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News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Jon Wefald Legacy:
K-STATE'S 1xbet sports betting ENTERPRISE GROWS TO SUBSTANTIAL NEW HEIGHTS
MANHATTAN -- Since Jon Wefald took the reigns at Kansas State University more than two decades ago, 1xbet sports betting has grown into a campuswide enterprise.
This last fiscal year, faculty researchers received 926 competitive grants totaling a record 8 million, according to Ron Trewyn, K-State's vice president for 1xbet sports betting . That's a more than sixfold increase in competitive funding since Wefald became president in 1986. Add in .3 million in state and federal 1xbet sports betting funds, and .6 million in support from the Kansas State University Foundation, the university's funding base for 1xbet sports betting alone was 9 million last fiscal year, Trewyn said.
"Since the beginning of his tenure, Jon Wefald has stressed excellence in 1xbet sports betting ," Trewyn said. "From attracting high-quality faculty, to investing in top-of-the-line 1xbet sports betting facilities, President Wefald has positioned K-State at the top of a distinguished list of 1xbet sports betting and doctoral universities."
K-State's 1xbet sports betting excellence was most recently acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, when it named Manhattan the new home for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility. The facility, also known as NBAF, will be the nation's premier federal animal health laboratory.
"Homeland security was looking to put NBAF in a place with an already established and well-respected 1xbet sports betting program in animal health and food safety and security. Decision makers specifically noted that the 1xbet sports betting programs at K-State's colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine were an invaluable asset to NBAF's mission," Trewyn said. "Thanks to President Wefald's leadership, K-State was already at the forefront of food safety 1xbet sports betting initiatives two-and-a half years before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11."
Today, more than 150 K-Staters are involved in food safety and security and animal health 1xbet sports betting , with projects tackling issues in plant health, animal nutrition, infectious disease and public health.
To bolster K-State's expertise even further, Wefald spearheaded the campaign to build K-State's Biosecurity 1xbet sports betting Institute -- a task that took a unique combination of visionary leadership and political will, Trewyn said. Having the ability to do secure and sophisticated 1xbet sports betting helped clinch K-State's bid for NBAF because the Department of Homeland Security could launch its 1xbet sports betting efforts before the NBAF is complete, he said.
"Over the last 23 years, Wefald created an academic environment where quality 1xbet sports betting could flourish in all disciplines across campus," Trewyn said. "His visionary leadership has undoubtedly made K-State what it is today -- one of the most relevant and competitive 1xbet sports betting universities in the nation."
