May 9, 2008
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
PROVOST CANDIDATE FORUMS
Two additional candidates for the position of Provost and Executive Vice President of Washington State University will visit campus next week and appear in forums open to all faculty, staff, and students. Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the open forums.
May 13, 3-4:30 p.m. forum with Dr. Jeffrey Armstrong in FSHN T-101.
May 14, 3-4:30 p.m. forum with Dr. Cheryl Achterberg in FSHN T-101.
Candidate information and video connection information are available at the Provost and Executive Vice President Search web site:
http://www.provost-execvp-search.wsu.edu/
Both open forums will be simulcast to the WSU campuses at Spokane, Vancouver and the Tri-Cities. In addition to the participation sites offered, these forums will be videostreamed and archived at the following website: http://eces.wsu.edu/video/stream.html
4-H STUDY OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT - NEW REPORT
At last! The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development report describing the key findings from the first four years is here! Go to http://4h.wsu.edu, then to News and Events, then Newsletters, May 8th, to read the report. The report will be posted on the national 4-H Brand Network website, http://www.4-hbrandnetwork.org/, as well. It is an exceptionally positive report for our 4-H Programs! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Pat BoyEs at boyesp@wsu.edu.
REMINDER - EXTENSION ENGAGED: RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RESEARCH ASSURANCES
Extension Engaged: "Responsibilities and Liabilities When Using Human Subjects, Animals and Hazardous Materials." If you use animals, human subjects and hazardous materials in your extension, research or educational programming, you MUST comply with federal, state and university laws and regulations. Failure to do so exposes you to risk or criminal prosecution, lawsuits and other ramifications. So join us for this Extension Engaged videostream and learn about your responsibilities and how you can protect yourself from liability, prosecution or other punitive actions.
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
To attend the presentation, join us in FSHN T-10, please arrive 15 minutes before broadcast. To watch the videostream, go to http://eces.wsu.edu/video/stream.html
CHELAN COUNTY'S FORESTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM RADIO INTERVIEW
Kevin Power's Forestry Education Program in Chelan County is the recipient of a No Child Left Inside Grant from the State of Washington.
There is a terrific radio interview with Kevin showcasing the value of his program and experiential education for youth in general. You can listen to this interview on the 4-H webpage, http://4h.wsu.edu. There will be a link under News and Events.
BIOFUEL CROPPING SYSTEMS WEBSITE NOW AVAILABLE
The website for the Crop and Soil Sciences Biofuel Cropping Systems Projects is now available at http://css.wsu.edu/biofuels/index.html
WSU TODAY SURVEY
WSU Today, the university's newspaper and news website for faculty/staff/graduate students, is currently conducting a Reader Survey (with a drawing for $260 in gift certificates). Nonreaders and readers of WSU Today are being asked to participate. Please click the following link to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MRtJbnaZCv_2bzH41Ksrl9FA_3d_3d
They need input from employees to know how they can improve their news services, and to guide future editorial plans. And they only do it once every two years. A live link to the survey also can be found at WSU Today online at http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu. On completion of the survey, your name will be entered in a drawing for four $50 gift certificates to Barnes & Noble and six $10 gift certificates to Starbucks (one per winner).
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SHIPPING TRAINING AVAILABILITY
The WSU Tri Cities campus is sponsoring a training session for university employees that will address the needs of those involved with handling and shipping hazardous materials. This training will be held at Tri Cities on May 20-22 and will be presented by U of W Environmental Health and Safety staff. There is no cost to the class itself, only the travel related costs for the individual attending. Currently, there are 10 seats available.
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) states that all hazard materials employees must be trained and tested if they perform any one of the following functions: Determines hazard class of materials; selects packaging of materials; fills packaging with materials; secures closures on packaging; marks packaging; labels packaging; prepares dangerous goods declarations; provides and maintains dangerous goods emergency response information; reviews dangerous goods shipping papers; persons importing dangerous goods into the U.S., and/or certifies that a hazardous material is in proper condition for transportation. SPPM 80.68 provides additional information.
The course will cover the following topics; General Awareness/Familiarization, Function Specific training, Safety training and Security training. It is imperative and required that all WSU staff who performs the functions above receive this training. Central Receiving will soon begin rejecting packages that are submitted for shipping from individuals who have not received this training.
Noncompliance with federal hazardous materials regulations potentially exposes the University and the individual shipper to fines, civil actions, and imprisonment. In addition, noncompliance with applicable federal regulations and University policy could result in property damage, injury, and death
For additional information regarding this training opportunity and lodging options and another training session in June in Seattle, please contact Fred Miller, EH&S Tri Cities at 509-372-7163 or via email at millerfl@tricity.wsu.edu.
MAY OPPORTUNITIES FROM eXtension
eXtension's professional development opportunities are open to all Extension faculty, staff and employees. No pre-registration. Please pick a topic and try it out!
SESSIONS
This month we are offering "30 Minute Sessions" on a several topics including using the new Ask Extension! widget for counties, getting started with blogging, and using syndication feeds for managing your personal information flow. 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 11:00 am Pacific Time.
* May 20 at 11:00 am Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on Get Started Blogging. 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 a free service available from Google. (for all Extension)
* May 21 at Noon PT, a session Hands-on training for early adopter Ask Extension! widget counties. This will be a special "open" session for counties that have installed the Ask Extension! widget on their county sites. The session will discuss several things to help agents in using the system more efficiently, and will be a time to for you to ask get answers to all your questions. (open to all counties with an installed Ask Extension! widget on their county sites.)
* May 22 at 11:00 Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on Using Feeds. An introduction to Feeds and 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. 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 it's use for managing syndication feeds. (for all
Extension)
* May 28 at 11:00 Pacific Time, a "30 Minute Session" on the new Ask Extension! Widget. How to use the new Ask Extension! widget to receive and answer client questions directly from your county Extension web site. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your county Web site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask the Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. This session will introduce you to the new tool, and will show you what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own counties. (for county educators and other interested individuals).
* May 30 at Noon PT, a session Hands-on training for early adopter Ask Extension! widget counties. Repeat of the May 22nd session (for agents with an installed Ask Extension! widget on their county sites.)
Add these dates & topics to your calendar, and plan to join us on for one or more of these sessions in May!!
TO PARTICIPATE in any of the sessions held in our Web Conferencing Center...
- Five minutes before the start time, go to our Web Conferencing Center meeting room at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn.
- You will be presented with a login screen that has an "Enter as Guest" option.
- Enter your first name, your last name, and your institution/university, then click the "Enter Room" 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 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 Recordings.
Looking forward to having you join us to learn something new in May!!
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Pullman all week, but will be attending the CAHNRS Leadership retreat off campus on Wednesday.
John will be in Pullman all week, but will also be attending the CAHNRS Leadership retreat off campus on Wednesday.
Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Associate Vice President and Dean
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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