Graduate Students at GSL
Joslyn Beard, PhD student, is working with Travis Mulliniks and Dustin Yates. Her PhD re-search investigates the mecha-nisms that define metabolic flexi-bility and energetics in young range cows during lactation. Joslyn is originally from Las Cru-ces, NM, and received her BS and MS degrees from New Mexico State University. She is also serv-ing as an instructor at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Tasha King, PhD student, is working with Travis Mulliniks and Jim MacDonald. Her PhD research is focused on supple-mentation strategies to increase energy and amino acid utilization and reproduction in young range cows. Tasha is originally from Bronson, Iowa, and received her BS degree from Northwest Mis-souri State University and MS degree from UNL. She is also serving as an instructor at Nebraska College of Technical Agri-culture.
Tara Harms, MS Student, is working with Mitch Stephenson and Jerry Volesky. Her MS re-search is focused on management strategies to improve the grazing and hay use of Sandhills mead-ows. These management strate-gies involve early-season burning and grazing and grazing at differ-ent intensities in the fall and win-ter. Tara is originally from Dodge, Nebraska, and received her BS degree from UNL in Animal Sci-ence and Grazing Livestock Systems.
Rob Ziegler, MS student, is working with Travis Mulliniks and Jim MacDonald. His MS re-search focuses on management and supplementation strategies to increase cow/calf efficiency in the Sandhills. Rob is originally from Green Lane, Pennsylvania, and received his BS degree from the University of Wyoming. Rob also serves as an animal science stu-dent representative for the IANR graduate committee.
Interns at GSL
We have had the opportunity to have Hannah Watson intern with the ranch crew this summer. Hannah is a junior in the Depart-ment of Animal Science with a specialty in Production Manage-ment and a minor in Beef Indus-try Scholars. Hannah graduated from McPherson County High School in Tryon, Nebraska in May of 2017, then started her BS de-gree at UNL in August of 2017.
Awards
Joslyn Beard, PhD student with Travis Mulliniks and Dustin Yates, won 1st place in the Applied Science Com-petition at the Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science Meeting with her paper entitled “The effect of dam age on heifer proge-ny performance and lon-gevity”.
Tasha King, PhD stu-dent with Travis Mulliniks and Jim MacDonald, won 2nd place in the Graduate Student 3 Mi-nute Video talking about her research on the effect of harvest methods on corn residue quality at the Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science Meeting.
Joslyn Beard, PhD student with Travis Mulliniks and Dustin Yates, won 3rd place in the Graduate Student 3 Minute Video talking about her research on metabolic flexibility and fatty acid mobilization in range beef cows.
