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Presentation made by Stephan J. Goetz to the Council of State Governments East via Zoom video platform on May 22, 2020. 11MB PDF
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"Entrepreneurship Education and Outcomes in Estonian Higher Education Institutions," presented by NERCRD visiting scholar Anne Poder at the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference in New Orleans, January 6, 2020.
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Stephan Goetz delivered this presidential address at the 2019 North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) annual meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 15, 2019.
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Presented by Claudia Schmidt and Alyssa Collins at the 2019 Summer Outlook Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, August 15, 2019.
This session was organized for the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association meeting, held in August 2018 in Washington, DC, and focused on our institutional capacity to support human capital and cultivate economic opportunity over the nation’s vast rural expanse. Representatives of the USDA, the USDA-funded Regional Rural Development Centers, and other applied economists from the land grants spoke about recent successes and future challenges. Organized by Stephan J. Goetz, Penn State and NERCRD; Paul D. Gottlieb, Rutgers University; Steven C. Turner, Mississippi State University and SRDC. Moderated by Paul D. Gottlieb.
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Presented by Stephan J. Goetz at the 2018 NERA/NEED Joint Summer Meeting, Bethany Beach, DE, June 5, 2018.
Presentations from the 2018 NAREA pre-conference workshop, held June 9-10 in Philadelphia, PA. The workshop was made possible with support from a USDA-NIFA conference grant (award #2018-67023-27691).
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The presentation file of the 2018 NACDEP session presented by Douglas Arbogast, Daniel Eades, and Heather Manzo.
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This presentation describes a networking approach using Extension Educators, subject matter specialists, USDA and State Departments of Agriculture personnel to successfully assist immigrants and other minority groups in Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic region. Presented by Andy Wethereill, Delaware State University on April 2, 2015 at the Extension Risk Management National Conference in Minneapolis, MN.
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A presentation delivered by Stephan J. Goetz to the Agricultural Council of Maine on February 24, 2015. 7.9 MB PDF.
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A presentation delivered by Stephan Goetz at the Northeast Regional Rural Development Community and Economic Development Meeting, Boston, MA, August 25-28, 2014.
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By Andy Wetherill, Deleware State University Cooperative Extension
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A presentation delivered at the AAEA meeting in Minneapolis, MN July 27-29, 2014.
Research, Outreach and Education Implications for the Northeast. Presented on 6/27/2014.
A presentation delivered by the RRDC leadership to NIFA on May 28-29, 2014.
A conference co-organized by the Penn State-based Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and the National Value-Added Agriculture Conference took place on May 13-15, 2014. The event, which had a theme of “Enhancing Food Security and Rural Viability through Innovative Food System Practices and Opportunities,” featured 33 workshops and breakout sessions, and a selection of those presentations is available here.
Climate change and its implications for local and regional food systems was the topic of this webinar, hosted by Center Scholar Dr. Doolarie Singh-Knights of West Virginia University on April 25, 2014.
A presentation delivered at the 2014 Penn State Extension Conference by Stephan Goetz
"Linking Sustainability, Food, Health, and the Environment: Research, Outreach, and Education Implications for the Northeast," was the topic of this webinar, hosted by Center Scholar Dr. Doolarie Singh-Knights of West Virginia University on September 13, 2013.
Watch the archived webinar and see the presentations for "An Open Forum to Strengthen Collaborations between Research, Outreach and Education for the Northeast Food System," which was organized by Dr. Doolarie Singh-Knights of West Virginia University and took place on May 31, 2013.
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Presented by Dr. Stephan J. Goetz, Pennsylvania State University and Director of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development on August 7, 2013 in Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC.
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Presented by Dr. Stephan Goetz, Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and Penn State Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics. Prepared for the Northeast 4-H Program Leaders' Summer Meeting, July 30, 2013.
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Presented by Dr. Stephan J. Goetz, Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics 2013 Northeast Joint Summer Session, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY July 8, 2013
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Stephan J. Goetz, Ph.D. Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics - The Pennsylvania State University; Prepared for the ESS/SAES/ARD National Meeting, Portsmouth, NH; September 25, 2012
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Presented by Dr. Stephan Goetz, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO on September 19, 2012.
Post-Conference Workshop: Models for Assessing Regional Economic Impacts of Agriculture and Rural Development Efforts
A collection of PowerPoint files from presentations on community development topics, given by Center staff and/or partners.
A collection of PowerPoint files from presentations on economic development given by Center staff and/or partners.
A collection of PowerPoint files from presentations on food systems given by Center staff and/or partners.
An archive of Center-sponsored webinars that focus on food systems.
A collection of PowerPoint files from presentations on land-use topics, given by Center staff and/or partners.
A collection of PowerPoint files from presentations on economic development given by Center staff and/or partners.
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Dr. Heather Stephens, Assistant Professor of Resource Economics and Management at West Virginia University, gave an invited presentation at the Northeast Center on October 23, 2019. The presentation, titled "Incentivizing the Missing Middle: The Role of Economic Development Policy" described the findings of a paper written by Stephens and her co-author, Carlianne Patrick of Georgia State University.
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Opportunities for Land Grant Universities. Presentation by Stephan Goetz, February 2009.
What Works! brought together practitioners, researchers, educators, and decision-makers to address critical issues in promoting entrepreneurship in the U.S.
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An overview of the programs and research of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. Presented by Stephan J. Goetz, Director, on September 25, 2020 to the Northeast Extension Directors (NEED).
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Presentation made to NACDEP Regional Meeting, January 13, 2022, by Jason Entsminger. The slides show the Northeast-specific findings from a national survey conducted by the Regional Rural Development Centers as the first step of a year-long Listening Session initiative aimed at identifying key priorities and critical investments for rural communities’ recovery and growth.
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Slides from a December 2022 webinar presented by Walt Whitmer, Senior Extension Educator, Penn State Extension.
