The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 11, No. 38  August 2, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Word from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research
...Status of Faculty Positions
...Faculty/Staff Changes in Campus Phone Book
...It is Time to Change Your Password
...Diversity Programs Office Lists Activities
...Kansas Leadership Forum
...Distribution "Dog Days" Event
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
I want to highlight again the opportunity you have to recognize your outstanding colleagues and peers within K-State Research & Extension. There is no better way to express your appreciation for the work and accomplishments of others than to nominate those individuals for recognition. With Annual Conference coming up, you have several categories of awards available to consider in nominating your colleagues. I encourage you to review the award categories below and nominate deserving colleague(s) by August 29, 2005.

BUILDER AWARDS - These awards recognize individuals who have exhibited extra energy and creativity over a number of years in building new programs, audiences or institutions within K-State Research and Extension.

DIVERSITY AWARD - K-State Research and Extension is committed to an emphasis on diversity in programming, workforce and relationships with other organizations. In order to recognize individuals who have embraced this vision, a Diversity Award will be presented.

TEAM AWARD - The Team Award acknowledges outstanding efforts by a group of individuals addressing one of the Core Mission Themes of K-State Research and Extension.

MENTORING AWARD - K-State Research and Extension faculty who have been employed for two years or less are encouraged to nominate a mentor who has helped them and others achieve higher performance and productivity. One award will be presented to a county/district faculty mentor and one to an area/state faculty mentor.

Nominations should include the following:

1) Name, title, address and phone number of the nominee(s) and nominator.
2) Maximum 2 page justification for the award.

Submit nominations by Monday, August 29, to Dr. Fred Cholick, 114 Waters Hall, Manhattan KS 66506 or e-mail his administrative assistant, Ginny Claycomb, at gclaycom@ksu.edu . --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

FACULTY/STAFF CHANGES IN CAMPUS PHONE BOOK
Each year, Student Publications Inc., strives to give the K-State community an accurate Campus Phone Book. Human Resources (HR) provides the faculty/staff information. Work on the 2005-2006 Campus Phone Book is currently in progress. Information that will be printed in the phone book will include the employee's name, campus address and phone, business title or job title, home address and home phone. The employee's KSU e-mail address will also be included and will be provided by Computing & Network Services (CNS). Employee Update Sheets were mailed out to departments, including area offices of K-State Research and Extension, for distribution on July 19, 2005.

Employees should review the information provided on the update sheets and return the forms to their departmental personnel specialist by August 1. Employee update sheets with changes should be returned to HR for processing as soon as possible, but no later than August 8.

Note: If there are no changes, please do not return update sheets to HR. For more detailed information, please refer to the "Faculty/Staff Changes in Campus Phone Book" memorandum located at http://www.ksu.edu/hr/news/hrmem.htm . Questions may be referred to your department's Human Resources, Payroll & Employee Data liaison. --Human Resources

IT IS TIME TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD
Starting August 1, and extending until September 14, all University eID passwords need to be changed. Changing your eID password will also change your OzNet password. If your password is not changed between those dates, your University eID and OzNet accounts will be deactivated. Only password changes made between August 1 and September 14 will be valid.

If you forget to change your eID password the following will happen:

* You won't receive your OzNet or your KSU e-mail
* You can't log onto any of the OzNet servers if you are on campus
* You can't log in to the Intranet, the Support Downloads page, the State Fair Site, EzWeb2, WALK Kansas, FNPRS, and many other sites
* You can't author web pages on the Research and Extension web server
* You can't connect to the University's dial-up service

To change your eID password, log in to your eID profile at http://eid.k-state.edu . For more detailed instructions on changing your password, go to http://accounts.oznet.ksu.edu/password . --Kathryn Burton  kburton@ksu.edu

DIVERSITY PROGRAMS OFFICE LISTS ACTIVITIES
As you know, our summer is fleeting fast and preparation for the fall is approaching. For the month of July,  the Diversity Programs Office's schedule has been filled with recruitment, spreading the word about diversity in Agriculture to schools and programs such as Barton Community College and Kansas City (KS) Community College.

Also, in a collaborative effort with College of Agriculture's Ambassadors, we hosted a workshop titled "Agriculture: The Perfect Tee" for the 2005 National The First Tee Academy on July 20, 2005. On July 31, we presented to the 2005 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards' Seminar at Camp Aldrich and the seminar's title was "Discovering the Cultural YOU!" This program audience was student leaders from Northwest Kansas. The main focus of this workshop was to increase awareness of diversity and the many facets and opportunities in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University. The next focus for The Diversity Programs Office and K-State MANRRS is welcoming the new students, the Activities Carnival on August 26, and the Watermelon Feed held on August 30. The anticipation is to inform individuals about what understanding diversity can do to improve classrooms and office settings. Because with understanding comes power and a stronger community to follow. When you stop by the office, please welcome Reneé Jones, our student worker whose major is Park and Management/Conservation. She is also the 2005-06 K-State MANRRS Chapter President.

As usual, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Zelia Z. Wiley, Assistant Dean for Diversity at zwh@ksu.edu  or 785-532-5793. Enjoy the rest of the summer! --Dr. Zelia Z. Wiley

KANSAS LEADERSHIP FORUM
Anyone with an interest in community leadership is invited to the Kansas Leadership Forum annual conference, to be held in Topeka, September 20-21, 2005. Activities begin September 20 with a dinner and special session on the Arts and Leadership, to be held at Washburn University. On the morning of September 21, a session on Peaceful Existence in our Communities will be presented at the new Brown vs. Board of Education Historic Site. The awards luncheon and business meeting will be followed by a training session on appreciative inquiry. For the agenda and registration form, go to www.kansasleadershipforum.com and click on Annual Conference. – Ron Wilson rwilson@oznet.ksu.edu

DISTRIBUTION "DOG DAYS" EVENT
The new models are coming in, so the old ones have to go! Get zero percent financing and special pricing NOW on late-model inventory 4-H CCS publications! Also, look for our specials on discontinued video tapes! (Sorry, no trade-ins allowed in this overstock sale. All sales final.)

New versions of these items will be delivered this fall as part of last spring's 4-H CCS order, but the older versions may still be used. To order, respond by e-mail ONLY to orderpub@lists.oznet.ksu.edu . Limited  numbers of these titles are available, first-come first-served. All will be sacrificed at the low, low price of just $1.35 -- at least half off!

4H704 (CCS) Small Engines 2: 1 copy
4H705 (CCS) Small Engines 3: 1 copy
4H706 (CCS) Small Engines HG: 4 copies

4H722 (CCS) Dairy 1: 4 copies
4H723 (CCS) Dairy 2: 4 copies
4H724 (CCS) Dairy 3: 5 copies
4H725 (CCS) Dairy HG: 2 copies

4H695 (CCS) Citizenship Kits: 8 copies (regularly $4.20!)
4H696 (CCS) Citizenship HB: 3 copies

4H683 (CCS) Cat 2: 4 copies
4H684 (CCS) Cat 3: 5 copies
4H685 (CCS) Cat HG: 3 copies

4H728 (CCS) Dog 3: 3 copies
4H729 (CCS) Dog HG:2 copies

Also available for SHIPPING COST ONLY are outdated video library tapes! For a list of titles, see http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/catalog/print.htm , and click on the "Videos for Rent" button. These are old, and many are one of a kind. LIMIT: 10 titles per distribution customer number. No warranty. Sorry, no specials on videos for sale.

This will discontinue our video lending library. For safety and other videos, contact the appropriate K-State Research and Extension subject matter specialist, who may have more current material. --Nancy Zimmerli nancyz@ksu.edu

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. 

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