{"id":51969,"date":"2015-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T19:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:56:04","slug":"nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nFellows from the Nebraska Leadership Education\/Action Development (LEAD) program, visited the University of Nebraska Medical Center Feb. 27-28. The group was learning more about UNMC’s rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts as part of the LEAD program.<\/p>\n

\nHoused at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, LEAD is a statewide agricultural leadership development program designed to increase knowledge and understanding of economics and social changes affecting agriculture and rural areas. It is now in its 33rd<\/sup> year. <\/p>\n

\nEach year, LEAD provides up to 30 of Nebraska's most promising adult men and women agriculturalists an opportunity to participate in an intensive two-year educational program designed to enhance the leadership development essential for the long-term future of farming\/ranching and agribusiness in Nebraska and the nation.<\/p>\n

\nMembers of the LEAD 2013-2015 class and their hometowns:<\/p>\n

\nAmelia — Wayne Frederick, Frederick Ranch\/Childers Farms<\/p>\n

\nBruning — Brad Heinrichs, Heinrichs Farms\/NFB Crop Insurance<\/p>\n

\nBurwell — Chris Bender, Great Western Bank<\/p>\n

\nCambridge — Calvin Wineland, American Butchers, LLC<\/p>\n

\nCentral City — Jon Root, Producer<\/p>\n

\nClatonia — Barry Young, Agri-King Nutrition, Inc.<\/p>\n

\nDoniphan — Tim Johnson, Farmers National Company<\/p>\n

\nElgin — Keith Borer, Producer \/ CVA Coop and Anne Meis, Meis Farms<\/p>\n

\nFremont — Jeff Moon, Farmers National Company<\/p>\n

\nGeneva — Nate Hughes, Hughes Farms<\/p>\n

\nGrand Island — Justin Jake Tollman, Nutrient Advisors, LLC<\/p>\n

\nHaigler — Alex Peterson, Windmill Ranch, LLC<\/p>\n

\nHickman — Nathan Dorn, Dorn Farms<\/p>\n

\nHayes Center — Matt Broz, Zorb Inc.<\/p>\n

\nImperial — Nick Fowler, Kuenning & Sons, LLC<\/p>\n

\nJansen — Brooke Engelman, Classic Dairy, Inc.<\/p>\n

\nKennard — Jason Arp, Arp Cattle and Knee Deep, LLC<\/p>\n

\nLincoln — Matt Dolch, Syngenta<\/p>\n

\nMcCook — Jolene Messinger, Messinger Lands, Inc.\/JRM FIN Srvcs, LLC,\/ SW Feeders, LLC<\/p>\n

\nMitchell — Michael Ann Relka, Western Sugar Cooperative<\/p>\n

\nPleasanton — Pete Dixon, Dixon Ag Services, LLP<\/p>\n

\nRandolph — Ryan Brodersen, Brodersen Farms<\/p>\n

\nRoca — Chad McDaniel, McDaniel Ag<\/p>\n

\nOmaha — Kenny Smith, Farm Credit Services of America<\/p>\n

\nScottsbluff — Jessica Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center<\/p>\n

\nSeward — Mark Suhr, Suhr & Lichty Insurance Agency Inc.<\/p>\n

\nSutton — Jess Waddell, D.V.M., The Maschhoffs LLC<\/p>\n

\nThrough world-class research and patient care, UNMC generates breakthroughs that make life better for people throughout Nebraska and beyond. Its education programs train more health professionals than any other institution in the state. Learn more at <\/em>unmc.edu<\/em><\/a> and follow us on social media. <\/em><\/p>\n

\nTwitter<\/a>  |  Facebook<\/a>  |  Pinterest<\/a>  |  YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The group was learning more about UNMC’s rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":51970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-outreach","department-press-release","department-rural","author_override-vicky-cerino"],"yoast_head":"\nNebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The group was learning more about UNMC's rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The group was learning more about UNMC's rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-02T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-03T00:56:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"704\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"406\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Victoria Cerino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Victoria Cerino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Victoria Cerino\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143\"},\"headline\":\"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-02T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-03T00:56:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\"},\"wordCount\":413,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\",\"name\":\"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-02T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-03T00:56:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"The group was learning more about UNMC's rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg\",\"width\":704,\"height\":406},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/unmc\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143\",\"name\":\"Victoria Cerino\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/9bf31c7ff062936a96d3c8bd1f8f2ff3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC","description":"The group was learning more about UNMC's rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC","og_description":"The group was learning more about UNMC's rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2015-03-02T06:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-03T00:56:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":704,"height":406,"url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Victoria Cerino","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Victoria Cerino","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/"},"author":{"name":"Victoria Cerino","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143"},"headline":"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC","datePublished":"2015-03-02T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-03T00:56:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/"},"wordCount":413,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/","name":"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg","datePublished":"2015-03-02T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-03T00:56:04+00:00","description":"The group was learning more about UNMC's rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/LEAD_33.jpg","width":704,"height":406},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/03\/02\/nebraska-lead-program-fellows-visit-unmc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143","name":"Victoria Cerino","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/9bf31c7ff062936a96d3c8bd1f8f2ff3\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74296,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51969\/revisions\/74296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}