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February 13,
2004
ALL EXTENSION CONFERENCE DATES CHANGE FROM OCTOBER 2004 TO MARCH 2005
Consider this notice that you can release the dates in early October
2004 which were slated for All Extension Conference in Pullman.
There are many conflicts with the dates which prompted moving the
conference from October to March, such as the National Extension
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences annual conference,
and the joint Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) and
Washington Association of County Officials (WACO) conference. The
exact dates in March 2005 will be sent to you soon.
TITLE CHANGES APPROVED
Following discussion with faculty and the Extension "County
Chairs" last spring, we have been pursuing changes regarding
the official titles in the HEPS system. We have been using these
titles "unofficially" for some time so this change shouldn't
cause too much turmoil. The following title changes have been officially
approved by Human Resource Services effective immediately:
- County
Extension Agent, changes to: County Extension Educator
- Cooperative
Extension Specialist, changes to: Extension Specialist
- Area
Agent, changes to: Area Extension Educator
- County
Chair, changes to: County Director
NATIONAL EXTENSION DIVERSITY CENTER
Last spring I shared with you the link to the National
Extension Diversity Center, hosted by Oregon State University.
Through that Web site you can collaborate with Extension professionals
to create new ways of effectively serving our diverse society and
improve your own diversity skills. This is a great Web site with
many resources. For example, there are diversity training activities;
listen to stories, watch and discuss movies, and read articles
by your peers about the ever changing topic of diversity. A project
of the Subcommittee on Extension Diversity (SED) with the leadership
of Dr. Ann Schauber, OSU, the Center competed and received two
special needs grants from CSREES. Since this was enough to get
organized and started, but not a long term source of funds, a Board
of Directors has been named to help plan strategies for the future
was the best path to follow. Mike Tate has been named to that new
Board.
IDEAS FOR BETTER LIVING IMPACTS
Ideas for Living is a community education program that uses trained
volunteers to present basic life skills classes to at-risk and
low-income individuals. The program is supported in part by your
contributions to United Way of Skagit County. A copy
of the 2003 Ideas for Living Impacts brochure is available
on the Web site. The brochure describes how Ideas for Living has
served Skagit County
in 2003. You can view and/or print a copy using Adobe
Acrobat Reader,
which is available as a free download.
Source: Bill Dwinelle
FEDERAL PLAN OF WORK (POW) EXTENDED TWO YEARS
Have you been wondering about the status of our FY2000-2004 Plan
of Work? While I doubt many of you are losing sleep over this report,
some may know that we typically operate under a five-year POW which
is submitted and approved by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service (CSREES). This week the guidelines were posted
in the Federal Register (Vol. 69 No. 27, Feb. 10) to extend the
current POW by two years. We are directed to submit a POW Update
by April 1st to cover federal fiscal years FY 2005 - FY 2006. Our
Update will be limited to 5-10 pages and must show how our POW
continues to address critical issues in the State, and how our
POW continues to relate to the five broad national goals. We will
submit this update in conjunction with our Annual Report of Accomplishments,
also due April 1. The AICS reports you submit, as well as Plans
of Action (POAs), provide the basis for our reports. We will notify
you when we post both the Report of Accomplishments and the POW
Update on our Web site http://ext.wsu.edu/overview in early April.
CSREES NPL FOR FAMILY/HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NAMED
Dr. Caroline E. Crocoll will be joining the Families 4-H and Nutrition
Unit of CSREES on February 22 as the National Program Leader for
Family/Human Development and Consumer Sciences. Dr. Crocoll has
been serving as the Director of Intergenerational Programs at Generations
United, a Washington, D.C. based non-governmental organization.
From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Crocoll was employed by Texas Cooperative
Extension at Texas A & M University. Dr. Crocoll is filling
the position Dr. Anna Mae Kobbe held before assuming the position
of Director of Family Consumer Sciences and Nutrition in 2002.
WSU ALUMNI IN CONGRESS HOST RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON DC
On February 24th, a reception is being hosted by WSU President Lane
Rawlins and the Office of Research, with co-hosts Senator Patty
Murray, Representative George Nethercutt, and Montana Rep. Dennis
Rehberg (all of whom are WSU alum) in Washington DC. The purpose
of the event is to communicate to influencers that WSU is a research
institution and to showcase our world class achievements. Several
faculty and administrators have been selected to attend this reception.
OLYMPIA UPDATE NO. 2
Be sure to go to www.olympia.wsu.edu for the second legislative update
for the 2004 state legislative session. Larry Ganders summarizes
activity to-date in Olympia, from WSU's perspective.
SCHEDULE
Mike and Linda will both be in Phoenix, AZ next week, attending the
annual meeting of the National Extension Directors and ECOP (Extension
Committee on Organization and Policy).
Linda Kirk Fox. Ph.D.
Associate Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646230
Pullman, WA 99164-6230
Ph 509-335-2933
Fax 509-335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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