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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 I was visiting with a faculty member this weekend, and in the course of that conversation he commented on how he gets very good subject matter training and development. He then went on to add that a real need he had was in learning how to be better at working with people, on improving his "extension worker" skills. I challenged him to commit to at least one workshop or learning experience each year that focused on personal professional development, how to build relations, work with others, create great volunteers, communicate, or maybe just understanding yourself and how you are seen by others. My expectation is that every person who works with and develops relations with people in order to be successful should seek professional improvement opportunities every year that will build upon those competencies. And lastly, I saw this quote recently on leadership, and really liked the message:
Have a great week, provide great leadership, and make them believe "We did it ourselves!" --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ANNUAL CONFERENCE AWARDS LUNCH By or before Friday, August 31, please e-mail the form with names of your unit's or association's faculty who received awards sometime during the period of August 1, 2006 to September 1, 2007 to mgarner@ksu.edu . The form can be accessed by going to http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/employee_resources/ . Click on Nominations for Awards in the center of the page. In addition, please send the names of personnel within your unit who served as mentors to new faculty members or unit heads during the last 13 months. This form can also be accessed by going to http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/employee_resources/ and e-mail to mgarner@ksu.edu . Click on Nominations for Awards in the center of the page. --Michelle Garner mgarner@ksu.edu
CROPS AND SOILS SPECIALIST INTERVIEWS For additional information, contact Gayle Price, Search Committee Chair, 620-431-1530 or gprice@ksu.edu . --Gayle Price
PASSWORD CHANGE REMINDER! Please change your K-State eID password before September 13. On September 13, all eID accounts with unchanged passwords will be deactivated. Remember the new password rules! The minimum number of characters for a password is 7 and the maximum is 8. Also passwords must contain characters from three of the following categories:
1.
Uppercase letters To change your KSU eID password, log in to your eID profile at http://eid.k-state.edu . For more detailed instructions on changing your passwords go to http://accounts.oznet.ksu.edu/password . As always, you can call IET at 785-532-6270 for additional help. --Kat Burton kburton@ksu.edu
RETIREMENT DINNER FOR DR. CLIFFORD SPAETH The cost will be $20.00 per person. To make reservations, contact Lois Schreiner at 785-532-1267 or lschrein@ksu.edu . Please spread the word and pass this information on to all interested individuals. If you would like to send a letter and/or card to be included in a memory album, please send to: Dave Nichols, 133 Weber Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506. --Lois Schreiner
VOLUNTEERS REQUESTED TO HELP IN OUR
BOOTHS AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR We would appreciate faculty and staff from campus, area offices, counties/districts, Agronomy Fields, and Research-Extension Centers coming to the fair and working a few hours in one or both of the booths. Also, we would really appreciate agents and/or faculty, who are coming to the fair anyway, signing up to work a couple of hours in the booth before or after your activities. Days and times that our KSRE/COA fair booths are open and that we really need help are:
If you would like to work in the K-State Research and Extension booth, please contact Steven Graham, sgraham@k-state.edu , by August 29th. If you would like to work in the College of Agriculture booth, please contact Sharon Thielen, sthielen@ksu.edu , by August 29th. We will be in touch in late August to finalize days, times, entrance tickets, etc. Thank you. --Sharon Thielen and Steven Graham
DATE CORRECTION FOR LAND JUDGING
CONTEST
EIGHT WEEKS TO A NEW CMS WEBSITE With Annual Conference just around the corner, we’ve got about 8 weeks until our goal of having your CMS Website live. For some, that may seem overwhelming, but if we break it down into eight small assignments, your site will be ready in no time. All the assignments are posted, along with the training guide, on the tech website at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=776 .
This week's assignment is to add content to your homepage. To help refresh your memory, we have included a step-by-step guide at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=785 .
