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May
19, 2006
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
eXtension NATIONAL VIDEOCONFERENCE
MAY 23 (WEB STREAM)
The next eXtension national videoconference is scheduled
for Tuesday, May 23, 2006, from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time. The May program will feature a number of key updates for eXtension
but will focus primarily on reports from three of the eight Pioneering
Communities of Practice for updates on their progress and use of
the eXtension collaborative tools.
There will be NO satellite broadcast for this video conference.
Viewers will view the video conference via web streaming only at:
http://real.unl.edu/extension
ANREP: WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER
FORMED
Thirteen people represented WSU Extension at the national
meeting of ANREP (Association of Natural Resource Professionals)
in Park City, Utah, May14 - 17. The theme was: Finding the "Ability"
in Sustainability. In attendance at the ANREP meeting representing
Extension were: David Baumgartner, Keith Blatner, Emily Burt, Patricia
Cohn, Jim Dobrowolski, Tonie Fitzgerald, Roje Gootee, Amy Grotta,
Don Hanley, Carol Mack, Pat Pearson, Emily Piper-Sanford, Tara Zimmerman
It was decided to form a Washington State Chapter of ANREP with
Tonie Fitzgerald as President. More details will be coming in the
future. If you are interested in joining, contact Tonie or go to
the ANREP web site: http://anrep.org/.
Presentations by WSU Extension at ANREP included:
- Naturalizing the Home Landscape – Toni Fitzgerald
- Successful Social Marketing Approaches to Address Water Quality
Issues in the Hood Canal – Bob Simmons, Pat Pearson, Emily
Piper, Cammy Mills
- The Woodland Fish and Wildlife Educational Group in Oregon
and Washington – Don Hanley, Jim Reeb, and Ron Shay
- Training Environmental Stewards from Mountains to Ocean: A
Water Quality Training Curriculum – Brad Gaolach, Tara Zimmeraman,
P. Rachette, S. Cantor
- USDA’s New Initiative in Agricultural Water Security:
Opportunities for natural Resources Extension – Jim Dobrowolski
- Stakeholder Perceptions of Extension’s Comparative Effectiveness
Among Organizations Assisting Forest Owners in Washington State
– Roje Gootee, David Baumgartner, Keith Blatner
DIVERSITY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT
WSU King County Extension programming is making a positive
difference at White Center Heights Intermediate School. White Center
Heights is one of seven schools that benefited from fresh fruit
drop-offs during WASL testing weeks as part of the WSU Food Sense
program coordinated by Beth Blessing. In addition to the fresh fruit
drop off, the school also is growing a vegetable garden and using
the harvest to make salads and other fresh meals.
According to the school Principal, Greta Salmi, this year students
are more focused and less anxious and that may well help them do
better on the WASL. White Center Heights is a school with children
from 29 different countries and over 80% of the children live in
home where English is not the first language. While this represents
special challenges for Extension programming, it also brings unique
opportunities. Children and their parents are brining in family
recipes to share with their classmates and the WSU Extension staff
which creates a rich cultural and health focused learning environment.
To read more, see the May 1 SeattlePI newspaper article “Living
Well: Fruit snacks score high during WASL”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/268396_condor01.html
PERSONNEL
AHEC Director Receives Award
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) recognizes rural health
leaders whose dedication and commitment exemplify the highest standards
of rural health care and service. We are pleased to announce that
the Interim Director of the WSU Extension Area Health Education
Center (AHEC), Charlotte Hardt received the Louis Gorin Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health Care at the NRHA's Annual
Conference in Reno Nevada, May 19th.
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Pullman, Monday, Thursday and
Friday. On Tuesday she will be at the Irrigated Ag Research and
Extension Center in Prosser and in Spokane on Wednesday. John will
be in Pullman, Monday, Tuesday and Friday. He will be in Spokane
on Wednesday and Thursday.
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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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