Membership in the Kentucky Association of State Extension Professionals (KASEP) provides an excellent opportunity for state extension personnel to interact and network with one another. Moreover, this organization is especially helpful to new employees who are trying to navigate their way towards a productive career through our Extension system, and to others who wish to stay current on issues that affect us as professionals.
Professionals from the Kentucky Cooperative Extension program took home several awards from the recent annual meeting of The Kentucky Association of State Extension Professionals held at Kentucky State University’s Harold R. Benson Research Farm Pavilion in Frankfort.
2024 KASEP Whiteker Award winner - Dr. Sam McNeill, Extension Professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Kentucky. He maintains a broad-based program that includes engineering aspects of grain production, harvesting and post-harvest processing systems (handling, drying, and storage) and link new technologies with precision agriculture and grain production. His expertise has led him to share his work and gather data in Nigeria and Ghana.
2024 Outstanding Extension Specialist Award winner - Dr. Katherine VanValin, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky
2024 Outstanding Extension Project Award winners - Online Poultry Medicine Course for Veterinarians by Dr. Anthony (Tony) Pescatore, Dr. Jacqueline (Jacquie) Jacob, Dr. Roberta Dwyer (now retired) and Mark Eclov (narration) from the University of Kentucky plus Dr. David Frame from Utah State University (now retired) and Dr. Richard (Mick) Fulton from Michigan State University (now retired).
2024 Outstanding Extension Program Award winners - Cook Wild Kentucky. Specialists include Jann Knappage, Martha Yount, Greg Rentfrow, Matt Springer, and Annhall Norris with cooperators Michelle West, Elizabeth Coots, Bethany Pratt, LaToya Drake and the Kentucky Nutrition Education Program Team.
