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Apc Hearing, John Owens
Apc Hearing, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Members of the Academic Planning Committee, and others present, I appear before the committee this afternoon to speak about a vertical cut proposed for the West Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, a cut we in the Institute would not choose to make unless forced by circumstances to do so.
After three rounds of budget cutting there are no budget cuts we can make that will not adversely affect someone, somewhere. Whatever cuts we make, worthwhile programs are gone, our constituents are less well-served, someone affected will think we should have cut something else. We are recommending these cuts because, in our …
Apc Hearing, John Owens
Apc Hearing, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Members of the Academic Planning Committee, and others here today, I will appear before this committee today and tomorrow during the APC hearing process to speak about proposed vertical cuts in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources budget. Each time we will discuss a cut we in the Institute do not like ... a cut we would not make unless forced, as we are now, to do so. This is true of today's proposal to close the South Central Research and Extension Center at Clay Center.
Nebraska Lead Xxii Dinner, John Owens
Nebraska Lead Xxii Dinner, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
I’d like to start tonight with the words of the late anthropologist Margaret Mead, who once said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
As the LEAD22 class I have no doubt that you are a group of thoughtful Nebraska citizens, and we look forward with enthusiastic anticipation to your important participation in various agricultural and other organizations when you complete this wonderful program. We in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources look forward to all you can and will do in …
The Nebraska State Grange, John Owens
The Nebraska State Grange, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Thank you so much for inviting my wife Virginia and me to be with you today. It delights me to talk about land-grant universities in general, and about the land-grant university mission we take so very seriously in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources in particular, because I am so proud of the way our faculty and staff continually strive to contribute to and improve the economic and societal well-being of rural Nebraska, as well as all of Nebraska.
Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory Open House, John Owens
Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory Open House, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
What a tremendous gift “Pete” and Abbie Gudmundsen gave to the University, to the people who live throughout their beloved Sandhills, and to the entire State of Nebraska when they donated their 12,817 acre ranch, the Rafter C, to the University of Nebraska Foundation in 1978. And what tremendous work our faculty and staff have accomplished here over the past 20 years. UNL faculty and staff research and educational efforts have truly made this ranch the “Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory.”
Maxwell Arboretum Anniversary Celebration, John Owens
Maxwell Arboretum Anniversary Celebration, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
What a pleasure it is to have this opportunity to welcome you to campus today as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum. Henry Van Dyke once wrote that "He that planteth a tree ... provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him."
New Student Enrollment, John Owens
New Student Enrollment, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good morning! It is my very real pleasure to welcome you to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I want to welcome you to the entire campus, which includes both the City Campus where we are today and the East Campus - famous for its beauty and the university ice cream store!
As a student here you are becoming an important part of the University of Nebraska family, with many exciting challenges and opportunities ahead of you. In fact, often these challenges and opportunities are both sides of the same coin.
You're entering a challenging educational environment, and the opportunities which are …
Dr. Edward (Ted) Elliot Eulogy, John Owens
Dr. Edward (Ted) Elliot Eulogy, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Kathy and Susie, members of the faculty, and staff of the School of Natural Resource Sciences, ladies and gentlemen.
There are some things in this world that, try as we may, just cannot be adequately accomplished. One of those things, for me at least, is to express adequately what I feel about the passing of Dr. Edward (Ted) Elliot.
Ted came to this University of Nebraska a few months before I arrived, and it was my distinct honor to count him among my friends at this great University. Ted was a man of exceptional scientific standing and wisdom, and his …
Sorghum Research Meeting, John Owens
Sorghum Research Meeting, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
It is my pleasure to welcome you to East Campus this morning, and I thank you for inviting me to be here with you. I am pleased that we have this opportunity to come together to exchange information and ideas, to update on what's happening now, and to look to the future. It is important that we make and take advantage of such opportunities to communicate with each other, to learn each others' views, and to work with each other toward our common goals. I want to personally thank the people who have worked to organize this meeting and to …
School Of Natural Resource Sciences, John Owens
School Of Natural Resource Sciences, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good afternoon. Thank you for asking me to be with you today; I welcome this opportunity to talk with you, to hear what you're thinking, and to participate with you in an exchange of ideas.
