January 9,
2004
NEW
EXTENSION MARKETING ITEMS: ORDER BY JANUARY 22
We are offering marketing items for sale with our new WSU Extension
logo! You may view the items at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing.
Be sure to take a look because new merchandise is being offered.
Please submit all orders to Christy Fitzgerald via the order form
on the Web site by January 22, 2004. If you have any questions,
please email Christy.
WARNING
TO WSU PURCHASING CARD USERS: CREDIT CARD SCAM
Purchasing Services has been notified that an email scam is being
circulated to some of WSU's Purchasing Card cardholders. It requests
that cardholders log in to a Web site to update their Visa account
information. This email is a scam and cardholders should not login
or provide any information regarding Purchasing Cards, Travel Charge
Cards or CTA accounts.
If
you have any questions or concerns regarding your WSU charge card
accounts, please contact Desiree
Jacobsen at 335-1257.
USDA
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM MOSELEY TO SPEAK IN SPOKANE JANUARY 13
Deputy Secretary Jim Moseley will be the keynote speaker at two
events to be held in Spokane on Tuesday, January 13. Jim Moseley
was sworn in as the deputy secretary by Agriculture Secretary Ann
M. Veneman on July 17, 2001. At 9:00 am Secretary Moseley will kick
off the 50th Annual Pacific Northwest Farm Forum in the DoubleTree
Hotel ballroom. Following Secretary Moseley, Dr. Art Douglas of
the Atmospheric Sciences Department at Creighton University will
present the long-range weather forecast and Nathan Brown, Australian
Wheat Board LTD, will discuss the Australian wheat marketing system.
Jim
Moseley will also be keynote speaker for the SIRTI Technology Showcase
VI: Value Added Agricultural Technologies. This event will take
place at 4:00 pm at the DoubleTree Hotel ballroom. Technology Showcases
are presented quarterly by the Spokane Intercollegiate Research
and Technology Institute to provide the public with an overview
of paradigm-changing research. See
more information.
Secretary
Moseley is being brought to Spokane by the Pacific Northwest Farm
Forum. Farm Forum's mission is to provide timely information to
area farmers in order to assist in maintaining a healthy farm economy.
The Farm Forum is held in conjunction with Spokane Ag Expo, which
is the largest farm equipment show in the Inland Northwest. Both
events are produced by the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce.
See show information.
ITALIAN
FOOD & WINE EXPERIENCE FOR CAHNRS ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Don't miss this year's exclusive trips to Italy being offered through
"A Cook's Tour" sponsored by WSU College of Agricultural,
Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS). A year ago, 20 of
our Alumni celebrated 100 years of Home Economics and experienced
the "Italian Food & Wine Experience" and raved about
the great time they had. Several people called to reserve space
after the tour was filled, so this year we are offering two dates.
The ten-day journeys are scheduled for May 15th to 24th and September
15th to 24th.
While
in Italy, you will stay in a beautifully restored 13th Century Villa
set in the midst of lush orchards and vineyards in the Valpolicella
region of the Veneto, just south of the Alps and a few miles from
Lake Garda. In Tuscany you will stay in a restored 16th Century
Villa with panoramic views of the rolling hills of central Italy,
situated between the Rennaisance city of Florence the magical medieval
town of Siena.
Each
of the stops has been hand selected to give you a unique view into
the food and wine culture of the region, including an entertaining
and educational hands-on lesson in each location under the direction
of a professional Italian Chef. You will learn to prepare six to
eight dishes in each of these lessons. You will also enjoy the foods
prepared along with specially selected wines of the region as a
part of your culinary adventure.
Brochures
are available through the CAHNRS Alumni and Development office,
contact Britta Nitcy, or contact Linda Fox. For personal reflection
on their experiences last year in Italy, Val Hillers and Jan and
Larry Hiller can also help answer your questions. If you would like
to reserve a spot, give "A Cook's Tour" a call at 800-726-6388
and ask for David Iverson. Don't delay; the tours fill quickly.
ARMENIA
TO BE FEATURED
The Armenia Marketing Assistance Project (MAP) continues to grow
and had its busiest year with some 90+ US specialists in Armenia
during 2003.We encourage you to visit www.usda.am
for updates on the specific initiatives that took place and to view
specialists reports.
The
National Geographic magazine will feature Armenia in March this
year. We are encouraging Armenia MAP alumni to plan educational
activities and presentations about Armenia on campus or in the community
around that time.
Tim
Grosser and others at USDA on the Armenia project this year would
also like to hear from you about your outreach efforts audiences,
messages, reactions, etc. We'd also like to build an electronic
library of presentation materials and resources to share. Your experiences
in reaching out to U.S. audiences could also help newly returned
TDYs. Please email Carol
Radomski or phone (202-404-4512) with your ideas or comments.
WOOD
COMPOSITES SYMPOSIUM
We would like to invite you to attend the 38th International Wood
Composites Symposium sponsored by the Wood Materials and Engineering
Laboratory (WMEL) and Washington State University Extension. The
event begins with a Technical Workshop on Monday April 5, 2004,
followed by the Symposium, April 6-8, 2004. Conference co-chairs
are Bob Tichy, Research Engineer Building Systems and Markets, and
Vikram Yadama, Assistant Research Professor & Extension Specialist
Wood Composite Materials, WSU WMEL.
The
2004 Symposium will begin with a keynote address from Dr. Lynn
O.
Michaelis, Director, Markets and Economic Research, Weyerhaeuser
Company. Lynn will review the global economy and its implications
on forest products industry. See the Keynote Speaker page on
the
conference Web site for
more information. Following the keynote address, a general session
will address emerging composite panel markets with a focus on Asia,
South America, and Russia. Additionally, this year's Symposium,
in cooperation with the Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP),
a program of the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation,
is planning a Russian Far East forest industry session detailing
the status of Russian forest resources, its utilization, and management.
WSU
PORTAL PROJECT UPDATE
"myWSU", Washington State University's new online portal,
was launched January 5. The URL is my.wsu.edu.
This new tool will make accessing online information at WSU simpler
and more efficient for you. The intent is to eventually locate all
Internet-based resources in personalized space. As the portal continues
to be developed and enhanced, expect new features to be added on
a regular basis. After you sign up, watch for "myWSU updates"
on the "My Home/Communications" tab for new features.
NATIONAL
EXTENSION AND OUTREACH JOB BANK
Extension Journal, Inc. is proud to announce the launching of the
National Job Bank, "Jobs in Extension,
Outreach, Research and Higher Education". The Journal has
worked with CSREES to create a new, more responsive site for your
job postings.
This
new site will reach thousands of current and new job seekers and
provide access to a broad range of faculty and other professional
positions. Please consider posting all Extension notices of vacancy
on this site. There is a fee, but is most reasonable. Rebecca Armstrong
can help you with this.
SCHEDULE
Next week, Mike will be in Washington DC.
Linda
will be in Spokane County on Monday and in Pullman the remainder
of the week.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Director
Washington State University Extension
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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