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IN THIS ISSUE... ...Word
from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH Have you ever been in a conference where you were listening to the speaker and you felt like that person was speaking just to you? Have you ever listened to a speaker and found yourself enthralled in the presentation because you could feel the passion coming from the speaker? Have I ever talked about the "scholarship of communication?" Indeed, getting in front of an audience and gaining their attention and their learning ears is seemingly an art form for many people. In Extension education the expectation is for all of our professionals to develop their skills in communication. Verbal communication is but one means to convey information. The Extension professional should develop excellence in several forms of communication, including publications, websites, performances, exhibits, presentations at workshops, conferences, field days, and any other ways to convey the knowledge and create learning. A resource that Randy Higgins pointed me to was a book on tools, techniques, and technology for communication. "The Communicator's Handbook: Tools, Techniques, and Technology," published by Maupin House. This is the kind of good information that helps a person in deciding how best to communicate in various kinds of circumstances. So, is there scholarship of communication? The tongue in cheek reference is often made to the skilled speakers who have a knack of being able to educate and entertain simultaneously. Excellence in delivery that results in the student retaining the lessons to be learned is scholarship. Resourceful, useful designs of websites that engage the learner represents scholarship. Asking your peers to review your work, and document its presentation and learning value is an excellent way to bring evidence of scholarship, and should be done on an on-going basis. Scholarship of communication comes through the passion of working towards excellence and seeking the review of peers to put you on that track of continuous improvement. Future "Words from" will be addressing some of the administrative changes on our horizon that will hopefully show ways in which we are working to organize our work to better support the Extension system as a part of the larger K-State Research & Extension and Kansas State University. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
STATUS OF FACULTY POSITIONS
DRAFT OF RISK MANAGEMENT PUBLICATION Feedback can be e-mailed to Stacey Warner at swarner@oznet.ksu.edu as soon as possible. The Risk Management Team will be meeting on Friday, April 22, to review the responses received at Spring Action Conference. --Stacey M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
THANK YOU FROM
BILL WOOD
RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR LYNETTE
LUCAS, DICKINSON COUNTY
AGRITOURISM
WORKSHOPS: CORRECTION Location and Dates:
Each workshop will run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Jane Eckert, from Eckert Agrimarketing, will conduct the sessions. For reservations, call 785-296-3737, or go to www.kansasagritourism.org . --Ben Allen ballen@oznet.ksu.edu
WHEAT DIAGNOSTIC SCHOOL
MAY 17-18 Lunches on both days and the evening meal on the 17th will be provided. The cost of the training is $65 to agents and KSU personnel who would like to participate. Please sign up by simply e-mailing your intentions to Curtis Thompson, SW Area Crops and Soils Specialist at cthompso@oznet.ksu.edu or by calling the SW Area Extension Office at 620-275-9164. If you need motel information for Garden City, the SW Area Extension secretary can provide you that information on request. Agriliance will bill your county for the training following the school. Please register by May 13; however, the sooner the better. This will facilitate meal planning. If you have someone in your county who would be interested in attending the diagnostic school, like crop consultants or other company agronomists, the details and cost of the training can be found on Agriliance’s website, www.AgronomyServices.com . Go to this site, click on "Training Courses" and a map of the USA will come up. Click on Kansas and the Wheat Diagnostic School and registration and school information will be available. Don’t miss this opportunity! --Curtis Thompson cthompso@oznet.ksu.edu
FROM NATIONAL CONFERENCES TO WORLD
FESTIVALS, MANRRS GROUP PARTICIPATES IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES! The national conference presented students with the opportunity to meet minority agriculture students from universities across the nation, providing them with a sense of comfort and allowed them to visualize the level of minority involvement in the field of agriculture. The USDA, in addition to a number of different agricultural corporations, sent several representatives to host information booths at the career fair. Students had the opportunity to speak directly to HR representatives and ask specific questions about companies or schedule interviews. While some of the K-State MANRRS chapter members were attending business meetings and workshops at the National Conference, those members back home participated in the "Taste of Cultures," an event that was part of the Dow World Day Festival. The event was designed to allow students from different multicultural student organizations to share their culture with others by creating a tasty traditional dish. The MANRRS members were able to wow guests with their culinary capabilities. As the group is composed of students from different nationalities, we decided to highlight one particular group’s traditional dish. They prepared egg rolls to share with students and guests. K-State MANRRS has maintained a certain level of involvement with Dow since our establishment as a student group here on campus. Allan Ayella, grain science graduate student and K-State MANRRS member, was the 2004 recipient of the Dow AGRO Science Award. The 2005 recipient of the award, Allan Liavoga, is also a K-State MANRRS chapter member. As always, if there are any questions or concerns that you may have about diversity, feel free to stop by the Diversity Programs Office, 139 Waters Hall, and we’ll be happy to assist you. The chapter advisor is Dr. Zelia Wiley Holloway, 785-532-5793. --Tamara Mack mack@ksu.edu
KANSAS STATE 4-H HORSE JUDGING CONTEST
WEBSITE
NCR-SARE RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRANTS--Call for
Proposals Available The 2005 NCR-SARE call for Professional Development Proposals is also available on the NCR-SARE website, http://www.sare.org/ncrsare/cfp.htm . Professional Development Program Proposals are due in the Manhattan, NCR-SARE Professional Development office by May 27. Questions? Contact the Kansas SARE coordinator, Jana Beckman, beckman@ksu.edu , or 785-532-1440. --Jana Beckman
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 APRIL 27, 2005, THROUGH MAY 3, 2005: Thursday, April 28 .... Activity for the Ages Training, WaKeeney/TR, NW Area, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mhb@oznet.ksu.edu Friday, April 29 Saturday, April 30 .... Allen County Rabbit Show, Iola, Single county, SE, Kathy McEwan kmcewan@oznet.ksu.edu Monday, May 2 |
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