Wildcats! Former Secretary Glickman hooded at KSU graduation ceremony
- Mon Dec 17, 8:30AM UTC
Agweek

As a proud Dakotan, I am thrilled just now to be thinking of a newly-minted Kansas State University Wildcat!

If you've jumped ahead to the idea that I am referring...

Dan Glickman, 74, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Democratic congressman from Kansas, is hooded Dec. 7 with an honorary doctorate in philosophy, at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., before giving the graduate school commencement address. Photo taken Dec. 7, 2018, in Manhattan, Kans. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman speaks to the Kansas State University graduate school commencement on Dec. 7. The former congressman also received an honorary doctorate. Photo taken Dec. 7, 2018, in Manhattan, Kans. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
Nick Pates on Dec. 7 celebrates his doctorate in agricultural economics from Kansas State University in Manhattan, with parents Barb and Mikkel of Fargo, N.D., flanked by Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Photo taken Dec. 7, 2018, in Manhattan, Kans. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, on Dec. 6 meets with Kansas State University agricultural economics faculty and graduate students, including Nick Pates. Glickman would be graduate school commencement speaker at KSU on Dec. 7, and Pates would receive his doctorate in agricultural economics. Photo taken Dec. 7, 2018, in Manhattan, Kans. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
Nick Pates on Dec. 7 celebrates his doctorate in agricultural economics from Kansas State University in Manhattan, with parents Barb and Mikkel of Fargo, N.D., flanked by Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Photo taken Dec. 7, 2018, in Manhattan, Kans. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)