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September 7, 2007
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
WELCOME José García, LATINO/HISPANIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
Dr. José L. García-Pabón is the new Washington State University Extension Latino/Hispanic Community Development Specialist and an Assistant Professor in the Community and Rural Sociology Department. His office is located on the WSU Tri-Cities Campus in Richland. He comes from the University of Missouri – Columbia, where he was the coordinator of the Community Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture Program and an Extension Assistant Professor in Rural Sociology. He focused his work on sustainable agriculture and Latino populations in food production and agriculture. As a result, he established innovative programs serving the Latino community in rural areas, including farmers and agricultural workers. Some initiatives included risk management education, funding and services for Latinos in rural areas, and cultural competency training. He partnered with farmer groups, Latino farmers and workers, grass roots organizations, state and federal agencies, and other Universities to serve the Latino community in Missouri.
José finished his Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension and Education at the University of Minnesota and his MS in Farming Systems Research and Extension at the University of Florida. He was the program coordinator of the “University of Minnesota Migrant Project”, and worked in various countries in Latin America.
Be looking for opportunities to interact with Jose in the district “Meet and Greet” events that are being scheduled for this fall (October and November.) During these events participants will have the opportunity to meet Jose, hear his hopes about Latino programming in WA state and share what programs are currently being conducted. More details coming soon. In the meanwhile, José can be contacted at garciajl@wsu.edu or 509-372-7389
YOUR INPUT SOUGHT ON SURVEY TO HELP REFRESH WSU GOALS
WSU’s strategic plan is due for review, and initial comments are being solicited through the end of September. The survey will help refresh WSU goals. This is your opportunity to provide direct feedback regarding strategic goals. The four strategic goals under review are:
- Offer the best undergraduate experience in a research university
- Nurture a world-class environment for research, scholarship, graduate
education, the arts and engagement
- Create an environment of trust and respect in all we do
- Develop a culture of shared commitment to quality in all of our activities
The brief online survey asks questions such as whether the plan has been useful, whether or not it should be updated and, if so, how. The survey can be found online at http://CTLSilhouette.wsu.edu/surveys/ZS67806. It is also accessible from the provost’s website online at http://www.provost.wsu.edu. “This is an opportunity for anyone who is interested to participate,” said Mary Doyle, vice provost for academic planning, budget and resource management. “We’re looking for thoughts and ideas from across the university.” (Source: WSU Today, August 31, 2007)
NORTHWEST AG BUSINESS CENTER AND WSU EXTENSION CO-HOST COURSE
NABC and Washington State University Extension will co-host a value-added product development course for farmers in Northwest Washington. This intensive, year-long training program will guide each of the thirty-six participants through business and marketing plan development, product evaluation, on-farm progress assessments, and initial production of a new product. Eligible products include food crops, greenhouse, nursery, livestock and poultry. The course is partially funded by USDA/ Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), and is offered at no charge to enrollees.
The deadline for applications is September 30.
For more information about the program, faculty, curriculum and how to apply contact the NW Ag Business Center www.AgBizCenter.org
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY AWARD RECEIVED BY A WSU RESEARCH AND EXTENSION GROUP
A group consisting of research
and Extension personnel from Washington State University along
with several community partners have been awarded the Entomological
Society of America Integrated Pest Management Team Award for
2007. The Pacific Northwest Vineyard IPM Team consists
of Ron Wright, WSU Prosser, Tim Waters, WSU Prosser, Doug Walsh,
WSU Extension, Prosser, Sally O’Neal Coates, WSU Prosser,
Len Welch, Valent USA, Leif Olsen, Olsen Wine Estates, Kevin
Corliss, Ste. Michele Wine Estates, Sandy Halstead, EPA, Holly
Ferguson, Region 10/American Farmland Trust. Congratulations
on being selected for this very prestigious award!
4TH INTERNATIONAL GLOBALIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND EDUCATION CONFERENCE
The 4th International Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference will be held February 28-March 1, 2008 at the Red Lion Hotel Inn at the Park in
Spokane, Washington. The Globalization Conference will provide a forum for scholarly discussion of diversity grounded in relationships between peoples and their economic, political, cultural, and geographical contexts. We welcome and encourage the participation of faculty, researchers, educators, students, and community members. Proposals for presentations that engage the themes of diversity, education, globalization, and related issues are invited. We are especially interested in work that engages the topic of diversity while connecting the local with the global. Proposals should address the theme of the conference from any disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, or trans-disciplinary perspective. Diversity is conceptualized broadly and includes languages, people, ideas, theoretical frameworks, ideologies, etc.
