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Serving Rural Nebraska Panhandle, John Owens
Serving Rural Nebraska Panhandle, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
I'm going to jump right into my topic tonight - Chuck Hibberd asked me to talk briefly about my ideas on serving rural Nebraska before our open-discussion. And serving rural Nebraska is a topic on which I have a great deal to say! So I'm going to talk fast here for 12 minutes or so, and then I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
New Student Enrollment, John Owens
New Student Enrollment, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good morning! It is my 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.
Naceb Luncheon, John Owens
Naceb Luncheon, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
I hope you all had the opportunity to see the first issue of University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension’s Connect newsletter. It contains a quote that strikes me as so powerful that I can’t imagine there is a single extension-specialist or educator in this state who wouldn’t walk around with a big grin on their faces because of this wonderful comment.
Lincoln Downtown Rotary Club, John Owens
Lincoln Downtown Rotary Club, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me to be here with you today. One of the things I'm enjoying most in my new position as University of Nebraska Vice President of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources is meeting the people who live in this state, in urban and rural areas, from Scottsbluff to Omaha, from Lincoln to Curtis, and at any number of towns - north, south, east, west - in between.
Extension Retirees Luncheon, John Owens
Extension Retirees Luncheon, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here with you today. It is always a pleasure to visit with the people who have made the work we do in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources their work, and I want to thank each of you for the years and the gifts you gave Nebraska and the University as a representative of University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension. I am a strong supporter of extension because I have long believed that Cooperative Extension is the best "out of the classroom" educational opportunity ever devised.
Nebraska Agribusiness Club, John Owens
Nebraska Agribusiness Club, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Thank you for inviting me to be here with you today. I've now completed four months as University of Nebraska Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and I welcome every opportunity that comes my way to meet and talk with Nebraska's residents. I'm particularly happy to be here with you; I appreciate your interest in agriculture, and Ed Woeppel tells me that many members of this group are very supportive of the Institute, and worked hard to create IANR in the '70s.
Gamma Sigma Delta Reception, John Owens
Gamma Sigma Delta Reception, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
What a pleasure it is to be here today as we recognize outstanding scholarship. Like everyone here, I want to congratulate each of your students being recognized today for your scholastic accomplishments. I want you to know we are happy you’ve chosen to study with us in the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences, the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council, John Owens
Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
That quote by the late anthropologist Margaret Mead seems especially fitting to me tonight as I look out at all of you. People who are committed to leadership in agriculture and in Nebraska. People with vision and creativity who give of your time and talents to preserve, to strengthen, and to move forward those things in which you believe. People determined to succeed.
Panhandle Spring Conference, John Owens
Panhandle Spring Conference, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
I am so pleased to be here with you today.
live been asked to visit with you a bit about the future of IANR and its role in rural Nebraska, and that is exactly what I want to do - to visit with you. I want to hear what you have to say.
I will begin today with some prepared remarks, to help you better understand how I view the work we do, but because I only have been in Nebraska since just before the Christmas holidays, and at IANR since January 2, I think it would be presumptuous of …
Dinner Prelude To The Nebraska Great Gardens Symposium, John Owens
Dinner Prelude To The Nebraska Great Gardens Symposium, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
It’s a pleasure to welcome you to the University of Nebraska here in Lincoln. I’m delighted to be asked to join you for this dinner prelude to your Nebraska Great Gardens Symposium tomorrow. I’m also pleased to be able to welcome you to East Campus tonight, and to the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and I understand you’ll be meeting at the City Campus Union tomorrow. I am glad you have the opportunity to visit both campuses, and I hope you will come back when they are in bloom. As a newcomer to Nebraska myself – my wife Virginia …
Ianr Day, John Owens
Ianr Day, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
We are called to great work, you and I.
We are called to fulfill the mission of the land-grant university, and I consider that as much a distinct honor as it is a serious responsibility.
I am so pleased to be able to meet that honor and that responsibility by working with all of you, and I’m delighted to talk with you today. While I haven’t had the opportunity to meet everyone in this room, I’ve certainly been glad for all the opportunities that have arisen to meet some of you. And I look forward to getting to know others. …
Testimony To Appropriations Committee, John Owens
Testimony To Appropriations Committee, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Chairman Wehrbein and members of the Appropriations Committee, I am John Owens, Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska. I am present today to speak on behalf of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture located in Curtis, Nebraska.
