August 22,
2003
WSU
HOME ECONOMICS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2003
Please join us for the WSU
CAHE Home Economics Centennial Reunion September 25-27, 2003
in Pullman. We will kick off the weekend on Thursday with a welcome
reception at the Alumni Centre. Friday you will be able to attend
various sessions on what is happening now in home economics and
tours of campus. Our Friday banquet will include an historical slide
show and group pictures. Saturday we will show you how technology
is benefiting the departments and then our closing luncheon. Registration
materials have been sent to all home economics graduates. You can
also view and print the registration
materials at the Web site.
The
commemorative lapel pin, designed by a home economics student, will
be a gift to all who attend the reunion weekend. If you can't attend
or want to give a pin(s) as a gift, they are available to you. The
Centennial lapel pin is white and red oval with "Home Economics
WSU 100 Years 1903-2003." Contribute a minimum of $25 to the
Home Economics Scholarship Fund and the commemorative pin will be
mailed to you. You can send your contribution to Bob Scholes, CAHE
Alumni and Development, PO Box 646228, Pullman, WA 99164-6228 and
note "Home Economics Scholarship Fund/Centennial."
As
a part of the celebration, we wish to highlight the varied, many
and unique careers, activities and leadership roles of alums. If
you, or someone you know, have used your education in an interesting
way we would like to know. Email
us or mail your information to CAHE Alumni and Development,
PO Box 646228, Pullman, WA 99164-6228.
MASTER
GARDENERS CELEBRATIONS
Congratulations to Rod Tinnemore and Tonie Fitzgerald and all of
the faculty and staff who support the successful WSU Master Gardener
programs. 2003 is a special year in which we are celebrating 30
years of growing. The 30th Anniversary theme is being incorporated
into WSU Master Gardener displays at county fairs across the state
during 2003. There will also be a WSU Master Gardener display at
the Seahawk stadium for the WSU/Idaho game on August 30th.
Rod
shares with us this summary of the celebrations to date and the
future celebrations:
Founders
Day Celebrations were held in Tacoma and Spokane on July 20th to
honor the Founders and Early Volunteers from the WSU Master Gardener
Program. Washington State University founded the Master Gardener
Program in 1973, with classes in King, Pierce and Spokane counties
that first year. The Tacoma event included horticulture seminars
by leading gardening experts (130 attendees). That evening 125 people
joined us for a banquet and awards ceremony honoring long-time supporters,
selected volunteers from the first classes and the Founders/Early
Leaders of the program. Approximately 85 people attended the Spokane
event to honor outstanding volunteers from Spokane County. The WSU
Master Gardener Program and our Founders Day events were featured
during the opening ceremony of the International Master Gardeners
Conference held in Cincinnati on June 18th.
Another
significant 30th Anniversary event will occur October 16th-19th
in Port Townsend at the annual conference of the Master Gardener
Foundation of Washington State. Special awards will be given to
long-time volunteers from across the state and to WSU faculty and
staff who have heavily invested in the program.
THE
FIRST "CAHE UPDATE" OF THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
Please join us on Thursday, August 28th, at 10 am, for the first
CAHE UPDATE of the new school year. On this program we'll hear from
our new interim Dean, Jim Cook, about some of his plans for future
directions for CAHE; we'll get updates on plans for the Home Economics
Centennial celebration from Associate Dean of Extension Linda Fox
and on our viticulture/enology program from its new director, Ray
Folwell. And we'll also get a report on the recent meeting of the
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council in Seattle from our
Associate Director of the Agricultural Research Center, Sandra Ristow.
The
program will be broadcast live from room T-101 of the Food Science
and Human Nutrition Building. Faculty and staff are invited to be
part of the live audience and should be seated by 9:45 if they want
to be in the audience. The program will also be available as a live
videostream, accessible from Information Department Videostreaming
Web page.
This
program WILL NOT be available via satellite.
READ
ABOUT 4-H AND CBDD MOBILE VAN
The upcoming issue of the online magazine Converge will feature
the 4-H and Center to Bridge the Digital Divide (CBDD) mobile computer
training laboratory with high speed internet. Look for the article
"Have Broadband, Will Travel" at the Center
for Digital Education Web site.
CBDD
FACULTY EDITS NEW BOOK ON ICTS IN AFRICA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM
Information and communication technologies (ICT) like the Internet
have a huge potential as a positive change factor across a wide
range of sectors in Africa but their diffusion and usage have faced
massive challenges in the past. In much of Africa, the situation
is now improving for the better as documented by the newly released
book "AfricaDotEdu: IT
Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa."
The
book is the first to chronicle and analyse the growth of the Internet
in Africa and especially highlight the role of the education sector.
The editors are Dr. Maria A. Beebe (Center to Bridge the Digital
Divide, Washington State University), Kouakou Koffi Magloire (managing
editor of The Industry, South Africa), Dr. Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
(United Nations University, Maastricht, Netherlands) and Dr. Madanmohan
Rao (IT consultant and writer, Bangalore, India).
What
kind of impact is IT having on educational institutions, systems,
content and processes in Africa? And what critical roles does the
higher education sector play in developing local capacities in pedagogy,
research, publishing, healthcare, e-commerce and cyberlaw?
These
are the two most critical sets of questions facing researchers,
educators and policymakers in Africa today, as well as in the development
community at large. The themes are scholarly researched and presented
by over 25 African writers, providing a uniquely first-hand African
view on regional developments. Topics covered in the 24 chapters
range from digital libraries and country case studies to national
IT policies and e-learning.
FACE
TO FACE WITH WSU LEADERS - FALL 2003
To provide faculty and staff with updates on WSU decisions and progress,
more opportunities to interact face to face with the university's
leaders are scheduled this year. A new Web page provides the schedule
for your reference: www.wsu.edu/dialogues-forums/.
