Governor, NU President to address NCTA graduation Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Curtis, Neb. - Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds will deliver commencement addresses at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis on May 5.
Nearly 80 associate degrees and 1-year certificates will be conferred during the 1:30 p.m. ceremony, some to students in multiple majors or certifications.
The two-year college founded in 1965 specializes solely in agricultural areas of academics.
NU Regent Bob Phares of North Platte will bring greetings from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
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Ranch Horse team travels to collegiate contest Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Sweetwater, Texas – The NCTA Aggie Ranch Horse Team has placed fifth in weekend competition among Division II teams at the American Stock Horse Association (ASHA) Collegiate National Championship Show.
Five students competed and four served as support staff to the team from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
The Aggie team is coached by Joanna Hergenreder, NCTA assistant professor of animal science and equine instructor. She also is serving her first year on the ASHA board of directors.
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NCTA buckles up new tradition Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Curtis, Neb. – Aggie students from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis won’t be sporting class rings from their alma mater any time soon.
When these graduates leave campus after two years of academic studies and collegiate teamwork, they can head home wearing a western belt buckle engraved with their name, year, and major.
“Become the Tradition” was unveiled recently at the inaugural NCTA Buckle Ceremony for 28 students, faculty, staff and alumni who ordered a customized belt buckle.
The campus is starting a new tradition.
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NCTA wins nationals in crops, ag computers Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Crookston, Minn. – The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture took 21 students to a national contest in Minnesota last week and garnered awards for their two-year college in Curtis.
Aggie teams won national titles in crops judging and agricultural computers, with second place in the always competitive livestock judging contest. NCTA teams earned third places in agribusiness management and dairy judging, with fourth-place teams in ag sales, horse judging and livestock management.
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Aggie Barrel Racer Wins UNL Rodeo Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Lincoln, Neb. - Lexus Kelsch of McLaughlin, S.D., recently won the collegiate barrel racing title for the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) at Curtis.
She won the short go-round and winning average on April 15-16 to put her atop the standings during the weekend contest hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rodeo Association.
April 11-17 was deemed “Rodeo Week” in the state by Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, and included a salute during the Friday evening performance at the Lancaster County Event Center.
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Aggie Rodeo places two in SDSU Finals Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Brookings, S.D. – NCTA Aggie students Tom Percival of Oxford, Neb., and Lexus Kelsch of McLaughlin, S.D., made it to final rounds in collegiate rodeo action over the weekend at South Dakota State University.
“Everyone competed very well in the spring opener,” said Bridger Chykta, rodeo coach at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. “The NCTA athletes executed fundamentals properly and were aggressive in their events.”
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Fincher, Hessler named NCTA Aggies of the Month Monday, April 11, 2016
Curtis, Neb. – Two college students known for their positive dispositions and organizational skills as student employees have been named “Aggies of the Month” by the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
Jayde Hessler of Gibbon and Madisson Fincher of Hastings are recognized as recipients of the campus honor for March, 2016, announced NCTA Dean Ron Rosati.
Students build pivot at NCTA Friday, April 1, 2016
Curtis, Neb. – Irrigation technicians in a college program are learning about pivot installation and trouble-shooting on a replica of a center pivot system.
Students in the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA)-Reinke Partnership Irrigation Technician Program are learning with hands-on mechanics at their Curtis campus.
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NCTA agronomy prof wins teaching award Friday, April 1, 2016
Curtis, Neb. – When Brad Ramsdale, an associate professor of agronomy at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, was slated to receive a University of Nebraska award for teaching excellence, it was only appropriate that several of his crops judging students make the trip to Lincoln with him.
The competitive judging program and its students were, after all, an integral factor in Professor Ramsdale earning the recognition of a Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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NCTA crops teams compete at Manhattan Tuesday, March 29, 2016
NCTA crops teams compete at Manhattan
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