May
12, 2006
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
LEAD21 PARTICIPANT FROM WSU EXTENSION
Extension is sponsoring one individual who will begin the
two-year LEAD21 program. Congratulations to Christy Price, Grant
County Extension! LEAD21 is the new program replacing NELD (National
Extension Leadership Development program) and the similar leadership
programs of the experiment station and academic programs, all rolled
into one called Leadership Development for the 21st Century: Linking
Research, Academics, and Extension.
MAY EDITION OF THE DIVERSITY CENTER
Immigration is the lead story in the news these days. Our
attention nationally is focused on what the U.S. government will
do with undocumented Mexican immigrants who are living and working
in the United States. The issue is complex. Thanks to the coordinating
efforts of Dionardo Pizaña, at Michigan State and Eduardo
González, Jr., at Cornell, the May edition of the Diversity
Center http://www.ediversitycenter.net/
provides educational information to shed light on this complex issue.
The front page includes articles on:
- Hispanic/Latino farmers as the fastest growing minority farmer
group who are not always counted in the Agricultural Census
- Who the Migrant Farm workers are
- A Migrant Farm worker curriculum you can use
- American Farm Bureau’s report on impact of migrant labor
restrictions
You will also find
- May Holibrations
- The Application for the National Extension Diversity Award
- Upcoming professional development conferences under what’s
new
- Looking for a new job? See job postings on the Hiring Diversity
page. Also, do you want to recruit a diverse workforce? Professional
Organizations connected to agriculture and underrepresented groups
as a place to advertise are listed on our Hiring Diveresity page.
- The Change Agent States for Diversity’s Tools for Changing
your organization to become more inclusive on the Organizational
Change page
- A new study on retention of minority faculty at California Universities
under what’s new on the front page.
Source: Mary Katherine Deen
eXtension UPDATES
‘Wikis Work!’ Session May 24, 2006
Kris Olsen, blogger and wiki expert, will present “Wikis
Work!” on May 24 at noon ET as part of a new eXtension professional
development series. The program will be available through your web
browser at http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/learn.
In this session, Olsen, who blogs about wikis and group activities
at WikiThat.com, will show how to make wikis work for almost any
collaborative project. Wikis, collections of web pages that can
be created and updated directly by group members, have long been
used by web and software developers to stay on track with group
projects…Click
here for the rest of the story.
Monthly Web Conferences Schedule For All Cop Members
As a CoP members you can now participate in a monthly Web conferences
that is hosted by the Content team for eXtension. These Web conferences
will be informal and you can join when your schedule permits. These
are not required conferences but just a mechanism to share information,
provide a discussion forum, answer questions, provide training (like
maybe the Wiki tip of the month!), share products being developed
by CoPs, etc. Click
here for the rest of the story.
REMINDER: SPRING CLOTHING ORDER
Show your Cougar pride by wearing merchandise with the
Washington State University Extension logo! We will be placing a
bulk order for selected spring/summer clothing items, including
short-sleeved polo and twill shirts and lightweight windbreakers.
We are also offering the windbreakers in youth sizes. You can view
and order items being offered at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing,
then click on the “Clothing Items” link. Orders will
be taken until May 19 for clothing items, with expected delivery
by June 15.
Other WSU Extension logo merchandise available at any time through
Bulletins include: pens, lapel pins, ceramic mugs, and post-it-note
cubes. Our hottest accessory item, the travel mug, is being restocked
and will also be available. These items are available for direct
order on the web at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing,
and then click on the “Accessories” link.
We are also offering static window clings displaying the WSU Extension
logo for only $1.00 (plus tax and S&H). These make great “giveaway”
items for promotional events.
Just fill out the appropriate order form and send in your check
or IRI to Kathy Stilwell, P.O. Box 646248, Pullman, WA 99164-6248.
Make checks payable to WSU Extension. Please submit all clothing
orders by Friday, May 19. We anticipate delivery of clothing orders
by June 15. Orders for accessories can be placed at anytime as the
items are maintained in stock at Bulletins. All payments must be
received before order can be placed.
Please contact Kathy Stilwell at stilwell@wsu.edu
or 509-335-2837 if you have any questions.
PERSONNEL
Retirement
Arthur C. Linton, Extension Beef Specialist, E-4 and Scientist,
Animal Sciences, Prosser
Effective May 15, 2006
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Pullman Monday through Thursday, and in
Seattle on Friday attending the WSU Foundation spring meeting. John
will be in Pullman Monday and Tuesday, and in King County Extension
office and the Seattle area Wednesday through Friday.
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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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