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April 20, 2007
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION TEAM – Strategic Planning Meeting
WSU faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the first CCAT strategic planning meeting in Ellensburg on May 3rd, 2007.
When: 9:15am - 3:00pm on Thursday, May 3rd
Where: Days Inn Conference Room, 901 Berry Road, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Your district MAY have funds available to cover travel expenses for Extension travel to this meeting. Please contact your District Director to discuss your involvement in this meeting and the possibility of receiving district support for your travel. You will need their approval. CEREO has agreed to cover travel expenses for Extension specialists and Research and Instruction faculty interested in participating. Please contact Margie Kimball (cereo@wsu.edu, 509.335.6750) no later than April 24th for details.
To make the best use of everyone’s time at this meeting, please take a few moments to prepare ahead of time by completing the pre-meeting document found on the following website: www.king.wsu.edu/climate.htm . This spreadsheet should be completed and returned by April 27th to allow for compilation before the meeting. On the website you will also find a copy of the meeting agenda, a working draft of the concept paper presented by Brad Gaolach at ANR Days in Spokane and the King County Government Plan for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Don’t forget to RSVP to Tara Zimmerman tara.zimmerman@metrokc.gov for this meeting by April 24th with your lunch preference (meat/no meat).
WASHINGTON WELL REPRESENTED AT NACDEP CONFERENCE
National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) national meeting was held this week in Philadelphia, PA. WSU and WSU Extension and partners were well represented with 13 attendees and workshop presenters. This was the first time I attended NACDEP and it was a great conference! Insightful speakers, workshops organized around “tracks” or themes in community development, and posters and many take-aways to try in our own state. Sharing by WA attendees included:
- Agriculture economic development in a rapidly urbanizing county: Generating feasible strategies and moving them forward, Kay Haaland, presenter.
- Building collaborative commitments using appreciative inquiry: How can AI create strong community connections? K. Kelsey Gray and Mike Erp, presenters.
- Extension as a catalyst for institutional transformation: Design and development of an interdisciplinary Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach (CEREO), Emmett Fiske and Linda Kirk Fox, presenters.
- Kick your leadership up a notch, Debra Lancaster and Laura Cailloux, presenters.
- Using Appreciative Inquiry to transform a county Extension advisory system, Debra Kollock, presenter.
- The Importance of Relationship: Building Tribal Capacity Through University Collaboration, Shawn LameBull, presenter.
Attendees:
- Laura Cailloux, Director, Business Resource Center, Skagit Valley College
- Mike Erp, Direct, WA Institute for Community Policing, WSU
- Emmett Fiske, Interim Director, CEREO
- Susan Given-Seymour, Director of Outreach and Community Education, NW Indian College
- K. Kelsey Gray, Organizational Development Specialist
- Kay Haaland, Area Extension Educator
- Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom, Community Vitality Specialist
- Debra Kollock, Stevens County Director
- Shawn LameBull, Social Scientific Asst, DGSS, WSU
- Debra Lancaster, Learning Center Coordinator,
- Rob McDaniel, Community Development Program Director
- Patrick Malone, Program Associate, Partnership for Rural Improvement, WSU
- Cliff Moore, Thurston County Director
If you have any questions about the conference of NACDEP, contact any of the above individuals.
DIVERSITY MINI-GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2007
Congratulations to the diversity mini grant recipients for the Fiscal Year 2007. These recipients will be attending trainings that range from language studies to a study tour to Mexico.
Please visit our WSUE Diversity website at: http://ext.wsu.edu/diversity/ for a complete list of recipients with a short summary of the trainings/programs they will be attending as well as for a glimpse of how these recipients expect these opportunities to benefit WSUE.
This completes our funds available for this fiscal year. We are excited about the great turnout this year and will provide more details about impacts from these training opportunities as evaluations are collected. Our next fiscal year funding starts July 1, 2007. We look forward to new applicants and a new round of exciting training opportunities. Source: TJ Kemball, Program Coordinator NCW Learning Center, Wenatchee
WSU BRINGS BACK “COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE” PROGRAM
Many people who have been around WSU for a while may remember a program called College Knowledge for the Mind. It is a community outreach program originally developed by the recruiters in the Office of Multicultural Student Services in the late 1980’s to connect with underrepresented students and their families. College Knowledge programs were held in middle schools, high schools, churches, and community centers all around Washington State for 15 years before the program succumbed to budget and organizational challenges.
Folks in the Office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity and WSU’s Salishan Learning Center decided it is time to bring back College Knowledge for the Mind. A group of representatives from many WSU academic and student services areas will converge on Foss High School in Tacoma, April 26, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., where they will conduct hands-on workshops and speak to students, teachers, and school administrators. Foss’ entire student body of approximately 1,900 will participate. WSU will host a community dinner the evening of April 25 at Tacoma’s Bethlehem Baptist Church to kick off the program. For more information, contact James Bledsoe, 509-335-6649 or bmjames@wsu.edu.
King County Receives $500,000 Food and Fitness Initiative Grant
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan announced Seattle and King County will be awarded $500,000 to participate in an effort to help communities embrace healthy eating and active living. “Preventing obesity starts in our communities,” said Dr. David Fleming, Director and Health Officer for Public Health - Seattle & King County. “This award supports a groundbreaking approach and partnership that links local farms, playgrounds and dinner tables to promote healthy living. We’re excited to move forward.”
Washington State University King County Extension and Public Health - Seattle & King County are lead partners in the King County Food and Fitness Initiative, one of nine projects nationwide selected as pilot sites by the Kellogg Foundation. Over a two year period, over 40 local partners will develop plans to provide children, youth, and families with greater access to affordable and healthy food, and to safe spaces and structures for physical activity, while supporting local, sustainable agriculture.
This grant comes at an important time for the community’s health. Chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, obesity and a lack of physical activity are increasing in King County.
Source: WKKF National Press Release, via Brad Gaolach
SCHEDULE
Both Linda and John will be in Seattle all week attending the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) Administrative Officers’ Meeting and the National Diversity Conference.
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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
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