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April 2024
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31 4-H Council Scholarship Application Due	1 4-H Communication Event - Public Speaking & Presentation Contests 4-H Youth for the Qualtiy Care of Animals (YQCA) Training 4-H/FFA Early Enrollment/Re-Enrollment Encouraged Public Speaking Contest Entries Due 10 am–11 am Agronomy and Horticulture Coffee Social 10:30 am 4-H YQCA Training 4 pm–5 pm Plant Pathology Spring 2024 Seminar Series—Dr. Samuel Martins 4 pm–5 pm SVMBS Seminar: Hanh Cox	2 8:30 am–3:30 pm MDT Pesticide Commercial/Noncommercial Applicator Initial Training - Scottsbluff 8:30 am–5 pm Recertification Pesticide Training – Omaha 9:30 am Private Pesticide Training 4 pm–5 pm CBC/RBC seminar: Eric Boyd, Montana State University	3 12:30 pm–2 pm ABC Q&A Session 1:30 pm Private Pesticide Training 3:30 pm–4:30 pm Nebraska Water Center Spring Seminar Series: Jessica Corman 5 pm–7 pm Aprende más sobre cómo administrar tu negocio	4 11 am–12 pm Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar – Michael Kaiser 12 pm–1 pm Nebraska Climate Plan 7 pm–9 pm YQCA Trainer Led Training	5 Public Speaking Contest Deadline 9 am–10 am First Friday 11 am–12 pm Entomology Virtual Seminar: Chad Boeckman, Corteva Agriscience 3 pm–5:30 pm Filley-Garey Lecture: Dermot Hayes 3:30 pm–5 pm Science presentation with Matthew Wiebe 5 pm ‘The Nebraska Sandhills’ book launch on April 5	6 5 pm School of Natural Resources Spring Banquet
7 6 pm–7:30 pm Nemaha County 4-H Shooting Sports Club Meeting	8 12 pm–2 pm Solar Social 2 pm–4 pm Youth Health Equity Project Showcase 4 pm–5 pm Plant Pathology Spring 2024 Seminar Series—Dr. Hyun-Seob Song 4 pm–5 pm SVMBS Seminar: Joe Reed	9 9 am–10 pm Haskell Ag Lab Coffee & Conversations 2 pm–5 pm Ag4Space Open House 4 pm–5 pm CBC/RBC seminar: Anna Beaudin, University of Utah School of Medicine 6:30 pm–8 pm Block and Bridle Club Meeting	10 Chemigation Training 8:30 am–11:30 am MDT Yonts Water Conference 10 am–3 pm Natural Resources Conservation Connecting Point Workshop 11 am–12 pm Rural Rendezvous 12 pm–1 pm GROBigRed 12 pm–1 pm NPOD seminar Eric Yen (U. Wisconsin) 12 pm–1 pm Canceled: School of Natural Resources Graduate Student Research Seminar: TBD 1 pm–2 pm M.S. Thesis Defense - Tanessa Morris 4:30 pm Extension Board Meeting	11 11 am–12 pm Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar – Fernando Aramburu Merlo 11:30 am–1:30 pm HealthierU Spring Event 5 pm Lawn Mower Clinic Fundraiser 6:30 pm–8 pm Animal Behavior and Welfare Club Meeting	12 11 am–12 pm Virtual entomology seminar: Amanda Pierce, EPA	13 8 am 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Initial Workshop 1 pm UNL “Bulls Worth Waiting For” Annual Bull Sale
14 12 pm 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Initial Workshop	15 2024 World Food Prize Nebraska Youth Institute Public Speaking Contest 4 pm–5 pm Plant Pathology Spring 2024 Seminar Series—Dr. Thiago Maia 4 pm–5 pm SVMBS Seminar: Greta Krafsur 5 pm 4-H Youth & Adult Booster Scholarship DUE 5:30 pm Fillmore Co. Extension Board Meeting 6 pm–8 pm 2024 Agronomy and Horticulture Spring Banquet 6 pm–8 pm Cuming County 4-H Communication Contests	16 9 am–10 am M.S. Thesis Defense - Kate Glause 2 pm–3 pm Leadership Discussions 7 pm–8:30 pm MDT Technology on the Ranch Roundtable	17 6 am Public Speaking/PSA/Presentations Contest 12:30 pm–1:30 pm M.S. Thesis Defense - Nafyad Kawo 1 pm–2 pm Entomology M.S. seminar with Edith Ikuze 3:30 pm–4:30 pm Nebraska Water Center Spring