The Nebraska Beef Industry Scholars (NBIS) program is designed to bring elite undergraduate students together to learn more about issues that affect beef production, network with industry leaders, and develop leadership skills in the beef industry. Therefore, our objectives were to better understand how prepared the NBIS students are for a career related to beef cattle post-graduation by completing a survey. The procedures of the survey were reviewed and approved by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institutional Review Board (IRB #19684). The assessment was provided to graduates of the program via an email list provided by the college. The survey was sent to 78 students who completed the NBIS program (certificate or minor) between 2010 and 2018 in the Animal Science Department at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Survey results were summarized and means and standard deviations were calculated for individual statements in the Likert scale format and were considered significant if the average was greater than 3. Fifty-one students responded to the survey, 51% of respondents were female, 72.5% majored in Animal Science with the remaining respondents majoring in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication (21.6 and 5.9%, respectively). In terms of the NBIS program preparing students for a career, 22 respondents felt very satisfied with educational experiences through the NBIS program, whereas 14 respondents were extremely satisfied. Thirty-five respondents noted that they are currently working in the beef industry and 27 of them had found a job at graduation. Twenty-six students felt that the NBIS program provided a great deal of networking opportunities throughout their program which prepared them for their career. Overall, students who have completed the NBIS program value the experiences gained and felt prepared going into careers relative to the beef industry.

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PSVII-29 内布拉斯加州牛肉行业学者计划培养就业技能并改善职业发展


内布拉斯加州牛肉行业学者 （NBIS） 计划旨在将精英本科生聚集在一起，以更多地了解影响牛肉生产的问题，与行业领导者建立联系，并培养牛肉行业的领导技能。因此，我们的目标是通过完成一项调查来更好地了解 NBIS 学生在毕业后为与肉牛相关的职业做好的准备情况。调查程序由内布拉斯加大学林肯分校机构审查委员会 （IRB #19684） 审查和批准。该评估是通过学院提供的电子邮件列表提供给该计划的毕业生的。该调查发送给了 78 年至 2010 年间在内布拉斯加大学林肯分校动物科学系完成 NBIS 课程（证书或辅修）的学生。对调查结果进行总结，并以李克特量表格式计算单个陈述的均值和标准差，如果平均值大于 3，则认为显著。51 名学生对调查做出了回应，51% 的受访者是女性，72.5% 的主修动物科学，其余受访者主修农业经济学和农业领导、教育和传播（分别为 21.6% 和 5.9%）。在 NBIS 计划为学生为职业生涯做好准备方面，22 名受访者对通过 NBIS 计划的教育经历感到非常满意，而 14 名受访者则非常满意。35 名受访者指出，他们目前在牛肉行业工作，其中 27 名在毕业时找到了工作。26 名学生认为 NBIS 计划在整个计划中提供了大量的交流机会，为他们的职业生涯做好了准备。 总体而言，完成 NBIS 计划的学生重视获得的经验，并认为自己已经为进入与牛肉行业相关的职业做好了准备。