Faculty News and Achievements
July 22, 2021
K-State team receives USDA grant to maximize profitability for Kansas small beef producers
A team of K-State researchers has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop resources that will help small and medium-sized business-to-consumer beef producers in Kansas maximize their profitability. The team is comprised of researchers from hospitality management, agricultural economics and animal sciences. Junehee Kwon, professor of hospitality management is the […]
June 7, 2021
Demographic shifts, economic challenges, political transitions, environmental threats, and a global pandemic are all societal shifts that have changed how we communicate personally and professionally, which is especially true of service professions like financial planning, where trust is paramount. To ascertain how financial planner/client communication has changed over the past decade, the MQ Research Consortium, […]
March 2, 2021
Brad Behnke named Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for Health and Human Sciences
Brad Behnke has been named the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Health and Human Sciences. “Dr. Behnke’s extensive research and service experience both at K-State and other R1 institutions will be an asset,” Dean John Buckwalter said. “We look forward to his leadership to strengthen the entire college’s portfolio […]
January 19, 2021
Mindy Markham, associate professor of applied human sciences, along with three other researchers, all with K-State ties, was awarded the Outstanding Research Journal Article of the Year by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. The article, Financial transparency scale: Its development and potential uses, came from the master’s thesis done by Emily Koochel. […]