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 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kimmel Education and Research Center
is located at 5985 G Road, Nebraska City, Nebraska.
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Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild guides Gallup EAS Program businesses

Gallup’s Entrepreneur Acceleration System (EAS) is a practical, hands-on, and solution-oriented approach. Participating businesses have been recruited for the Gallup's EAS program through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kimmel Education and imageResearch Center. Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, a certified Gallup guide, joins with other guides throughout Nebraska, to help entrepreneurs apply the principles of behavioral economics to solve their current business development challenges.

Dr. Connie will be working with three businesses and owners: Arthur and Shilah Martin, owners of the Lorton Lounge in Lorton, NE; Seth Derner, President and Director of Business Development and Doug Kueker, Director of Learning Services, both co-owners of Vivayic in Lincoln, NE; and Pamela Dingman, owner of Engineering Design Consultants, LLC., with locations in Lincoln and Omaha, NE.image

 Recognizing an individual’s own entrepreneurial ability, motivations and attitudes are important for business survival and growth. The EAS program measures and develops the entrepreneur abilities, creates a goal plan, engages employee teams, connects customer relationships, and tracks performance to measure progress. The recruited business owners will attend Gallup-led workshops and meet with individual Gallup guides.The program is a joint effort between Gallup, the University of Nebraska, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, the Omaha Chamber animaged a number of other organizations.

For more information concerning this and other leadership and innovation programming, contact Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, Extension Educator in Innovation & Leadership at 402-873-3166 or creimers2@unl.edu

       

 

Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild


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Help Wanted: Volunteer Coaches for 2012-13 FIRST LEGO League Robotics

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Kimmel Education & Research Center Robotics Teams will form in August!. If you are considering becoming a volunteer coach for FIRST LEGO League Robotics, the STEM Workshop would be a great opportunity to learn more. Questions?  For more information, contact Deb Weitzenkamp, UNL Extension Educator, at 402-852-2970 or email: dweitzenkamp2@unl.edu



Teachers! 4-H Leaders! Parents! Volunteer Helpers

STEM Workshop

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Technology!   

Engineering!  

Math!

This three-day workshop is for Teachers, 4-H Leaders and Parents! Enhance your classroom and leadership abilities. Build enthusiasm to help guide your child, group or classroom. The focus is on:       

• Robotics      • GPS     • FIRST LEGO League       • Free Curriculum

June 11-13, 2012, Monday through Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The cost is $75 total, including lunches for the three days. Pre-register by June 4, 2012.

Click here to download a registration form.

For more information, contact Deb Weitzenkamp, UNL Extension Educator, at 402-852-2970 or email: dweitzenkamp2@unl.edu



Youth Activities at UNL Kimmel Education and Research Center
with Deb Weitzenkamp, Ph.D., UNL Extension Educator

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Explore the Outdoors in Nebraska!

Thursday & Friday, June 14 - 15, 2012

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Kimmel Education and Research Center Nebraska City

This two-day Outdoor Skills Club for 3rd through 6th grades will focus on: fishing, birding, hunting, navigation, camping, hiking, Nebraska wildlife and habitat. You will hang out with friends, explore the outdoors, and learn new skills.

Sign up today! The cost is $40 total for the two days. Bring a sack lunch!image

Click here to download a registration form  (pdf, 272 kb)

For more information, contact Deb Weitzenkamp, UNL Extension Educator, at 402-852-2970 or dweitzenkamp2@unl.edu



Great opportunity for our entrepreneurial youth!!

image2012 UNL Big Red Camp for Entrepreneurship
-- new shortened schedule, new price!
A career exploration camp, for youth entering grades 10-12 for fall 2012

Sunday, June 10 through Thursday morning, June 14. Cost: $100 per camper, after completion of a brief scholarship application, available at http://4h.unl.edu/web/4hcamps/campfinance. Scholarship applications are to be completed and included with the online camp registration, http://bigredcamps.unl.edu by May 15th. Space is limited and will fill on a first-come basis.
Questions about the camp? Contact Marilyn Schlake, Extension Educator & Camp Director, 402-472-4138 or mschlake1@unl.edu or Adam Kruger at akruger@huskers.unl.edu

 


  Painted Lady Butterflies Released!

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The butterflies have taken flight here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kimmel Education and Research Center! They were released on Monday, April 23, 2012.

Thank you for following the Kimmel Butterfly Project via http://justin.tv/dweitzenkamp .

 Over the past four weeks we have reached 855 viewers! This is an amazing response as many of you are probably already awimageare that we had a few camera/internet connectivity issues throughout the last month….so thank you for staying with us. The butterflies have been released, but you are still able to go to the web site listed above and view past videos of the caterpillars/butterflies.

This magic of metamorphosis provided educational enjoyment and we hope you enjoyed watching them grow each week! The excitement began as the caterpillars molted and grew during the first week, then changed into chrysalidimagees during the next week. On the third week, the fascination continued as the butterflies hatched! Fruit and flowers fed the butterflies until they were released.

