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NCTA announces Fall Dean's List, Honor Roll Wednesday, January 12, 2022
By NCTA News
Academic honors for 55 Aggie students at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture were announced Thursday.
“I am proud of these students making the Deans’ List and Honor Roll for the fall semester of 2021,” said NCTA Dean Larry Gossen.
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NCTA Recap for 2021 – Part 2 Tuesday, January 11, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
The year of 2021 was both successful and eventful at the Aggie campus of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Here’s a recap from the second half of the year:
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NCTA Recap for 2021 – Part 1 Monday, January 3, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
The year of 2021 was both successful and eventful at the Aggie campus of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Here’s a brief recap of the first six months:
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Luke is NCTA staff leader, award recipient Monday, January 10, 2022
By NCTA News
A well-known cliché fits a well-known Curtis woman. Vicky Luke wears many hats.
Luke is a wife, mother, grandmother, volunteer, outdoorswoman, animal lover, and one who enjoys riding horses and raising Labradors with her husband, Dave Luke.
Professionally, her career at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis calls for various duty hats, as well.
Currently, her job titles at NCTA include assistant registrar, financial aid liaison, and VA certifying official.
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Happy New Year, Aggies! Thursday, December 30, 2021
Reflections on the Year of 2021 bring to mind many wonderful connections our Aggie campus has forged among families and individuals.
Thousands of graduates from the high school and college years who studied and lived “up on the hill” remain connected to Curtis.
We at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture hear from them throughout the year, at reunions, for special occasions, and when alumni bring their children here to attend college.
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Dean's Holiday Message: Do you hear what I hear? Monday, December 20, 2021
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I love this time of year, starting the Monday before Thanksgiving until the day or two after the new year begins. It’s my favorite holiday season because regardless of one’s background, religious beliefs, or family traditions, there are always times to celebrate.
If you will indulge my ramblings, I’d like to just share a few of my random thoughts from this time of year.
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Sharing in the success of NCTA Aggies Thursday, December 16, 2021
NCTA Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
Week Number 16 concluded last Friday. But who’s counting?
All of us, I’m quite sure. The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture campus will be rather empty after the typical liveliness of the fall semester.
Final projects and exams wrapped up in the past week, with semester grades turned in by the end of this week.
It’s been another challenging, yet successful, semester for our Aggie students. They didn’t quit when times got tough with health concerns or obstacles that are a part of life.
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Stock dog contest to honor longtime coaches Thursday, December 9, 2021
Updated Dec. 10, 2021
By Mary Crawford, NCTA News editor
College students, alumni and the stock dog community will pay tribute this week to dedicated mentors and friends of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
The Kelly Popp Memorial Stock Dog Trial is Saturday and Sunday at the indoor arena of the NCTA Livestock Teaching Center in Curtis, Nebraska.
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Stehlik wins national teaching award Tuesday, December 7, 2021
By Mary Crawford, NCTA News
Dan Stehlik is a lifelong learner and educator.
The Dorchester, Nebraska native and Curtis resident has taken what he’s learned as a farmer, livestock producer and teacher in Kansas and Nebraska, and applied his “learning by doing” philosophy to 29 years of high school and college agricultural programs.
Stehlik approaches academic instruction with a ‘we’ attitude in that ‘we all learn’ together.
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Aggie field trip views irrigation system Tuesday, December 7, 2021
By Mary Crawford, NCTA News
Nebraska water issues and irrigation management are some of the leading topics in Brad Ramsdale’s college classroom.
After all, many crops need consistent water supply for top yields. Nearly 8.6 million acres of Nebraska's cropland are irrigated by surface gravity flow or pressurized irrigation systems.
Ramsdale is the agronomy professor who teaches an irrigation management course, coaches the Aggie Crop Judging Team, and is also faculty sponsor for Collegiate Farm Bureau at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
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