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K-State's master of agribusiness program featured on "Jeopardy!"Kansas Kansas State University and its award-winning master of agribusiness program recently earned a place as part of pop culture trivia. The program, which is the first graduate agribusiness degree in the nation to be offered through distance education, was an $800 question on the Oct. 13 "Jeopardy!" game show. The question, which in the "Jeopardy!" format is actually the answer, was: "If you're a slick, pressed-overalls Manhattan M.A.B., you have a master of agribusiness degree from here, K-State for short." M.A.B. is the acronym for the master of agribusiness program. And, well, you know the answer--and, as long as you put it in the form of question, host Alex Trebek would have said you are correct. "Over the last decade, K-State's master of agribusiness has become well known through the food and agriculture industry," said Allen Featherstone, director of the master of agribusiness program and head of the department of agricultural economics. "However, we were surprised to learn that the master of agribusiness program was considered part enough of the American consciousness to be a question on 'Jeopardy.'" K-State's master of agribusiness program offers allows professionals to earn a master's degree without career interruption. The program was recognized as the most innovative distance education program in the nation with the 2001 Peterson Award by the University Continuing Education Association. Students in the program work in every sector of the food and agribusiness industry and come from more than 35 states and 20 foreign countries. The program started in 1998 and graduated its 100th student in August. The K-State "Jeopardy!" reference is available at: http://www.j-archive.com/suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=146555. 11/10/08 Date: 11/6/08
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