"IANR is Global" Series

Do you know that the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) has a number of globally-focused staff members and student staff that advance our triparite mission? In this series, we'll be introducing you to these individuals and exploring how they engage with and support the students, faculty, staff and partners in IANR. The first in this series is Divine Mbabazi, a junior integrated science major who is serving in her first semster as a CASNR Global Ambassador. 

About Oleh

Anticipated Date of Graduation: December 2021

Why did you decide to come to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln?

Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil

Major: Entomology

Anticipated Date of Graduation: May 2022

Why did you decide to come to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln?

Nebraska reminds Jiaming Duan where she was born and raised in China.

Duan came to study for her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and spends part of her time at the West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center in North Platte.

“Agriculture is the main industry in the province where I grew up,” Duan said. “So that is one reason why I want to learn agriculture.”

In her youth, Duan said she heard a lot of stories about agriculture.

About Luan

I'm originally from Brazil. I’ve been living in the United States for the past two years. I have a bachelor's degree in agronomy engineering, and my master’s and doctorate degrees had an emphasis on agricultural machinery and precision agriculture.

What is your position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln?

I'm the new assistant Nebraska Extension educator in Burt, Thurston and Dakota Counties.

What drew you to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln?

This is a continuation of our "IANR is Global" series, which highlights the many ways internationalization is woven through the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: through research collaboration, government and private industry partnerships, extension work, student educational experiences and the IANR community from around the world.

Nebraska entomologists and farmers are welcoming Dr. Edson Baldin back this fall. Baldin is an expert in host-plant resistance at the São Paulo State University, UNESP, Brazil, and he originally came to Lincoln for several months 2011-12 to study the soybean aphid resistant soybean.

This is a continuation of our "IANR is Global" series, which highlights the many ways internationalization is woven through the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: through research collaboration, government and private industry partnerships, extension work, student educational experiences and the IANR community from around the world.

This is a continuation of our "IANR is Global" series, which highlights the many ways internationalization is woven through the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: through research collaboration, government and private industry partnerships, extension work, student educational experiences and the IANR community from around the world.

This is a continuation of our "IANR is Global" series, which highlights the many ways internationalization is woven through the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: through research collaboration, government and private industry partnerships, extension work, student educational experiences and the IANR community from around the world.

Lincoln, Neb. —Four short years ago, Eugene Baraka first stepped foot onto the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, over 8,000 miles from home.  

Baraka was among 50 students from Rwanda who were recruited to come to the United States and study integrated sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Scholarship Program (CUSP). He had never heard of Nebraska until he took the CUSP program acceptance exam.