VERONA, Mississippi, Nov. 14 -- The Beef Improvement Federation issued the following news release: The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) elected new directors and announced new officers June 20 during the group's annual meeting and symposium in Brookings, South Dakota. Tommy Clark, Culpeper, Virginia, was introduced as the 2019-2020 BIF president during the Thursday luncheon. Joe Mushrush, Strong City, Kansas, is the new vice president. New directors elected to serve on the BIF board were pro  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 15 -- Nebraska Farm Bureau issued the following news release: Nebraskans must be open to new opportunities to grow agriculture, even when those opportunities look different than what have been available to previous generations of farmers and ranchers. The idea of being open to new forms and models of agriculture was at the forefront of Nebraska Farm Bureau's comments to members of the Legislature's Agriculture Committee during a hearing on Legislative Resolution 219, a r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Public Religion Research Institute issued the following news release: Amid demographic and cultural shifts that are changing communities in Nebraska and the country, a wide-ranging new PRRI survey of over 1,300 Nebraskans explores the fault lines resulting from these changes and the bridges being built across the divides. Like the country overall, Nebraskans are deeply divided about the meaning of these changes, but despite these challenges, they remain optimistic about t  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 13 -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release: TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of innovation economy CEOs and senior executives, today named Tyler Diers as its new Executive Director for Illinois and the Midwest. Based in Springfield,Illinois, Diers will oversee TechNet's state advocacy and political activities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentuc  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 12 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The master's in epidemiology program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health has been ranked 16th out of 25 programs nationally by MPH Online. "The ranking reflects all the work we've put into revamping our curriculum," said Deborah Levy, Ph.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health. "We increased the rigor and the number   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 12 -- The Council of Chief State School Officers issued the following news release: The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today announced its 2019-20 Board of Directors following elections at the 2019 Annual Policy Forum in Atlanta. Jillian Balow, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wyoming, assumed the presidency and Matthew Blomstedt, the Nebraska Commissioner of Education was chosen as president-elect. CCSSO members also elected Kirsten Baesler, the   more