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Discovery Center Team |
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Flint Hills Discovery Center Staff |
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Bob Workman -- Director |
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Melissa Kirkwood --
Development Officer |
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Margaret James -- Photo Acquisitions
Coordinator |
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Jared Bixby -- Curator of Education |
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Susan Adams -- Volunteer
Coordinator/Administrative Assistant |
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Roy Garrett -- Exhibits and Operations Manager |
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Richard Dean Prudenti -- Membership Coordinator |
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Jaclyn Collins -- Public Relations
Coordinator |
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Steering Committee -- The City Commission appointed a
10 member Steering Committee to work closely with the consulting
team during the planning process. Members of the group
include: |
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Ted Cable -- KSU Professor |
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Cheryl Collins -- Riley County Historical Museum Director |
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Ralph Diaz -- Local business owner |
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Ron Fehr -- City Manager |
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Karen Hibbard -- Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau
Director |
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Lorne Render -- Beach Art Museum Director |
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Jim Sherow -- City Commissioner, KSU Professor, (ex-officio
Steering Committee Member) |
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Scott Shoemaker -- Sunset Zoo Director |
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Bruce Snead -- City Commissioner, Architect, (ex-officio
Steering Committee member) |
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Valerie Wright -- Konza Prairie Biological Station's
Environmental Educator |
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Advisory Board -- will support the mission of the
Flint Hills Discovery Center and make reports and
recommendations to the Manhattan City Commission on current
developments and future plans for the Discovery Center. |
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Tom Warner, PhD, Kansas State University, Wildlife and Outdoor
Management |
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Suzan Barnes, Flint Hills Tourism Coalition President and
Proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel, Cottonwood Falls |
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Kristin Brighton, Principal, New Boston Creative |
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Sharon Brookshire, Director of Conferences and Non-Credit
Programs, Kansas State University |
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Mike Haddock, Asst. Dean of Research, Education and Engagement,
Kansas State University |
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Dave Kendall, Executive Producer and Manager of Production
Services, KTWU, Public Television |
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Ron Wilson, Huck Boyd National Institute of Rural Development,
Kansas State University |
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Technical Committee |
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Dr. John Blair, Ecosystem Ecologist, Kansas State University |
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Dr. Kevin Blake, Cultural Geography of the American West, Kansas
State University |
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Dr. John Briggs, Director, Konza Biological Research Station |
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Dr. Scott Collins, Grassland Ecologist, University of New Mexico |
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Dr. Joseph Craine, Grassland Ecology, Kansas State University |
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Dr. Walter Dodds, Stream Ecologist, Kansas State University |
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Dr. Jana Fallin, History of Music, Kansas State University |
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Dr. John Harrington, Climate Change and Regional Geology, Kansas
State University |
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Dr. Jim Hoy, Cowboy and Ranching Culture of the Flint Hills,
Emporia State University |
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Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, Environmental, Agricultural and Indian
History, Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Kansas State
University |
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Dr. Charles Martin, Environmental Geography, Kansas State
University |
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Mr. Bill North, Chief Curator, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State
University |
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Dr. Charles Rice, Global Climate Change and Regional
Implications, Kansas State University |
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Dr. Lauren Ritterbush, KSU, Native Peoples and Prehistoric
Archaelogy |
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Dr. James Sherow, Grassland Environmental, North American India,
and Kansas History, Kansas State University |
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Dr. William Unrau, Historical Expert of the Kaw Peoples |
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Dr. Valerie Wright, Director of Environmental Education, Konza
Biological Research Station |
