July 6, 2007
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS TO ADDRESS WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE: PREPROPOSALS
Funding of new issues based teams is being initiated by re-directing a major portion of the operating funds allocated to WSU Extension agriculture programs (exclusive of natural resources). Additionally, a pool of funds is being committed to this team-building initiative by the Agricultural Research Center (ARC). The purpose of this initiative is to focus the best expertise within WSU on priority issues impacting WA agriculture by providing funding to form interdisciplinary teams that will become self-funded from grants within three years of formation.
Funded pre-proposals announced this week by Pete Jacoby, Extension Agriculture Program Director and Associate Dean for Outreach, CAHNRS. Full proposals are due by October 15. Funded proposals announced by November 1. Pre-proposals and proposals will be selected for funding by a review panel.
Thirty-six proposals were screened and the following seventeen (17) Pre-Proposals were selected for funding. Here is the name of the Team Leader(s), not the entire team, and the title of the project proposed:
Jan Busboom - Meat animal product quality and safety
Holly Neibergs - Development of a Washington State cattle health assurance program: BVD control and eradication pilot project
Sharon Collman - Translating research-based information to economically, productive environmentally sustainable nurseries and greenhouses in Washington State
Jill McCluskey - Food choices and marketing, consumer knowledge, and the cost of healthy diets: implications for policy, education, and the agricultural sector
Vincent Jones - Improving and Expanding IPM Decision Aids
Mercy Olmstead - Wine grape production for small-scale growers
Norm Dart - WSU distance diagnostics through digital imaging and plant diagnostic network
Zhilua Jiang - Genomics for economics – consistent, competitive and cost-effective production of high quality pork in Washington State
Hanu Pappu - An integrated outreach and research effort toward mitigating the impact of thrips-borne Iris yellow spot virus epidemics in bulb and seed onion crops
Marianne Ophardt and Cinde Johnson - Web-based Master Gardener training for core competencies
Karen Killinger-Mann - Food safety: a farm-to-table approach to reduce foodborne pathogens integrating outreach and applied research
Naidu Rayapati - Interdisciplinary translational research to mitigate the impact of virus diseases on the sustainability of wine grape and small fruit industries in Washington State
Troy Peters - Improving water use efficiencies for agricultural production
Donald Nelson - Grass-fed beef production systems/pasture management
Dorrie Main and Amit Dhingra - Bio-info-genomics outreach workshop and extension portal
Doug Walsh and Lindsey du Toit - Protecting and enhancing Washington’s seed industry
Marcy Ostrom and Sylvia Kantor - The state of food: A bottom-up assessment of Washington’s local food system
WSU EXTENSION COLLEAGUES TO RECEIVE AWARDS
Congratulations to Tara Zimmerman, Amy Grotta, and Brad Gaolach, WSU King County Extension Educators for winning two National Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP) Awards for their work in Training Environmental Stewards. They received the 2007 Gold Award for Educational Materials in the Computerized Graphic Presentation/Slide Set Category and the 2007 Silver Award for Educational Material in the Mixed Materials Category.
The following members of the Washington Extension Agents and Specialists Association will receive awards for the quality of their work at the upcoming Annual Meeting/Professional Improvement Conference of the National Association of County Agriculture Agents. This conference will be held in Grand Rapids, MI.
2007 Bayer Advanced - NACAA Communication Awards Program
- Mark Heitstuman, Regional Finalist for Personal Column
- Susan Kerr, Regional Finalist for Feature Story
- Debbie Moberg, Regional Finalist for Individual Newsletter
- Susan Kerr, Tip Hudson, Holly Ferguson, Jean Smith, Sarah Smith, John Fouts, John
- Kugler, Debbie Moberg, Frank Hendrix and Steve Fransen, Regional Finalist for Team
- Susan Kerr, National Finalist for Fact Sheet
- Susan Kerr, Gary Fredricks et al., Regional Finalist for Learning Module
NACAA Search for Excellence Awards Program
- Susan Kerr and Brian Tuck (OSU), National Winners, Search for Excellence in Farm and Ranch Financial Management Education
- Paul Carter, National Finalist, Search for Excellence in Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture
Several WEASA members will also be giving presentations or presenting posters in Grand Rapids and others will be inducted into two-year leadership roles as Western Regional vice-chairs of NACAA committees. Washington Extension educators are increasingly engaged nationally in areas of leadership, scholarship and service. Source: Susan Kerr JULY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES offered through eXtension
eXtension’s professional development opportunities are open to all Cooperative Extension faculty, staff and employees. Please share this announcement with others and encourage them to pick a topic and try it out!
