North Dakota State University Extension and Research Extension Center faculty and staff were honored for their years of service at the Oct. 24-26 NDSU Extension and Research Extension Center fall conference in Fargo.

Those recognized were:

Five Years

• Austin Kraklau, research specialist, North Central Research Extension Center
• Cody Wieland, livestock technician, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center
• Hannah Worral, research specialist, North Central Research Extension Center
• MaKayla Fleming, Extension agent, Grand Forks County
• Joe Ikley​, Extension weed specialist, Department of Plant Sciences
• Alexa Lystad, research specialist, Department of Plant Sciences
• Hannah Nordby, program coordinator, Soil Conservation Leadership and Planning
• Bryon Parman, agricultural finance specialist, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Megan Vig, Extension agent, Steele County

10 Years

• Venkataramana (Venkat) Chapara, plant pathologist, Langdon Research Extension Center
• John Rickertsen​, Agricultural Experiment Station specialist, Hettinger Research Extension Center
• David Weltikol, ag technician/mechanic, Williston Research Extension Center
• Penny Dale, North Dakota 4-H Foundation manager
• Jeanne Erickson, Extension parent educator, Parent and Family Resource Center – Region 4
• Andrew Friskop, Extension plant pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology
• Esther McGinnis, Extension horticulturist, Department of Plant Sciences
• Susan Milender, Extension agent, Barnes County
• William Nganje, department chair, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Julianne Racine, Extension agent, LaMoure County

15 Years

• Rickie Bohn​, ag technician, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center
• Shana Forster, director, North Central Research Extension Center, and Extension district director – North Central District
• Benjamin Geaumont​, research associate professor/wildlife and range​, Hettinger Research Extension Center​
• Tyler Tjelde​, irrigation research agronomist, Williston Research Extension Center
• Chris Augustin, director, Dickinson Research Extension Center
• Bob Bertsch, web technology specialist, Agriculture Communication
• Chad DePlazes, research specialist, Department of Plant Sciences
• Tom Kalb, Extension horticulturist, Department of Plant Sciences

20 Years

• Holly Arnold, Extension parent educator, Parent and Family Resource Center – Region 2
• Jack Rasmussen, department chair, Department of Plant Pathology

25 Years

• Gary Willoughby​, research specialist, North Central Research Extension Center
• Jason Faller, ag seed technician, Agronomy Seed Farm
• Sean Brotherson, Extension family science specialist, Department of Human Development and Family Science
• Jana Daeuber, research specialist, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• Janet Knodel, Extension entomologist, Department of Plant Pathology and School of Natural Resources

30 Years

• Dean Nelson, ag research technician, Dickinson Research Extension Center
• Rick Schmidt, Extension agent, Oliver County

40 Years

• Greg Endres, cropping systems specialist, Carrington Research Extension Center

45 Years

• Blaine Schatz, assistant director, North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

*Photos of years of service honorees are located at https://bit.ly/NDSU-yearsofservice. Recipients are pictured with Greg Lardy (left), vice president for Agricultural Affairs at NDSU.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – Oct. 27, 2023

Source: Greg Lardy, 701-231-7660, gregory.lardy@ndsu.edu

Editor: Elizabeth Cronin, 701-231-7881, elizabeth.cronin@ndsu.edu