NACTA Newsletter - March 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
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March 2024
NACTA Roundup with President Nick Fuhrman
NACTA President Nick Fuhrman talks important upcoming dates for the Association, the upcoming conference in Wooster, Ohio, and more! Thank you, Nick!
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Featured Member, Brad Ramsdale
Each month we sit down with a member to highlight their academic and professional career, and to see how they are making the best of their membership in NACTA. This month’s Featured Member is the current NACTA Judging Conference Director, Brad Ramsdale.
How long have you been a member of NACTA?
I first attended a NACTA teaching conference in 2006 in Vancouver. Soon after I switched jobs, and it took a while to get plugged back in. I’ve been an active member for about the last 10 years and have taken students to the Judging Conference since 2010.
Looking at your time with the Association, what have you most enjoyed doing?
Preparing student teams for the Judging conference is my greatest passion; but attending the summer teaching conference is always a great experience. Both have provided wonderful opportunities to network with peers from across the country and
I always take home some new teaching ideas from the summer conference. I’d love to see more 2-year agricultural teachers take advantage of the summer teaching conference.
The 2024 NACTA Judging Conference is coming up later this month! What are you most looking forward to?
Taking students to a national competition and to Twin Falls. The competition itself is an amazing learning experience for students, but the travel to a whole different region in the U.S. and providing students with the chance to experience both
agriculture and the culture 900 miles from home will provide lifetime memories.
What interesting things are you working on outside of the Association right now?
I have a new summer teaching program that I am launching this year. As an agronomy teacher, the best hand’s-on learning opportunities occur during the summer; but our students also need that internship experience as well. So, this summer, we
have developed a hybrid program where students will be working at their internship in the industry 4 days a week and taking 2 classes from me 1 day a week. This will be at the University of Nebraska’s Stumpf International Wheat Center, which
is an hour from my campus. 100% experiential learning at a research center surrounded by a very active agronomy industry.
What is your most memorable teaching moment?
About a month ago, a good friend of mine that works with Corteva sent me text that he met one of my first students when I began teaching, which was at Fresno State from 2003 to 2007. I find it very humbling to know that a very positive impression
was made that early in my career.
Anything else that you would like to add?
It’s been a wonderful opportunity to serve on the NACTA Executive Committee for the last 5 years. The passion of these colleagues for NACTA is amazing.
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Register for the NACTA 2024 Conference!
The early bird deadline to register for the 70th Annual NACTA Conference is 11:59 PM EDT on Monday, April 15, 2024! This year's conference will be held June 24-28 in Wooster, Ohio! At the Annual NACTA Conference, you will be able to connect with and learn from others who share the same passion for the improvement of teaching and learning in agriculture, food and natural resources. The Annual NACTA conference will provide you with new teaching techniques, ideas and resources. It is also one of the best professional development activities for networking with other teaching professionals where the common discipline is “teaching.”
Click here to register
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New NACTA Members
NACTA had 83 new members since our last newsletter. We hope you will join us in welcoming them!
International
Frederick Yebodah, China
Southern
Xin
Wang, FL
Izabella Toledo, FL
Travis Thomas, FL
Luis Ruiz-Menjivar, FL
Tennisha Riley, FL
Willingthon Pavan, FL
Andrew Mongue, FL
Andrew MacIntosh, FL
Bin Liu, FL
Gretchen Lescord, FL
Pablo
Lamino Jaramillo, FL
Kotryna Klizentyte, FL
Felix Jiminez-Rondan, FL
Racquel Dias, FL
Marc Chevrette, FL
Michelle Abraczinskas, FL
R.G. Easterly, FL
Eastern
Catherine Ernst, MI
Lynn Olthof, MI
Casie Bass, IN
Central
Michaella Fevold, NE
Michael Orth, WI
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Renew Your NACTA Membership
NACTA is the largest professional development organization that focuses specifically on the scholarship of teaching and learning in agriculture, food and natural resources. Need to renew your membership? Want to invite a colleague to join? Want to change your membership status? Visit the
membership page here. We appreciate your NACTA membership!
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