October
14, 2005
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED FOR ASSOCIATE DEAN/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Randy
Baldree is chairing the search committee for the Extension Associate
Dean/Associate Director and doing a great job. Three candidates
are scheduled to interview beginning in November. The vitas and
letters of application will be posted on the Extension
Faculty/Staff Web site, and
the Seminar presentations on the first day of the interviews
will be broadcast via video stream. More complete schedules will
be distributed via email in the near future. The candiates are:
Nancy Franz, Associate Director for University of New Hampshire
Cooperative Extension – Pullman Monday, November 7th
/ Puyallup tours and meetings on November 8th
John Winder, Assistant Director for Oregon State University
Extension Service - Pullman Monday, November 28th / Puyallup
tours and meetings on November 29th
Gregory Hutchins, Assistant Dean & State Program Leader
(4-H & Youth Development) for University of Wisconsin Extension
- Pullman Wednesday, November 30th / Puyallup tours and
meetings on December 1st
EXTENSION TODAY
The Friday, October 14 issue of WSU Today contains
the special insert "Extension Today" featuring our excellent faculty,
staff, and innovative programs. You may access the pdf version
on the Web at: http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/pdfs.asp.
If you have suggestions for future articles, please send them
to
extension@wsu.edu for
consideration.
DIALOGUE WITH PROVOST BATES
Faculty, staff and students throughout
WSU are welcome to participate in the Dialogue with Provost Bob
Bates at noon Tuesday, October 25th, at the CUB Cascade Rooms or
via Web video streaming.
Provost Bates, also executive vice president of the Pullman
campus, has announced four topics for the dialogue:
- undergraduate innovations
- research and graduate education
- academic realignment
- WSU administrative structure
Following presentations, he will open the floor to your questions
and comments. The Dialogue with Provost Bates can be viewed via
live video stream at the Experience WSU web site: http://experience.wsu.edu/.
In addition, the link to the video stream is always available
at the Face to Face with WSU Leaders Web calendar at: http://www.wsu.edu/dialogues-forums/.
WILLIAM RUCKELSHAUS TO TALK ON SALMON RECOVERY
The success of local
decision-making in salmon recovery in Washington will be the topic
of a campus-wide lecture by William D. Ruckelshaus, the first and
fifth administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
and current chairman of the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding
Board.
“There is a massive experiment in democracy going on in
our state, and it involves salmon and their survival,” said
Ruckelshaus, who now lives in Seattle. “We are leaving
it up to the people who share habitat with the fish to decide
how to help them recover, and it is working!”
Ruckelshaus’ lecture, “Salmon Recovery: A New Application
of Democracy,” will run from 2 4 p.m., Wednesday,
Oct. 26, in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building Room
T-101. WSU Extension, the Division of Governmental Studies and
Services and the Foley Institute are sponsoring the event. The
event is open to the public. For those not in Pullman, a live
video stream of the event will available at:
http://caheinfo.wsu.edu/video/stream.html.
The video stream of the program title, with an indication of
the time left until the program starts, will be available at
the streaming site at 1:45 and will be accessible using either
RealPlayer or WindowsMedia player.
With degrees from Princeton and Harvard universities, Ruckelshaus
practiced law for several years and served in the Indiana House
of Representatives. He received presidential appointments as
first and fifth administrator of the EPA in 1970 and 1985 and
served as acting director of the FBI and as deputy attorney general
in the U.S. Department of Justice. He served as senior vice president
for Weyerhaeuser Co. beginning in 1974, and in 1988, he joined
Browning-Ferris Industries as chairman/CEO. Currently, he serves
on a number of corporate boards. In July 1997, President Clinton
appointed him as the U.S. envoy for the Pacific Salmon Treaty
negotiations. Ruckelshaus chairs the University of Wyoming¹s
Institute for Environment and Natural Resources and the World
Resources Institute. He also serves on the boards of numerous
other nonprofit organizations.
NOVEMBER 4 VIDEO CONFERENCE ON ADJUSTED GROSS REVENUE LITE
Agricultural
producers and agri-business professionals are invited to take advantage
of a panel discussion on a Federally subsidized insurance plan
called Adjusted Gross Revenue Lite (AGR-Lite). The Video Conference
(via the Internet) is scheduled for November 4, 2005 from 9:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Interested parties are invited to join in the interactive presentation
by accessing the Western Center
for Risk Management Education Web site.
Participants should select: AGR-Lite Video Stream Conference.
Presenters will include an accountant, an economist, banker,
an agriculture director and insurance professionals; illustrating
the benefits of the whole-farm revenue plan of insurance and
why it should be considered as a risk management tool by farmers
and ranchers. Participating farmers will comment on how they
include it in their risk management plan.
AGR-Lite is an insurance product that covers virtually all agricultural
income reported on Schedule F (or the equivalent) of the IRS
tax form reflecting commercial agricultural production. Please
take time to join us for a few hours that may change the way
you look at Federal crop insurance and what it can do for your
financial security. This presentation will be archived and made
available at the same location for viewing on demand by those
unable to join us at the live event or wish to view it again
at a later time/date. Participants with questions may contact
John Nelson at the Western Center at 509-477-2176 or Jo Lynne
Seufer at USDA Risk Management Agency at 509-353-2147.