Each week, we’ll be sending out another assignment for you to tackle on your site. Each assignment should take no more than an hour, and we’ll be here to help if you run into problems or questions. IET Help Desk can be reached by phone at 785-532-6270. David Dunn, Steve Spencer, and Gary Kepka are also available to help. In addition, we will be having three more face-to-face trainings in the next month: September 14 in Chanute; September 19 in Garden City; and September 21 in Colby.
Good luck, and thanks for all your hard work! --Linda Sleichter lsleicht@oznet.ksu.edu
EPSILON SIGMA PHI - NOMINATE YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR AWARDS! Award Categories:
--Danny Rogers
EPSILON SIGMA PHI ENDOWMENT FUND GRANT PROPOSALS ACCEPTED All extension agents, specialists, and administrators who are current ESP members are eligible to submit a grant proposal to the Alpha Rho Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi Endowment Fund Board. Grant proposals are being accepted for professional development opportunities or innovative educational programs. The application is currently available online at the following website: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/esp-AlphaRho/welcome.htm . Click on the Endowment button and you will be able to access the application and our history of funding requests. Applications are due by September 28, 2007. They should be sent electronically to Trudy Rice, trice@oznet.ksu.edu . You can attach a note of approval from your Board Chair, Area Director or Unit Head in lieu of their signature. --Trudy Rice
SILENT AUCTION OPPORTUNITY AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
RECENT CHANGE IN SHIPPING REGULATIONS FOR INSECT SAMPLES For large, fairly common insects, the first option may be to send digital images. However, for smaller insects, physical samples are often required to make accurate determinations. For adult insects, specimens should be killed by placing them in the freezer overnight. They should then be placed between layers of tissue paper or a plastic bag, and packaged so that they will not be crushed, but yet not be damaged from bouncing around in the shipping container. For soft bodied insects you may want to consider splitting the sample if possible and saving part of the sample in an alcohol filled vial in case a more accurate determination is needed later. The rest of the sample can then be placed in a plastic bag with some tissue paper and frozen. The tissue paper will absorb any moisture as the insects defrost. Another option for larger soft bodied insects such as grubs or caterpillars would be to gently boil the sample for 30 seconds before wrapping them in tissue paper for shipping. These types of samples will need to be shipped by next day or express mail to have much hope of arriving in any shape to be identified and descriptions or pictures to show the original color patterns may be helpful. We are sorry for the inconvenience that these new shipping rules are going to cause, but we will try to obtain new approved shipping containers as soon as possible. --Phil Sloderbeck psloderb@ksu.edu
MARIE'S PICK OF THE WEEK
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - HELPFUL LINKS Professional Development System: You may have to copy the addresses into the url line if link does not take you there. --Margaret Phillips margaret@ksu.edu
STEPS IN PREPARING YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN linked from Professional Development website: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/Employee_Resources/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=164
2008 4-H CAMPING DATES AT ROCK SPRINGS The long await for the 2008 Camp Schedule has ended. Thanks to Ozsome’s quick response to move to May, the schedule gained some flexibility. In addition, negotiating with Rock Springs and the 4-H Foundation, we’ve alleviated some stress following Discovery Days for the Heart of Kansas group. The 2008 Camping Schedule:
These dates are when campers arrive. Counselors may come in the day earlier for training. Friends of 4-H is June 13. --Pam Van Horn pvanhorn@ksu.edu
K-STATE EXTENSION
SPECIALISTS WORK WITH KANSAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION TO DEVELOP NEW AWARDS This year the Kansas Bankers Association is proud to present three new awards in the areas of Water Conservation, Water Quality, and Energy Conservation (in addition to the existing categories already mentioned). Extension specialists Charlie Lee, Morgan Powell, DeAnn Presley, and Dan Rogers worked with the KBA to develop the criteria for the awards. Awardees are determined on a county-by-county basis, with extension agents serving as the county’s committee chairperson. Nominations should be submitted to the county chairperson no later than November 1, 2007, and the names of the recipients selected must be submitted to the Extension Agronomy office no later than December 1, 2007. Please check out the following website for forms, award criteria sheets, and more information: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/agronomy/extension or call the Extension Agronomy office at 785-532-5776. --DeAnn Presley deann@ksu.edu
Kansas State University,
4-H/Army Youth Development Project, seeks applicants with a
Bachelor's degree to serve as Project Coordinator.
