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Friday, October 10, 2014

It’s ‘Rockets to the Rescue’ during National 4-H Week

Millions of youth around the country will become “aerospace engineers” for a day on Wednesday, as 4-H National Youth Science Day’s “Rockets to the Rescue” takes center stage during National 4-H Week, Oct. 5–11.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

NIFA Education Grant Changes Employment Outlook for Tribal College Grads

Jim Hafer’s passion for teaching is second only to his savvy in leveraging opportunity. Hafer, an agriculture instructor at Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, Mont., noticed a gathering storm of local retirements forming at both Pacific Power and Light’s cogeneration plants and at Western Energy’s coal mines. He made a decision. His students could—and would—fill the coming talent gap caused by the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation.

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