DISCOVERY DAYS 100 years of career readiness at

BY MARIA CHILDS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Since 1923, 4-H youth from across the state have traveled to Kansas State University to participate in one of the largest Kansas 4-H events. 4-H Discovery Days, formerly known as 4-H Round-up, is an opportunity for older youth of Kansas to join together as they develop their interests in personal growth, career exploration, leadership and citizenship.

Objectives of the 3-day event include:

● Giving youth in-depth training through handson educational sessions from content and youth development experts

● Enhancing personal growth by giving opportunities to develop independence, decisionmaking, and time management skills

● Meeting new people from different places and with different backgrounds from across the state

● Providing an opportunity for youth to experience the K-State campus and its wealth of resources

● Developing college and career readiness skills, which prepare participants academically and socially for a successful transition to college and life as an adult

Registration is open to youth 13-18 years old!

Register online by scanning the QR code!

“4-H Discovery Days was a great experience to be on K-State campus. That is one reason I wanted to go to KSU as a student. The classes they expose 4-H’ers to encourages great careers. One of my favorite classes was Western Swing Dance. I took the class every year...the friends I met in this class of 4-Her’s was the best part. To this day, I still see these 4-H’ers as alumni and involved with their kids in 4-H at many state events.”

“The 1956 4-H Round-up holds a special memory because my husband and I met there...the last night at the dance he asked me to dance (with him), and we never changed partners. He had to get special permission to walk me back to the dorms. We have now been married almost 64 years, had 3 children and we were an active 4-H family, twice being selected 4-H family of the year for our county. So, 4-H Round up brought 2 people together for a wonderful life.”

In this 1976 4-H Round-up photo, the Kansas delegates from the National 4-H Conference rehash their trip during the event on K-State’s campus.

From left to right: Rob Koelsch, Great Bend; Jan Dugan, Alton; Doug Claassen, Whitewater; and Janet Stoffer, Abilene.