Gregory McKee, assistant professor of agribusiness and applied economics and director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives, received a $50,000 grant from the foundation of the Cenex Harvest States cooperative education program.
The grant, titled “Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives,” will assist the center in its mission to provide education to college-age students in preparing them for careers with cooperatives and to better fulfill their roles as members and directors. The center also conducts research cooperatives can use to strengthen their operating and service to members.