| |
July 30, 2004
Topics in this edition of Extension Update:
RENTAL CAR CONTRACT CHANGE
Effective August 1, 2004 car rentals for
official Washington State University business will be booked through
Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
This change is due to a new State of Washington 6-year master contract.
WSU won't have a central bill option in place for the next 30-60
days. During this time, use the WSU Travel Charge Card or a personal
credit card as your payment mechanism. Travel Coordinators at the
department level will be notified when a central bill option becomes
available.
Individuals may have prearranged for a Budget Rental car for travel
in August. Travelers and Travel Coordinators will need to verify
that all applicable insurance and damage waivers are have been purchased
to avoid possible personal liability.
For detailed information on Enterprise and booking reservations,
go to Purchasing Services
Web site.
Source: Desiree Jacobsen
WSU PARTNERS TO PROVIDE A PNW WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND VOLUNTEER
WORKSHOP
This second annual PNW Water Quality Monitoring workshop,
held July 13-15, attracted 35 new and seasoned water quality monitoring
specialists,
volunteers and educators from agencies, cities, Conservation Districts,
Land-grant and Sea-grant Extension, counties, universities (OSU,
WSU, UI, UAK and Northwest Indian College) tribes, and watershed
groups. The goal was to provide instructional interactive and hands-on
experience in developing a monitoring plan and information on how
to set up a volunteer program. Many of the participants were newly
hired to monitor watershed water quality; others were seasoned monitors
who plan to establish volunteer programs. "This is just what
I needed" was a comment from several of the participants. The
workshop was sponsored by the CSREES PNW Regional Water Quality Coordinating
Team. Bob Simmons represents WSU Extension on the team and assisted
in the development of the program. Mike Barber of the Washington
Water Research Center also assisted with the program. The hands-on
sessions were especially focused on the major TMDL measures. The
agenda included how to do your homework, what to sample, how to measure
water quality parameters and present the results plus a half-day
session on how to establish a volunteer program. The workshop was
held at the Canby Grove Conference Center, near Canby, Oregon adjacent
to the Mollala River.
Source: Bob Simmons, Mason County Extension
MASTER GARDENER REPORT ONLINE
An overview
report on the state Master Gardener Program, based on data submitted for 2003, is now available
on-line at the WSU Master
Gardener Web site in the Guidelines and Procedures section.
Source: Rod Tinnemore, MG Coordinator
e-COMMERCE ONLINE NEWSLETTER DEBUTS
e-News, the Rural E-Commerce Extension Initiative's
electronic update and news on issues surrounding the development
of rural e-commerce, has been launched. You may subscribe by contacting
Kathy Ibendahl. e-News
is bi-monthly electronic newsletter produced by the Southern Rural
Development
Office. See
the Web site
and future E-Commerce e-News for details.
Since the Rural E-Commerce Extension Initiative
began in fall 2003, efforts began to develop new e-commerce Extension
curricula, identifying
and cataloging available resources, and facilitating regional training
programs. In the coming year, the momentum will continue. Additionally,
new competitive grants program open to all Extension educators will
become available. More regional workshops will be held to train trainers
and share ideas. The project's e-library will continue to expand
with the addition of e-government and e-community resources. In addition,
the Southern Rural Development Office staff, Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu,
Director and Kathy Ibendahl, Curriculum Specialist will take lead
roles in launching the conversion of select e-commerce products to
comply with the new e-Extension information protocol.
Watch for the Rural E-Commerce Extension Initiative Competitive
Grants Program. This fall, the SRDC will announce a new competitive
grants program designed to support Extension educators developing
or expanding new e-commerce curricula.
HEFFERAN RELEASES REPORT TO THE PARTNERSHIP
At the recent NASULGC
summer meetings, Colien Hefferan, Cooperative State Research, Education
and Extension Service (CSREES) Administrator
presented the summer edition of her Administrator’s Report
to the Partnership. You can also access an
electronic version of the report.
