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Vol. 7, No. 25 May 8, 2001
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Tuition Assistance
...Donor Leave Program
...Next Round of Basin Advisory Committee Meetings
...Summer Interns for 2001 Have Been Announced
...Employee Management for Production Agriculture Conference
...4-H Photo Adventure Camp
...Volunteers Requested to Help in our Booths at the Kansas State Fair
...Newest Strength Index Study Available
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
TUITION ASSISTANCE
The Tuition and Educational Assistance Committee is now accepting
tuition assistance applications for the August 2001 intersession and
Fall 2001 semester. The tuition assistance program is available to both
classified and unclassified professional staff employees. Approved
courses include any KSU regular undergraduate or graduate level course
that carries academic credit. Details about this program and the
application form are contained in the KSU Policies and Procedures Manual
which can be found at http://www.ksu.edu/policies/ppm/4870.html
. The most current application form to use is dated April 2001.
An original application, along with
required supporting documents, for the August 2001 intersession and Fall
2001 semester are due in the Division of Human Resources, 103 Edwards
Hall, Manhattan, 66506 by the close of business June 1, 2001. Questions should be addressed to Joe
Younger, Division of Human Resources at 785-532-6277 or jyounger@ksu.edu
. --Stacey Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
DONOR LEAVE PROGRAM
Governor Bill Graves issued Executive Order No. 2001-02, creating
the Donor Leave program for state employees, effective March 4, 2001.
This program provides paid leave time away from work for those employees
who choose to donate organs, tissue, bone marrow, blood or blood
products.
Guidelines for this new leave program can
be found at: http://www.ksu.edu/hr/benefits/donor.html
. Questions should be directed to Joe Younger, Division of Human
Resources at 785-532-6277 or jyounger@ksu.edu
. --Stacey Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
NEXT ROUND OF BASIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETINGS
The next round of Basin Advisory Committee meetings are scheduled for
May 29 through June 12. The committee meetings are the opportunity for
public input to the Kansas Water Plan. This includes funding priorities
and decisions about work plan priorities regarding water issues for the
state.
The meeting dates, times, and locations are listed below. At the time
this list was sent, Kansas Water Office did not have all of the actual
meeting room arrangements made. When the meeting locations are
finalized, the information will be posted on the Kansas Water Office web
site at: www.kwo.org . I hope that
county agents will help publicize these meetings in your area.
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Missouri |
May 29
May 29
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Hiawatha, 10 a.m.
Kansas Water Plan and TMDL, public hearing, 1
p.m.
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Marais Des Cygnes |
May 30
May 30
May 31 |
Fort Scott, 1 p.m., Bourbon County RWD#2
Kansas Water Plan and TMDL public hearing, 4 p.m.
Kansas Water Plan and TMDL public hearing, 1
p.m., Lake Region RC&D Office, Ottawa |
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Verdigris |
May 31 |
Neodesha, 10 a.m. |
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Neosho |
May 31 |
Chanute, 3 p.m. |
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Kansas-Lower Republican |
June 4
June 4
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Topeka, 10 a.m.; KEPCo Boardroom located at 600
Corporate View
Kansas Water Plan public hearing, 1 p.m., State
Capitol Building, Room 313S |
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Walnut |
June 4 |
El Dorado, 6:30 p.m. |
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Smoky Hill-Saline |
June 5
June 5 |
Hays, 10 a.m.
Kansas Water Plan public hearing, 1 p.m. |
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Solomon |
June 5 |
Stockton, 7 p.m.; Division of Water Resources Field Office, 820 South Walnut Street |
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Upper Republican |
June 6 |
Colby, 10 a.m. |
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Upper Arkansas |
June 6 |
Garden City, 3 p.m., Finnup Center, Lee
Richardson Zoo |
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Cimarron |
June 7 |
Liberal, 10 a.m., City Hall, 325 N. Washington Street, City
Commission Chambers |
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Lower Arkansas |
June 12 |
Wichita, 1 p.m., Great Plains Nature Center, 6232
E. 29th North |
--Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu
SUMMER INTERNS FOR 2001 HAVE BEEN
ANNOUNCED
Three students have been selected to participate in the K-State Research
and Extension Summer Intern program. They are as follows:
Stephanie Goossen, from Hillsboro, will be serving in Reno County.
Stephanie will be graduating from K-State in May, 2001 with a degree in
Animal Sciences.
Jennifer Poore, from Woodston, will be
serving in Leavenworth County. Jennifer is attending Fort Hays State
University, majoring in Animal Sciences.
