September
10, 2004
Topics in today’s issue of Extension Update:
COMBINED FUND DRIVE (CFD)
Please join us at the Combined Food Drive
Kickoff Event on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 10:00 am to noon
at the WSU Alumni Center.
This year for the first time there’s an easier way to donate
to the charity of your choice through the Combined Fund Drive!
Now you have the option of ONLINE and OFFLINE giving! Look for
a link to the new system on the CFD
Web site.
CAHNRS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Next week, September 16 - 17, the College
of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS)
Advisory Council will be
meeting in Pullman. The focus on the fall meeting will be the Department
of Natural Resource Sciences. The Council will be provided updates
on the budget and the biennial budget request as well. Linda Fox
and Dave Baumgartner will represent Extension at the meeting and
have shared information with the Council members.
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO SPEAK AT WSU PULLMAN
Dr. Arden Bement, the Acting Director of the
National Science Foundation will be on campus on September 17 and
give two presentations,
in addition to meeting with faculty and students. The first of
the presentations will be an all-campus address on the NSF which
will be held at 2:10 p.m. in the new addition to the Murrow Communications
Center, Room 21. In addition, at 3:30 in CUE 518 he will give a
keynote address at a reception to recognize our world class inventors.
Additional details can be found in this
WSU Today article.
Please pass this information to your faculty and others who may
be interested in attending one or both of these presentations.
HONORING THE HERITAGE OF THE PLATEAU PEOPLES
The College of Liberal
Arts is coordinating the “Honoring
the Heritage of the Plateau Peoples: Past, Present, and Future” conference
on the Pullman Campus September 29 - 30, 2004. This conference
is bringing together members of the Plateau Tribes, scholars, and
others interested in the traditional cultures of the Plateau and
will pay tribute to the individuals who have preserved these traditions.
It will also provide opportunities to explore how the tribes are
working to preserve their cultural traditions and the natural resources
of their lands.
This is a wonderful opportunity for all of the WSU community to
learn about the Indian people of our region. Therefore we are encouraging
faculty, staff, and students to attend individual sessions that
are of interest to them without requiring registration for the
conference. This will be allowed on a space available basis with
registered conference attendees having preferential seating. The
luncheons with keynote speakers are open to registered participants
only.
Any interested persons wishing to attend the traditional long-house
style dinner that will be held in the Livestock Pavilion at 6 pm
on Wednesday night may do so for $30 per person. Traditional and
modern foods will be served and the ritual processes of preparing
and serving the food will be described by the dinner host Dr. Ron
Pond (Umatilla elder and 2004 WSU graduate). The dinner will also
be the occasion for honoring elders from the Tribes. If you would
like to attend this event please contact
Mary Collins at 335-4314.
Please visit the Web site www.libarts.wsu.edu/PlateauConference,
where you will find an agenda and registration information.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS FOR e-EXTENSION CONTENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NAMED
Carla Craycraft, Assistant Dean for Agricultural Communications
and Information Technology, and Craig Wood, Associate Director
of Agricultural Communication Services, both faculty with the University
of Kentucky-Lexington, have been named co-associate directors of
content for the e-Extension project. They will be responsible for
providing leadership and vision for the strategic development and
management of content through content teams and communities of
practice. Each will carry a 50% appointment thus representing one
full-time equivalency in support e-Extension.
Kevin Gamble, ADEC Chief Technology Officer and Project Director
of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Internet Satellite
Extension Project, located at North Carolina State University,
has been named associate director of information technology of
the e-Extension Project. He will lead the development and management
of information resources and technology to support content development
and delivery for the e-Extension project.
The associate directors will join Dan Cotton, Director of e-Extension,
to 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. Each member of the team will remain based
at their host institution. More information on the initiative is
available at http://e-extensionproject.info.
ORDER SIGNS AND BANNERS
One more reminder: Order your NEW WSU
Extension signs and banners. Please respond to Christy
Fitzgerald as to
how many of each item you would like to order. Please keep in mind
that the prices are approximations. You can send your check or
IRI made payable to WSU Extension to: Christy Fitzgerald, WSU Extension,
PO Box 646230, Pullman, WA 99164-6230. Please have your orders
in to Christy by September 17, 2004.
Information on each item:
___ WSU Extension Banner:
Vinyl, outdoor; 96” wide x 34” high; hemmed and has
grommets; $50/each.
___ WSU Extension and County Name Banner:
Vinyl, outdoor; 96” wide x 34” high; hemmed and has
grommets; $100/each.
___ C1038 WSU Extension Aluminum Plot Sign:
Outdoor; 32” wide x 13” high; rounded corners, holes
drilled each corner, coated with protective UV varnish; $60/each.
___ C1039 WSU Extension Sintra Plot Sign:
Indoor/outdoor; 4mm white sintra; 32” wide x 13” high;
rounded corners, holes drilled in each corner, coated with protective
UV varnish; $50/each.
___ C0953 WSU Extension World Class Face to Face. Paper banner;
24” high x 48” wide; Free.
____ WSU Extension Podium Sign:
19” wide x 12” high; $10/each.
ORDER MARKETING ITEMS
We have had another request to order WSU
Extension clothing merchandise. Please visit http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing to
place an order by September 17, 2004. If you have any questions,
please contact Christy
Fitzgerald.
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Pullman Monday and Friday.
Next week Ed will be in his office in Spokane on Monday. They will
both be
in Walla Walla attending the Extension Administrative Team meeting
Tuesday through Thursday.
Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Interim Dean and 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 |
