Our Alumni

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Joviale Uwase was a UNL CUSP Scholar in 2017 majoring in Integrated Science with a concentration in Mechanized Systems and Management. Uwase participated in two research projects that involved coal combustion residue as a potential soil amendment. One of the projects had an objective of measuring nitrogen losses from fertilized fields via greenhouse gas emission and volatilization. The second project was laboratory incubation study where more detailed measurement of nitrogen losses in soil was conducted. The experimental set-up was equipped to collect greenhouse gas emission, ammonia volatilization and nitrate leaching.

Nicole Ishimwe Ange was a UNL CUSP Scholar in 2018 majoring in Integrated Science with two concentrations - Conservatino Agriculture and Mechanized Systems Management with a minor in Leadership.

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Rex Nielsen is a third-generation rancher, manager and one of the owners of the Spear T Ranch Corporation which has been in the Nielsen family for eighty-five years. Nielsen earned a B.S. from Chadron State College as well as other undergraduate degrees from Nebraska Western College and Western Nebraska Technical College. He also has had significant interest and involvement in Nebraska water issues. Nielsen served the PREEC Soils Lab for over 40 years, retired in March 2023 and continues to facilitate research efforts on the family ranch.

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Tonny Ruhinda was a UNL Cusp Scholar in 2017 from Kigali, Rwanda in East Africa. Ruhinda worked primarily on a variable rate irrigation project that involved spatially varying water across a field using speed and nozzle control. With this knowledge, he will return home and continue to develop the agriculture sector.