Stephenson Appointed Interim Director of UNL Panhandle Center

As the search continues for the next permanent director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center at Scottsbluff, Mitchell Stephenson, Range and Forage Management Specialist at the Panhandle Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, has been appointed interim director.

Stephenson had been interim associate director since mid-2020, when Panhandle Center Director Jack Whittier retired. He replaces Jeff Bradshaw, who had been interim director between Whittier’s departure and December 2021. Stephenson’s app...