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Vol. 13, No. 4 November 28, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Word from the
Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research
...Employee of the Year Recognition and Awards
Nominations Due
...Marie's Pick of the Week
...Poinsettias Galore!
...2007 Discovery Days Workshops Needed
...Extension Agent Investment Training Opportunity
...Freddie Mac Announces 2006 Successful Models in
Financial Education Awards
...Call for Applicants - 4-H Records/KAA Taskforce
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
WORD FROM THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
You should have received the agenda and registration information
from Linda Lamb, via e-mail, for the Program Focus Team Conference to be
held February 6 - 7, 2007 here in Manhattan. I want to reemphasize the
intended outcomes for each program focus team. Program Focus Teams will:
Identify professional development /
in-service education needs and opportunities within the subject matter
breadth of the program focus area.
Plan professional development /
in-service education offerings to serve needs for building
foundational knowledge and advanced, in-depth expertise in the program
focus / subject matter area.
Develop a catalog of professional
development and in-service educational opportunities within the
program focus / subject matter area.
Over time, it remains our vision that this increased
focus on professional development and in-service education opportunities
within each program focus / subject matter area will further develop an
Extension agent's subject matter expertise and enhance that agent's
programming breadth and depth in that subject matter area.
We are currently identifying co-leaders
(specialist and agent) and an administrative advisor / coach for each of
the program focus teams. Extension agent co-leaders will be appointed
immediately after December 15, as all declarations of program focus are
submitted to their respective Area Administrator. An initial training
and dialog with those leaders will occur on January 11, 2007 in
preparation for the February 6-7, 2007 program focus team meetings.
The Program Focus Team Conference
registration information is also available at this website:
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/fcs/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=92 .
--Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION AND
AWARDS NOMINATIONS DUE
Last week, department heads, extension directors, center directors,
etc., should have received my letter asking them to notify all K-State
Research and Extension employees about the sixth year of our program for
Employee of the Year Recognition and Awards.
We are continuing with four awards:
1) One County/District/Area Extension
classified employee or office professional award
2) One classified employee award for Agricultural Research Centers
3) One classified employee award for the College of Agriculture/K-State
Research and Extension Employees On-campus*
4) One unclassified employee (non-faculty
person) award for the College of Agriculture and all divisions of
K-State Research and Extension on- and off-campus.
Nominations are due to your department
head, Extension, or center director very soon. Nominations may be
submitted by anyone in the various offices. We do not want to limit
who nominates -- anyone can nominate anyone, including themselves.
If you did not receive a nomination form,
go to the oznet website, click on Staff Corner, look under Staff
Resources and click on an Employee of the Year form in either Word
or PDF Acrobat.
*(K-State Research and Extension
classified employees in other colleges besides Agriculture are
nominated and recognized through those colleges.)
We have a great organization made up of
wonderful, hard working people. Please take the time to nominate
a deserving candidate. If you have questions, contact my
assistant, Steven Graham, sgraham@k-state.edu .
--Fred A. Cholick fcholick@ksu.edu
MARIE'S PICK OF THE WEEK
While continuing to review the Project Accomplishments database for
items that are especially effective at helping us understand how our
work can be highlighted to share outcomes, impacts, and success stories,
this week I’m sharing another success story.
Kerri Cole reported, "One gentleman saved more than $600 a year by
choosing the best plan and deciding what prescriptions to get on his
retirement prescription plan." --Marie Blythe
mblythe@ksu.edu
POINSETTIAS
GALORE!
Get in the holiday spirit by stopping by K-State's Poinsettia Open House
on December 6 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the main concourse of the
Throckmorton Hall Greenhouse Range. Over 70 poinsettia cultivars
that were produced by students in the Greenhouse Operations
Management course will be displayed,
www.oznet.ksu.edu/poinsettias/ . The first 50 visitors to
complete a short survey to select your favorite cultivars will receive a
small, free poinsettia. Bring your camera to snap a photo in front
of a festive poinsettia tree, enjoy a cup of apple cider, purchase
plants for holiday decoration, and/or select your favorite cultivar for
chances to win free poinsettia centerpieces. Contact Kim Williams,
kwilliam@ksu.edu for more information.
The Friends of the KSU Gardens will be selling poinsettias from the
cultivar trials in the Gardens Visitors' Center on December 4, 5, 7, 8,
11, 12, and 13th during the hours of 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 4 to 6 p.m.
Proceeds benefit the KSU Gardens. Contact Lori Levin at
785-565-8336 or
slevin@wamego.net for more information. --Kim Williams
kwilliams@ksu.edu
2007 DISCOVERY DAYS
WORKSHOPS NEEDED
Planning is underway for Discovery Days 2007. It will be held May
29 through June 1, in Manhattan. The theme this year is “Unlimited.”
