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March 1, 2002
THE
EXTENSION SYSTEM: A VISION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Last
week Mike and I attended the national meetings of the Extension Directors.
The new document "The Extension System: A vision
for the 21st century" was revealed. Many of you may have seen
the drafts on the ADEC web site as input was sought in December.
In this report are proactive and forward-looking recommendations
that suggest essential elements for university-wide engagement.
I'll let you know in an upcoming Friday Update as soon as this
final report is posted on the NASULGC web site. You might want
to check there periodically as well www.nasulgc.org.
This document will be reviewed and discussed throughout the upcoming
months with stakeholders, university administration, as well as
extension faculty and staff.
UPDATED
POLICY AND PROCEDURES ONLINE
The
online Extension Policy and
Procedures has been updated. Thanks
to Sally for completing this task before her retirement. We would
encourage you to look at the Web page
to answer most questions. This is a direct link to the Business
Policies and Procedures Manual and the Faculty Manual because
most policies are there.... our online manual is only to clarify
specific Extension policies or to answer FAQs. The update was
a huge undertaking and I appreciate Sally's attention to every
detail!!
WEMIS
REMINDER
It's
time to submit your monthly WEMIS report for February (http://ext.wsu.edu/wemis)
and a good time to remind everyone that guidelines for WEMIS can
be found in the Extension Policies and Procedures Online at http://ext.wsu.edu/ce.cahe/administration/wemis.html
Just in case you aren't clear, ALL the time you spend on Extension
work should be include in the WEMIS report, not just your contact
time.
Under
the item headed "Hours" enter the total number of hours
expended for the first selected program. Include all time spent
planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting the program. Don't
forget to include time spent in travel, staff meetings, supervising
staff and volunteers, managing human and fiscal resources, marketing
or other support activities. The total number of hours reported
for the month should be the total number of hours you worked that
month. Contacts reported should be those contacts you make with
non-Extension people.... those who benefit from your programs. Examples
of who should and should not be included can also be found in the
guidelines. You can edit your reports for previous months if you
think you have made a mistake. Don't forget to push the"submit"
button or you will lose your data!
PROGRAM
ASSISTANTS REPORTING THEIR WORK ON AICS
We
would like to extend access to the AICS reporting system to any
program assistant who is running a program where no faculty member
is inputting program results to the system. This includes any county-paid
program assistants. For example, there are several counties where
4-H programs are being conducted by program assistants and no faculty
member is putting that information into our system. We encourage
any such program assistants to start entering briefing reports into
AICS under Extension then Projects/Programs, or Team Projects. That
is the best...in fact the only... way we can collect information
about program impacts in these programs. Program assistants should
read the help screens and ask their chair for assistance in using
the system.
In
order for any program assistant, including non-WSU employees, to
access the system, we need to have some information about them.
Forms have been sent by e-mail to county chairs. Program assistants
should ask their chairs to send their information electronically
to the District Director for approval. The DD will send it on to
Julie Semler in BFO for entering into the data base. As soon as
that is done, access should be easy!
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY FROM WASHINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION BOARD
We
are pleased to report that the CDC Office of Extramural Prevention
Research in the Public Health Practice Program Office has announced
funding for community-based prevention research. Specifically,
this announcement seeks "to support multi-disciplinary, multi-level,
participatory research that will enhance the capacity of communities
and population groups to address health promotion and the prevention
of disease, disability and injury." Approximately $13,000,000
is available in FY 2002 to fund approximately 30 awards. It is
expected that the average award will be $450,000, ranging from
$400,000 to $500,000. It is expected that the awards will begin
on or about September 30, 2002, and will be made for a 12-month
budget period within a project period of up to three years. Funding
estimates may change. Deadline for letters of intent: March 20,
2002 Deadline for applications: April 30, 2002. For more information,
please visit the Web
site.
MARCH
8 "CAHE UPDATE"
Be
sure to join us on Friday, March 8, from 10-11:30 am for the Spring
2002 edition of "CAHE UPDATE." This program will feature
an interview with our new provost, Dr. Robert Bates, who will be
talking about the land grant mission of Washington State University,
Extension's role in this mission and how he sees this mission being
carried out at Washington State University.
In addition to Dr. Bates, the program will also feature an interview
with Richard Shumway, Chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics,
and two of his Extension faculty members, Jon Newkirk and Gary Smith.
In addition, we'll be hearing from Dean Zuiches, Dean Tate and Associate
Dean Vicki McCracken.
The
program originates in room T-101 in the Food Science and Human Nutrition
Building and all CAHE faculty and staff are invited to be a part
of the live audience. For those watching on satellite, the program
can be viewed at Galaxy 3R at 95W: (G-3) C-Band, Transponder 07,
3840 mhz, Horizontal. Test pattern at 9:30am
For
those watching via videostream, you can access the videostream from
the Information Department webpage at: http://www.caheinfo.wsu.edu
For assistance with satellite tuning, contact Jim Shelden at 509-335-9290;
for help with accessing the videostream, contact Brady Ratsch at
509-335-2952.
MYRON
JOHNSRUD RETIRES
The
name Myron Johnsrud is familiar to many as he as served in leadership
capacity for NASULGC and the Extension system for many years. He
was paid tribute last week in recognition of his retirement. From
his recognition program I take this quote about leadership: "The
wise leader is not collecting a string of successes, but helping
others to find their own success. Sharing success is very successful.
It blesses everyone and diminishes no one." The Tao of Leadership.
SCHEDULE
Next
week, March 4 through 8, Mike will be in Washington DC Monday through
Wednesday, back in the office on Thursday March 7. Mike is attending
the 4-H National Conversations and he and Dean Zuiches are attending
the joint meeting of CARET and AHS (Council on Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching) and (Administrative Heads of Agriculture).
I will be in the office all week.
Michael
J. Tate
Dean & Director
WSU Cooperative Extension
411 Hulbert Hall
Washington State University
PO Box 646230
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933
FAX (509) 335-2926
mtate@wsu.edu
Linda
Kirk Fox
Associate Dean and Associate Director
lkfox@wsu.edu
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