I appreciate the opportunity to be present today to visit with you about the Impact of the proposed-budget rescission on the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. For this fiscal year, the Legislature appropriated approximately $2.3 million from the General Fund to operate NCTA. The amount of the proposed 3% budget rescission is just over $73,000. While this …
Intro For Marjorie Kostelnik, John Owens
Intro For Marjorie Kostelnik, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Dr. Marjorie Kostelnik came to us from the Department of Family and Child Ecology in the College of Human Ecology at Michigan State University, where she served as chairperson from 1994 to 2000. We are delighted to have her here with us in Nebraska as dean of the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences, and I hope that those of you in the room who may not yet have had an opportunity to meet Marjorie will take that opportunity today.
Sustainable Families Action Team - Ianr Team Effort Award, John Owens
Sustainable Families Action Team - Ianr Team Effort Award, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
It's amazing what people, working together, can do. Amazing, inspiring, and uplifting!
I know that each member of the Sustainable Families Action Team brings to that team their own particular talents. Today, with the IANR Team Effort Award, we recognize the team members willingness to combine their individual talents, with each team member contributing to a larger whole for the good of Nebraska.
Governor's Ag Conference, John Owens
Governor's Ag Conference, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Thank you for inviting me to be here with you today. As the new guy on the block at the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, I welcome every opportunity to meet and talk with Nebraska’s residents. I hope to have the opportunity to talk with many of you here. I want to hear your views on the greatest challenges facing both agriculture and Nebraska in the coming years. I want to know how you think the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources can be of assistance.
Testimony To Appropriations Committee (Nebraska College Of Technical Agriculture), John Owens
Testimony To Appropriations Committee (Nebraska College Of Technical Agriculture), John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Chairman Wehrbein and members of the appropriations committee. My name is John Owens, and I am the University of Nebraska Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
I am pleased to be able to visit with you today as the new guy on the block at the University of Nebraska. Some of you I have met at various events since my arrival at the University of Nebraska on January 2, others of you I have not, and I look forward to our meeting and getting acquainted. My wife, …
Plattsmouth Rotary February Meeting (Farmer's Day Program), John Owens
Plattsmouth Rotary February Meeting (Farmer's Day Program), John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be with you here in Plattsmouth today, and I am particularly pleased to be part of your Farmer's Day program.
Because I am so new to Nebraska and the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, I am trying to learn as much as I can about how the Institute connects with the state, annd how you feel we can be an even better partner with Nebraska. I'm curious about our work in each Nebraska county, and because I was coming to Cass County today, I asked those I work with for …
Nebraska Farm Bureau Legislative Conference, John Owens
Nebraska Farm Bureau Legislative Conference, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Thank you for inviting me to be with you this morning. I am happy both to be here at your conference, and to be in Nebraska.
My wife Virginia and I slipped into the state literally the week before Christmas, arriving in the face of a strong north wind and windchills hitting 35 to 40 below. It was an exciting advent to our new home, driving for hours over icy, snow packed roads. Living in New Mexico all those years, I’d forgotten how tightly a person can grip a Steering wheel during a white-out!
Nebraska Pork Producers Association, John Owens
Nebraska Pork Producers Association, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Good morning. And thank you for asking me to be with you today. It’s certainly a pleasure to be in Grand Island. I’m really looking forward to traveling the entire state of Nebraska in the next few months, asking people, as I am asking you today, to talk with me about the needs you identify as work for the University of Nebraska and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. I hope I’ll have the opportunity to visit with many of you. I want to know what’s on your mind and what you think the University and the Institute should …
Husker Feed Grains And Soybean Conference, John Owens
Husker Feed Grains And Soybean Conference, John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. It is a pleasure to be here. I look forward to working with you in the days ahead; in fact, I look forward “to attending” this conference in the future and knowing many of you by name.
Agriculture Builders Of Nebraska Inc., John Owens
Agriculture Builders Of Nebraska Inc., John Owens
John Owens: Speeches and Appearances
It’s a pleasure to be able to speak with you today. I want you to know that Virginia and I are delighted to be in Nebraska. And I’m especially happy to have arrived in the state at a time where I can, on my 7th day on the job, learn so much about UNL just by reading the state’s largest newspaper.