November 14,
2003
NRI
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The National Research Initiative (NRI) FY 2004 Request for Applications
(RFA) is now posted on the Web.
Please
note the different program deadlines.
DIALOGUE
WITH PRESIDENT RAWLINS
Staff, faculty and students have an opportunity to interact with
Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins at noon on
Tuesday, December 2, at the CUB Cascade Rooms. He will share updates
on University developments and issues, and then will open the dialogue
to your comments and questions.
The
dialogue will also be available by videostreaming. A link to
the videostream is available on the Face to Face with WSU Leaders
Web page that also includes the 2003-2004 calendar of dialogues
and forums.
Barbara
Petura, University Relations
FUNDING
WATERSHED RESTORATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NOVEMBER 18, 2003 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (satellite test
pattern begins at 8:30 a.m.)
To
increase the sustainability of natural resource restoration projects
as well as building capacity of watershed planning organizations,
WSU Cooperative Extension, in cooperation with the Pacific Northwest
Regional Water Quality Programand the Environmental Finance Center
(Center) at Boise State University is presenting a satellite conference
on funding watershed projects on November 18, 2003.
Over
the last two years the Center has held regional workshops in all
four Northwestern States to introduce a comprehensive database of
natural resource funders. The searchable
database divides funders into federal, state, foundation, and
private categories. Organizational funding goals and limitations
are included to assist the grant writer with matching project needs
to funders' areas of interest.
The
Center has developed a new computer-based tool, Plan2Fund* for assisting
the design of long-term projects in order that discrete segments
are facilitating the leveraging of funding to accomplish a long-term
project. Personnel from the Center will develop a scenario encompassing
common riparian and stream degradations to demonstrate how the software
may be used to transform watershed goals into objectives and tasks,
as well as, delineate a project timeline. The remote audiences will
have phone, e-mail, and fax access to the studio to ask questions
about using Plan2Fund* for their specific needs.
A
grant writer and an evaluator will present in the second segment
of the broadcast. They will use the scenario built in the previous
hour to guide the participants in creating a sound document that
articulates needs and project plans so as to satisfy the requirements
of the Request for Proposals. The presenters will be available for
participant questions on methods and philosophies of high-quality
proposal writing by phone, fax, and e-mail.
The
audiences this program is designed to reach are watershed councils,
planning groups, tribes, local, and county government planning agencies
and natural resource departments. Extension Service staff and faculty
and Conservation District personnel are especially invited to participate
to increase their capability to assist constituencies in watershed
planning efforts.
Call
the Extension office in your area for a reservation. If your Extension
office is not hosting a viewing site, ask if they will. If you'd
like to be part of the studio audience in Pullman, come to room
T-101 of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building and plan
to be in your seat by 8:50 a.m.
For
further information on the broadcast, please contact Jan
Seago at 360.786.5445 x 7911. You may also check http://wawater.wsu.edu
for additional viewing sites near you.
FORESTRY
COOPERATIVES: WHAT TODAY'S RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS NEED TO KNOW—A
NATIONAL SATELLITE CONFERENCE
A national satellite conference is being conducted for natural resource,
extension, and cooperative development professionals on November
18, 2003. Cooperative members, consultants, service providers, and
researchers will provide a framework for better understanding forestry
cooperatives and their potential role in helping private forest
landowners achieve their objectives. More information about the
conference is available at http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/forestcoops/.
For information about conference content or to find out how to
establish a downlink site in your area, contact
conference organizers.
NUTRITION
EDUCATION REPORTS
We are happy to announce the posting of two milestone reports on
our national FSNE Web site.
Go to “Reports” in the left column.
- Food
Stamp Nutrition Education within the Cooperative Extension/Land-Grant
University System
- Food
Stamp Nutrition Education in the 1890 Community
The
first, "Food Stamp Nutrition Education within the Cooperative
Extension Land-Grant University System" provides a “national
snapshot” of FSNE in FY 2002. It is the first report of its
kind prepared for the Land-Grant System. Co-authors are Dr. Deborah
Little and Dr. Michael Newman from Mississippi State University.
As you review this report, please note that it includes two-page
summaries for both FNS and CSREES regions. These regional reports
will be posted on the Web site as Word documents, so that you can
use them in preparing state and local reports, if desired.
The
second report, “Food Stamp Nutrition Education in the 1890
Community” identifies challenges and unique contributions of
the 1890 Institutions in providing FSNE, authored by Dr. Jacquelyn
McCray from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Copies
of these reports will soon be sent to FSNE coordinators across the
Land-Grant University System. The first report will be sent to all
Land-Grant Institutions. The second report will be sent to 1890
Institutions and Institutions that are affiliated with or have potential
of working with 1890 Institutions.
Source:
Helen Chipman, PhD, RD, LN, National Coordinator, FSNEP, CSREES/USDA
MARY
MCPHAIL GRAY NAMED DEPUTY ADMINSTRATOR OF F4-HN
Mary McPhail Gray has accepted the position of CSREES Deputy Administrator
for Families, 4-H, and Nutrition. The process of approval by the
U.S. Office of Personnel Management was completed last week. Dr.
Gray will begin her duties on December 14, 2003.
Dr.
Gray has been the Associate Director for Cooperative Extension at
Colorado State University since 1997. She is a tenured professor
in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the
College of Applied Human Sciences. From 1994 to 1997 she served
as the Assistant Extension Director for Family and Consumer Sciences,
and Associate Dean, College of Human Ecology, at Kansas State University.
Dr. Gray was the State Leader for 4-H and Family and Consumer Sciences
at West Virginia University and a State Specialist in Human Development
and Family Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She also
served on the faculty at Michigan State University. She served in
the Peace Corps in Ethiopia after beginning her Extension career
as a county agency in Oswego, New York.
Dr.
Gray has served the university system in a number of leadership
roles, including Co-Chair of the Extension Committee on Organization
and Policy/Board on Human Sciences Liaison Team on Resource Support
for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and
Co-Chair of the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension National
Program of Work Impact Task Force. Dr. Gray earned a B.S. in Home
Economics/Textiles and Clothing Design from Iowa State University
and a M.A. in Child Development and a Ph.D. in Family Ecology from
Michigan State University.
PERSONNEL
New Hires:
Allison
Bennett, MA, Extension Coordinator, Connecting Schools & Community
Whatcom County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Administrative/Professional
Effective December 1, 2003
Jodie
DuBois, Extension Coordinator, Square Foot Nutrition
Pierce County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Administrative/Professional
Effective November 10, 2003
SCHEDULE
Mike and Linda will be in New Orleans attending the annual meeting
of National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
(NASULGC) Monday through Wednesday next week. Mike will be in Pullman
on Thursday and in Seattle on Friday. Linda will be in Savannah,
GA, attending the Association of Financial Counseling and Planning
Education conference Thursday and Friday.
Linda
Kirk Fox, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate 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
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