Bob Harveson had never considered plant pathology for a career until he got a taste of it in college and realized it was exactly what he was looking for. Now he has spent the last 23 years as a Professor of Plant Pathology and the Extension Specialist at the Panhandle Research & Extension Center.
AMANDA HOVSETH
Nspire Today! Feature Writer
SCOTTSBLUFF – Professor Bob Harveson’s unique qualifications earned him an appointment with the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and brought him to Western Nebraska to work as a professor of plant pathology and an extension specialist at the Panhandle Research & Extension Center.
Plant pathology isn’t a very well-known career field, so Harveson hadn’t even considered it until he was already in college.
“I don’t think anybody in plant pathology ever planned on it when they went to school. My plans morphed into it,” Harveson said.
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