Papers and projects that address unique
and promising ways of imagining diversity in society and
education are especially welcome. Proposals from graduate
students and professionals/practitioners are encouraged.
Individual papers, panels, symposiums, film/documentary screenings,
poster sessions, and other creative endeavors that address
the conference theme are invited. To submit a proposal go to: http://capps.wsu.edu/globalization/proposals.html
Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Lily Wong Fillmore, University of California at Berkeley; William Pinar, University of British Columbia; James Banks, University of Washington; Sandy Grande, Connecticut College
This conference is sponsored by Washington State University, College of Education
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
30 MINUTE SESSIONS
This month we are offering "30 Minute Sessions" on some new topics such as Second Life, Slideshare, AJAX and Developing Quality Web Content. Give us 30 minutes and we'll teach you something useful! These sessions will be held at our Web Conferencing Center 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 12:00n PT unless otherwise noted.
Sept 11 at 12 n PT, a "30 Minute Session" Introduction to Second Life by Vishal Singh, UNL, Vice Chair - ACE IT SIG. Multi-user virtual environments such as Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com/) are growing in popularity. Learn what Second Life is and how it is being used. Some experts have predicted that 80 percent of active internet users will be using this type of environment by the end of 2011! Why not spend just a half hour in 2007 to learn more about it so you're better prepared!
Sept 12 at 12n PT, a "30 Minute Session" - Social Bookmarking by Kevin Gamble. Social Bookmarking as a collaborative tool -- how to keep your work team on the same page without burying them in email. Participants will be exposed to several social bookmarking tools with an emphasis on del.icio.us (for all Extension).
Sept 20 at 12n PT, a "30 Minute Session" on Using Slideshare for Collaboration and Online Learning, by Kevin Gamble. Slideshare (slideshare.net) is sort of like a YouTube for sharing presentations. Agents and specialists are always looking for a way to share their slideshows, and Slideshare is an easy, powerful, and free solution. It's also an effective environment for fostering online learning. This session will show you everything you need to know to get started with Slideshare, and discuss how this technology can be used for collaborative work across the Cooperative Extension System.
Sept 26 at 12n PT, a "30 Minute Session" on AJAX: Cleaning up your Web Applications and Reducing User Clicks, by Aaron Hundley. Many users today are preferring websites that provide information faster with a minimum amount of work necessary. Over the years, with the constant rise in bandwidth availability, internet users have became progressively impatient when browsing websites. Many users may simply give up on websites that take too long or direct them to too many pages. AJAX is a mechanism that gives users almost instant availability of information when it is requested within web pages without having to redirect the user to new pages. This presentation will focus on familiarizing the audience with AJAX and it's different uses in web applications.
Sept 27 at 12n PT, a "30 Minute Session" on Developing Quality Web Content, by Craig Wood. Do you need to understand how people read Web pages? Should you concentrate on style or format, structure, redundancy, how search engines work, links to other sites?
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN SECOND LIFE
Sept. 6 at 12n PT, Planning for Extension in SL -- Cooperative Extension in Second Life Round Table. We will have our next meeting, using Web conferencing, on September 6 at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/Learn at 12n PT. At that time we will make a decision as a group on three projects (one for each property) to bring to fruition. We would use both eXtension and partner resources to complete these projects. Please make your suggestions on the CES SL wall in Facebook. If you are interested in what's being planned, join the Cooperative Extension Second Life group in Facebook (facebook.com).
October 1 at 10 AM PT, Planning for Bailey Island in Teen Life. Adults looking at uses of Bailey Island in Teen Life will meet on Morrill Island in Second Life on Monday October 1 at 10 AM PT. Find Morrill Island after you've logged into Second Life by using the map to search for Morrill, then click Teleport, or use the SURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/178/142/30.
Add these dates & topics to your calendar, and plan to join us on for one or more of these sessions in September!!
TO PARTICIPATE in any of the 30 Minute sessions…
1. Five minutes before the start time, go to our Web Conferencing Center 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.
EMAIL LIST:
If you or a colleague would like to get notices about upcoming professional development sessions offered by eXtension, go to https://lists.extension.org/mailman/listinfo/learn and subscribe to the "Learn" email list.
RECORDINGS:
Recordings of many past professional development sessions can be found at the main eXtension wiki at http://about.eXtension.org/wiki and scroll down under Professional Development heading and find "Recordings of eXtension Professional Development Sessions", or search on the word Recording.
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Charleston, SC, on Monday and Tuesday attending the National Epsilon Sigma Phi Conference. She will be in Pullman Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. John will be in Pullman all week.
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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