April 4, 2003
EXTENSION
MIDDLE MANAGERS CONFERENCE IN JULY IN OREGON
The Western Region Extension Middle Managers are having their
annual conference July 15 - 17, 2003. The conference will be in
Newport, on the Oregon coast.
The
theme of the conference is "Creative Engagement: Proposals
for a Bright Future". Two featured speakers are George McDowell
and Amy Driscoll. McDowell (Professor and Extension Specialist,
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech
University, and author of "Land-Grant Universities and Extension
into the 21st Century: Renegotiating or Abandoning a Social Contract")
will share his view of university engagement and the role of Cooperative
Extension in facilitating engagement by land grant universities.
Amy Driscoll (Director of Teaching, Learning &Assessment at
California State University Monterey Bay and co-director, The National
Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement, American Association
of Higher Education) will initiate the discussion of defining, measuring,
and rewarding the scholarship of engagement. There will be ample
time for dialogue and networking. More information on the conference
can be found at: http://www.uidaho.edu/midmgrs/
Please
consider joining us for some challenging and stimulatingdiscussion
on Extension's role in university engagement.
STATE
AUDITOR PRESENTS INTERNAL CONTROL CLASS April 25th
Joseph R Dervaes, Audit Manager for Special Investigations,
Washington State Auditor's Office will present a training focusing
on responsibilities of state employees re: safeguarding of assets.
Mark your calendar for April 25, 1:30 to 3:30 pm. The Pullman site
is FSHN T-101. The program will also be aired to ICN, Spokane, Tri
Cities, & Vancouver only (and we have commitments from people
at all of those locations) and will be videostreamed.
Title:
Internal Controls and Fraud: Current Hot Topics and Fraud Risks
Content:
Reporting Losses
Fraud Statistics
Causes of Fraud
System of Internal Control
Current Fraud Hot spots
All
programs videostreamed by ETT are set up on: http://experience.wsu.edu/.
From the front page, please click "event calendar"; click
the "date"; then you should be able to find the title
of the event.
Source:
Karen Zucco-Gatlin <kzucco-gatlin@wsu.edu>
UPDATE
ON THE TELEBRIDGE
I know we all feel the loss of the telebridge system. It is
amazing, once a technology has been adopted so widely, we can't
imagine functioning without it. Good news, the new equipment has
arrived at WSU and WSU IT (Information Technology) is hopeful they
will have it up and running by April 15. Watch for future announcements.
And thanks for your patience.
SPRING
ISSUE OF CE FOCUS
Watch your mail box for the spring 2003 edition of CE Focus.
In addition to the hard work by the Information Department editors
and graphic designers, this issue will feature some articles written
by Extension faculty as "guest" columnists. April 11 is
the publication date, set to coincide with WSU Mom's Weekend.
UPDATE
ON SEARCHES IN PROGRESS
As
you know, we are advertising for the SE District Extension Director
position. Also, we are advertising for a vacant position in the
CAHE Business and Finance Office (formerly held by Don Holbrook).
This position is called "Assistant Director: Fiscal Officer/Management
Analyst" and serves both extension and the college.
Please
help us recruit qualified candidates. You may print out vacancy
announcements and/or send interested individuals to the Web sites
where vacant positions are listed. For job openings in Cooperative
Extension provided in a list, alphabetically by state, go to the
Extension Employment Opportunities Page.
WSU faculty and AP positions are posted on the WSU Human Resources
Web site http://www.chr.wsu.edu
under "WSU Employment Vacancy Listing," go to Employment
Opportunities.
SENATE
BUDGET BLEAK FOR UNIVERSITIES
The Republican-controlled Washington State Senate is passed
one of the worst budgets for universities in decades, slashing more
than $33 million out of Washington State University's current core
budget over the next two years while stretching the remaining programs
to support still more students. The Senate Ways and Means budget
(Substitute Senate Bill 5404) is a net 8.3 percent cut for WSU.
While Senate Ways and Means Chair Dino Rossi, R-Issaquah, made a
late addition of $979,000 for WSU's veterinary medicine core program,
the budget still is about $6 million less than the 6.3 percent reductions
recommended by Gov. Gary Locke. And the Senate cuts are targeted
to more specific areas. No salary increases are provided to any
state employees. The budget provides a small recruitment and retention
fund of $2.9 million to address a tiny portion of the most serious
salary inequities.
House
is the final hope for higher education. With just three weeks remaining
in a scheduled 105-day legislative session, the final hopes for
a better budget are left with House Democrats, and specifically
to legislators supporting House Appropriations Chair Helen Sommers.
No House budget proposal has yet been made public. Source: Larry
Ganders.
For
state bill status, budget updates, and other government information,
visit www.olympia.wsu.edu.
FUNDS
FOR RESEARCH ON CHILDHOOD AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
The
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) seeks
grant applications for research on childhood agricultural safety
and health. Projects are sought which will conduct research to:
- develop
and evaluate new or existing enhanced control technologies to
reduce injury to youth exposed to farm hazards,
-
develop and evaluate incentives which encourage adults to protect
youth from farm hazards, or
-
identify the economic and social consequences of youth working
on farms.
Letters
of intent are due April 18, 2003; full proposals are due May 23.
NIOSH anticipates having $1 million available in FY03 to fund approximately
four to six new and/or competitive continuation grants. Eligibility
is open to foreign and domestic: for-profit or non-profit organizations;
public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges,
hospitals, and laboratories; units of state and local governments;
eligible agencies of the federal government; faith-based or community-based
organizations; and Indian Tribes, Tribal Governments, Colleges,
and/or Organizations. An applicant may request a project period
of up to 3 years and a budget for direct costs of up to $250,000
per year. More
information.
SCHEDULE
Next week Mike will be in Washington DC the early part of the week.
Linda will be in Pullman. Both Mike and Linda will attend the eastside
county chairs' conference in Clarkston on Thursday and Friday.
Mike
Tate
Dean and Director
Linda Kirk Fox
Associate Dean and Associate Director
Cooperative Extension
PO Box 646230
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6230
Ph 509-335-2933
Fax 509-335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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