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March 28, 2008
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
MINI-GRANTS FOR ON-LINE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
On-line delivery of educational content will be an important part of our future program delivery system. WSU Extension, in close cooperation with the Center for Distance and Professional Education, is offering a limited number of mini-grants to support development of new on-line interactive extension programs. These mini-grants will help WSU Extension faculty apply state-of-the-art on-line teaching technologies to create high-quality educational experiences for defined audiences. Funded concepts will be developed in collaboration with the Center for Distance and Professional Education and leverage their experience in educational design and on-line delivery. Successful proposals must demonstrate the following:
- Alignment with WSU Extension strategic goals
- A well defined target audience that can be effectively reached through on-line technologies
- Market potential for the content (opportunity to generate revenues from sale of programming)
- Appropriateness for on-line delivery
- A clear plan for maintaining content and interacting with on-line learners
- Potential for leveraging other fundsThe request for proposals will be sent to you today via the All Extension email list. The deadline for responding to this request for proposals is May 1, 2008. If you have questions, contact John Winder at 509-335-2933 or jwinder@wsu.edu.
EXTENSION ENGAGED “SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES,” APRIL 4
The “Sustainable Communities” Extension Engaged has been rescheduled to Friday, April 4, 2008, from 10:00 - 11:00 am. This program will take a practical approach to addressing the many issues surrounding community sustainability and explore methods communities can use to plan for sustainability. The program has three objectives: 1) educating cities, counties, and other interested parties about sustainability and the issues surrounding community sustainability; 2) establishing the importance of planning for sustainability at the local scale; and 3) promoting Sustainability Assessment as a tool that cities and counties can utilize to achieve greater sustainability and accountability.
Guests: In-studio guests will include:
- William Budd, PhD: Environmental Planning Specialist and Professor, Division of Governmental Studies and Services and WSU Extension and Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice.
- Bob Scarfo, PhD: Associate Professor Landscape Architecture and MS Landscape Architecture Graduate
- Heidi Sowell, M.S.: WSU Doctoral Student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
- Kara Whitman, M.S.: WSU Doctoral Student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The program will also include videotaped interviews. The video stream can be viewed at http://eces.wsu.edu/video/stream.html
POSTERS FROM SECOND PHOTO SHOOT 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 second WSU Extension photo shoot held last summer. You can purchase framed versions of any or all of the posters for both photo shoots at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing/prototype/posters.htm. Orders take approximately 2-3 weeks for delivery. What a great way to showcase Extension and the great work we do! Hang them proudly!
DIGITAL PHOTO ARCHIVE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
For more than a year, a team from Extension Communications and Education Support and Marketing and News Services has been building a searchable, online archive of digital images for use by faculty and staff as well as the public and the news media.
The collection includes more than 900 images on a wide variety of topics taken by WSU faculty and staff over many years. You are welcome to use these images in newsletters, flyers, etc., but please read the Use Statement first.
EMG marketing images are housed on the site as well, but their use is restricted to Extension marketing activities. If you wish to use them, please contact Gerald Steffen, creative manager for WSU Extension, at gsteffen@wsu.edu for a password.
Most of the images on the site relate to agriculture and Washington State University’s contributions to agriculture through research, extension and teaching. We hope to expand the scope to include other program areas over time and you can help by contributing images of your own. Instructions on how to do that are on the site. Visit the site at http://cahenews.wsu.edu/photoarchive/
Gerald Steffen, creative manager for WSU Extension; Bob Hoffmann, ECES Web coordinator, bhoffmann@wsu.edu, and Dennis Brown, information specialist in Marketing and News Services, brownd@wsu.edu, have been the principal people behind the development of the site. Contact them if you have any questions.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEWS ON-LINE
Self-reviews completed by individual program units as part of the Academic Affairs Program Prioritization (AAPP) process are now online at http://academic-prioritization.wsu.edu. All members of the WSU community are encouraged to read the reports and comment on them. All comments posted by April 3 will be forwarded to the Phase II Task Force. The Phase II Task Force and assignments are posted to the web site http://academic-prioritization.wsu.edu/phase_II.html. These 16 individuals have been charged with making recommendations regarding which programs should be targeted for growth and investment, which should be maintained at current levels and which should be either reorganized or phased out.
The website has links to 135 reports that were submitted to the Provost office in a variety of formats including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PDFs. You’ll find Extension reports as well, alphabetical by college, under Extension.
