Cashmere Fiber Characteristics” – Call Hall 205 at 8:30 a.m.
    • Zoom link: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/99530148658?pwd=awbYgTvSOJ29VcNLurXz41zqPbyoT3.1 (Passcode: 622694)

CONSTRUCITON 

• Partial closure of Mid-Campus Aug. 16-Sept. 12
• 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

If you’d like your birthday added to the list, please email Stacey Chard at schard@ksu.edu.

OPEN POSITIONS:

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

K-State ASI Student Organizations participated in the Watermelon Feed on Tuesday, August 27. It was a great opportunity for new and returning students to learn about the student organizations offered throughout the College of Agriculture. See photo here.