The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 11, No. 35  July 12, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Word from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research
...Status of Faculty Positions
...Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Specialist-SWREC Interview Information
...Kansas Youth Leadership Forum Presenters Needed
...11th Annual South Dakota No-Till Bus Tour - August 1 - 3
...Windows Systems to be Barred from K-State Network in 2006
...2006 National Extension Leadership Development-North Central (NELD-NC) Program
...Want to Know What's Going on in the 4-H SpaceTech Program?
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
In a recent communication from Dr. Colien Hefferan, administrator for USDA-CSREES, she outlined the national priorities that went in with the budget request for FY 2007. These priorities represent where our partner agency at the federal level sees the priority needs. From such communication comes the President's budget request that would go to Congress. Some of the priorities include the following, excerpted from her letter:

"Nationally, competitively awarded multi-state/institutional projects focused on program strengths that States/institutions identify and address through linking local issues to broad national goals."

"Efforts to expand extension program development and delivery through the use of new technologies that will offer Americans unparalleled access to scientifically-derived and unbiased information, education, and guidance about the things that matter most in their lives through a highly interactive, virtual learning environment."

Most of these themes coincide nicely with the priorities of K-State Research & Extension, including our undergraduate and graduate teaching programs. These themes are well reflected within our 5 year plan. Actual funding proposals put forward by USDA-CSREES are not provided, as budget requests by the agency to the Office of Management and Budget must remain confidential at this pre-decisional time frame. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu

STATUS OF FACULTY POSITIONS
To check the status of faculty positions that are currently in the search process, see the K-State Research and Extension Job Opportunities website at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/main/jobs.asp . Click on "Employment Status of KSRE Faculty Positions." Search committee chairs - contact Dorothy Ireland in the Extension Operations Office at direland@oznet.ksu.edu , or 785-532-5787, to keep the information updated. --Stacey M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EXTENSION SPECIALIST-SWREC INTERVIEW INFORMATION
The Search Committee for the FCS Extension Specialist position located at the Southwest Research & Extension Center, Garden City, would like to invite all interested faculty and staff to attend the seminar and interviews with our candidates for the position. Three candidates will be interviewing for the position. The interviews will be July 19, Garden City; and July 20, on Campus.

The candidates for the SW FCS Specialist are:

May Mong
Current position: Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program and Food Stamp Nutrition Program Genesee County, Michigan

Mary Sullivan
Current position: Family and Consumer Science Extension Agent and Program Assistant for Family Nutrition Program, Grant County, Kansas

Debra Bolton
Current position: Director, Finney County Community Learning Center, Garden City, Kansas

Each candidate will present a seminar with time for discussion at the end of the seminar. The Search Committee cordially invites you to the seminars and seeks your input.

July 19 Seminars at (Southwest Research and Extension Center) Garden City:

9:00 a.m.
Debra Bolton

10:30 a.m.
May Mong

1:30 p.m.
Mary Sullivan

July 20 Seminar on KSU Campus (146 Justin Hall):

8:00 a.m.
May Mong

10:00 a.m.
Debra Bolton

1:30 p.m.
Mary Sullivan

Short bios of each candidate may be obtained by contacting the Southwest Research Extension Center. --Rod Buchele rbuchele@oznet.ksu.edu

KANSAS YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM PRESENTERS NEEDED
We still need a few more workshop presenters for the 6th Annual Kansas Youth Leadership Forum, to be held November 18-20 at Rock Springs 4-H Center.

This conference is designed for youth, ages 14 - 18.  We're recruiting proposals for workshop session instructors/presenters. Topics should involve leadership skills, leadership necessary for a career or some other tie to leadership.  The Kansas State 4-H Youth Council members hope that you (or one of your volunteers) will be interested in sharing your expertise or talent with this opportunity.

You will find the letter and proposal form on the KYLF web page, http://www.kansas4-h.org/Events/KYLF/ .

