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FEATURE: IAOM CELEBRATES MILESTONE IN MICHIGAN

Maier elaborates on challenges to milling education
During the keynote address at the International Milling Education Foundation (IMEF) breakfast at the 2009 International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Conference and Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., Dr. Dirk E.
Maier, Kansas State University (KSU) Department of Grain Science and Industry
professor and department head, talked about the challenges that one of the
international milling community's indispensable organizations is undergoing.
He said the Department of Grain Science and Industry is facing a decline in
scholarship funding, a challenge in replacing faculty who have retired or resigned recently, and budget retraints.
Maier said that in the 2008-09 academic year KSU was able to give 105
scholarships totaling $175,000 to their Baking Science Management (BSM),
Milling Science Management (MSM) and Feed Science Management (FSM)
students. He went on to note that "unfortunately, we are facing a shortfall of
approximately $42,000 in scholarship funding for the 2009-10 academic year
(in comparison to 2008-09) and are hopeful that our alumni and friends will be
able to make up for some of this shortfall."
Because of budgetary constraints, the Grain Science and Industry Department has been forced to give up three faculty positions for the 2009-10 fiscal
year due to retirements, and it expects to give up two additional faculty also
due to announced retirements to meet anticipated further budget cuts for the
2010-11 fiscal year.

"While we have already reshuffled several teaching assignments and student advising responsibilities for this academic year and plan to do yet more for
the next academic year, our MSM and FSM programs will be severely affected
by the planned retirements of Drs. (Keith) Behnke and (Ekramul) Haque," Maier
said. "Already, non-state funding through the generous support of $100,000
per year from Buhler Inc. is providing critical support for teaching key courses
in the MSM program. Due to the departure of Kendall McFall in December
2008, the Buhler Instructor of Milling is being filled on an interim basis by Chris
Miller. The only reason we have permission from the university to fill this faculty
position is because of the non-state funds provided by Buhler in support of our
undergraduate teaching mission." Maier noted that a search was under way
for McFall's replacement.
The underlying issue binding all of KSU's challenges together is budgetary
constraints. Maier said that in the middle of the current fiscal year the State
of Kansas insisted on a 4.25% rescission in already appropriated state funds.
Maier also noted that his department has been asked to plan on a base budget
cut of 10% for the 2009-10 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
"Despite such dire budget projections, our faculty and staff continue to be
creative and entrepreneurial," he said. "We continue to examine our expenses
closely and have identified a number of places where we were able to improve
our effectiveness and efficiency, which has resulted in cost savings."

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