November 2, 2007
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
“REGIONAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE "BY KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE RON SIMS
King County Executive Ron Sims will make a presentation on “Regional Solutions to Global Climate Change” on Friday, November 16th at 3:00 pm. The presentation will be available via video stream at http://eces.wsu.edu/video/stream.html. There will be an opportunity to ask Mr. Sims questions live either from the studio audience in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Bldg. Room T-101, or via technology. This is being brought to you by Washington State University Extension in cooperation with CEREO, the Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach at Washington State University.
DEANS FOX AND BERNARDO APPOINT WATER RESOUCE MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE
A relatively abundant water supply has been one of the key drivers of economic growth in the state of Washington over the last century. However, issues around water scarcity and competing uses for available water supplies have been a source of political, economic, and environmental debate during this period, and it is likely that these issues will become even more acute in the years to come. WSU Extension and CAHNRS must be prepared to provide objective, research-based information to assist the state in addressing its water resource challenges.
WSU has a rich tradition of water resources research and educational programming. Unfortunately, past budget cuts and the pursuit of other priorities have reduced our efforts in this area. While several excellent research and extension faculty, staff, and programs devoted to water resource management are in place, they are currently distributed across several units and not particularly well integrated.
In order to integrate WSU Extension and CAHNRS efforts to address water-resource challenges, a task force has been created. The members of the task force are:
- Claudio O. Stockle, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Chair
- Michael E. Barber, Director, State of Washington Water Research Center
- Markus Flury, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
- Ray G. Huffaker, School of Economic Sciences
Patricia B. Pearson, Water Quality Educator, Jefferson County
FIRST ANNUAL WSU “IMAGINE TOMORROW” INITIATIVE UNDERWAY
The first annual WSU “Imagine Tomorrow” initiative to showcase a high school poster competition is underway. This year’s event is titled POWER YOUR FUTURE. It is a high school competition aimed at multidisciplinary teams involving sustainable technologies broadly arranged around energy and CO2 emissions and other similar challenges. The event will culminate with an on-campus review of projects May 9-11, 2008. Judges and resource persons (and sponsors) are currently being solicited. Please send to high school age youth collaborators in your county/community. Check out: http://imagine.wsu.edu/
WASHINGTON STATE IMPACTS WEB SITE UPDATE
The Washington State Impacts web site was recently moved into an Extension template. Some recent reports include digital images and a slide show of some of the images plays on the main page. Visit the site at http://ext.wsu.edu/IMPACT/ Thanks to Phil Cable, Brian Clark and Dennis Brown in Marketing and News Services for their work on this project.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF EXTENSION
The new hard copy publication “Economic Benefits of WSU Extension” has been developed into a web version http://ext.wsu.edu/economicbenefits/index.html This is not a pdf of the publication but an interactive web site highlighting the program outcomes in community development, engineering, energy, agriculture, marine resources, sustainable development, and access to higher education. In addition you will find the bar-chart and pie-charts depicting “Who Funds Extension in WA State” http://ext.wsu.edu/economicbenefits/funds.html. Thank you Phillip Cable for your design work.
NEW MARKETING POSTERS NOW AVAILABLE!
How better to highlight the important work of WSU Extension than to highlight the people doing that work? Now, you can feature some of our organization’s most effective educators on the walls of your office, hallway or conference room with new marketing posters developed from the first WSU Extension photo shoot held earlier this year. You can purchase framed versions of any or all of the posters at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing/posters.htm. We will take orders until Nov. 15; posters should be delivered by mid-December.
Another set of posters based on the second photo shoot will be available by the end of December.
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PRESENTATION AVAILABLE ON DVD
WSU Extension, the Department of Human Development and the Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service recently co-sponsored a seminar on the Pullman campus presented by Dr. Kenneth Dodge from Duke University. Dr. Dodge is a nationally known prevention researcher. His presentation was titled “Framing Public Policy and Prevention in Youth Violence.” The presentation reviewed results from Fast Track, a violence prevention program targeting high risk children. Dr. Dodge is a leader of the research team that has collected over ten years of data documenting which interventions appear most promising in reducing the risks of violent behavior. Although the quality of the taping was not adequate for videostreaming, two DVDs are available on loan for Extension educators interested in reviewing the presentation. Please contact either Louise Parker (parker@wsu.edu) or Laura Hill (laurahill@wsu.edu) if you are interested in checking out one of the DVDs.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR TRIBAL PUBLICATION
We are in the process of updating the publication titled "Washington Tribal Nations and Washington State University Extension-A Summary of Activity" (MISC0525).
If you have delivered an educational program to a Washington Tribal Nation or have partnered with them in a grant or other educational program during the past calendar year and can report a measurable outcome of this effort, please send me information about the project or program by December 20, 2007.
