What Success Looks Like for UNL Extension

It is 2020 and UNL Extension is receiving a national award for Extension Excellence from the national Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) on how innovation has launched Extension into it second 100 years.  Extension in this state has transformed our states’ capacity to address issues critical to Nebraskans through their Extension systems highly effective Action Team networks. The master of ceremonies describes how UNL Extension tackles difficult issues such as water conflicts, childhood obesity, and growth of rural communities to come so far so fast. She documents how Extension has revolutionized informal education and explains that this transformation was by far the single most important factor in making Extension the success story of government funded programs – a model for public value in USDA.

The “100 Years into the Future” UNL Extension Team collectively envisioned the implementation of the action team model that resulted in achieving this award.  In looking back on their work, they talked about their success.