January 5, 2007
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
WSU MEETING THE NEEDS OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
Sixteen county faculty and staff, alongside 14 department faculty in Animal Sciences (AS), spent two days January 3 and 4 together in a retreat in Pullman. The goals were to build a stronger relationship between on campus and off campus faculty and a change to identify big picture clientele needs based on the needs assessment study. Congratulations to the planning committee Jan Busboon, Charlie Gaskins, John Winder and others who helped pull together the agenda and speakers. The entire two days was facilitated by Emmett Fiske, Extension specialist, Community and Rural Sociology. I was pleased to spend the first day with the group and witness first-hand the energized faculty who were clearly excited about forging our future direction in Extension animal agriculture. We were all pleased that the incoming new chair for the Animal Sciences department, Margaret Benson was also present, taking the time to come from Michigan State University to participate in the planning session. Dr. Benson begins her new role as AS Chair on February 1.
There were many highlights to the program. For example, results of a needs assessment online survey was presented by Shannon Neibergs, Extension livestock economist, SE District and School of Economic Sciences. Watch for follow up survey information from Shannon. Other sessions included:
- Statewide Small Farms Livestock Programming, Terry Swaggerty, Stevens County
- BIOAg Livestock Programming, Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, BIOAg Coordinator,
- Youth Programming and Opportunities for Student Recruitment, Pat BoyEs, 4-H Director.
Areas of Excellence and Opportunities for Collaboration presentations by team representatives:
- Genetics and Molecular Biology (AS) – Holly Neibergs
- Farm Management and Marketing (EXT) – Tom Platt
- Reproduction (AS) – Derek McLean
- Quality Assurance and Value Added Marketing (EXT) – Jan Busboom
- Nutrient Management and Environment Research (AS) – Kris Johnson
- Nutrient Management and the Environment (EXT) – Tip Hudson
- Animal Products and Growth (AS) – Jason Mann
- Making the Most of Grass (EXT) – W. Frank Hendrix
- Meeting the Needs of Western Washington Producers (EXT) – Michael Hackett
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Research and Issues (AS) – Ruth Newberry
- Dairy Effic., PNW Swine Program & Animal Ag. Systems (AS) – John McNamara
- Animal Health Issues and Field Disease Investigative Unit (FDIU) Developments (AS/FDIU) - Larry Fox
Time was also spent answering the bigger picture questions: Where do we go from here? What are the programming areas that are critical to the survival/success of clientele and Extension?
Congratulations to all those involved. A great example of pulling together departmental and county/area faculty for program sharing and planning. I hope this is the first of many.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DEPENDENTS OF WSU FACULTY AND STAFF
As high school seniors are getting ready to apply for college, this is a reminder about the $1,000 scholarship available to dependents of qualifying faculty and staff. This scholarship is also available to qualifying county-paid Extension staff and qualifying USDA ARS employees.
The scholarships are for entering, full-time, undergraduate students who have not exceeded age 25. Spouses are not eligible. Continuing undergraduate students who have not yet received the award are also eligible. The awards are renewable for a second year, if the student is making satisfactory progress towards a degree and has a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or above at WSU.
Only dependents of the following are eligible:
WSU classified staff members holding half time or greater appointments and having permanent status or on trial service.
Faculty and A/P employees holding half time or greater appointments.
County-paid staff members having permanent status and working half time or more for WSU Extension.
USDA ARS paid employees having permanent status and working half time or more.
Application for this should be made at the same time as application for admission. Applications must be made on the WSU Application for Academic Scholarships form. This is available on the WSU website at:
https://www.it.wsu.edu/AIS/SIC/cgi-bin/schol_app.cgi or from the Applications menu on the financial aid web page at http://www.finaid.wsu.edu/scholar
This application covers a long list of scholarships, and all students interested in scholarship support should submit it each year. This year s deadline for the 2007-2008 Academic Scholarship Application is January 31, 2007, which is the same as the admissions priority deadline. If you have questions, contact the Office of Scholarship Services (509) 335-1059.
Students who qualified during 2006-2007, but did not apply may still do so by contacting the Office of Scholarship Services and requesting a paper copy of the application.
On the application the question "Do you have a parent who works for Washington State University?" requires a yes answer as well as the name and department of the qualifying parent.
County-paid employees with dependents applying for this scholarship must apply for "public affiliate status" with the university. Contact Becky Priebe at priebeb@wsu.edu or (509) 335-2842.
