Equine Program Centers on the Horse Friday, December 9, 2022
Dec. 5, 2022
By Associate Professor Joanna Hergenreder
Tucked away in the hills of southwest Nebraska is an experience unlike any other, one that is challenging yet infinitely rewarding. The experience is offered through the NCTA Equine Industry Management Option which uses a unique teaching model, the horse at its center.
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NCTA Campaign Committee Monday, December 5, 2022
From the beginning, it took determined and visionary citizens to make a school for agricultural excellence in Curtis a reality. This group is the next generation to carry that torch.
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Only in Nebraska Saturday, December 3, 2022
11.28.22
Dr. Larry Gossen
Even before Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas music starts to play in our house and vehicles. It’s just one of those traditions that we have had for years. It’s not unique since most people I know do the same thing.
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Esteemed Horsemanship Clinic held at the LTC Monday, November 28, 2022
By NCTA NEWS
CURTIS, Neb. (Nov. 21, 2022)
Students and equine enthusiasts were back in the saddle for the Sherman Tegtmeier Reining and Horsemanship Clinic held November 19-20 at the Livestock Teaching Center (LTC). For the past decade, Tegtmeier, a certified trainer with the National Reining Horse Association, has taught students and various area riders and observers here at NCTA in Curtis.
Attending were 16 NCTA Ranch Horse team members, 4 NCTA equine students, 2 youth riders, and 16 adult participants for a total of 38 clinic spots completed this weekend.
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Shotgun Sports Champion Monday, November 28, 2022
By NCTA News
November 7, 2022
Group photo from L-R Cody Flint, Herald, CA; Nolan Buss, Stockton, KS; Gavin Tremblay, Hoxie, KS; Emily Miller, Norton, KS; Maddy Carr, North Platte; and Cooper Mazza, Potter.
Emily Miller, an NCTA Veterinary Technology student from Norton, Kansas was the Champion of the Women's Division at the National Collegiate Shooting Sports Athletic Association regional meet in Wichita, Kansas.
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Give Thanks Wednesday, November 23, 2022
November 21, 2022
Dean’s Column
Give Thanks—Dr. Larry Gossen
This week is a time to reflect on our blessings and show our gratitude to those around us. I have had the privilege of serving as the Dean of NCTA for 2 ½ years now. What an amazing time it has been. Fay and I have been able to meet so many wonderful people in Curtis and the surrounding communities.
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Impactful Service Wednesday, November 23, 2022
November 14, 2022
Impactful Service
By Andela Taylor, Recruiting Coordinator
Last week we celebrated Veterans Day by honoring all service members and their families in many ways. Area schools and the American Legion and Auxiliary members hosted patriotic programs, people posted tributes to their loved one’s service, children write notes of thanks to service members, and the list goes on.
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Student Activities - Campus and Community Thursday, November 10, 2022
November 7, 2022
Student Activities – Campus and Community
By NCTA Associate Dean Jennifer McConville
We are well into the fall semester and have been enjoying the fall days the past two weeks. I took a break one day last week to watch a group of visiting high school students from Perkins County interact with our recruiter on the football field.
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Fall Recruiting Wrap-up Friday, November 4, 2022
By NCTA Dean Larry Gossen
It’s November and I’m still wondering where September went! I don’t know about you, but time flies way too fast. I mentioned last week in this column that a key person responsible for making sure this column appeared each week, Mary Crawford, was retiring. We again wish Mary all the best.
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Alumni Achievement to Gary L. Troester Monday, October 31, 2022
Gary Troester will tell you that a small, ag college in Curtis, Nebraska was the first of many steppingstones that led him 25 years later to Southern California.
Farming for seven years at his family’s farm near Hampton, Nebraska farm between two college degrees, two jobs with Cooperative Extension in Nebraska and South Dakota, a stint with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and then an offer to become an ag lender for USDA’s Farm Service Agency came in 2005.
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