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Click on seminar titles in blue to view session scribe notes and pictures.  As the current class participates in each of the following seminars, the information will be updated.

KARL CURRICULUM

YEAR 1
GENESIS

Rock Springs/Abilene

  • Orientation
  • Group Dynamic Skills
  • Leadership - Skills, Styles, Perils and Team Building
  • Ethics in Leadership

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Garden City

  • Kings and King Makers
  • Community Management
  • Value Added Agricultural Products
  • Beef and Other Industry Instructional Tours

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Colby

  • Image Building
  • Discussion Skills
  • Writing Skills
  • Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Media Workshop
  • Public Service

THE NEEDS OF THE MANY
Topeka

  • Economics
  • Population Trends
  • Understanding and Working with the Legislature
  • Regulating Agriculture
  • Media Influence

TOOLS FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS
Leavenworth

  • General Staff College Briefing
  • International Security Research
  • Prison Systems
  • Juvenile Intervention
  • Fort Leavenworth Tour

NATIONAL DIRECTIONS
Washington, D.C.

  • U.S. Congress
  • White House Fellows
  • Embassy Reception
  • USDA Trade Representatives
  • Federal Agencies
  • The Beltway

YEAR 2
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION

Liberal / Ulysses

  • Rural Economic Development
  • Quality Educational Systems
  • Rural Health Care
  • Mega Farms
  • Oil and Gas Industry

ADAPTING TO CHANGE
Pittsburg

  • Water Quality
  • Food Safety and Diet Issues
  • Environment
  • Turkey Farm Tour
  • Animal Science Issues

AGRICULTURE'S FUTURE
Hutchinson

  • New Paradigms
  • Futuring Exercise
  • International Tour Briefing - Cultures, Customs and Politics

INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Cowley County / Wichita

  • Import/Export Balance
  • International Tour Briefing
  • Tour Cotton Industry, McConnell, Spirit AeroSystems, Cargill
  • KARL in the Classroom

INTERNATIONAL STUDY SEMINAR
West Africa

  • Trade Relationships
  • Comparative Agriculture
  • Domestic and Foreign Policies
  • Culture, Customs, Politics

THE POWER OF ONE
Salina

  • International Seminar Debriefing
  • Leadership Challenge
  • Implementation
  • Graduation

 

"With Leadership Comes Responsibility"