Please send your submission either in the body of an email or as an
attachment saved as a Microsoft Word document. Please DO NOT send hard copy, as we will need to edit your submission and send it to a designer for inclusion in the final composite document.
In your statement please focus on the impact of your educational efforts. We are not interested in simply reporting activity. And if you are located in a county office, please send a copy of what you send me to your District Director as well.
A submission form, with guidelines for your submission, is available on line at: http://eces.wsu.edu/print/published/forms.htm
If you have not seen the 2006 edition of this publication and would like to see examples of the type of information reported in it, you can download a PDF file of this publication from our website at:
http://pubs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/pubs/MISC0525.html
Once again, the deadline for submission is December 20.
WSU EXTENSION ONLINE CLOTHING STORE COMING SOON!
COMING SOON – Just in time for the holidays, WSU Extension on-line clothing store will soon be up and running! The store will be ready on November 16th. The benefits to this new store is that you get to chose your items as an individual or as a group, there are no minimum purchases and it is available 24/7. Also included in the online store are totes and bags for conferences, fleece blankets, and brief cases.
The logo’s available to be embroidered are:
- Washington State University Extension
- Washington State University Extension Small Farms Program
- Washington State University Extension 4-H Youth Development Program
- Washington State University Extension Master Gardener Program
- Washington State University Extension Energy Program
Please look in next week’s Extension Update for the URL for the store and more details.
COMPANY E-STORE THAT LETS YOU EASILY SHOP FOR 4-H STAFF GEAR
Here’s a high-tech innovation designed just for your convenience. The new Company E-Store lets you buy our 4-H Staff gear as quickly as you do all your other Internet shopping. No logo number or WA 4-H account number to remember -- just go to: http://ces.landsend.com/wa4h
Browse our Company E-Store and see all the fine Lands’ End goods that are available for our statewide 4-H staff and faculty.
If you chose NOT to use the E-Store, please be sure to use your own individual Lands’ End account number. For questions on the Company E-Store for 4-H gear only, contact Joy Faerber, faerber@wsu.edu.
NATIONAL NEEDS-BASED COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
eXtension is ready to move to the next phase of establishing national needs-based Communities of Practice. The regional aggregation of CoP priorities produced 22 CoP recommendations, which may be reviewed at: http://about.extension.org/wiki/Regional_CoP_Priorities_2007
Of those submitted priorities, the following have been selected for development as national Communities of Practice.
- Living with Fire (Western Region lead)
- Water Quality (North Central Region lead)
- Obesity/Health Wellness (Southern Region lead)
- Small Ruminants (1890 Region lead)
- Renewable Energy (Northeast Region lead)
The Governing Committee approved these priority recommendations at their October 11 meeting. Now, each region has the opportunity to lead a process that will result in the development of a fully functioning national CoP that addresses a defined audience (Community of Interest) important to Cooperative Extension.
Even though your region may not have identified all of these CoPs in your regions top priorities, now is an opportunity to add participants from your region. Using the URL listed above, please review the names of participants we have collected thus far. Please email additional names and contact information to Carla Craycraft at carla.craycraft@extension.org.
A couple of key deadlines should be mentioned. Each needs-based CoP will be asked to submit a letter of intent by December 4. The letter should include key CoP goals, objectives, a list of CoP leaders and the Community of Interest to be served. After receiving feedback from the CoP Review Panel, a full proposal will be due January 25.
eXtension will provide, at no cost to the priority-based CoPs, access to the eXtension Web Conference Center for hosting meetings and discussions. Also, up to $10,000 will be available to each CoP to assist them in the development of a successful application. Resources may be used to reimburse travel costs for any face-to-face work meetings the CoP deems necessary. Any unused funding will be credited to the CoP once their CoP application is approved. This will be in addition to the $50,000 of start-up funding the CoP will be eligible to receive.
For more information related to this process, the five needs-based CoPs, timelines or the CoP application, please link to the URL listed above. Thank you for your support and may all of our collaborative work result in the development of five new fully functioning national CoPs.
NOVEMBER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
eXtension's professional development opportunities are open to all Extension faculty, staff and employees. No pre-registration. Please share this announcement with others and encourage them to pick a topic and try it out!
Nov. 2nd: Second Life Meet-up -- Come test out your audio capabiliites, learn, and share with others in an informal setting. Meet at 1 PM Pacific Time in Second Life, on Morrill Island at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/165/136/29.