The action team is looking for instructors to teach two hour classes on Wednesday, May 30, and Thursday, May 31. If you are interested in teaching a class or tour, there is a letter with more information as well as a Class Proposal Form on the Discovery Days website at
www.Kansas4-H.org/Events/DiscoveryDays . The proposal forms are due
to the State 4-H office by December 15, 2006. If you have any
questions or need more information please contact Justin Wiebers.
The action team has also created postcards for counties or 4-Hers
to send inviting friends to Discovery Days. There is a picture of the postcard on the Discovery Days website. If you would like to place
an order, you can e-mail Justin Wiebers at
jwiebers@ksu.edu . The
deadline for ordering postcards is January 15, 2007. --Justin Wiebers
EXTENSION
AGENT INVESTMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
A ten week on-line short course, "Starting Your Investment Program with
$1 to $1,000," will be offered at no charge using K-State Online,
starting January 15, 2007. K-State Extension payroll investment options
will be used as class examples. This class can fill your personal
educational needs and/or be the introductory training for a basic
investment curriculum that you might decide to teach later.
The class is limited to 25 participants
each semester. Contact Esther Maddux,
emaddux@humec.ksu.edu ; or
LaVonne Boetel,
boetel@humec.ksu.edu ; for details or to enroll. --Carol Young
cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu
FREDDIE MAC
ANNOUNCES 2006 SUCCESSFUL MODELS IN FINANCIAL EDUCATION AWARDS
Congratulations to Marilyn
Toellner, Sedgwick County, for receiving an Honorable Mention in the
'Successful Outreach and Marketing' category for her Women's Investment
Education Program! Other Financial Education award categories included
* Successful Partnerships;
* Successful Approaches to Motivating Consumers, and
* Successful Tools or Resources Used.
The 2006 Freddie Mac Successful Models in
Financial Education Awards were announced this fall in Washington DC.
Both qualified nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations
competed for the awards. --Carol Young
cyoung@ksu.edu
CALL FOR APPLICANTS - 4-H RECORDS/KAA
TASKFORCE
Consistent with the Kansas 4-H Strategic Plan and the KEAA/State 4-H
Staff Work Group, a taskforce will be reviewing, updating and/or
implementing forms and procedures related to 4-H record keeping with
specific interest in the Kansas 4-H Awards Application (KAA).
This work will transpire over several months in 2007. (Note: If
changes are made, an implementation timeline will be established that
may outreach the actual working time of the taskforce.)
The Application Form lists outcomes identified at the August 17, 2006 KEAA/State 4-H Staff Work Session held at Rock Springs 4-H Center.
The taskforce will be made up of 9 to 12 individuals with an intended
balance of staff members, adult volunteers, and teens or college-aged
recent 4-H alumni. Uniform disbursement of members across the
state is also a goal; however, the most qualified individuals will be
given highest consideration. This notice serves as a call for
applicants to serve on the taskforce. An application form is
located at "What's Hot" on the State 4-H Home website,
http://Kansas4-H.org/ .
Applications may be no longer than two pages. Applications must
be signed to be considered. Non-staff adults and teens require
the signature of their Extension Agent. Applications must be
submitted to the State 4-H Office to my attention no later than
February 1, 2007.
As much work
as possible will be done via teleconferences and electronic media;
however, at least two face-to-face meetings are required.
Mileage will be reimbursed to non-staff adults and teens selected for
the taskforce at the rate of $.37 a mile.
Please share
this opportunity with your 4-H volunteers, teens and college-aged
recent 4-H alumni. If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me at 785-532-0747, or
ggerhard@ksu.edu
. --Gary Gerhard
VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND
EVENTS .
Submit corrections to previously submitted items to
<jzarger@ksu.edu.>
DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 6, 2006, THROUGH
DECEMBER 12, 2006:
Wednesday, December 6
.... Ag Profitability Conference, LaCrosse/RH, Area, 8:30 a.m.,
David Coltrain
coltrain@oznet.ksu.edu
.... SE Area 4-H Update, Fredonia (Wilson County Extension Office), 9:30
a.m., Beth Hinshaw
bhinshaw@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, December 7
.... SW Area 4-H Update, Garden City (SWREC), 9:30 a.m., Rod Buchele
rbuchele@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, December 8
.... NW Area 4-H Update, Hays (Ellis County Extension Office), 9:30
a.m., Deryl Waldren
dwaldren@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, December 8, through Saturday, December 9
.... KSU Commencement
Monday, December 11
.... Focus on Beef, Stockton/Rooks, Area, 1:30 p.m., Rachael Boyle
rboyle@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, December 12
.... Conventional-till/Strip-till/No-till Debate, Ulysses/Grant,
Multi-county, SW, 9:00 a.m., Curtis Thompson
cthompso@oznet.ksu.edu
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