Women in Ag hosts first egg hunt Monday, April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019
By Jocelyn Kennicutt, NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – Giddy and wide-eyed, 40 NCTA students tapped into their inner child and anxiously waited for the whistle indicating that they could hunt down Easter eggs, at night, on a darkened football field.
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Plant sale at NCTA greenhouse Monday, April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019
By Jocelyn Kennicutt, NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – The NCTA Horticulture Club will hold a 2019 Spring Plant Sale during two offerings this week and next.
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NCTA to host public student speeches Monday, April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019
By Jocelyn Kennicutt, NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture will host a Student Speech Night on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Nebraska Agriculture Industry Education Center.
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Vet Tech is April’s Aggie of the Month Monday, April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019
By Jocelyn Kennicutt, NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – A first-year veterinary technology and agribusiness student at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, Ivana Burgos, was recently named April’s Aggie of the Month.
Burgos is from Grand Island.
She was nominated for the student award by Professor Mary Rittenhouse, chair of NCTA’s Agribusiness Management Systems.
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Aggies can lend support through serviceship jobs Friday, April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019
By NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – Aggie students from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture can assist Nebraskans with recovery efforts from the state’s devastating floods through a summer serviceship program.
The University of Nebraska, of which NCTA is a fifth campus, is now accepting employment applications for the effort that will place up to 50 NU students in communities across the state, said Ron Rosati, NCTA dean.
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A global spin on agriculture Monday, April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019
By NCTA Dean Ron Rosati, Ph.D.
CURTIS, Neb. – The summer of 2019 will mark the second time that our small rural campus in Curtis makes a mark on the world agricultural scene.
Fifty students from Rwanda, who are now completing their first year of agriculture courses with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be engaged in hands-on learning at NU’s Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
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‘Eyes on the sky’ spotter training April 15 Thursday, April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019
By NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – Know the difference between a funnel cloud and tornado?
The National Weather Service will present a free public seminar Monday evening in Curtis for individuals interested in becoming weather spotters.
The session will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at NCTA.
Volunteers, area residents and the campus community at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis are invited to attend the SKYWARN® Spotter training class, said Jennifer McConville, NCTA associate dean.
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Aggie rodeo paced by Pierce calf roper Friday, April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019 - UPDATED
By NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. - NCTA Aggie Rodeo teams competed April 5-6 at Brookings, South Dakota, in Great Plains Region competition of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.
Athletes from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis were led by Quentin Anderson of Pierce, Nebraska as he won the long round of calf roping with a time of 11.7 seconds.
“We competed well at Brookings last weekend and next return to the other side of South Dakota,” said Coach Taylor Rossenbach.
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Aggies aim takes 5th at nationals Wednesday, April 10, 2019
April 10, 2019
By Mary Crawford, NCTA News
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – “Breaking rocks” is the aim when competing in sporting clays.
Top shots of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Shooting Sports Team recently won fifth place among junior colleges at the national championships.
Five team members each took aim at 600 targets over four days at the ACUI Collegiate Clay Targets Championships in San Antonio, Texas.
They competed with other junior colleges and first-time teams to nationals in Division Four, and won a large fifth-place trophy.
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NCTA Aggies at academic pinnacle Wednesday, April 10, 2019
April 10, 2019
By NCTA Dean Ron Rosati, Ph.D.
CURTIS, Neb. _With college commencement on May 2 only three weeks away, students at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture are climbing to the peak of their academic careers at Curtis.
Individual and collective endeavors depend on the earnest applications of all they have learned and experienced during their years of classroom and laboratory programs.
I invite you to share in the enthusiasm and success of our prospective graduates and underclass students at public events on May 1 and May 2 in Curtis.
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