Diana Salmon, from Fowler, will be
serving in Johnson County. Diana is attending K-State, majoring in
Textile and Apparel Design; and Manhattan Christian College, majoring in
Bible.
--Stacey Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT FOR PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE
The Employee Management for Production Agriculture Conference will be
held August 2-3, 2001, at the Embassy Suites, the Kansas City airport.
If you or any of the producers you work with are concerned about
managing agricultural labor in this very tight labor market, make plans
to attend this conference.
Session descriptions, speaker bios, and
other information can be found at www.oznet.ksu.edu/employee
or, you can contact Sarah Fogleman at the Southeast Area Extension
Office, sfoglema@oznet.ksu.edu
, or 620-431-1530. --Sarah Fogleman
4-H PHOTO ADVENTURE CAMP
We still have a few spaces to fill for Photo Adventure Camp, June 21-24.
If you have interested campers - teens or adults - we will accept them
through May 18, or until we reach our limit. Registration fee is still a
bargain at $125. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
VOLUNTEERS REQUESTED TO HELP IN OUR
BOOTHS AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR
The College of Agriculture, the College of Human Ecology, and K-State
Research and Extension will once again have booths in the Pride of Kansas
building at the Kansas State Fair. The State Fair runs from Friday,
September 7, through Sunday, September 16, 2001.
We would appreciate if faculty and staff
from campus, counties, Agronomy Fields, and Research-Extension Centers
would consider going to the fair and working for several hours on any one
day. Also, we would really appreciate agents and/or faculty from campus,
who are going to the fair anyway, signing up to work a couple hours in the
booth before or after your activities.
We wanted to contact everyone now and ask
for tentative volunteers to work in one or more of the booths. When
everyone returns in August, time is very short for contacting you, so we
wanted to start early. We will need people to work on both Fridays and
Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m.; Sunday-Thursday from 9 a.m. until 9
p.m.; and the last Sunday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m.
You will see people from your part of the
state, prospective students and their parents, old college friends, and
many K-State alumni who come by the booths to visit. It is fun sharing
information about our colleges and organization with everyone.
If you would like to work in one or more of
the booths, please contact Janet Wenderott at 785-532-5729 or jwendero@oznet.ksu.edu
by May 25, and let her know which booth, day, and time is best or, at
least for now, if you would consider working sometime during the fair. We
will be in touch in August after the start of the fall semester to
finalize days, times, transportation, etc. --Jackie McClaskey, Cara
Richardson, Steven Graham sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu
NEWEST STRENGTH INDEX STUDY AVAILABLE
The newest Strength Index study is now available on the World Wide Web.
The 1999-2000 Strength Index is a measure of economic prosperity in Kansas
counties.
This is the latest CD Study Report, number
204. It is posted on following website: www.agecon.ksu.edu/ddarling/
. There are three different measures of prosperity- wealth, income, and
employment. These three add up to the Strength Index. The four maps are
colored. The top 20 percent are colored in red and the bottom 20 percent
are colored in blue. --David L. Darling ddarling@loki.agecon.ksu.edu
VIEW
THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS .
Submit
corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu
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DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER
SCHEDULE FOR MAY 16, 2001, THROUGH MAY 22, 2001:
Wednesday, May 16
.... Wheat Plot Tour, Barber, Single county, SC, morning through early
afternoon, Stu Duncan sduncan@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, May 16, through
Friday, May 18
.... Environmental Leadership Training, Session 3, Ft Scott/Bourbon,
Statewide, 12:00 p.m., Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu
Thursday, May 17
.... Wheat Tour, Pratt, Single county, SC, Jim Shroyer jshroyer@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Pork Quality Assurance Training, Winfield/Cowley, Single county, SC,
7:00 p.m., Jon C. Baker baker@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, May 19
.... Cowley Co. Spring Lamb Show, Winfield/Cowley, Multi-state, Jeremy
Nelson jmnelson@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, May 21
.... Wheat Plot Tour, Marion, Single county, SC, evening, Jim Shroyer jshroyer@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Wheat Plot Tour, Harvey, Single county, SC, evening, Stu Duncan sduncan@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, May 22
.... Wheat and Canola Plot Tour, Kingman, Single county, SC, Stu
Duncan sduncan@oznet.ksu.edu
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Junction City/Geary, and surrounding
area, NE, SE, & SC, Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Wheat Tour/KSU SW Research-Extension Center, Garden City/Finney and
surrounding area, 6:30 p.m., Merle Witt mwitt@oznet.ksu.edu
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