A reminder, the process started with self-reviews of every program; some of you may have been directly involved in that. Those reviews were developed based on eight different factors:
- centrality to the advancement of WSU’s strategic goals;
- cost effectiveness;
- demand by external audiences;
- demand by internal audiences, e.g. other departments or degree programs;
- impact;
- productivity;
- quality;
- and size.
Each dean has used those self-studies and data over the three year period 2005-2007 to develop a summary evaluation of their programs. The website has links to 135 reports that arrived in a variety of formats including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PDFs.
Those summaries will be discussed at a forum for university leadership on April 3rd in Pullman. and evaluated by the president, the provost, chancellors and a task force comprised of administrators, faculty and staff. The provost will report results and recommendations to the university community by the end of the Spring 2008 semester.
As you’ll see, the self-review reports and my summary document for WSU Extension closely mirror the WSU Extension Strategic Framework. There are 21 self-reports for Extension, organized under the five broad program areas:
- Community Development
- 4-H Youth Development
- Agricultural Production and Natural Resources Stewardship
- Family and Consumers
- Energy
Program areas were defined as having clearly defined mission and goals, geographic “reach’ (county, statewide, etc.), and having assigned faculty and/or staff.
The Academic Affairs Program Prioritization process has been extremely thorough and thought provoking. You are encouraged to read the self-studies and the summaries for as many of the university’s colleges and programs as you desire and to submit input directly on the web by April 3rd. Please consider the opportunities and creative solutions for inter-college and across the system collaborations presented.
I’d caution the reader to not jump to conclusions regarding the matrix or summary recommendations. For Extension, and I can only speak to Extension’s materials, the 21 individual self-studies each contain a rich narrative of the program and a statement of “future plans for the program.” Please take the time to be fully informed about the entire organization and/or the area where you are directly involved.
The prioritization process will likely guide the allocation of existing resources in the next fiscal year, and future reallocations, so your attention to the documents and the dialogue should be genuine. I would add, whatever the university budgetary recommendations are at the end of the AAPP process, all the information contained in the materials submitted by Extension will be considered in the future weeks and months to guide critical organizational advancements and alignment. I’d be glad to receive email or phone calls on the process and the recommendations, afterall, it is our collective wisdom that makes a better organization. You can reach me at lkfox@wsu.edu or (509) 335-2933.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The 7 Habits for Managers
A two-part seminar, The 7 Habits for Managers, will be presented by the WSU Small Business Development Center and Washington State University Learning Center, from the Stephen Covey Best Seller “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.”
This two-day workshop focuses exclusively on the management application of The 7 Habits, giving managers the tools to take initiative, resolve conflicts, and unleash the talents and passions of their teams. Designed to help managers and supervisors perform their roles effectively, this workshop will help you apply principles from the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to create balance in a healthy, cohesive work environment.
Unleash Your Potential
Experience the lessons of leadership taught by world-renowned expert Stephen R. Covey. This two-day intensive workshop, The 7 Habits for Managers, features never-before-released material from Dr. Covey addressing issues and concerns of today’s managers and leaders using the principles of the 7 Habits.
Leaders and Managers:
- Develop greater influence
- Leverage hidden resources
- Give constructive feedback
- Unleash a team’s full potential
- Align systems and clarify purposes
- Inspire trust
What You Receive:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Audio CD. The concepts from this best-selling CD provide the basis for this workshop. Participant Guidebook. This 81-page manual is filled with examples and exercises that continue to enhance the learning process after the workshop is over.
Course Cost: $395.00 (1/2 of standard fees charged by Franklin Covey)
Seminar dates: Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18, 2008, 8:00am to 5:00pm both days. The seminar will take place on the Lower Columbia College campus in Longview, WA. Registration is limited so call 509-358-7890 immediately to register!
If you have any questions, contact:
Susan Hoosier, Washington State Small Business Development Center, LLC Don Talley Building, Room 103A, Longview, WA, Phone: 360-442-2946; email: shoosier@wsu.edu, or Terrie Jones, MPA, Washington State University Learning Center – Cowlitz & Wahkiakum, LLC Instructional Office Building, Room 120, Longview, WA, Phone: 360-442-2941 or 442-2940; email: jonests@wsu.edu
PERSONNEL
New Hires:
Doug Collins, Area Extension Educator, Small Farms, NW District
Effective June 1, 2008, 100% Extension, Faculty
Rosa Karina Gallardo, Assistant Scientist, Extension Specialist, Agribusiness, School of Economic Sciences, Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
Effective July 1, 2008, 70% Extension, 30% ARC, Faculty
SCHEDULE
Linda and 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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