I've been asked to make some prepared remarks this afternoon, and when those are ended I welcome your ideas, your questions, and your comments. I look forward to more discussions with you at other times, as well. I do have open hours Friday afternoons, and encourage faculty and staff to stop by to visit, to share an idea, to ask a question, or to just …
Apc Hearings, John Owens
Apc Hearings, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Members of the Academic Planning Committee, and others here today, it is my responsibility to speak with you about the budget cuts we are recommending in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This is a difficult task, because I must speak for cuts that I would prefer not to make, cuts I know are opposed by constituents and colleagues whom I hold in high regard, cuts imposed upon us because of the current status of the Nebraska economy.
Tenure, John Owens
Tenure, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Tenure is not easy to get. It is not, as one journalist puts it, a smooth rail for the gravy train. It is a long and challenging road ... Evaluation of the candidate for tenure is serious and thorough. Hours and days are spent reading and reviewing research contributions. Teaching is reviewed extensively ... The basic reason tenure is bestowed is to preserve freedom for highly trained and capable people to do their best work, to protect them from inappropriate political pressures ... Evaluation does not cease with tenure. Tenured faculty are reviewed at mandated intervals and also annually to …
Nebraska Hall Of Agricultural Achievement Dinner, John Owens
Nebraska Hall Of Agricultural Achievement Dinner, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
What a treat to be here tonight to celebrate the achievements of some wonderful new additions to the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement. I can think of few experiences more-gratifying than those in which we get to say a heartfelt “well-done and thank you" to people who make significant contributions to the world around them by the way they live their lives and by the places they choose to put their talents and energies.
Gamma Sigma Delta Reception, John Owens
Gamma Sigma Delta Reception, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”
I think of that old Chinese proverb today as we celebrate outstanding scholarship. I know our extremely talented and dedicated faculty, of whom I am especially proud, do a tremendous job of opening doors for those students who study with us in our classes in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences here at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Today we also are very proud of and for each of you students being recognized for your scholastic …
Congressional Staff Dinner /Reception, John Owens
Congressional Staff Dinner /Reception, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
It is my very real pleasure to welcome you here tonight. We are so pleased to have this opportunity to talk with you about Nebraska agriculture and natural resources, and the work we in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources do as partners with Nebraska. We welcome your insights and your help in doing all we can to strengthen our efforts on behalf of Nebraska, where one in four people depends on agriculture for employment.
That number underscores the importance of Nebraska's agricultural farm gate to consumer plate industry, as well as the importance of the work we conduct …
Japanese Ag Training Program Closing Ceremony, John Owens
Japanese Ag Training Program Closing Ceremony, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
What a pleasure it is to be here with you tonight for this year’s closing ceremony for the Japanese Ag Training Program. We have been so delighted to have those of you enrolled in the program studying with us for the past three months. You join the nearly 1,400 Japanese Ag Training Program trainees who have received animal science production, management, and agribusiness training from our faculty since the program began here in 1966, and we are so pleased to have had this opportunity to know and to work with you.
Family, Youth And Community Partners Luncheon With Senators, John Owens
Family, Youth And Community Partners Luncheon With Senators, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good afternoon. I am so pleased to be here with you today. I welcome this opportunity to talk with you about how University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, part of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, works with Nebraska’s at-risk families. I’m extremely proud of our work to help families meet their needs and develop and strengthen skills they can use to better share in Nebraska’s good life.
Nebraska Lead Xx Morning Meeting, John Owens
Nebraska Lead Xx Morning Meeting, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good morning.
I am delighted to be with you here this morning to offer my congratulations and my best wishes as you complete the LEAD program. This is a wonderful and significant accomplishment, and I certainly hope you all are celebrating and savoring it. I look forward with enthusiasm to watching your future contributions as leaders in agriculture, in your local communities, in Nebraska, and in our global community.