BUILDING COMMUNITY AMIDST DIVERSITY SMALL GRANT PROGRAM
The Association
for the Study and Development of Community (www.capablecommunity.com)
is announcing a small grants and capacity building program, funded
by the C.S. Mott Foundation, to help understand and promote the
value of diversity in neighborhoods or other communities. Cooperative
agreements of up to $20,000 are available to community and neighborhood
groups, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and local
foundations. The Request for Proposals (RFP) describes the program,
resources available, and application process and materials. A
copy of the RFP and application can be downloaded from www.capacitybuilding.net.
Click on the "Building Community Amidst Diversity Small Grant
Program" button. Applications are due by October 31,
2005. For more information: contact:
buildingcommunity@capablecommunity.com.
ENERGY FROM AGRICULTURE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
AND SUCCESS STORIES
The Farm Foundation and three USDA agencies
are sponsoring “Energy
from Agriculture: New Technologies, Innovative Programs
and Success Stories”, December 14-15, 2005, in St. Louis,
Missouri. The program, which features researchers and
practitioners on the cutting-edge of bio-energy production, will
update and expand work presented at the 2004 conference, “Agriculture
as a Producer and Consumer of Energy”. Registration
information is available on the Farm
Foundation Web Site.
EPA’S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS
PROGRAM
The Environmental
Protection Agency is soliciting applications for the Environmental
Education Grants Program. The grant proposals are intended to support
environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship
and help develop aware and responsible students, teachers, and
citizens. This grant program provides financial support for projects
which design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education
practices, methods, or techniques. More information can be found
at http://www.epa.gov/enviroed. The
deadline for submitting applications is November 23, 2005.
COPYRIGHT EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS
The WSU Copyright Office announces
its annual copyright educational workshops for all campuses.
The sessions are free and open to all students, faculty, and
staff, with course outlines also available. The workshop covers
basic copyright law as it applies to campus life including use
of the Internet, using materials in education in accordance with "fair
use," obtaining permission, and information about infringement
claims.
Workshops are scheduled for the following times, dates, and
places:
Spokane: Oct. 17, 2005, 11am-12pm, Room 117, Phase I Building
Richland: Oct. 18, 2005, 11am-12pm, Room 243, West Building
Vancouver: Oct. 20, 2005, 11am-12pm, Room 16, Multimedia Building
Pullman Campus: Watch for an announcement in spring 2006
Questions may be directed to
Marc Lindsey,
Copyright Specialist, 509-335-1214.
REMINDER: USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE EVENTS
If you are a state
employee or official, this REMINDER applies to you:
Resources in your control or available to you as a state employee
or official belong to the state and may not be used for private
benefit or personal gain. State resources include your computer,
wsu.edu account and other WSU property used by you to perform
your duties as an employee. A private benefit would include not
just benefit to you, but to any other than WSU, including: charities,
shelters, non-profits, or individuals.
Guidance from the Executive Ethics Board clarifies allowable
uses. Specific to charitable events: the LIMITED USE of state
resources to support charities may be allowed if an agency head
or his/her DESIGNEE APPROVES the activity as one that PROMOTES
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS... (WAC 292-110-010(3)).
Limited Use - even if approval is received for an activity determined
to provide organizational effectiveness, if state resources are
utilized for the private benefit, the use must be limited in
nature - infrequent, short in duration, little or no cost to
state, and does not interrupt state business or disrupt or obligate
other state employees to make personal use of resources.
Designee Approval - WSU's designee is the Associate VP for Business
Affairs.
Organizational Effectiveness – This relates to an agency’s
mission (such as community outreach) and encompasses activities
that enhance or augment the agency’s ability to perform
its mission. With the proper approval, employees of WSU may be
allowed to participate in activities that are not official state
duties but promote organizational effectiveness, even if the
activities may incidentally support a private organization. It
has been determined that so long as the employees who participate
in the activity limit their use of state resources, then these
activities would not undermine public confidence in state government.
In no cases, however, is an activity allowed that may involve
a state agency’s endorsement or promotion of a commercial
activity such as advertising or selling products.
If approval has been obtained for an event in the past, or a
similar event, it does not guarantee that the approval for the
event is grandfathered.
Further, the state's ethics law contains a very strong presumption
against solicitation by any state officer or state employee for
any purpose, including charitable events. This includes solicitation
from local businesses, as well as co-workers and colleagues.
Avoiding such personal solicitation is best in order to avoid
creating a situation in which others feel pressured to give or
perceive the risk of an unfavorable job action if they fail to
give.
Voluntary participation may be in the form of a notice on a
general bulletin board reminding employees where donations may
be made (Red Cross, shelters, etc.).
You can learn more at http://ethics.wa.gov/ or
by contacting
Heather Lopez at
5-2001. This information is provided by the WSU Internal Audit
Office Audit.
PERSONNEL
Megan Reibe’s Contact Information Changes
Megan Riebe,
4-H / Extension Director of Development has moved to WSU Spokane. Please
update your mailing lists accordingly. Mailing
Address: WSU Extension at WSU Spokane, PO Box 1495 Spokane,
WA 99210-1495, Phone: 509-358-7870, Fax: 509-358-7979,
Email:
riebe@wsu.edu.
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Reno, NV for the meeting of ECOP (Extension
Committee on Organization and Policy) on Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday and Thursday she’ll be in the Tri-Cities for
the University Cabinet Retreat. Friday she’ll be in Pullman.
Ed is in the Republic of Georgia today on an international assignment,
returning to Spokane on November 5th.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646230, 411 Hulbert Hall
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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