 |
 |
||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IN THIS ISSUE... ...Word
from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH As a plea to you, I would really like to see all who come to the fair on behalf of your K-State Research and Extension roles to be wearing your name badges at the fair. Name badges give the public a sense of our presence in the interest of a successful Kansas State Fair. It also expresses the importance of our work as professionals in the conduct of the shows, contests, and all affiliated activities being supported through K-State Research and Extension. So, if you would, please find your name badge this week and wear it proudly at the Kansas State Fair when you are coming on to the fair grounds in support of any K-State Research and Extension activity! I look forward to seeing you next weekend at the Kansas State Fair! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
STATE EXTENSION ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS
IN GARDEN CITY State Extension Advisory Council provided considerable discussion around the movement to multi-county units and districting, citing potential advantages in specialization of agents and more focused programming. They also emphasized the importance of the agent being a local leader in the community, something that must not be lost though a district staffing approach. SEAC members urged continued dialog on multi-county programming/districting. Additionally, they emphasized importance of local leadership involvement in deciding the future for a County Extension program. The SEAC is a group of outstanding leaders with a passion for the fulfillment of the Extension mission in Kansas. If you have an individual serving from your county or district, please express your appreciation to that individual. The SEAC input is vital to shaping the future for the Extension mission of K-State Research and Extension. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
HOW MANY EXTENSION EDUCATIONAL
CONTACTS DO WE MAKE ANNUALLY? Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Extension Contacts White..............................1,578,861 Total.............................. 1,948,514 The total overall contacts through Extension programs of K-State Research and Extension across the state is 1,948,514. Our 2003 4-H Youth numbers are as follows: Total contacts without duplicates, 143,109. The racial/ethnic breakdown would include 11,388 African American, 2,155 American Indian or Alaskan Natives, 22,161 Hispanic/Latino, 2,770 Asian or Pacific Islanders, with the balance being white. Youth in 4-H Clubs of all kinds was 38,977. A much more exhaustive report of the 4-H statistics is on the web at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/4h/Webstatistics/mbrenrollment.htm . --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
STROKE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS
TRAINING The KU medical school at Wichita has been funded to provide stroke in service training. The training is free to extension personnel and health department employees; everyone else pays a $30 registration fee. Please go to www.waldcenter.org for information about the training. Judy Johnston from the KU Wichita medical center will have PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE for people who attend the training. The video training will be held in eight locations across the state. Please contact Mike Bradshaw if you have questions. --Mike Bradshaw 785-532-5773, mhb@oznet.ksu.edu
KIDS A COOKIN' NOW ON SMOKY HILLS
PUBLIC TV
DEADLINE OCTOBER 1 FOR SUBMITTING
WINDOWS BLUE RIBBON YOUTH ENROLLMENT STATISTICS As you know, the 4-H year-end statistics must be completed at the county level before the information can be compiled at the state level. Receiving your report and data information before the October 1 deadline will facilitate timely completion of the state reports that must be sent to Washington, DC. This report is the principal way the 4-H program gets credit for what it is doing. Practically all reports of the land-grant university system, and those of Cooperative Extension, include some of the youth outreach data provided by this report. Continued funding of all programs in 4-H Youth Development are likely to be contingent on proof of the impact this report can demonstrate. Please contact me, Cheryl Thomas, at the State 4-H Office, 785-532-5800, cthomas@oznet.ksu.edu ,if you have questions. --Cheryl Thomas
DON'T MISS THIS TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
FOR EXTENSION AGENTS OR PRACTITIONERS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Grassroots Community Development introduces participants to basic community development concepts and methods. This program establishes a basic understanding and practical skills for use in involving and empowering local citizens and leaders to be effective in community-based work. Grassroots Community Development provides a context for community-based work involving issues such as water quality, land use, infrastructure development, youth-at-risk, welfare-to-work, and community economic development. Training topics include: * The Principles of Community Development will look at the assumptions, values, and principles that underlie and guide the professional work of community and economic development. * Introduction to Community Facilitation will provide participants with a basic understanding of facilitating and the role of facilitator in different community situations. * The Community Development Process delves into the dynamics that make a community. You will gain insights and have hands-on experience of methods that will help you help communities reach their potential. * The Elements of Boards and Commissions will give you the tools to guide you through the maze of governance and potential potholes that could befall the unsuspecting. * Community Development Process: Community Vision - This module concentrates on a practical, citizen-based, participatory community planning process that enables local residents to give direction to and help create their community's future. * Community Development Process: Assessing the Community - Learn the methods used in community assessment, giving special emphasis to asset determination. * Economic Development: Finding the Resources - This module will help you find resources, quickly locate secondary data and access public/private resources. * Community Economic Development - Faculty from Kansas State University Research and Extension will present a program that will explain how regional/local economies work and prosper. For more information or to sign up, please contact Dan Kahl at dkahl@oznet.ksu.edu . --Dan Kahl
RESOURCES TO ENHANCE LOCAL EXTENSION
PROGRAMMING Workshops will be held Tuesday, November 16, in Great Bend and Wednesday, November 17, in Emporia. Each workshop will review some of the basic skills that are required to write clear and effective grants, proposals, project summaries and reports. Potential funding sources available to county and area extension staff, producers and communities will be reviewed. There will be some review of outcome planning, since many of the grant sources require the outcome planning format, or something very similar. The workshop is sponsored by the Kansas Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and the Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops. --Jana Beckman beckman@oznet.ksu.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 SEPTEMBER 22, 2004, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2004: Wednesday, September 22 Thursday, September 23 Friday, September 24 Monday, September 27,
through Tuesday, September 28 |
|
Please Submit Items by
Friday to include in the
following Tuesday Letter to: |