January 23,
2004
SURVEY OF SATELLITE DOWNLINK USE
As part of our technology planning efforts for WSU Extension, we
need to gather information about the use of our satellite downlinks
at county extension, Learning Center and R & E Center offices.
We have a continual need to maintain and upgrade the system and
we need to know exactly how much use and what type of use is being
made of each local satellite receive system in our network.
So it's critical that we have a 100% return of this survey from all
Extension sites with a satellite downlink. So we are asking the
supervisors at each location (county chairs, LC Coordinators and
R & E Center Directors) to be sure that information for the
survey is solicited and gathered from all staff at their location
and that this information is summarized and entered into the on
line survey.
Once the survey information is summarized and tabulated, the results
will be shared when available. The survey can be found on line
at http://ext.wsu.edu/satellitesurvey.html
NEW EXTENSION MARKETING MATERIALS: DEADLINE EXTENDED
Attention: we are extending the deadline order date! We are offering
marketing items for sale with our new 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 website by February
20, 2004. If you have any questions, please email
Christy.
HILLERS' FOOD SAFETY ONLINE CHAT AT THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
On January 22, Val Hillers, a food safety expert from Washington
State University, answered Spokesman-Review reader questions via
an online chat. This morning the Spokesman had a summary of the
chat printed in the newspaper. The entire chat is at: www.spokesmanreview.com/foodchat
According
to the Web site, the food safety chat transcript will stay there
indefinitely. Congratulations, Val. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 10 DIALOGUE WITH PROVOST BATES
Faculty, staff and students have an opportunity to interact with
Washington State University Provost Bob Bates at noon Tuesday,
Feb. 10, at the CUB Cascade Rooms. He will share updates on the
University's Strategic Plan and on academic programs, and then
will open the dialogue to your comments and questions.
The dialogue will also be available by videostreaming, and a new
online mechanism will be used so people watching on computers can
ask questions. Details will be provided closer to the date of the
dialogue.
A
link to the videostream site is always available on the Face
to Face with WSU Leaders Web page that also includes the 2003-2004 calendar of dialogues and forums.
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY VIDEOMAGAZINE
Recently we received a VHS copy of the Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service (CSREES) Partners videomagazine,
Episode #8, "Sustainable Forestry." The episode, hosted
by Dennis Thomas, Video Production Coordinator at Kentucky State
University's Land Grant Program, focuses on the concept of sustainable
forestry.
Sustainable
forestry management includes practices that involve the environmental,
social, and
economic values of the U.S.' forest resources. Contact Christy
Fitzgerald if you wish to borrow our videotape copy. The videomagazine
will
be available shortly on the CSREES
Web site.
If you need more information about Partners, please contact Terry
Meisenbach, Communications Director at CSREES at (202) 720-2677
or via email at tmeisenbach@csrees.usda.gov.
Features in the episode include:
- In
the forests of the Pacific Northwest, teamwork is helping
to tackle pests & diseases,
- New
Englanders are balancing economic growth with preservation
of green space and natural resources,
- A
partnership in South Carolina is turning landowners into
master tree farmers,
- In
Minnesota, trees are being used in new ways to benefit the
environment and communities,
- And,
4-Hers in West Virginia
learn about sustainable
forestry and their future.
PERSONNEL
Reassignment:
Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom, from Lincoln County Extension to Extension's
Center to Bridge the Digital Divide. Her new office is located in
Spokane, 120 N Stevens, Suite 200.
New hires:
Ken Carrasco, MS, Extension Educator, Fresh/Marine Water Resources,
Whatcom County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Faculty
Effective January 20, 2004
Bridget Rohner, County Extension Chair, Lincoln County
100% Extension
Status: Faculty
Effective February 1, 2004
Karen Hart-Dickson, MHPA, Extension Coordinator, Food $ense, Pend
Oreille County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Administrative/Professional
Effective January 21, 2004
Tina Hausman-Brown, Extension Coordinator, Food $ense, Lincoln County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Administrative/Professional
Effective January 2, 2004
Mikki Kison, Extension Coordinator, Food $ense, Adams County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Administrative/Professional
Effective January 16, 2004
Andrew Williams, Extension Coordinator, Spokane County
Funding: 50% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Administrative/Professional
Effective January 1, 2004
Schaylee Esparza, Extension Coordinator, Grant County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Administrative/Professional
Effective November 1, 2003
Tara Zimmerman, MS, County Extension Faculty, King County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Faculty
Effective December 1, 2003
Joy Baisch, Extension Coordinator, Jefferson County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant funds)
Status: Administrative/Professional
Effective December 1, 2003
SCHEDULE
Mike is in Washington DC through January 30th. Linda is in Pullman
Monday through Wednesday next week. She will be in Washington DC
Thursday and Friday.
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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 |
