March 11,
2005
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
DROUGHT UPDATE
The drought situation in Washington and surrounding states continues
to get worse. WSU Extension recently updated its drought Web site
with new contacts and links. See drought.wsu.edu for
information and contacts. Rich Koenig, specialist in Crop and Soil
Sciences has been asked to sit on the WA State Executive Water
Emergency Committee and coordinate updates to WSU Extension's drought
Web site. Contact Rich at 335-2726
with questions or updates to the site.
ALL EXTENSION CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP
I would like to thank the 2005 All Extension Conference Planning
Committee, again for an excellent conference. We had over 350 people
in attendance. To help the 2007 Planning Committee, please complete
the conference evaluation.
If you would like to help plan the March 6 - 8, 2007 conference
please contact Blair Wolfley. Conference proceedings will be posted to the Web as they become
available. Please check
the site for updated information.
There is another link to the conference Web site is available
at http://ext.wsu.edu/sitemap.html#proceedings.
Cam Marston's new book, Managing Across the Generational Divide,
is scheduled for release this Spring It will be available from
his company's Web site.
Rebecca Thorgaard is
handling orders for Hall of Champions posters. These are not free.
There is a $20 price
tag per poster (includes mailing and mailing tube). So be prepared
to work with Rebecca on the budget to cover costs. The HoC posters
will be posted on the Web site http://ext.wsu.edu/BC/ along
with previous years' winners.
SEMINAR MARCH 14: THE UNIVERSITY - USAID PARTNERSHIP
Dr. David Sammons, Associate Dean of International Agriculture,
Purdue University will be visiting WSU on March 14, 2005. Dr. Sammons
is currently on leave from Purdue University to USAID/Washington,
DC where he is working on university participation in US development
and the incorporation of agriculture into USAID policies and strategies.
In this temporary position, he is visiting selected universities
around the US to learn about their interests and activities in
international development and participation with USAID. He will
share information about university participation in USAID funded
development activities.
Dr. Sammons' visit is an opportunity for us to further establish
relationships with the USAID unit responsible for agriculture and
economic development and capitalize on Dr. Sammons' presence in
Washington, DC with USAID. You are invited to attend a seminar
Dr.
Sammons giving a seminar on Monday, March 14, 1:30 pm in Bryan
205 entitled "The University-USAID Partnership: A Dialogue
on Strengthening the Mission".
VIDEO EVENT DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Join us Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 10:30am - 12:00pm PST for the
national Digital
Libraries satellite and videostream event. The
Pullman campus location is FSNH T101, please be in your seat by
10:15 am.
Program description and guests: What does the trend towards digitizing
all of our information mean for the future of information access?
Will we still need our "traditional" libraries? What
will be the impact of the recent Google announcement about a project
to scan and archive parts of the collections of some major research
universities?
The program will feature a look at the present state of the digital
information revolution as it pertains to libraries at academic
institutions and organizations. Guests include: David Seaman, Director of the Digital Library
Federation; Peter Young, director of the National Agricultural
Library and Ginny Steele, director of libraries for Washington
State University.
This national broadcast is being produced in cooperation
with the American Distance Education Consortium as part of
their IDEAL3
distance learning project. WHAT'S NEW AT THE NATIONAL EXTENSION DIVERSITY
CENTER
Visit the National Diversity
Center for
new resources including the following additions for the month of
March:
- Lead Story: Prayer in a Public Institution by Harvey Lineberrry
- A fusion of Eastern and Western thinking in the March Talking
Story - djatung kratjang, a delightful read
- Read about the Spring,
05 Extension Diversity Champion.
Hiring Diversity: Check out the posted position openings.
- Staff Development: Becoming an Intercultural Hero and
Diversity Assessment Tools
- Reaching Audiences: Effective
Latino Outreach
Strategies
- Organizational Change: Patreese Ingram's JOE
article on change toward pluralism in the Extension system
and Judith
Aftergut's corporate update on organizational change
toward pluralism
- New
Movie - Popcorn and a Movie: Real Women Have Curves
- Have you
registered for the National Extension Diversity Conference
in North Carolina
in April? Click in What's New and find out how.
- Plus all our
change models, hiring tips, staff development tools, and
audience specific information.
Enjoy your exploration and we look forward to your submissions
of articles and tools to the center. Source: Ann Schauber, Center
Director, OSU Extension Diversity and Intercultural Communication,
Project Director, National
Extension Diversity Center.
A.J. DYE RETIRES FROM CSREES
On March 1, 2005 A.J. Dye will end a nearly 29-year career with
USDA.
A.J. is CSREES' Assistant Administrator for Program and Analysis.
He has served in that capacity since the Agency's formation in
1994. In
1986 A.J. moved to the Federal Extension Service as the Assistant
Deputy Administrator for Agricultural Programs. CSREES: DENNIS KOPP BEGINS ROLE AS ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR FOR PROGRAM AND ANALYSIS
Dennis Kopp will assume the position of CSREES Assistant Administrator
for Program and Analysis effective March 2, 2005. Dennis was trained
as an entomologist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 1990
he joined the Cooperative Extension Service in Washington, DC,
as the national program leader for the National Agricultural Pesticide
Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP). In CSREES, he served as plant
section leader in the Plant and Animal Systems for seven years,
helped evolve the NAPIAP funding line into Regional IPM Centers,
and recently served 6 months as a LEGIS fellow on Capitol Hill. Contact Dennis.
PERSONNEL
New hire:
Timothy Shatraw, Extension Coordinator
Address: WSU Learning Center-Klickitat County, Goldendale
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective February 28, 2005
Resignation:
Jay Jenkins, Okanogan County Director
Status: Faculty
Effective April 22, 2005
Retirement:
David Youmans, Rural Development Specialist IAREC Prosser,
Community and Rural Sociology
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Faculty
Effective April 1, 2005
MEET YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES
Go to the Extension "Meet
Your New Colleagues" Web site
to meet Kathy Barnard, who has joined
the WSU Extension faculty as a senior public relations specialist
effective February 21 and Erin Harwood who joined the WSU Extension
faculty as a Small Acreage Outreach Educator in Brush Prairie in
January.
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Pullman Monday through Thursday. On
Friday she will be in Olympia speaking at the House Higher Education
Committee during a work session on Learning Centers, Continuing
education, and Other Extended Learning Opportunities in Higher
Education. Next week Ed will be in Spokane Monday through Wednesday.
He will be in Olympia on Thursday for the Conservation Commission
meeting and in Pullman on Friday meeting with the Dairy Commission.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Interim Dean and 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 |
