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🗣️ Join us for the first episode of Side by Side! Heidi Heitkamp, former United States senator, shares her insights on rural and urban America’s commonalities, the danger of “othering”, and how we can better understand each other. 🎧 Listen at https://lnkd.in/gscw2BVA or your favorite podcast platform. #SidebySidePodcast #RuralUrbanConnections #HeidiHeitkamp #UMNProud #Rural #Urban #UMNExtension

During my recent trip to Morgan, I learned how many leaders across our state graduated from the Minnesota Agriculture & Rural Leadership (MARL) Program. Through a dynamic, longstanding partnership between University of Minnesota Extension and Southwest Minnesota State University, MARL is developing the skills of Minnesota's agricultural and rural leaders so they can maximize their impact and effectiveness across our state and beyond. https://lnkd.in/gfk7dXxP

Come join our University of Minnesota Extension and University of Minnesota Water Resources Center team as an Extension educator focused on Urban Stormwater management!

Karamu Communal #Garden was the brainchild of Nothando Zulu and her husband Vusumusi, known as Elder Zulu. #UMN Extension volunteers have been honored to work in partnership and celebrate the memory of Nothando. Thank you Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the story.

Celebrate #SepticSmart Week (September 17-20) with the University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program (OSTP)! OSTP will offer a free training webinar on ‘Being Septic Smart’ in next month (September 17) to celebrate #SepticSmart Week. The webinar will teach property owners the basics about how their septic systems work, including how to care for and maintain a septic system so it can function during or beyond its design lifetime. While the webinar is free, participants must register to obtain the webinar link for the event. https://lnkd.in/gYJsaUMs

#Urban and #rural Minnesota might feel divided, but they need each other. Minnesota Star Tribune's KarenTolkkinen writes about #UMN Extension's Side by Side podcast, launching Aug. 28 with Ellen Wolter

Here's an interview about our recent Business Succession and Transition research with business owners. Julie Keyes interviewed me on her Poised for Exit series: https://lnkd.in/gAi8K5U5 https://lnkd.in/dP3f2gep #PoisedForExit #BusinessSuccession

🏙️🏡 Join us for a new podcast with UMN Extension Community Development Educator Ellen Wolter as she explores the interdependent relationship between rural and urban spaces and why this complex and necessary relationship matters. New episodes every Wednesday starting August 28. Listen anywhere. #UMNProud〽 Learn more about the podcast ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gXwjb4-j #UMNExtension #Rural #Urban #Suburban #Podcast

🫂Often, we want to support our friends, neighbors and colleagues in times of need but may not know how. COMET (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) is a two-hour interactive training that teaches participants how to reach out to friends, co-workers or acquaintances who seem to be struggling. Learn more about COMET and register for a free training ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g8DuwVmJ COMET was developed by the High Plains Research Institute in eastern Colorado and is offered in Minnesota by a partnership among the University of Minnesota Extension, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and Minnesota Department of Health. #MentalHealth #Training #UMNExtension

🤔 Curious about what an internship with Extension looks like? Meet Emma Bruder, one of Extension's agriculture and natural resources (ANR) interns and a current University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences student majoring in ecology, evolution and behavior. Read the Q&A ➡ https://lnkd.in/gY5nswPm #UMNProud #Internship #Intern #UMN