Sources: David Anderson, 785-532-4259, danderso@vet.1xbet sports betting edu;
Robert Larson, 785-532-4257, rlarson@vet.1xbet sports betting edu;
and Brad White, 785-532-4243, bwhite@vet.1xbet sports betting edu
News release prepared by: Joe Montgomery, 785-532-4194, jmontgom@vet.1xbet sports betting edu

Monday, Dec. 20, 2010

PROFESSORS USING USDA GRANT FOR 1xbet sports betting EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

MANHATTAN -- Three faculty members from Kansas State University's College of Veterinary 1xbet sports betting have received a grant for developing a new method of teaching veterinarians involved with food safety.

David Anderson, Robert Larson and Brad White, all from the department of clinical sciences, are receiving part of a Higher Education Challenge Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their project, &1xbet sports betting ;Food Systems Veterinary Medicine for the 21st Century.&1xbet sports betting ;

The project is part of a multi-institutional grant headed by Scott Hurd at Iowa State University and that involves 1xbet sports betting and the University of Arkansas. The overall grant is for 1,000; 1xbet sports betting 's portion is ,000.

The K-Staters are coming up with a new method of teaching concepts of food animal 1xbet sports betting and food safety by changing the framework, curriculum and delivery mechanism of that information.

The new method will transform the mindset and skill set for veterinarians who are tasked with safely feeding the world, according to Anderson.

&1xbet sports betting ;The U.S. has a continuing and serious shortage of veterinarians needed to ensure a constant supply of safe and wholesome food that is produced in a humane manner,&1xbet sports betting ; said Anderson, professor and section head of agricultural practices in the College of Veterinary Medicine. &1xbet sports betting ;This creates a great need for experts to work in complex farming, food production and processing systems, and to help with sustainability, respond to societal changes, and maintain consumer confidence.&1xbet sports betting ;

Higher Education Challenge grants are administered through the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. The grant program encourages innovative 1xbet sports betting enhancement projects with the potential for regional or national impact and for serving as models for other institutions. While research and extension activities may be included in a funded project, the primary focus must be to improve 1xbet sports betting within a degree-granting program.

&1xbet sports betting ;Adding new learning objectives to the veterinary curriculum education is difficult because students are currently overloaded with information,&1xbet sports betting ; said Larson, professor of production medicine. &1xbet sports betting ;Students don't have time for more courses, labs or rotations. To provide new content without increasing course load requires innovative methods, including modifying existing food animal topics to provide the current content while imparting the systems methodology, and applying systems engineering teaching and learning principles to veterinary students through a partnership with the K-State College of Engineering.&1xbet sports betting ;

&1xbet sports betting ;One focus of this project is developing materials that provide faculty with the tools necessary to implement systems teaching,&1xbet sports betting ; said Brad White, associate professor of production medicine. &1xbet sports betting ;A trainer will be established at each collaborating university, and that trainer will work with selected faculty to modify some of their existing lectures. The revised lectures will include the original content while setting the information into systems-based examples.&1xbet sports betting ;

Several College of Veterinary 1xbet sports betting faculty members in food animal 1xbet sports betting will assist with the project, including Matt Miesner, Shelie Laflin, Michael Apley and Mike Sanderson.