This educational butterfly project was coordinated by Deb Weitzenkamp, UNL Extension Educator. For more information, contact: dweitzenkamp2@unl.edu or (402)852-2970.

Photos: Deb Weitzenkamp watches a Painted Lady butterfly. Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, Deb Heidzig and Deb Weitzenkamp release a butterfly. A hatched butterfly lands on a flower outside of Kimmel Education and Research Center. Photos by Kim Wellsandt


imageNext door at Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard

imageOur next door neighbor, Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard retail store is now open for business!  Regular hours are Monday - Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Maybe you are hungry for a delicious flavored butter or salsa--many varieties available! Stop in soon and see what's "in-store" for you at Kimmel Orchard and Vineyard.

 


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Vaughn Hammond has returned from Afghanistan.

We are all very proud of the work that has been done by several of our faculty to train Nebraska Guard members. Extension has provided professional development opportunities for Nebraska Army and Air National Guard members who make up the Agribusiness Development Team - 2 (ADT-2). During this educational endeavor, Howard W Buffett approached Extension with the idea of embedding a University faculty member with the ADT unit.

Vaughn Hammond, Extension Educator at the Kimmel Center in Nebraska City volunteered and spent four months, August through December in Afghanistan. After an approximate 3-week break, Vaughn went back to Afghanistan. He worked through a private sector contractor, Chenega. Vaughn helped ADT-2 organize an extension type educational program for Afghanistan farmers in o and Paktika provinces. After working an additional four months, January through April 2012, Vaughn has recently returned from Afghanistan.

Click here for a link for a radio interview with Vaughn Hammond.


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Leadership & Innovation Programsimage     By: Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, Ph.D.

Dr. Connie does coaching, speaking, teaching and consulting. She can help you grow your career, business, or new venture through research-based leadership and innovation programs and services. Dr. Connie can customize a program to fit your needs as an individual or business!

Kimmel Education & Research Center
5985 G Road, Nebraska City, NE 68410

Email:  creimers2@unl.edu               Website:   www.kimmel.unl.edu              Phone: 402-873-3166
 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”    -- John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States 

 Click here for complete brochure

 


A web chat on practical shopping and healthy eating...

imageCarrie Miller, RD is from the UNL Extension Office, Nutrition Education Program recently participated as a panelist in a web chat on practical shopping and healthy eating.  This was a Douglas County Putting Prevention to Work - Live Well Omaha program. For the archived version, go to http://livewellomaha.org/chat/

 

Extension Highlights


Fourth Case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in United States cow

On April 24, 2012 the USDA identified a Dairy Cow in California as the fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) discovered in the United States. UNL Extension Meat Scientist, Dennis Burson, and Extension Veterinarian, David Smith, discuss the safeguards currently in place for preventing BSE positive animals from entering the food supply.   More…


On-Farm Research Yields Valuable Data for Producerscornstalks

Numbers show that Nebraska farmers are producing more crops on less land, but farmers are still trying to grow more.  UNL Extension Educators say that with the help of those producers they can gather data to do just that.  Gary Zoubek, UNL Extension Educator in York County, says on-farm research done with producers can be the answer other producers are looking for.   More on this topic from  KOLN-KGIN 10/11 Nebraska Central News...


Lean Finely Textured Beef

Lean finely textured beef, has been in the spotlight recently after a former USDA scientist said the product shouldn’t be used.  Dennis Burson, a UNL Extension meat safety specialist, discusses the process used to create this product, steps taken to avoid pathogen contamination, and how this product is used in ground beef in the video below.  For additional information, UNL Extension would recommend USDA Blog by Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety; a summary “Expert: Facts, education needed about lean, finely textured beef” by Dr. Russell Cross, Texas A&M University meat science expert; and the USDA Fact Sheet on Lean Finely Textured Beef.


On-Farm Researchcornfield

Corn growers can take an active role in a new on-farm research project sponsored by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in partnership with the Nebraska Corn Growers Association. The goal of the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network (NOFRN) is to implement a statewide on-farm research program addressing critical farmer questions. Three corn production research topics will be targeted in 2012: irrigation - water application management; nitrogen management; and corn population study. Growers wanting to learn more about the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network and how to participate should contact Glewen at 402-624-8030 or kglewen1@unl.edu or Gary Zoubek at 402-362-5508 or gzoubek1@unl.edu. For information on past on-farm research results and information about the 2012 initiative, visit the CropWatch: Farm Research website .

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Provides current grain/livestock market commentary and analysis; weather, climate, and soil moisture updates; practical advice from seasoned, working producers; and more.

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View entire episodes or search for answers to your plant, yard, and insect problems. Watch Backyard Farmer live on NET1 April to mid September (Thursday, 7:00 pm CT). Backyard Farmer Extra airs every Saturday morning during the season at 8:30 am (CT).

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Audio and video interviews with University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension specialists and educators on topics ranging from crop and livestock production to health and nutrition to lawn and garden care, and more.

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A number of UNL-Extension video programs are archived and available for viewing. Topics include water management, crop and livestock production and rural entrepreneurship.