April 15,
2005
Topics in today’s issue of Extension Update:
APPLY BEFORE JUNE 1 FOR KARL HOBSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Washington State University Foundation and WSU Extension
in collaboration with the Karl Hobson family, have established the
Karl
Hobson Memorial Scholarship Fund for the support of professional
development opportunities for Extension faculty, staff and volunteers.
This fund is dedicated to the development of both volunteers and
professional staff who show promise for enhanced performance following
the selected training.
There are some restrictions on the use of these funds: Applicant
must be WSU Extension professional staff or volunteer. No portion
of the funds may be used for support of or promotion of work assorted
with the alcohol industries including hop and wine grape production.
Applicant can request up to $1000. The actual award amount will be
dependent upon the number of applications received and the amount
available for distribution. Applicant must have a major assignment
in WSU Extension. Applicant must have completed at least one year
of successful Extension work. The award will be made to the awardee(s)
upon their enrollment in the selected training. Scholarship must
be used within a 12-month period following award announcement.
Please complete all the following information and send electronically
to Pat BoyEs by June 1, 2005.
Karl Hobson Memorial Fund Application requires you complete all
of the following information:
- Your Name, Address, Phone, Email
- Your role in Extension
- Years of Service to Washington State University
- Amount of Funding Requested
- Total Cost of the Training
- Describe the training for which you are seeking support.
- How will this training benefit your specific assignment.
- Upon successful completion of the selected training, how will
you measure the impact of your improved program efforts?
- What will be your measure of success?
Application due June 1, 2005
LIVESTOCK PRODUCER EDUCATION
A grant-funded livestock producer education
effort coordinated by Tip Hudson and Joe Harrison will begin with
a statewide water quality
conference April 20 - 22 in Leavenworth. The workshop, a cooperative
effort among Washington Association of Conservation Districts (WACD),
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of Ecology
(DOE), Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), Washington
Cattlemen's Association (WCA), and Washington State University Extension
(WSUE), is directed toward helping technical service providers better
assist livestock producers to assess their risk of water quality
pollution, especially the potential for “point-source” pollution
from confinement areas.
This workshop is the first step in a comprehensive
outreach program for livestock operations of all sizes; the workshop
will provide familiarity with the applicable state and federal
regulations as well as current working relationships among the enforcement
agencies,
and provide a practical understanding of water quality principles
and how to methodically and accurately assess potential water quality
problems on livestock operations of all sizes. For more information,
email Tip Hudson to receive
a brochure, or see an Online
Brochure from the Web site http://capps.wsu.edu/waterquality/ or
contact Janet York to register. Submitted by Linda Loos
COUNTY BUDGET GUIDELINES FOR CY2006 NOW POSTED TO WEB
A reminder
to all County Directors, the County Budget Guidelines Web site has
been updated for the 2006 county budget year. It is
available at http://bfo.cahe.wsu.edu/.
To access the county budget Web site use your CAHE domain id and
password. The CAHE domain id is also used for WEMIS, RAS dial-up,
file server access, and other Web page access such as 4-H and Life
Skills.
SECOND NOTICE: APRIL 21st: RESOURCES FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING
Please
plan to join us on Thursday, April 21, from 10:00 to 11:00 am for
a special videostreamed broadcast on "Resources for Retirement
Planning." The broadcast will feature Becky Priebe from the
CAHNRS Business and Finance office, Jan Rauk, Associate Director
of WSU Benefit Services and Marie Weiss from Human Resource Services.
More details will follow closer to the broadcast but we wanted to
let you know now so you could reserve the time on your calendar.
For those of you in Pullman, please plan to join us as part of our
studio audience in room T-101 of the Food Science and Human Nutrition
Building. And for those of you off campus, remember that this is
a videostream only event and the stream we will be available from
the WSU Extension and CAHNRS Web pages, as well as from the Information
Department videostreaming page.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM OVERVIEW VIA WECN
Administrators, Managers and
Supervisors an overview regarding changes due to the July 1, 2005
implementation of Civil Service Reform should
plan to attend on Thursday, April 21, 2005, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM. Instructed
by: Lisa Gehring. There is no fee to attend.
Please note: There are no additional seats to attend
this training at its site of origination in Pullman. All seats in
both events have
been filled. This is a special invitation to non-Pullman participants
to view via WECN. If you are interested in attending, be sure to enroll
and then send a note to either Randy
Cross or to Shane
Barrett to
identify your intent to participate.
HOURLY EMPLOYEES DAR’S REPORT SCHEDULE
The Business and Finance
Office appreciates the efforts of all supervisors’ of
hourly employees to ensure timely payments to employees. We would
like to receive DAR’s by 5:00 p.m. the last day of the pay
period. However, we understand this may not be practical. Below is
a schedule that will ensure timely payment.
Pay Period Due on For Payment on
April 1 to15, 2005 4-17-05 by 5:00 p.m. 4-25-05
April 16 to 31,
2005 5-2-05 by 5:00 p.m. 5-10-05
May 1 to 15, 2005 5-17-05 by 5:00
p.m. 5-25-05
May 16 to 31, 2005 6-2-05 by 5:00 p.m. 6-10-05
June 1 to 15, 2005
6-16-05 by 5:00 p.m. 6-25-05
June 16 to 30, 2005 6-30-05 by 5:00
p.m. 7-11-05
Supervisors should not sign DAR’s before work is completed.
Original signatures are required (no stamps). You may fax DAR’s
to (509) 335-2926 to meet payroll deadlines, but you must follow
by sending the original DAR to the Business and Finance Office at
PO Box 646241, Pullman, WA 99164-6241 by the pay date.
PERSONNEL
New hire:
Jared Lisonbee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Human
Development
Funding: 100% Teaching
Status: Faculty
Effective Date: August 16, 2005
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Pullman. Next week Ed will be
in Spokane.
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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 |
