Work was beckoning Thursday for the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Aggie Class of 2017 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
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CURTIS, Neb. – Work was beckoning Thursday for the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Aggie Class of 2017 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.
Valedictorian Matthew Lundt of Correctionville, Iowa, said he needed to get home for spring calving and helping his family with corn planting so he opted to forego the walk across the commencement stage.
“We had more pressing matters at hand,” the dual major in agribusiness management and animal science said by phone. “We needed to be here at the farm.”
He and wife, Lauren, were leasing ground for the first time in their newlywed life, through a crop-share arrangement with his grandmother in Iowa.
The NCTA commencement drew 73 of the 80-plus agricultural and veterinary technology graduates, with several exiting immediately after the ceremony.
“We have a nine-hour drive tonight for the college rodeo tomorrow in Dickinson (North Dakota),” said Lexus Kelsch, an agribusiness graduate from McLaughlin, S.D. Kelsch and her horse, Tigger, will claim the Great Plains regional barrel racing title this weekend.