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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024
Morning - Leadership Development
Afternoon Workshops
Morning - K-State College of Agriculture
Afternoon Interactive Workshops
11:00 am Kansas FFA Annual Opportunity Fair
11:00 am Convention Registration Opens
11:00 am McDonald’s Blue & Gold Conclave
12:00 noon Convention Delegate Process
12:30 pm Hands-On Service Activities
7:00 pm OPENING GENERAL SESSION
- Welcome to K-State
- Presentation of Chapter Charters
- Creed, Parliamentary LDE Awards
- State Officer Candidate Speeches
9:00 pm FFA Night at LEAP Trampoline Park
9:30 pm Convention Kick-Off Concert with artist Ty Myers, Sponsored by Yoder Meats
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024
7:00 am Convention Registration Reopens
8:30 am SECOND GENERAL SESSION
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024, cont.
- Agriscience Student Recognition
- Innovative Ideas in Growing Leaders
- Special Remarks, Grant Norfleet
- Scholarship Presentations
- John Deere Gator Finalist Drawing
5:30 pm State Convention Band and Chorus Concert
7:00 pm FOURTH GENERAL SESSION
- Presentation of VIP Citations
- Honorary FFA Degree Ceremony
- Discussion Meet Awards
- Ag Issues LDE Awards
- Prepared and Extemporaneous Speaking LDE Awards
- Innovative Ideas in Strengthening Agriculture
- Keynote Speaker, Justin McKee
9:00 pm FFA Alumni Dodgeball Tournament
9:00 pm FFA Night at the Rec
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024
7:00 am Convention Registration Reopens 8:00 am FIFTH GENERAL SESSION
- Innovative Ideas in Building Communities
- Kansas FFA Foundation Board of Trustees
- Leadership Information Recognition
- SAE Grant Recipients
- Special Remarks, Cortney Zimmerman
- Golden Owl Recognition
- State Proficiency Award Recognition
Morning - K-State College of Agriculture and Afternoon Career Development Workshops
12:30 pm Blue and Gold Conclave
2:00 pm THIRD GENERAL SESSION
- State Proficiency Award Recognition
- National Chapter Award Recognition
- State of the State Remarks
- Leadership Quiz Bowl Awards
- Marketing Plan CDE Awards
- National CDE Participants and High Individual Recognition
- Scholarship Presentations
10:30 am SIXTH GENERAL SESSION
- Special Remarks, Brityne Rucker
- State FFA Degree Ceremony
- Drawing for Gator Giveaway
11:00 am Past State Officer Reunion
12:00 noon Stars Over Kansas Luncheon
2:00 pm SEVENTH GENERAL SESSION
- State Convention Band
- Presentation of Triple Crown Awards
- State Convention Chorus
- Recognition of Foundation Sponors
- Chapter Seed Program
- Employment Skills LDE Awards
- “Stars over Kansas” Pageant
- Announcement of State Stars
- Recognition of Past and Retiring Officers
- Election and Installation of the 20242025 State Officer Team
- Adjournment of the 96th Convention
Central Valley Ag (CVA)
Farm Credit Associations of Kansas
Harris Crop Insurance
John Deere Turf and Ag
Nationwide Insurance
Kansas Army - National Guard
Kansas Corn Commission
Ag Partners Cooperative Agco
Ag Processeing Inc. (AGP)
Berry Companies, Inc.
Heartland Regional Stockyards
Key Apparel Kubota
McDonalds of the Southern Plains
Merck Animal Health
Mid-Kansas Cooperative (MKC)
Purple Wave Auction
High Plains Journal
Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators
Kansas Ag Bankers Division
Kansas State College of Agriculture
Yoder Meats