Joe Mocnik (photo courtesy K-State Marketing & Communications)
A new dean of the K-State Libraries has been selected.
The university announced Wednesday morning Joe Mocnik will begin in that role July 25. He will succeed Dr. Lori Goetsch who is retiring.
As dean of K-State Libraries, Mocnik, who serves in the same capacity at North Dakota State University, will oversee a research library system with a total budget of $13.5 million and a collection of 3.6 million titles.
Mocnik, who hails from Croatia, has been with North Dakota State since 2017 and has held similar positions at Georgia College & State University, Southern Adventist University and Mount Aloysius College.
Flowers bloom outside the gates of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. | Public Domain
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has vetoed part of a bill that would have penalized higher education institutions that direct government grant money to abortion providers.
Last Friday, Burgum signed Senate Bill 2030, which includes a clause prohibiting colleges and universities from providing challenge grant funding to entities that provide abortions unless the abortions provided are “necessary to prevent the death of the woman.”
However, Burgum vetoed a section of the bill that would have created a penalty of $2.8 million for any institution of higher learning found to violate the grant ban.
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May 12, 2021 | 6:24 AM
Extension beef cattle specialists from South Dakota State University (SDSU), North Dakota State University (NDSU), Montana State University and the University of Wyoming are now accepting registrations for the educational series, Mineral Nutrition for the Beef Cow Herd.
The webinar sessions will be held June 8, 10, 15, 17 and 22 from 6:30–8pm MT (7:30–9pm CST). Additional webinars will be held in the fall, with dates to be announced.
Started in South Dakota in 2017 and extended to North Dakota in 2018, the program was spurred by an increased interest in grazing mineral nutrition.
“I am excited about the opportunity to expand this program into Montana and Wyoming to reach a larger number of beef cattle producers and help them make positive changes to their mineral program, health of their cattle and the profitability of their operations,” says Adele Harty, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist. “This program has evolve
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BROOKINGS Extension beef cattle specialists from South Dakota State University, North Dakota State University, Montana State University and the University of Wyoming are now accepting registrations for the educational series, Mineral Nutrition for the Beef Cow Herd. Started in South Dakota in 2017 and extended to North Dakota in 2018, the program was spurred by an increased interest in grazing mineral nutrition. I am excited about the opportunity to expand this program into Montana and Wyoming to reach a larger number of beef cattle producers and help them make positive changes to their mineral program, health of their cattle and the profitability of their operations, said Adele Harty, SDSU Extension cow/calf field specialist. This program has evolved, and improvements have been made every year to address the challenges and concerns brought forth by participants. As a result, this program provides hands-on, individualized assistance to ranchers that can make a meaningful differ