Responsibilities include marketing and communications
coordination, staff development training, and other responsibilities as
needed to support the 4-H/Army Youth Development Project.
Experience with Cooperative Extension/Land Grant
University is strongly preferred. Experience working with
Military youth programs is an advantage.
Excellent written,
electronic and verbal communication skills are required. Strong
organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple tasks are
preferred. Must be able to travel if necessary.
Call Marlene Glasscock,
785-532-1484, for information. E-mail a letter of application,
resume and three references to glass@ksu.edu . Go
to http://www.humec.ksu.edu/employment for position description
and application procedures. KSU is an equal opportunity
employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees.
Screening
of applicants begins September 7, 2007 and continues until the
position is filled.
--Marlene Glasscock
EXTENSION PROFESSIONALS ARE LEADERS IN KAFCS KAFCS is the professional organization that unites teachers, researchers, administrators, extension educators, professionals in business and industry and others in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences. --Jan Stephens jstephen@oznet.ksu.edu
SAVE THE DATE FOR UNITED ASSOCIATIONS CONFERENCE Hold the date and plan to attend; registration materials will be available around the end of December. If you would like to be involved in helping plan the conference, contact Connie Hoch, Nadine Sigle, or Jan Stephens. --Jan Stephens jstephen@oznet.ksu.edu
MARKETING MINUTES: TARGET AUDIENCES OF METRO AREAS AND YOUNG ADULTS The saying goes, “You can’t be all things to all people,” but for the past 10 years, K-State Research and Extension’s marketing effort has tried to be just that.
Since 1996, we’ve focused on reaching all Kansans statewide, and that effort has shown some success. Awareness of our program statewide has improved, with 70 percent of Kansans familiar with “Extension.” Also, our usage numbers are high in the western half of the state. We want to continue to sustain our efforts statewide, to reach all audiences.
However, with our new five year marketing plan, we are establishing some target audiences. Clearly defining target audiences helps promote the aspects of K-State Research and Extension that are most relevant to each group. We don’t change our programming; we just change how and what we highlight about our programming.
For us, the greatest opportunity for growth lies in the metro areas. These are the areas with the lowest percentage of its residents aware of and/or using K-State Research and Extension. These areas also have the highest population density and are experiencing the most population growth. Thus, if we aren’t reaching as many of the current residents as we could and the number of current residents continues to increase, then we are missing the opportunity to reach new clientele in the metro areas.
Another reason to
focus on the metro areas relates to legislative influence. The
In a similar way, young adults also provide us an opportunity to grow. According to the Census Bureau, approximately 29 percent of Kansans are 24-44 years old. That’s about 769,000 Kansans. Of our current clientele, only 13 percent of our current users are in this age bracket. Also, we have information and programs that interest this age bracket, with materials relating to health and nutrition and environmental preservation topping their list. We have an opportunity to reach out to the young adults and, not only gain current users but, hopefully, future users, as well.
These two audiences are our primary targets for marketing K-State Research and Extension in 2008. How we will reach them is still to be determined. We are working on and testing a marketing campaign, as well as some new features for the K-State Research and Extension homepage. We are not ignoring our current users; we are just trying to reach out to some untapped audiences.
If you need more information, please contact Pat Melgares at melgares@ksu.edu or Linda Sleichter at lsleicht@ksu.edu . If you’d like to comment on this or any Marketing Minute discussion, we encourage you to visit our Marketing Minute blog at http://ksremarketingminute.blogspot.com/ . Linda Sleichter lsleicht@oznet.ksu.edu
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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2007, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11, 2007: Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 16 Friday, September 7, through Thursday, November 1 Tuesday, September 11, through Wednesday, September 12
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