Becki Hightower Lawver

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After attending UNL and graduating in the fall of '96 I taught high school Agricultural Education in Bassett, NE for a year, Blair for 2 years and North Bend for 6 years. During that time I got my masters in Leadership Education from UNL. After teaching for 9 years I decided to do something crazy and move my family to Columbia, MO so I could get my PhD in Agricultural Education at the University of Missouri. I graduated in 2009 and have just finished my first year as an assistant professor in Ag Ed at Utah State University in Logan, UT. I teach undergraduate courses in leadership, agricultural education, and teaching methods and graduate courses in volunteerism, classroom management, and adult education. Mark is a dispatcher for a trucking company - after having him on the road in his own truck for ten years....it's been great to have him home.

Most people don't know what I 'really do'. I teach future teachers! I feel like we had some great teachers at EHS and now I am preparing the next generation of high school agricultural educators. While we didn't/don't have an ag program at EHS, it is similar to the other career and technical programs like family consumer science and business. I love learning about animals, plants, natural resources, horticulture, greenhouse...all that stuff.