Monique Snelgrove, Cass County Extension agent, 4-H youth development; Dean Aakre, 4-H youth development specialist; Ellen Crawford, Ag Communication information specialist; and Dave Haasser, Ag Communication graphic designer, have won the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents communication award for educational package by a team for the Cloverbud lessons. 

The North Dakota 4-H Cloverbud project fosters the development of life skills essential to the cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth for youth ages five to seven years old. The Cloverbud materials contain a variety of volunteer resources to help adult volunteers and parents.

The award will be presented at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents conference Oct. 26-30 in Minneapolis. 

For more information, visit www.ndsu.edu/4h/member_information/cloverbuds/.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.