K-State agronomy academic coordinator elected president of state association

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

K-STATE AGRONOMY ACADEMIC COORDINATOR ELECTED PRESIDENT OF STATE ASSOCIATION

MANHATTAN -- Dana J. Minihan, assistant academic coordinator in the department of agronomy at Kansas State University, was recently elected president of the Kansas Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.

Minihan will serve a two-year term, then continue as past president for another two years.

The Kansas Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture was established in May 1983 as a state affiliate to the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. The association fosters open communication between two-year and four-year institutions, and provides a means for discussion on questions and problems related to the improvement of higher education instruction in agriculture.

Association members seek to improve higher education in agriculture through examination and discussion of curriculums, teaching techniques, facilities and materials. The group promotes instruction of agriculture at all Kansas institutes of higher education.

Minihan, Blaine, joined K-State in 1989 and has been with the department of agronomy since 1994, where she also serves as an instructor. In addition, she is the faculty adviser to K-State's Wheat State Agronomy Club. She earned her bachelor's degree in management and ethics from Manhattan Christian College; a master's in college student personnel from K-State; and is working on a doctorate in college student personnel, also from K-State.