WSU SHOWCASE
Mark Friday, March 23, 2007 on your calendar for the next WSU Showcase celebration. This annual event includes an Academic Showcase, a luncheon presentation of the Distinguished Faculty Address, a reception for WSU retirees, and Celebrating Excellence, the University's recognition banquet for faculty and staff including those recently promoted and tenured. The online abstract submission process is now “live” and can be accessed December 15 ending at 5 p.m. on February 9. The Showcase web site is http://showcase.wsu.edu/. Contact Tena Old, skeen@wsu.edu or 509-335-1467, for more details. Go to the Honoring Faculty & Staff site for information on the Provost's Faculty Awards Program.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE CAHNRS WOMEN'S HISTORY RECOGNITION AWARD
The CAHNRS Women's History Recognition Award Committee welcomes you to nominate a graduate from the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences for one of this year's CAHNRS Women's History Recognition Awards. There are two awards given each year, one recognizing a graduate for community leadership and public service, the other recognizes professional and academic leadership.
Please nominate a woman whom you believe represents the qualities embodied in a graduate from CAHNRS at Washington State University. Nominations do not have to come from an academic unit and we encourage the many groups that have outstanding graduates working with them to nominate those individuals.
The nominations will be accepted until Friday, January 12, 2007. Forms can be found at http://www.cahealumni.wsu.edu/calendar/index.htm. If you have any questions, please contact, Bob Krikac, at rkrikac@wsu.edu or Britta Nitcy at nitcy@wsu.edu. We look forward to your nominations of our outstanding graduates.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - eXtension
eXtension’s professional development opportunities are open to all Cooperative Extension faculty, staff and employees. This month we are again offering several 30 Minute Sessions. Give us 30 minutes and we’ll teach you something useful! These sessions will be held via Breeze at http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/learn and your telephone. Plan to join the session 5 minutes before the starting time.
- January 10 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time, a new "30 Minute Session" 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 delicious (for all Extension).
- January 16 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time, a 30 Minute Session MediaWiki Finishing Touches ¬ using templates for final stylistic touches.
- January 18 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time, a 30 Minute Session Feeding Frenzy ¬ an introduction to Web syndication. Feeds are everywhere today. Even eXtension is syndicating everything. So what are these things? How do they work? And most importantly, how can you use them to save yourself a ton of time. Come to the Feeding Frenzy session to learn how you can start using feeds and change your life forever. Participants will be introduced to Google Reader and its use for managing syndication feeds. (for all Extension)
- January 25 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time, a 30 Minute Session MediaWiki Finishing Touches ¬ using templates for final stylistic touches.
- January 30 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time, a 30 Minute Session FAQ -- FAQ Orientation for agents/educators to find answers to your clients questions, also how everyone can contribute to enhancing quality of the FAQ System to make it a more valuable resource.
- January 31 at 12:30 PM Eastern Time, a 30 Minute Session on Jabber eXtension’s enterprise chat application ¬ this is a session targeted for eXtension CoP members focused on using Enterprise chat services to foster team building and collaboration.
To participate in any of the 30 Minute sessions:
- Five minutes before the start time, go to the Breeze meeting room at http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/learn.
- You will be presented with a login screen that has an Enter as Guest option. Select that option and click your mouse on the Click to Enter button.
- Enter your first name, your last name, and your institution/university, and then click the Enter button to join the conference.
- 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 Macromedia’s Breeze 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.
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.
Add these to your calendar, and plan to join us on for one or more of these sessions in January!!
2007 eXtension VIDEOCONFERENCES SCHEDULED
eXtension has established the 2007 schedule for quarterly videoconferences. Each videoconference is scheduled on a Wednesday afternoon from 11:30 AM - 1 PM Pacific time. The 2007 dates are:
February 21, 2007
May 16, 2007
August 1, 2007
October 17, 2007
REMINDER: GET YOUR eXtension ID NOW!
One of the first steps to being fully engaged with the eXtension initiative is to create an eXtension ID. By doing so you¹ll be allowed to work in the eXtension collaborative space and you¹ll be registered to receive routine email updates on the initiative. It¹s a simple process! Just click here and you¹ll be taken to the registration page. Encourage your friends and colleagues in Extension to do so today!
PERSONNEL
Separations
Gary W. Smith, Extension Specialist, School of Economic Sciences, Puyallup
Effective December 29, 2006
100% Extension
Retirement
Michael R. Hackett, County Extension Educator, Snohomish County
Effective January 31, 2007
100% Extension
Retirement
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Pullman Monday, Thursday and Friday. She will be in Spokane on Tuesday and Wednesday serving as Search Committee Chair of the Nursing Dean candidate interviews.
Next week John will be in Pullman Monday and Tuesday and in Spokane Wednesday. He will be in Salt Lake City Thursday and Friday for planning meetings for the Iraqi Extension project.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646248, 411 Hulbert Hall
Pullman WA 99164-6248
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu |
