Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development

🍀 Summer Academy Social Media Spotlight 💡

Drama Company shared this look at their experience during Summer Academy, calling it “Drama Company’s quest for understanding!”

📸🎉 Congratulations to one of the honorable mentions of the 2026 WI 4-H Photography Contest!

This photo, titled “Cows and Daisies,” was taken by 4th grader Lauren F. from Grant County. The image shows cows in a field through the lens of the daisies on the ground, capturing the peace of the pasture.

💚 To see all of the contest winners, please visit 4h.extension.wisc.edu/2026/06/09/2026-wi-state-4-h-photography-contest-winners

👋 Before heading home from the campus today, Summer Academy delegates learned about Core Tracks participants’ experiences during a lively Maker Space, complete with stations to make stickers and buttons!

🎤💚 The experience was rounded out by and inspiring capnote presentation from Jeremy Triblett, founder of JT Design & Present. Jeremy helped youth think about and create a plan for how to put their goals into action after Summer Academy! ✨💪 The Quest continues!

🙏 Thanks to all the youth, adults and Wisconsin 4-H staff who made Summer Academy 2026 a fantastic success!

A big thank you to the parents and other trusted adults who helped youth prepare for and travel to Summer Academy. 🧑‍🧒🧓

👀 Be on the lookout for exciting updates about Fall Forum and a new seasonal academy! 🍀

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🎤💡 Youth creativity took center stage at the 2026 Summer Academy Talent Show and Drama Company (DCO) performance last night at UW-Madison Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall! 🎭

🤩 Youth wowed delegates with their talents, like singing, dancing and solving three rubik’s cubes in 49 seconds!

🎭 DCO wrote, choreographed and sang their original work, “The Tale of Crescent Woods: Shoot for the Moon and You May End Up in the Kitchen.” 🌘👨‍🍳 DCO members even designed the sets and worked backstage!

Delegates rounded out their last night at Summer Academy by enjoying activities like a dance, yard games and board games with their new friends. 🪩🎲

👀 Be on the lookout for one last Summer Academy 2026 recap — the Maker Space where youth shared what they learned on Core Tracks and high-energy capnote speaker Jeremy Triblett. 🍀

4-H University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension

📸 🎉 Congratulations to one of the honorable mentions of the 2026 WI 4-H Photography Contest!

This photo, titled “The Prairie Trio,” was taken by 8th grader Eleanor K. from Dane County. The image features a butterfly resting on a wildflower as a honey bee approaches.

💚 To see all of the contest winners, please visit 4h.extension.wisc.edu/2026/06/09/2026-wi-state-4-h-photography-contest-winners

🍀🌞 Today, Wisconsin 4-H Summer Academy participants will round out their experience with a capnote presentation from Jeremy Triblett.

Jeremy is an organizational learning architect, behavior-change strategist, and founder of JT Design & Present (JTDP), a consulting firm that utilizes evidence-based frameworks to design learning experiences and implementation systems that drive behavior change and sustain performance.

📣 For more than 15 years, Jeremy has worked at the intersection of leadership development, facilitation, organizational culture, strategic communication, and implementation design. His work focuses on one central challenge facing modern organizations: helping people consistently think, communicate, collaborate, and perform differently together.

📈 Jeremy is best known for creating interactive learning systems that transform traditional training into engaging, implementation-focused experiences.

Rather than delivering onetime workshops that are quickly forgotten, Jeremy designs systems that combine evidence-informed frameworks, facilitated learning experiences, implementation tools, reflection strategies, and organizational accountability processes to help individuals and teams sustain growth over time.

🤝 Through JT Design & Present, Jeremy has partnered with people leaders in healthcare systems, universities, foundations, nonprofits, government agencies, school districts, leadership networks, and corporations to facilitate organizational transformation efforts focused on leadership development, communication, equity and youth engagement, culture change, strategic planning, governance, and team alignment.

💼 Organizations Jeremy has worked with include the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention (AFSP), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical College of Wisconsin, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Mercy Housing, Victoria's Secret & Co., Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Kohl's Department Stores, Westfield State University, Vivent Health, and numerous youth-serving and community-based organizations throughout the United States.

🎨 Wednesday, the Wisconsin State Arts Ambassadors presented their exhibit, Quest Through Time, to delegates at Summer Academy! 🍀

🧶 The Arts Ambassadors have been creating the exhibit since Saturday in a college art gallery! Here’s the synopsis for the show:

🌳 “Quest Through Time is a journey of self expression and the human experience. Begin your quest with Tommy the Wizard 🧙‍♂️ (not pictured), who welcomes you to the show to see the tree of life and featured art from the State Arts Team and Summer Academy Delegates.”

The Advanced Arts Track delegates also showed their work at the exhibit. An awards ceremony for participants, including Wisconsin 4-H State Photography Contest winners, followed the show. Family members attended too. 🏆

👀 Stay tuned for more Summer Academy Arts — a recap of the Talent Show and Drama Company performance is headed your way! 🎭

4-H University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension

Registrations for the State 4-H Dog Obedience and Showmanship show along with Dog Educational Events are due July 10th. More information about the shows, educational events, and registrations can be found at: https://4h.extension.wisc.edu/statewide-events-and-opportunities/state-4-h-dog-obedience-and-showmanship-show/
Please make sure to read through both of the booklets. The the entry forms are near the end of each one. As a reminder, all WI 4-H policies, dog policies, and vaccination requirements are followed at this show: https://4h.extension.wisc.edu/resources/wisconsin-4-h-policies/4-h-project-and-activity-policies/

📸 🎉 Congratulations to one of the honorable mentions of the 2026 WI 4-H Photography Contest!

This photo, titled “New Beginnings,” was taken by post-high schooler Eleanor E. from Fond du Lac County. The image features a young person in a white dress sitting on a bench, ready to begin a new chapter of life.

💚 To see all of the contest winners, please visit 4h.extension.wisc.edu/2026/06/09/2026-wi-state-4-h-photography-contest-winners

🍀 We are looking for Arts Camp Youth Counselors for Arts Camp 2026!

If you are in grades 9-13, love the arts and have an interest in developing your leadership skills in a camp setting, apply now to be an Arts Camp counselor!

📅 Required days are August 21-23 for planning weekend and October 2-4 for Arts Camp. Planning weekend and Arts Camp will be held at Upham Woods in Wisconsin Dells

Youth Leadership Team fees are $150.

If interested, please complete the following form by July 1: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5xWnSAz8m3-ZmZABQIimECfG7svoA7gLyMipmWNl6bPBtrg/viewform?usp=header