New Staff at Post Rock District — Osborne Office

New Staff at Post Rock District — Osborne Office

Nora Rhoades – District Extension Agent since January 2014 – has transitioned her home office to Osborne, effective immediately. As a Family and Youth Development Agent, Nora provides educational resources, services and programs focused on building strong families through healthy relationships, positive caregiving and resource management. She can be reached at nrhoades@ksu.edu.

In February, Kim Naber began serving the Post Rock District as a local 4-H Program Coordinator. She is responsible for coordinating and managing the comprehensive 4-H youth development program in Osborne County. Kansas 4-H helps prepare our youth for school, work and life through experiences focused on ‘learning by doing’ and ‘leading by example’. Kim can be reached at kimn@ksu.edu

The Post Rock District of K-State Research and Extension serves Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, and Smith Counties. Our energetic staff provides education you can trust to help people, businesses and communities solve problems, develop skills and build a better future.

Our offices are located in: Mankato 378-3174, Beloit 738-3597, Lincoln 524-4432, Osborne 346-2521, and Smith Center 282-6823. Like “Post Rock Extension” on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Our website is www.postrock.ksu.edu.


· Horticulture Agent: Jenae Ryan, jenaes@ksu.edu

· Livestock Agent: Neil Cates, ncates@ksu.edu

· Crop Production Agent: Sandra Wick, swick@ksu.edu

· Adult Development and Aging Agent: Kathryn Lupfer Nielsen, knielsen@ksu.edu

· Family and Youth Development Agent: Nora Rhoades, nrhoades@ksu.edu

District Director/4-H Youth Development Agent: Aliesa Woods, awoods@ksu.edu