- Celebrating a decade of discovery
- CSREES' role in addressing overweight and obesity in the United
States
- CSREES: A vital homeland security link
- E-Extension update
- The 2004 National Public Policy Education Conference
- New CSREES exhibit honors 10 years of land-grant university
status for tribal colleges
- CSREES/ANR Leader Exchange Program continues
- Collaboration yielding important new biobased products
- Crop protection, animal health, and forestry compendia
from CAB International available on-line
- Agriculture Secretary renews Forestry Research
Advisory Council
For more information or to request hard copies of
the report contact Terry Meisenbach at 202-720-2677.
e-EXTENSION GOVERNING COMMITTEE NAMED
A Governing Committee for
e-Extension will establish and govern policy decisions regarding
e-Extension on behalf of ECOP and Extension
Directors and Administrators. The Governing Committee includes one
representative from each National Association of State Universities
and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) region, one representative chosen
by CSREES, the Director of Extension and Outreach (NASULGC), and
the Chair of the Program Subcommittee of ECOP. Members are Dalton
McAfee, 1890 region; Paul Coreil, Southern region; Elbert Dickey,
North Central region; Karen Hinton, Western region; Lavon Bartel,
Northeast region; Linda Williams Willis, Chair, ECOP Program Subcommittee;
Dick Wooton, Director, Extension and Outreach, NASULGC; Greg Crosby,
CSREES. This group may decide to include some at-large members, within
guidelines that the Governing Committee will consider as part of
Rules of Operation. The initial meeting for the Governing Committee
was July 25.
DAN COTTON NAMED e-EXTENSION DIRECTOR
Dan Cotton, Director of the
Communications and Information Technology unit at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named as director
of the Cooperative Extension System’s e-Extension initiative
effective September 1, 2004. He will head up a collaborative effort
between the nation’s land-grant universities and USDA’s
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to develop
both content and technology for the e-Extension project. Cotton,
who will remain based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will
be assisted by associate directors for content development and information
technology. Neither of these positions has been filled at this time.
More information on the initiative is available at http://e-extensionproject.info.
BILL GRAY TO LEAD EXTENSION PROGRAMS WITH URBAN FOCUS
After a sabbatical of one year from the university, Dr. Bill Gray
is returning to his tenure home in the Department of Community
and Rural Sociology. His early career was in Cooperative Extension
as County Agent, Area Agent, County Chair and Program Administrator.
In the early 1980's, he left Cooperative Extension to initiate
a university-wide public service program—a challenge that
continues to this day. In 1986 he was asked by then President Samuel
Smith to develop plans for a WSU campus in Spokane. He became its
founding dean, and when he stepped down last year as CEO and Dean
of WSU Spokane, he was the senior administrator at WSU with the
longest tenure. Dr Gray has worked extensively on the interface
between education and economic development (in both rural and urban
settings), and has written extensively on planned change. Mid-way
through his initial extension career, Bill completed the PhD degree
in Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University. He is
looking forward to working in the areas of urban development, public
policy, and community studies. He can be reached via
email.
When settled in his new office, we will let you know his phone
and mailing address. Welcome, Bill.
MEET OUR NEW COLLEAGUES
Be sure to visit the Extension
Faculty and Staff Web site to meet three new Extension
employees: Karen Barale, Pierce County
Extension Educator, Nutrition; Kathryn Kettel, Coordinator, Klickitat
County Learning Center; and Megan Riebe, 4-H/Extension Director of
Development and Director of Washington State 4-H Foundation.
SCHEDULE
Next week Mike will be in Pullman on Friday. He will be
attending the Board of Regents Retreat in Winthrop, WA Monday through
Thursday
in his new capacity as Interim VP for Equity and Diversity.
Next week Linda will be in Pullman.
Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Director
Washington State University Extension
411 Hulbert Hall
PO Box 646230
Pullman, WA 99164-6230
509-335-2933 Office
509-335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
509-335-2926 FAX
lkfox@wsu.edu |
|
|
|
|
|
