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IN THIS ISSUE... ...Word
From Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH I've discovered that most of us, or maybe it's just me, have far too narrow a definition of leadership. I had the distinct pleasure of participating in the Inaugural James R. Coffman Leadership Institute last week at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Nearly 50 individuals from across the K-State system participated in the institute.
We heard from K-State
"leadership" throughout our three days of learning. It
became evident to me that leadership is expressed at least 1000
different ways. And, with the mix of those individuals
participating in the institute, everyone at K- State should see
leadership as a personal responsibility and obligation.
Leadership is suggested to focus more on "how to be" as a
leader. Management is more on "how to do." Both
are important, both are different. In the end, great leaders are
defined through character quality and someone who can get things done!
My commitment to you from a leadership
perspective is that I will work on a track of continuous improvement,
both in character quality and in my ability to get things done.
I hope you will make the same personal commitment for your leadership
within K-State Research & Extension. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
INTERIM
EXTENSION ANR POSITION ANNOUNCED Screening of applicants will begin after August 15, 2004. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION STRATEGIC PLANNING The primary focus of this strategic planning process will be to: 1. Create an understanding of current and future organizational influences on the effective delivery of Extension programming. 2. Identify and embrace strategic
objectives for a most effective delivery and dissemination of Extension
programs with focus on: 3. Provide direction for the future operations of an Extension organization in Kansas that will be relevant, sustainable, and offer quality services throughout the state. As one can see, this task force will be using the 5 year plan as its background on programming focus. The intent would be to study the staffing, resources, and engagement strategies to fulfill the program plans that have already been laid out. The task force assigned to develop this strategic plan for our future includes a fairly equal balance of individuals from outside and within the K-State Research & Extension organization. Communicating the work of the task force will be on-going through the use of a Website. You can be watching for the announcement of the Website and updates in the coming months. The first meeting of the task force is scheduled for Tuesday, August 24. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
ACTION PLANS AND PROJECTS Many faculty already use projects as an organizational strategy but may not use that terminology. There are numerous examples of sub-categories used within comprehensive program planning and reporting. The example county/district Action Plan developed for 4-H Youth Development has two projects: Volunteer Management and Learning Experiences. (See http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/prev/ ). Consistent with these projects, 4-H Youth Development programming is supported by the two state youth development plans: 4-H Youth Development Learning Experiences and 4-H Youth Volunteer, Faculty, and Staff Development. As additional examples, a cropping systems plan may have dryland cropping and irrigated cropping projects or healthier and safer lives may include healthy eating, physical activity, and community coalitions. If there is need to track Integrated Pest Management work or the Family Nutrition Program, all reports using an assigned code (i.e., IPM, FNP) can be aggregated by the database. Multiple projects are not required, in which case, the one project for reporting purposes will have the same title as the Action Plan. In this instance, all outcomes and outputs will be together rather than letting the database do the work by grouping "projects" allowing easier access to more targeted information. –Marie Blythe mblythe@oznet.ksu.edu
"AGRICULTURE
TODAY"
ENTOMOLOGY
KITS
"MAKING
IT WORK"
KANSAS LIVESTOCK
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WEBSITE The site, as you view, represents work during the past six months with more linkages and materials being added in year 04/05. One of the unique sections to visit on the web page is the self assessments. These are 10 question self assessments that address issues for livestock producers to consider as part of being good environmental stewards. The questions are intended to serve as a self evaluation and may not necessarily reflect results of an state or federal inspection of an animal feeding operation. The watershed specialists and others on the KSU main campus provided assistance in developing the self assessments for the different livestock species. You are being provided a first look at the site which is scheduled to be released to the general public on August 18. If you have questions, concerns, or possible linkages to be added, please let Joe Harner, jharner@ksu.edu , know. A schedule will be developed to update the site each month. Also, we can post any pertinent news or meetings within your county related to livestock environmental issues. Announcements and news items should be sent to ccasper@ksu.edu until further notice. On behalf of the KLES Website team, we hope this Website is of great value to those you serve within your counties and area. --Joe Harner
VOLUNTEERS
REQUESTED TO HELP IN OUR BOOTHS AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR We would appreciate faculty and staff from campus, counties, Agronomy Fields, and Research-Extension Centers coming to the fair and working a few hours in one or both of the booths. Also, we would really appreciate agents and/or faculty, who are coming to the fair anyway, signing up to work a couple hours in the booth before or after your activities. Days and times that our K-State Research and Extension/College Of Agriculture fair booths are open are:
If you would like to work in one or both of the booths, please contact Elsa Toburen at etoburen@oznet.ksu.edu , or at 785-532-5729, by August 27, and let her know which booth(s), day, and time is best for you. We will be in touch in late August to finalize days, times, entrance tickets, etc. --Jackie McClaskey and Steven Graham sgraham@k-state.edu
VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu . DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 18, 2004, THROUGH AUGUST 24, 2004: Wednesday, August 18 Wednesday, August 18,
through Saturday, August 21 Thursday, August 19 Thursday, August 19,
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