Seminar Series: Amy Schmidt	18 8 am–5:30 pm 2024 MMoD Symposium 11 am–12 pm Canceled: Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar – Desmond Layne 1 pm–2 pm Entomology Department seminar with Pragya Gupta, MS student 2 pm Raquel Taylor, ALEC Doctoral Defense 6 pm–7:30 pm Phelps-Gosper 4-H Speech Contest	19 9:30 am–10:30 am M.S. Thesis Defense - Elsa Forsberg 11 am–12 pm Entomology seminar: Emily Bick, University of Wisconsin 12:30 pm–1:30 pm School of Natural Resources Seminar: Jill Motschenbacher 8 pm–11 pm Free Skate Night	20
21 National Volunteer Week	22 National Volunteer Week 4 pm–5 pm Plant Pathology Spring 2024 Seminar Series—Amany Gomaa 4 pm–5 pm SVMBS Seminar: Amy Desaulniers 7 pm–9 pm Cuming County Extension Board Meeting	23 National Volunteer Week 6:30 am–7 am Cattle and Coffee: Morning Webinar Series on Annual Forages 11 am–12 pm Leadership Discussions 4 pm–5 pm CBC/RBC seminar: Tatsuya Nobori, The Salk Institute 6:30 pm–8 pm Block and Bridle Club Meeting	24 National Volunteer Week 7:30 am–4 pm MDT Nebraska Soil Health School 12 pm BSE Seminar Series: Featuring Guest Speaker Dr. Huihui Zhang 12 pm–1 pm Leadership Discussions 12 pm–1 pm SNR Graduate Student Research Seminar - Kaitlyn Dozler	25 National Volunteer Week 11 am–12 pm Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar – Co-sponsored with the Department of Animal Science and Department of Statistics 12 pm–1 pm Farm and Ranch Employee Intake and Onboarding 5 pm–7 pm Cabela’s Apprenticeships Poster Presentations 5 pm–9 pm Spring Affair 2024 Preview Party and Preview Plant Sale	26 4-H/Extension Office Closed-Morrill County Arbor Day - Office Closed National Volunteer Week Office Closed - Arbor Day 8 am–5 pm Arbor Day - Nemaha County Extension Office Closed 8 am Arbor Day; Extension Office Closed 11 am–12 pm Entomology seminar: Natalie Johnston 12 pm–12:55 pm Food for Heath Seminar Series - Dr. James Collins 2 pm–6 pm Spring Affair 2024 Plant Sale: Free admission April 26 3 pm–5 pm Husker Cancer Support 5 pm City Nature Challenge	27 4-H Weigh Day for Swine National Volunteer Week 9 am–12 pm Spring Affair 2024 Plant Sale: Free Admission April 27
28	29 8 am–5 pm 2024 Nebraska Plant Science Symposium 4 pm–5 pm Plant Pathology Spring 2024 Seminar Series—Dr. Iskender Tiryaki 4 pm–5 pm SVMBS Seminar: Kiruthiga Mone	30 1 pm–3 pm Cover Crop Field Day 1 pm–2:30 pm Global For All: Building Language and Cultural Bridges 1 pm–2:30 pm Mackenzie Batt, MS Defense 4 pm–5 pm CBC/RBC seminar: Kyaw (Joe) Aung, Iowa State University	1 11 am Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities 2024 12 pm–1 pm Dempster Christenson, MS Defense 12 pm–1 pm NPOD seminar John Thyfault (U. of Kansas Medical Center) 3:30 pm–4:30 pm Nebraska Water Center Spring Seminar Series: Jonathan Spurgeon 5 pm 4-H Music Contest entries DUE 5 pm–7 pm Aprende más sobre cómo administrar tu negocio	2 8:30 am Future of BSE Days 9 am–4 pm Horticulture Club Spring Plant Sale 12 pm–1 pm Measuring Up: Annual Forage vs. Row Crop 12 pm–3 pm Range Management Club Native Plant Sale	3 Nebraska Ranch Practicum Registration Deadline 9 am–10 am First Friday 9 am–4 pm Horticulture Club Spring Plant Sale 11 am–5:30 pm Loeffel Meat Shoppe Grand Re-Opening Celebration 12 pm–12:55 pm Food for Heath Seminar Series - Dr. David Threadgill 12 pm–3 pm Range Management Club Native Plant Sale 3:30 pm–4:30 pm Canceled: Nebraska Center for Virology Science Presentation: David Dunigan	4 9 am–1 pm Horticulture Club Spring Plant Sale 12 pm–3 pm Range Management Club Native Plant Sale