On July 18 Luke Wroblewski to present on “Designing for Web 2.0″ as an in-depth 2 hour Web conference for both Web developers and those who provide content for the Web.
Our “30 Minute Sessions” will include new topics on finding things in the Wiki and on getting involved with Wikipedia, as well as a repeated topic on Jabber. Give us 30 minutes and we’ll teach you something useful! These sessions will be held via Connect at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn and your telephone. Plan to join the session 5 minutes before the starting time. Each session will be held at 12:00pm Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.
Details:
* July 11, a “30 Minute Session” on managing your content in the CoP Wiki: search, watchlists, your contributions, history, and revisions. Learn just a few basic techniques and you’ll never be lost again.
* July 18, Noon PT Designing for Web 2.0: The Visual Ecosystem by Special Guest Luke Wroblewski of www.lukew.com
* On July 24, a “30 Minute Session” on Getting Involved in Wikipedia: This session will show you ways that Extension educators can get involved with contributing to Wikipedia articles. Participants will be introduced to the way that Wikipedia works, community governance, editing, and authoring. We’ll discuss why involvement with Wikipedia is vital to Extension educational programming, and discuss strategies for Extension participation.
* On July 31, a “30 Minute Session” on Jabber — eXtension’s enterprise chat application – this is a session targeted for all Extension faculty and staff that want to learn how to use eXtension’s enterprise chatting capabilities to improve communication, foster collaboration, and improve personal efficiency.
Add these dates & topics to your calendar, and plan to join us on for one or more of these sessions in July!
To participate in any of the Web Conferencing sessions:
1. Five minutes before the start time, go to the Connect (formerly Breeze) meeting room at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn.
2. You will be presented with a login screen that has an “Enter as Guest” option.
3. Enter your first name, your last name, and your institution/university, then click the “Enter Room” button to join the conference.
4. To hear the audio of the workshop and participate in the Q&A portion of the workshop we will be using a built-in teleconferencing capability of Adobe’s Connect Pro conferencing software. Once you log into the meeting you will be presented with the option to enter your call-back number, your phone will automatically be called. After entering your number you will be automatically called and joined into the audio portion of the Web conference on your phone.
PERSONNEL
Staffing changes have taken place with the William D. Ruckleshaus Center. First, V. Lane Rawlins, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics is joining the Center at the Interim Director. Rob McDaniel, WSU Extension and his colleague Jon Brock, University of Washington Dan Evans School of Public Affairs will be co-assistant directors. Cheryl Rajcich will be the administrative assistant for Dr. Rawlins. Her new office is 121 Hulbert, WSU Pullman. Moving into Cheryl’s position as administrative assistant to Rob McDaniel will be Deborah Akhbari. Her office is at WSU West. You can reach Deborah via dakhbari@wsu.edu or 206-219-2426.
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Pullman Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. She will be in the Tri-Cities on Wednesday attending the SE District Faculty Meeting. On Friday, she will be traveling to Wyoming for the Western Region Joint Summer Meetings and Middle Managers Conference.
John will be in Pullman on Monday and Thursday. He will be visiting NE District counties on Tuesday and Wednesday and on Friday he, too, will be traveling to Wyoming for the Western Region Joint Summer Meetings and Middle Managers Conference.
Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
411 Hulbert Hall, PO Box 646248
Pullman, WA 99164-6248
509-335-2933 Office
509-335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
509-335-2926 FAX
lkfox@wsu.edu
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