NRLI News
May 2016
  
Congratulations, Class XV!
NRLI Project Team Members and Class XV Fellows at the graduation banquet held Friday, April 8 at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Photo by Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS Communications.
Announcing the NRLI Scholarship Fund
 in Honor of Bruce Delaney
 
  The NRLI Project Team would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to Bruce Delaney on his retirement, June 30, 2016. Bruce is an alumnus of NRLI Class II, the former Executive Director of NRLI, and has been a Project Team member for more than 11 years. Bruce is a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and in his earlier career, he taught high school history, worked on the oil fields in Alaska, owned a fish camp in Cross Creek, Florida, and served terms as Mayor and Commissioner for the City of Gainesville. Bruce has also served on numerous community advisory committees, received community service awards, and chaired over 100 public meetings. A certified mediator, Bruce has mediated over 200 cases and is also the former Director of the USDA Florida Agricultural Mediation Program. He has been a mentor to all of us on the Project Team and we are incredibly thankful to have had him as a colleague and to call him a friend. We cannot express in words our immense gratitude to Bruce for all that he has done to support and nourish NRLI. He has played a central role in bringing the Institute to where it is today--an institute that has trained 275 individuals from 102 organizations and across the state of Florida.

In honor of Bruce's many contributions to NRLI, we are extremely pleased to announce the establishment of the NRLI Scholarship Fund. Thanks to early donations, the initial fund amount is $10,000 with the goal of reaching $30,000 in order to establish it as a permanent endowment at the University of Florida. One the fund reaches endowment status, it will be used to provide scholarship funds to individuals from disadvantaged communities or organizations that would not otherwise be able to financially support their participation in NRLI. If you would like to contribute to the NRLI Scholarship Fund in honor of Bruce Delaney, please go to
www.uff.ufl.edu/appeals/delaney.
 
Congratulations, Bruce, and best wishes!
Bruce Delaney bidding farewell to NRLI during Class XV graduation. Photo by Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS Communications.
In This Issue
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Class XV Session 8 Newsletter

Graduation & Practicum Presentations

 

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Session Overview

Practicum Abstracts
 
Class Speaker (Gregory Harden, Florida Farm Bureau Federation)
 
Class XV Burl Long Award

 

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 Farm Credit of Florida Agricultural and Natural Resources
Leadership Endowment
 
We are thrilled to announce the establishment of the
Farm Credit of Florida Agricultural and Natural Resources Leadership Endowment. The endowment was made possible through a generous donation by Farm Credit of Florida and will be used to support scholarships for young farmers (35 years old or younger)participating in the UF/IFAS Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute. Those working in Florida agricultural are an important constituency for the NRLI program and NRLI is proud to have a role in training future leaders of the Agricultural community. The average age for a fll-time farmer in the United States is almost 60 years old and young farmers pursuing full and part time farming are crucial to the future of the agricultural sector in the State of Florida. Our heartfelt thanks to Farm Credit of Florida as we look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.
General Joe Joyce Family Endowment
for Natural Resources Leadership
 
Upon his retirement from UF/IFAS, Dr. Joe Joyce established an endowment to support the Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute. The General Joe Joyce Family Endowment for Natural Resources Leadership will provide scholarship support for NRLI Fellows and also provides general program support.