August N. Christenson Research and Education Building
Room Reservations
Contact the Marketing and Promotions Manager at dpittman1@unl.edu or 402-472-3293 to see if your group meets the requirements of utilizing meeting space at the UNL ARDC's August N. Christenson Building.
How to list the building: August N. Christenson Research and Education Building
Physical Address: University of Nebraska–Lincoln Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1071 County Road G, Ithaca, NE 68033
Please note that if you will be listing the ARDC in publications -such as brochures -the center should be listed as Near Mead, Nebraska - not Ithaca. The research center is not located in Ithaca and not all maps show Ithaca on them. (See the map link on this site.)
Catering: Caterers must be approved. Please contact us for current approved list or to learn about what insurance coverage is needed to have a caterer approved for serving food at the ARDC.
Online Tour
The photos and captions on this page provide information about the ARDC's August N. Christenson Research and Education Building.
Neal and Leona Harlan Auditorium - The auditorium seats up to 150 people and is equipped with a multimedia system. Arrangements should be made within at least 2 days in advance of workshops for orientation on multimedia equipment.
Warren Sahs Exhibition Hall - The room can comfortably seat approximately 250 people with tables and chairs. Ask about accommodations for seating only with no tables. Meals are served in this room. Acoustics are not ideal for large group presentations in this room.
Warren Sahs Exhibition Hall - An overhead door and separate ventilation system provide a setting in which large equipment, such as combines, tractors and sprayers, can be brought "into the classroom".
The auditorium and exhibition hall are partitioned off with a collapsible wall. Large farm equipment (such as a combine) could be brought into the exhibition hall,open the wall and a class could observe the equipment from the auditorium seats, while the presenter would still have access to the multimedia equipment.
West Meeting Room - This room can be set up meeting or classroom style and seats 20-24 people. This room has a wall that doubles as a dry marker board. Only the space shown above is available until further notice due to the Southeast Research and Extension Center relocating to the ARDC and currently residing in the other half of the conference space that formerly had increased occupancy.
Conference Room- Seats up to 12 people around a large table. This room has a wall that doubles as a dry marker board.
Library - This room seats up to 7-8 people around a large table.
Front lobby of the August N. Christenson Research and Education Building. The front lobby is equipped with interactive equipment providing information about agriculture, ecosystems, wildlife and other related topics.
Ken Good Courtyard at the August N. Christenson Research ad Education Building
Ken Good Courtyard at the August N. Christenson Research ad Education Building
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