Background
Botine, Karen Elizabeth was born on March 21, 1942 in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Lester Ferdinand and Eleanor Barbara (Wiese) Botine.
Botine, Karen Elizabeth was born on March 21, 1942 in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Lester Ferdinand and Eleanor Barbara (Wiese) Botine.
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education, Iowa State University, 1963. Master of Science, 1970.
Home economics instructor Clarion (Iowa) Public Schools, 1963—1968. Dorm housemother Iowa State University, Ames, 1968—1970. Assistant supervisor home economics education North Dakota Board Vocational Education, Bismarck, 1970—1976, state supervisor home economics education, since 1976.
Consultant Federal Housing Administration/HERO, 1980. Workshop instructor, 1971—1976. Member steering committee project on parenting education Bush Foundation, 1979—1981.
Part-time adult education instructor Bismarck home economics program, 1978—1980. Presenter National Vocational Home Economics Conference, 1981.
Member executive committee to reactivate North Dakota Commission on Status of Women, 1972, Bismarck-Mandan American Lutheran Church Coordinating Council, 1978—1980. Member reorganization committee North Dakota Safety Council, 1979—1980, secretary, 1979. Member of National Education Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Nu, North Dakota Adult Education Association, Mississippi Valley Adult Education Association, Bismarck-Mandan Nutrition Council, North Dakota Nutrition Council, Bismarck-Mandan Home Economics Association, North Dakota Home Economics Association, American Home Economics Association, International Federation Home Economics, National Association State Supervisors Vocational Home Economics, North Dakota Vocational Association, American Vocational Association, Home Economics Education Association, North Dakota Education Association, Delta Kappa Gamma.