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September 14, 2007
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
PRESIDENT ELSON S. FLOYD INTERVIEWD BY 4-H NETWORK NEWS
Luke Turner, 4-H Network News reporter from Port Townsend, talked with WSU President Elson S. Floyd at the 2007 WSU at Benaroya Hall event during Seattle Week last week. To view the video of this interview, go to http://www.wsu.edu/president/pres-communications/.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR SUCCESS AT BENAROYA HALL
Thank you for participating in WSU at Benaroya Hall: In Concert with Communities on Thursday, September 6. It was a wonderful evening of food and conversation with the backdrop of educational exhibits showcasing the programs and partnerships of WSU Extension and the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.
For participants, I invite you to take part in a brief, ten-question survey that will allow us to better understand your experience at the event and to improve events like this one in the future. Your confidential responses are valuable as we seek to continuously improve our engagement with alumni and friends of WSU, and to showcase the work of our faculty and the community partners with whom they collaborate.
Here is a link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HalULBXv38QHM01f7WCLJg_3d_3d
A special THANKS to Rich Hines for his creativity and energy for the Benaroya event. In addition to Rich’s efforts, we are appreciative of the staff of our Alumni and Friends office, Caroline Troy, Megan Riebe, Jennifer Olegario, Linda Bailey, Bob Scholes, Dory Straight, Britta Nitcy, and all the volunteers who helped craft the vision and make the event a resounding success!
DR. KENNETH A. DODGE TO SPEAK AT WSU PULLMAN
Dr. Kenneth A. Dodge will be visiting campus and presenting a university-wide talk on Thursday, September 27th at 3:30 in the Honors College Lounge. The title of the talk is "Prevention and Public Policy in Youth Violence". There will be a reception immediately following.
Ken is internationally known for his research in how problem behaviors such as chronic violence, school failure, drug use, and child abuse develop across the life-span, how they can be prevented, and how communities can implement policies to prevent these outcomes and instead promote children's optimal development.
Ken is the William McDougall Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He directs the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, which is devoted to finding solutions to problems facing youth in contemporary society, through research, policy engagement, service, and education.
The Department of Human Development is co-sponsoring this talk, along with the Foley Institute, WSU Extension, the School of Economic Sciences, and the Department of Health Policy and Administration.
WSU EXPANDS SMALL BUSINESS CENTER NETWORK
As part of Gov. Christine Gregoire's "New Washington" initiative, Washington State University will open three new Small Business Development Centers to extend technical assistance to small business owners and entrepreneurs in areas of the state that have been underserved. The new centers will be located in Longview, Aberdeen, and Pullman, WA. The new centers will all be open by the middle of September.
The new SBDC in Pullman is located at the Port of Whitman Industrial Park and will be staffed by John Coleman, a successful entrepreneur with a technology background. Coleman will provide technical assistance to businesses in Whitman, Asotin, and Garfield counties.
In Longview, the new center will be housed in the Don Talley building on the campus of Lower Columbia College. Susan Hoosier, a long-time business advisor with the Minnesota Small Business Development Center, with strong banking and credit experience, will begin providing service to Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties on or around September 17th.
Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen will host the SBDC serving the Grays Harbor region. Erik Stewart, a former business owner and small business counselor, will provide services to small business owners in Grays Harbor, Pacific, and Mason counties.
The SBDC network will provide services from a total of 27 locations around the state. The SBDC network is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and operates in partnership with Washington State University, Western Washington University, several of the state's community colleges, and selected economic development organizations. Currently in its 27th year of operation, the SBDC recently announced its move from the WSU College of Business to the WSU Office of Economic Development & Extension under new Vice President John C. Gardner. For more information on the SBDC visit the Network website at http://www.wsbdc.org.
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE WEB SITE GOES LIVE
Information on the 2007 Census of Agriculture is now only one click away at www.agcensus.usda.gov. The new web site is a clearinghouse created by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to provide farmers, ranchers and the rest of the agricultural community with the latest news and information about the upcoming Census.
NASS will mail out Census forms on December 28, 2007 to collect data for the 2007 calendar year. This mailing will include instructions on how to log in and respond to the Census via a secure web connection. Whether they chose to respond online or by mail, producers are asked to return their completed Census forms by February 4, 2008.
Conducted every five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Census is a complete count of the nation’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The Census looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures and other topics. It provides the only source of uniform, comprehensive agricultural data for every county in the nation.
SMALL FARM MANAGEMENT TOPIC OF CARNATION FARM WALK
Fong Cha is a Puget Consumers Co-op Land Trust recipient who grows flowers and vegetables on Children’s Garden, his 10-acre farm near Carnation. Learn how Cha manages to hold a full-time off-farm job while maintaining his farm and farm stand and attending farmers’ markets at a farm walk at Children’s Garden.
The tour will take place on Monday, Sept. 24, from noon until 3:30 p.m. at the farm located on State Route 203 between Fall City and Carnation. The farm walk will begin with a brownbag lunch at noon, with the tour beginning at 12:30 p.m. The address is 4711 328thth Ave. N.E., Carnation.
Farm walks are cosponsored by Tilth Producers of Washington and the Washington State University Small Farms Program. The cost is $10 for Tilth Producers members and $15 for non-members.
More information about Children’s Garden is available at http://www.farmingandtheenvironment.org/marketplace/Puget/Childrens or by calling the farm at 425-333-4393.
VOGEL PLANT SCIENCES BUILDING DEDICATION
Washington State University’s plant biosciences building officially will be named the Orville A. Vogel Plant Biosciences Building, WSU Pullman at a public ceremony scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, September 15, inside the northwest entrance. Vogel served as a USDA Agriculture Research Service scientist and a WSU faculty member from 1931 to 1972. He and his wheat breeding team developed the first commercial semi-dwarf wheat varieties and complementary production systems in the Pacific Northwest. His work with dwarf wheat varieties is widely recognized for laying the foundation for the Green Revolution in developing countries.
GARDNER’S BLOG
Read and reply to Vice President John Gardner’s latest Blog www.gardner.wsu.edu “The Global State of Washington – Aspiring Social Entrepreneur,” September 12, 2007.
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Pullman on Monday. She will be in Spokane Tuesday and Wednesday attending the Extension Administrative Team retreat. She will be in Wenatchee on Thursday attending the Sunrise Orchard dedication and President Floyd tour. On Friday she will be in Corvallis, OR attending the Multi-State Research project “Rural Population Changes” for which she is the administrative advisor.
John will be in Pullman Monday and Friday, and in Spokane on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday attending the Extension Administrative Team retreat.
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
ext.wsu.edu
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