Nov. 5th and 19th: In-MoodleMeet is held the first and third Mondays of every month from 11 AM Pacific Time, in the chat of the Moodle 101 course, which you can enter as a guest. During the chat we get together in Moodle text chat to share stories, ideas and provide support for Moodle. To join go to http://courses.extension.org/mod/chat/view.php?id=96. Past chats are also available from the "View past chat sessions" link from within the chat. To get a course shell to begin developing in or get more information about Moodle email moodlehelp@extension.org. The recording of last month's 30 Minute Session on Moodle is at http://about.extension.org/wiki... search on Recordings.
Nov. 8th: Planning for Extension in SL -- Cooperative Extension in Second Life Round Table
We will have our next meeting, using Web conferencing, on November 8th at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/Learn at 11 AM Pacific Time. If you are interested in what's being planned, join the Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators group in Facebook (facebook.com ).
30 MINUTE SESSIONS
This month we are offering "30 Minute Sessions" on some new topics such as the updated FAQ tool and using templates in the CoP wiki. 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 12:00 n Pacific Time..
* Nov. 8 at 12:00 n Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) by Kevin Gamble.
This session will show you how simple it is to use Google search technology to create a free Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. It will also show you the Cooperative Extension CSE, teach you how to place a custom widget on your own site, and show how you can participate in a collaborative environment to further customize and make it better.
* Nov, 12:00 n Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on the Updated FAQ and Ask an Expert Tool by Ben MacNeill.
The Updated FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) application for eXtension has major changes! We have introduced a whole new process for organizing of questions and answers based on a Web 2.0 technology called Folksonomies. We'll show you the new capabilities and how they'll make it easier for you to find, answer and submit your FAQs to share with all in Extension. You'll also see how the Ask an Expert (AaE) section of the application is more clearly distinct from the FAQ.
* Nov. 15 at 12:00 n Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on Blogging by Kevin Gamble.
So you think you want to be a blogger? How you can use blogging to enhance your educational programming? What’s involved, how it’s done, and how to get started. Participants will be exposed to several blogging tools with an emphasis on Blogger.com, Google’s newly revamped blog hosting site
* Nov. 20 at 12:00 n Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on Frequently Asked Questions Tool by Beth Raney.
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 for you personally in your educational programming.
* Nov. 21 at 12:00 n Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on Using Templates to Help Create Content in the CoP Wiki by Craig Wood.
Learn how to use the template buttons in the edit window of the CoP wiki to insert images and Flash applications; create tables, call out box, partnership box, and many more.
Add these dates & topics to your calendar, and plan to join us on for one or more of these sessions in November!!
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.
PERSONNEL
New Specialist Support for Family Programs
Laura Griner Hill, a faculty member in the Department of Human Development in CAHNRS, recently began an expanded Extension assignment. Dr. Hill previously had a .20FTE Extension appointment and has been serving on the state Strengthening Families Team as our research partner. Her new title is Prevention/Evaluation Specialist with an expanded time commitment to about .75FTE. In this role, Laura will coordinate prevention and evaluation research activities for youth and family programs, generate external funding for large scale integrated research and extension programs, and facilitate collaboration between research and extension faculty in developing prevention programs.
Bidisha Mandal is a new faculty member in the School of Economic Sciences with a .70 FTE Extension appointment. Dr. Mandal’s expertise is health economics. Her work will address economic issues related to health care and related policies, including the economics of prevention. Bidisha has joined the Extension Health Promotion Team which is currently focused on projects that address obesity prevention.
Separations:
Lana Cruse, County Director, Kittitas County, Effective December 3, 2007, 100% Extension, Faculty, Retirement
Jerry Newman, Extension Specialist, Human Development, Effective October 31, 2007, Faculty, Retirement
John W. Burns, Extension Specialist, Crop and Soil Sciences, Effective January 2, 2008, 100% Extension, Faculty, Retirement
Kelsey Gray, Extension Specialist, Community and Rural Sociology, WSU Spokane, Effective January 31, 2008, 100% Extension, Faculty, Retirement
Dennis Fiess, Extension Coordinator Specialist, Western Center for Risk Management, Spokane, Effective January 8, 2008, 100% Extension, AP, Retirement
Sherie Corley, Senior Instructor, Human Development, WSU Vancouver, Effective May 15, 2007, 100% Academic Programs, Faculty, Appointment Completed
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Pullman Monday, Tuesday and Friday. She will be in Seattle on Wednesday attending the Ruckelshaus Center Advisory Board meeting, and in Mt. Vernon on Thursday attending the Northwest Ag Business Center meeting.
John will be in Pullman Monday and Tuesday, and in Vancouver, BC on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday attending the CASE (Council for the Support of Education) Fundraising and Development workshop for Deans meeting.
Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
411 Hulbert Hall, PO Box 646248
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509-335-2933 Office
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lkfox@wsu.edu
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