Check the Web site for videostream broadcast information.
During
fall semester, the opportunities include:
- September
16, President V. Lane Rawlins gives his State of the University
Address at 4:10 at Bryan Hall. A reception follows.
- September
24, WSU's vice presidents have an open forum at noon, CUE 518.
-
October 14, Provost Robert Bates will have a Dialogue at noon,
CUB Cascade Rooms.
- December
2, President Rawlins will have a Dialogue at noon, CUB Cascade
Rooms.
INAUGURATION
OF WSU SHOCK PHYSICS BUILDING ON AUGUST 27
The inauguration of WSU's new Shock Physics Building on Wednesday,
August 27, is an important milestone in the history of research
here. The building, constructed with state support, houses our Institute
for Shock Physics, WSU's first such research entity with long-term
federal funding. The inauguration ceremony for the building, located
at College Ave. and Stadium Way, is at 10:30 a.m. Public tours of
will be offered starting at 9 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Distinguished
guests from Congress, federal agencies and national laboratories
are joining us for this special day. At 2:30 p.m., they will participate
in a public panel discussion on "The Role of University Research
and Education in National Security." U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt
and Provost Bates are co-moderators for the panel discussion to
be held at Kimbrough Concert Hall.
4-H
HAS SEPTEMBER MARINERS BASEBALL TICKETS TO SHARE
Due to the successful sale of many tickets for the August 30 Seattle
Mariners game we have secured tickets for the last two games of
the major league baseball regular season for the Mariners. The M's
will take on their arch rival Oakland on September 27 and 28. The
winner of this series will likely decide who will be the Western
Division champion and go to the playoffs!
These
tickets are $16.00 and in the 300 section. To order tickets contact
Betsy Fradd at fradd@puyallup.wsu.edu or 253-445-4543. Payment is
with VISA or MasterCard or check. 4-H families, friends and co-workers
the entire WSUCE family is welcome to attend! Don't miss out on
this exciting opportunity to see the M's in action!
MUEHLEISEN
HAS FELLOWSHIP AT CSREES
This summer David Muehleisen, the extension coordinator with the
WSU small farms program based at Washington State University's Puyallup
Research and Extension Center, is in Washington, D.C. at Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) on a fellowship.
His project is to explain the Conservation Security Program (CSP)
to Washington State farmers. CSP represents a great opportunity
for all sectors of agriculture to be rewarded for their conservation
practices on working land. This program has the potential to reshape
how agriculture is practiced in the United States. The proposed
rules and regulations are expected to be published in the Federal
Register soon, and, according to correspondence from David, we need
to be prepared to explain to the farmers how this program works
so this program is utilized to its full extent. His goal for the
remainder of this fellowship is to address the anticipated technical
questions farmers, particularly farmers that are not used to working
with NRCS and other federal conservation programs will have about
CSP and help them to be in a position to benefit from the program.
The objective of this work is as follows: What are the steps and
procedures that must be taken for a farmer to participate in this
program, and how can they maximize their benefits from the program.
In other words, from a farmer's point of view, how do they receive
payments from this program, and what strategies do they need to
be aware of to maximize their payments.
AICS
SYSTEM WILL BE SHOWCASED TO TEAM VISITING WSU FROM CSREES
On August 27th, Kathleen Duncan and staff in the CAHE Information
Department will be demonstrating and explaining our AICS (Accountability
Information and Communication System) to a visiting team from Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), Washington
DC. The team from CREES includes: Cheryl Oros, Director of Accountability;
Sally Rockey, Deputy Administrator-Chief Info Officer Information
Technology; Michel Desbois, Applications Dir-Info Tech Applications;
Robert MacDonald, Information Technology Policy Paperwork reduction
Act, E-Government; Jason Hitchcock, E-Government, E-Grants; and
Philip Dopkowski, Program Analyst.
Attending
from WSU Cooperative Extension will be Scott Fedale, Kathleen Duncan
and Tony Wright, Fran McSweeney, assistant to the Provost for Academic
Affairs and who is in charge of WSU's consideration of using AICS
at the university level, Mike Tate and Linda Fox.
The
morning session will focus on the type of data collected, how it
is presented, the various reports that can be generated, the administrative
and faculty access and capabilities in the system. Also during this
session it would be helpful if administrators were on hand to talk
about how you use some of the AICS information to answer requests
for reports for accountability information from the state, federal
government, etc. The afternoon session will focus on the technical
aspects of the system such as the platform being used, server access
and interface, database system, etc.
FELLOWSHIPS
FOR WOMEN TO CONDUCT DISSERTATION OR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH: 2004-05
Academic Year
Applications are available now from the American
Association of University Women (AAUW).
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship, $30,000; Dissertation Fellowship,
$20,000; Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grant, $6,000
Application POSTMARK deadline: Nov. 15, 2003
Fellowship year July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005
American
Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations
or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited
institutions. Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships offer one-year
support for women who will have earned a doctoral degree by Nov.
15, 2003. Dissertation Fellowships are available to women who will
complete their dissertation writing between July 1, 2004, and June
30, 2005. Fifty-one Dissertation Fellowships are available. Summer/Short-Term
Research Publication Grants fund women college and university faculty
and independent researchers to prepare research for publication.
Applicants may be tenure track, part-time, or temporary faculty
or new or established scholars and researchers at universities.
To read about past American Fellows funded by the Foundation, view
the PDF of the 2002-03 Directory of Fellowship, Grants, and Award
Recipients.
SCHEDULE
Next week Mike will be in Pullman Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday
and Friday he will be traveling to Seattle to participate in the
WSU Cougar football weekend.
Next
week Linda will be in Pullman. On Thursday at 10:00 am, watch Linda
and other guests on the CAHE
Update.
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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