The Iowa Section is excited to celebrate our food science and culinary food science students during our annual Student Night. This year we will kick off Student Night with tours of the Iowa State University (ISU) Kent Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex followed by a tour of the ISU Student Innovation Center. Social hour and dinner from Cornbred BBQ will follow in the Launch Pad Room and the night will end with a short business meeting celebrating our students.
“On Friday, September 5th, 2023, KENT Corporation celebrated the grand opening of the Iowa State University KENT Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex, to which the family-owned company gave the lead $8 million gift…”
“The contribution celebrates a 100-year commitment to the success of generations of people engaged in livestock production and agriculture,” said Gage Kent, KENT Corporation Chairman and CEO. “KENT is proud to partner with those working to advance new technologies in the feed and grain markets. This complex is a hands-on platform to further advance innovation and sustainability for future leaders in feed and grain processing.”
The 47,000-square-foot complex includes a warehouse and an educational building with an analytical laboratory, pilot plant, a 100-foot-tall concrete milling tower, a 40-foot-tall pelleting plant and 220,000 bushels of steel grain storage with handling and drying systems.
“It is incredibly rewarding to have been part of this project because we at KENT Nutrition Group know it will provide an authentic, challenging and fun learning environment for students and industry professionals,” said Mike Gauss, President of KENT Nutrition Group. “This industry is intrinsically linked to our everyday lives; teaching that, in this real-world way, will be meaningful to all involved.”
As the need for moving grains from Field to Family™ continues to grow, the Iowa State University KENT Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex will prepare the next generation of workers in related technological advances in efficiency and safety.”
From: KENT News
Student Innovation Center
The Student Innovation Center is a hands-on hub for Iowa State students of all programs and majors. This collaborative facility provides a unique, state-of-the-art space for students to exercise their innovative and entrepreneurial muscles — to design, fabricate, test, and demonstrate ideas for everything from culinary to lunar to digital gaming to vehicles. The facility opened its doors in the fall of 2020 and includes exhibit space, print and supplies shops, a student-run cafe, office space for student organizations, and a plethora of wireless access points.
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