I'd like to start my remarks this morning with one question: How many people in this room have ridden an elephant? Show of hands?
Holling Family Award Reception
Holling Family Award Reception
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
John Holling, a 1912 graduate of the University of Nebraska who died in 1988, established the "Peter and Anna Holling Fund" in 1973 with his sisters, Hattie and Elvena Holling, the only other surviving children at the time. Their siblings, Gustave, Emil, and Rose also had contributed to the estate.
The Hollings were a pioneer farm family of German-Danish descent. Peter Holling settled in the Grand lsland area in the 1870s after missing a westbound Union Pacific work-train that he had originally boarded in Iowa.
Ianr's Contributions To Nebraska's Future, John Owens
Ianr's Contributions To Nebraska's Future, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
One in four Nebraskans depends upon agriculture for employment. That fact found in the 2001 Nebraska-Agriculture Fact Card, a cooperative effort of the Nebraska Bankers Association, the Nebraska AgRelations Council, and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Underscores the importance of agriculture to Nebraska, and the importance of the work conducted in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Testimony On Lb 1100, John Owens
Testimony On Lb 1100, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Chairman Wehrbein and members of the Appropriations Committee, my name is John Owens. I am the NU Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and am here today on behalf of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Agriculture Builders Of Nebraska, John Owens
Agriculture Builders Of Nebraska, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good morning. It is my very great pleasure to be here with you today, and to have this opportunity to visit with you about the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. I’m going to talk for just a few minutes about issues and highlights for the Institute, and then I’ve asked Dan Cotton, director of IANR’s Communications and Information Technology unit to illustrate some of the fine and innovative work being done in the Institute to benefit Nebraska.
Ianr's Contributions To Nebraska's Future, John Owens
Ianr's Contributions To Nebraska's Future, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
One in four Nebraskans depends upon agriculture for employment. That fact, found in the 2001 Nebraska Agriculture Fact Card, a cooperative effort of the Nebraska Bankers Association, the Nebraska AgRelations Council, and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, underscores the importance of agriculture to Nebraska, and the importance of the work conducted in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Nebraska Turfgrass Conference, John Owens
Nebraska Turfgrass Conference, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
I’m delighted to be here with you, and look forward to visiting with as many of you as possible both today and in the future. I’ve just completed one year in my job as University of Nebraska Vice President of agriculture and natural resources and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and it has been a learning year for me. As I start this second year, I look forward to learning even more about Nebraska and its citizens, and one of the ways to best do this is to hear what you are thinking. I …
Bullets For January 17 Urban Pest Management Welcome, John Owens
Bullets For January 17 Urban Pest Management Welcome, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
*Very great pleasure to welcome you to the 10th annual urban pest management conference
*Understand this popular conference grew from long standing positive relationship between your industry and IANR Cooperative Extension. We welcome and look forward to a continuing strong and positive partnership with you. We in IANR take very seriously our role as partners with Nebraska.
*Past leaders of the industry, such as Ward Combs Sr., Monroe Usher Sr., and IANR's Bob Roselle, provided key early leadership for your association and the development of strong educational programs supported by the university
Award Of Merit, Distinguished Achievement In Agriculture: Roger Mandigo, John Owens
Award Of Merit, Distinguished Achievement In Agriculture: Roger Mandigo, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
I am pleased to recognize Dr. Roger Mandigo as a recipient of the 2002 Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit for Distinguished Achievement in Agriculture. Roger, would you please come forward to receive your award.
Master Conservationist Awards, John Owens
Master Conservationist Awards, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
It is a distinct pleasure to be with you this evening to present the Master Conservationist awards. I appreciate the opportunity to recognize those who have gone the extra mile to enhance Nebraska's natural resources and our way of life. Their efforts take on even more importance in a year like this when drought conditions have threatened field crops, pastures, and rangeland, as well as water for livestock and the citizens of our state. Times like this underscore how important it is for us to recognize the delicate balance of nature.
The Master Conservationists we honor tonight have long-recognized the …