December 6, 2002

Guests include:

• Nancy Blossom, Director, Interior Design Program-WSU Spokane
• Linda Arthur, Chair, Apparel Merchandising/Interior Design
• Bill Gillis, Director, WSU Center to Bridge the Digital Divide

EXTENSION ENGAGED in 2003
The satellite series, "Extension Engaged" which premiered last November, will return beginning January of 2003, with a program about the "Food $ense" Extension educational program. The program will take place from 10:00-11:00 am on January 16, and will feature Food $ense coordinators Elaine Mays and Kathleen Manenica in an exploration of this Extension nutrition education program.

The program takes place in room T-101 of the Food Science and Human Nutrition building from 10:00-11:00 a.m. and interested faculty are invited to attend. The program can be viewed via satellite on G-3, 95 W., channel 04, Vertical: 3780 MHz. Test pattern begins at 9:30 a.m. A live videostream of the program can also be viewed at: http://caheinfo.wsu.edu/video/stream.html.

Our February program will feature a look at the updated "College Knowledge for Adults" program, the latest iteration of the very successful "College Knowledge for Women" program that we featured in one of our "Extension Engaged" Programs last year. This will again be an evening program, which will take place on February 6, from 6:30-8:00 pm and will be hosted by Debra Kollock.

Our March program will focus on a look at the new national standards for organically grown foods and will feature Jim Riddle, from the national organic agriculture standards board. This program will take place on March 21, from 10:00 am to noon, Pacific time.

We're working a number of other possible program ideas that have been suggested by a number of you and are being explored with subject matter specialists and our program leaders. These include a number of topics within the Master Gardener program, a program on the issue of police bias and racial profiling, one on bullying among young children, one on child obesity and several others. If you have an idea for a topic for a future "Extension Engaged" program, please send your idea to Scott Fedale.

ATTENTION PARENTS:
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DEPENDENTS OF WSU FACULTY AND STAFF
As high school seniors are getting ready to apply for college, this is a reminder that the $1,000 scholarship available to dependents of qualifying faculty and staff is also available (thanks to the WSU Foundation) to qualifying county-paid Extension staff. These scholarships are for entering, full-time, undergraduate students who have not exceeded age 25. Spouses are not eligible. The awards are renewable for a second year if the student is making satisfactory progress towards a degree and has a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or above at WSU.

Only dependents of the following are eligible to apply:

• WSU classified staff members holding half time or greater appointments and having permanent status or on trial service.
• County-paid staff members having permanent status and working half time or more for Cooperative Extension.
• Faculty and A/P employees holding half time or greater appointments.

The deadline for this scholarship is in March 1, 2003, but applications should be made at the same time as application for admission. Applications must be made on the WSU Application for Academic Scholarships form. This is available on the WSU Web site or from the Applications menu on the financial aid Web page.

When applying, the student should indicate in #12 of the scholarship application that their parent is an employee.

County-paid employees with dependents applying for this scholarship must apply for "public affiliate status" with the university. Contact Rebecca Armstrong for that.

WEMIS, AICS, and ANNUAL REPORTING REMINDER
All extension faculty and A/Ps who do programs, must have WEMIS reports complete by the end of December. Unless everyone reports, the data are almost useless. AICS reports must be complete by Friday, January 17th.

Instructions and guidance about ANNUAL REVIEWS was sent out this week to allext email listserve. However, don't wait for the due date to begin entering AICS reports. Extension faculty are required to report to AICS in (at a minimum) the Scholarly Activity and Extension -> Programs/Projects categories. A/Ps with program assignments may submit their own AICS reports, or can be part of a team, and have their report initiated by the team leader. Extension faculty merit ratings will reflect whether or not all required reports have been submitted.

This is a reminder that the end of the year is coming and WEMIS must be up to date by then. Instructions and guidance about annual reports to AICS and annual reviews will be coming out soon. Extension faculty and A/Ps with program assignments are required to report to WEMIS and to AICS in (at a minimum) the Scholarly Activity and Extension -> Programs/Projects categories. Extension faculty merit ratings will reflect whether or not all required reports have been submitted.

ALL EXTENSION CONFERENCE EVALUATION ONLINE!
We are counting on you to give us your feedback online. Please visit the the All Extension Conference Web site and complete an online evaluation form! Reflect on your conference experience and submit your form. No identifying information is attached to online submissions.

NW DISTRICT PROVOST TOUR PARTICIPANTS
The PowerPoint presentations from the Northwest District Provost Tour are available at: http://ext.wsu.edu/ce.cahe/talks/. Just click on the county entries under: Provost Tour de l'Etat-Autumn 2002. Thanks again for everyone's participation in this fall's tour. We look forward to the NE District tour June 17-19, 2003.

EXTENSION ELECTRONIC PHONEBOOK REMINDER
Please check your county/department/location section in the Extension Electronic Phonebook. It is important to keep this information current. A lot of people use this resource and link it to various Web sites. You can submit changes electronically on this website or you can contact Cooperative Extension Event and Program Support at 509-335-2811 or via e-mail.

SCHEDULE
Next week, Linda will be in Pullman only on Friday, December 13. She will be in Washington DC attending the CSREES/NASULGC new administrators' meeting Monday through Thursday. Mike is in Washington DC until December 20th.

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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Acting Dean and Director
Cooperative Extension
Washington State University
PO Box 646230
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu