By Matthew Strasburger | University Communication and Marketing
William Cunningham always has his eyes peeled for new opportunities to gain relevant experience in his major. Red card training, offered through the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Nebraska Forest Service, was the perfect fit.
“Going into college, my mindset was that I wanted to try new things and see what's out there,” said Cunningham, a junior fisheries and wildlife major from Lincoln. “I'm really into picking up unique skills that could end up being helpful down the road.”
The university’s red card program, a basic firefighter training course that Cunningham participated in the spring, perfectly fit the bill of what he was looking for at Nebraska.
“I really want to have a career in conservation, so it's definitely in the vein of my career path,” Cunningham said. “When I first heard about this training from a wildlife field techniques class I was taking, I thought I might as well try it out.”
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