‘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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NCTA alumna to be graduation speaker Monday, April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019
By NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – An agricultural graduate and family farmer from Dodge, Nebraska, will deliver the 2019 commencement address at the University of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
Joan (Wieczorek) Ruskamp, a 1980 alumna, will join University of Nebraska leaders in delivering messages at the 1:30 p.m. commencement on Thursday, May 2, announced Ron Rosati, NCTA dean.
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Hard-working horseman is Aggie of the Month Thursday, April 4, 2019
April 4, 2019
By Jocelyn Kennicutt, NCTA News
Damian Wellman, a third-year student from Prairie View, Kansas, has been named the NCTA Aggie of the Month for March.
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Aggies around the state and nation Tuesday, April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019
NCTA Dean's Message by Ron Rosati, Ph.D.
Aggies of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture are learning by doing in Curtis and also in locations across the country, including Lincoln, Omaha, Texas, Wyoming, and, Kentucky.
Our campus in Curtis is filled with students who are concentrating their studies in our specialties of agriculture and veterinary technology.
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NCTA joins NU disaster response Tuesday, April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019
By NCTA and University of Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. – A coordinated, long-term response to Nebraska communities and families devastated by recent flooding will include NCTA in Curtis, along with the other four campuses of the University of Nebraska system.
In a report presented on Friday to the NU Board of Regents, college leaders were told an estimated recovery from the natural disaster could take nine years or longer.
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NCTA community pitches in for disaster relief Tuesday, April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019
By Jocelyn Kennicutt and Mary Crawford, NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – Disaster relief for Nebraska farmers and ranchers continues to roll onto the campus of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
Baled hay, livestock feed and fencing supplies are being collected at the NCTA for distribution to livestock operations affected by the March 13-15 blizzard and catastrophic flooding.
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NCTA to host weekend stock dog contest Tuesday, April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019
By NCTA News
CURTIS, Neb. – A final livestock stock dog trial for the season will be Saturday and Sunday at the indoor arena of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Stock dogs owned and trained by NCTA students will be competing in a collegiate class on April 6-7, said Judy Bowmaster-Cole, faculty advisor for the NCTA Stock Dog Team.
Other divisions are open to any competitors. Action begins both days at 8 a.m. at the Livestock Teaching Center.
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