Register graduates with Master’s, encourages first-generation graduate students

Morgan Register, a member of the AWESM Lab and a first-generation college student, graduated with her Master's degree in Natural Resource Sciences this August. Photo by Iris McFarlin
Morgan Register, a member of the AWESM Lab and a first-generation college student, graduated with her Master's degree in Natural Resource Sciences this August. Photo by Iris McFarlin

When Morgan Register started her graduate position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2020, more than one thing was new. In addition to the new learning environment brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Register was the first in her family to seek a graduate degree. Over the past two years, Register worked with her research team to create and disseminate a survey to conservation specialists in Nebraska with the intent of understanding the role they play in agricultural producers’ adoption of new conservation strategies.

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