Proposals will now be accepted through July 18 at the State 4-H office, or if you have questions, contact Beth Hinshaw, bhinshaw@oznet.ksu.edu , or 620-496-8206 --Beth Hinshaw and Justin Wiebers

11TH ANNUAL SOUTH DAKOTA NO-TILL BUS TOUR - AUGUST 1 - 3
Don't miss this chance on August 1-3 to candidly discuss production practices and management challenges with people committed to long-term success with no-till (and achieving it), and to meet fellow no-tillers in various stages of no-till adoption.

The tour will travel by bus, so seating is limited and will only be available to the first 40 persons to register with their payment of $295 to No-Till on the Plains, Inc. The fee covers transportation and lodging, which will be double-occupancy. The Tour’s focus will be to view economically viable no-till production practices and to discuss the latest developments in those methods. Tour stops will cover a spectrum of soils and climates and will include Rogers Memorial Farm at Lincoln, NE, with Paul Jasa; Dakota Lakes Research Farm at Pierre, SD, with Dwayne Beck; Ward Labs at Kearney, NE, with Ray Ward; and various other farm stops.

The details can be found on the No-Till website at http://www.notill.org/  or 888-330-5142. --Jana Lindley jana.lindley@notill.org

WINDOWS SYSTEMS TO BE BARRED FROM K-STATE NETWORK IN 2006
Computers with Windows 95 or earlier versions of Microsoft Windows are currently not allowed to be used at K-State due to security issues. These older systems are either not supported by Microsoft anymore and/or are unable to run required security software.

For the same reasons, more Windows systems will be barred from the K-State network next year, so now is a good time to begin planning upgrades.

After June 30, 2006, Microsoft will no longer provide security patches for the following versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Likewise, K-State's Symantec AntiVirus software will not be supported on these operating systems; hence they will not be allowed to connect to the K-State network:

* Windows 98
* Windows 98SE
* Windows ME
* Windows NT

Any of these versions of Microsoft Windows can only run as standalone disconnected from the network after June 30, 2006. No file sharing or Internet access will be allowed for them.

This applies to all College of Agriculture and K-State Research & Extension computers with the above versions of Microsoft Windows. --Larry Havenstein lhavenst@oznet.ksu.edu 

WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE 4-H SPACETECH PROGRAM?
4-Hers can now register on line at http://www.kansas4h.org/spacetech  to participate in the 2005 SpaceTech Experience to be held November 10 through 13, at the Kansas Cosmosphere, Hutchinson. Counties can check out promotional video copies of recent SpaceTech activities from area 4-H specialists to share with local clubs.

The Kansas 4-H SpaceTech experience is specially designed for youth, ages 12-18, who are interested in aerospace and technology. 4-Hers can select from among five tracks for this year’s experience. The classes that are offered have been worked up and reviewed by members of the 4-H SpaceTech Action Team. Tracks include:

ASTRONOMY: Explore the world of outer space and our solar system. Learn about the Hubble space Telescope and even build you own telescope. Observe and explore the latest discoveries of the Sun and our solar system Explore careers in Astronomy today.

AVIATION: Get the inside scoop of the world record setting Global Flyer Mission. Make an all day field trip to KSU-Salina and the Salina Airport. Explore career and programs in aviation. View a variety of gas powered model airplanes.

ROBOTICS: Participants will work together in teams as they build robots to explore and perform tasks. Some tasks will include preparing & building a planet base camp, monitoring a volcano, rescuing a lost vehicle.

ROCKETRY: History/principles of rocketry, visit Dr Goddard’s lab make straw/paper/bottle and Estes Rockets and launch them.

TECHNOLOGY: Get hands-on experience with the SpaceTech Mobile Computer Lab, learn the basics of computer hardware, web page design, electronic presentations using Microsoft Power point software, find out all that you need to know about GIS/GPS, from locating your home coordinates to mapping a trip to anywhere in the US.

Tell 4-Hers to visit http://www.kansas4h.org/spacetech  to get detailed outlines of each track, and then let them register for the one of their choice. Each track has a list of activities to last for the entire four days. The online registration is simple. Contact wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu . --Walter Barker

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. 

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