KAS & KES Field Trips

Field Trip I: Kansas Ethanol Plant Tour

Friday, April 1^st 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m..

Location: Meet at 3:00 p.m. in the parking lot directly south of the Sterling College Student Union.
 

Kansas Ethanol is a 55-million gallon ethanol plant that uses corn and milo for biofuel production.  The tour will take visitors through different areas within the plant and explore the production process from incoming grain to outgoing ethanol in this behind-the-scenes experience.

Group Meeting Location: Meet at 3:15 at the parking lot on the south side of the Student Union.  We will carpool to the Kansas Ethanol Plant (approximately 6 miles north of Sterling).

Maximum tour capacity of 20 individuals.  Please reserve your field trip spot during your meeting registration.

Field Trip II: Hyatt Life Science Greenhouse & Production Tour

Friday, April 1^st: 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Location: Meet at 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot directly south of the Sterling College Student Union.

Hyatt Life Sciences scientifically evaluates botanical compounds used in traditional medicine to produce a range of supplements.  See what’s growing at the Hyatt Life Sciences greenhouse and learn about the process of plant-based nutraceutical applications.  The greenhouse tour focuses on the production of Arum palaestinum (black calla lily) which has been used for centuries in traditional Middle Eastern medicine and is a key part of supplements produced by Hyatt Life Sciences.