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Vol. 14, No. 46
September 30, 2008 ...Word from the
Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH Terry Woodbury, Kansas Communities, LLC , offered a series of four questions he has found useful in keeping a community group engaged in positive work. 1. What did you plan to do a year ago? You might frame those questions in the context of the Extension model. For example, question number 3 might be more focused on how the accomplishments changed the target audience. With County Extension annual meetings just about underway, I'd encourage you to use these questions with your council and/or your individual program development committees. Extension Councils could reflect on these questions and provide guidance on the priority situations and resulting local Extension programs each year. Have a great week! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
PAT MURPHY HONORED FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE  In a special ceremony in Topeka on Monday, September 22, J. Pat Murphy, Assistant Director - Agriculture and Natural Resources, was honored for 40 years of service to Kansas State University and the State of Kansas. Congratulations Pat! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu REGISTER NOW
FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE The 2008 conference, "Healthy People, Healthy Earth," provides a great opportunity for networking among Research and Extension colleagues, and features inspiring speakers, awards recognition, and professional development. Tuesday morning will feature Patrick Donadio with two great presentations on Belief Driven Success and Communicating with Impact. The K-State Research and Extension Awards Luncheon on Tuesday is FREE to all registrants. Then on Tuesday afternoon there will be two great concurrent sessions: "Global Climate Change" and "Health and Wellness." Other days of the conferences are also filled with great sessions and activities. So, please register today. We look forward to seeing you there. --2008 KSRE Annual Conference Program Committee
KANSAS
EXTENSION CONFERENCE ON VOLUNTEERISM In addition to the great speakers presenting, there will be great workshops. Some of the topics covered will be: **Finding Your Stage in Volunteer
Management - Jim Rutledge (Follow up to Keynote) See you there. --Rod Buchele rbuchele@ksu.edu
2009 NATIONAL EXTENSION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT-NORTH CENTRAL (NELD-NC)
PROGRAM The purpose of NELD-NC is to provide current and future Extension leaders with the vision, courage, and tools to lead in a changing world. The NELD-NC program is approximately a year in length and consists of four seminars. NELD-North Central is sponsored by Cooperative Extension in the 12 North Central States and Penn State University. The 2009 program will be coordinated by Purdue University. Sessions and locations scheduled for 2009 are: Seminar One: Leading Yourself First - January 21-25; Scottsdale, AZ Topics in previous programs have also included: Leading Others Well, Leading in a Diverse World, and Leading for the Future. Applicants must be able to fully participate in all four seminars. If you have questions or desire additional information, call Marie Blythe at 785-532-6775, or current class members: Sandy Johnson, 785-462-6281; Barbara Lilyhorn, 620-662-2371; Sandy Procter, 785-532-1675; and Susan Schlichting, 785-628-9430. Information about the current program is available at http://www.ces.purdue.edu/neld/ . Participation costs for county faculty will be fully funded through the Leadership budget; tuition for specialists will be covered and all travel-related expenses will be the responsibility of their departmental or area unit. If you would like to submit an application for the 2009 program, the form is available on our Website, http://tinyurl.com/2363nh . Under Resources, select NELD-NC Application. You can also view all of the previous participants by clicking on Leadership Programs Participant Directory. Completed application forms should be returned to Marie Blythe, 127 Umberger Hall, by October 8, 2008. Selected agents/faculty members will be notified by October 13. --Marie Blythe mblythe@ksu.edu
TECHBYTES PROGRAM: ZCUBES-TRANSFORMING THE
WEB WITH INTERACTIVE TOOLS All TechBytes programs are scheduled on Thursdays at 1:15 p.m. Most programs are located in the KSU Hale Library (Room 501) and will be broadcast "live" from the TechBytes Website. For more details about this and other upcoming programs, visit the TechBytes Website, http://www.ksu.edu/techbytes . For additional information, please contact Gerry Snyder, gsnyder@ksu.edu , or call him at IET, 785-532-6270. --Gerry Snyder
WORLD FOOD DAY - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 - 137
WATERS HALL What can be done about the food and weather crisis that threatens millions of poor people around the world? The 25th Annual World Food Day Teleconference presents a satellite downlink of a panel presentation addressing the issue. Presenters include Dr. Nancy Birdsall, president of Center for Global Development; Dr. Siwa Msangi, research fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute; Mark Ritchie, former president of Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Minnesota. At noon, the video, "Global Warming - the Signs and the Science," will be presented. The third hour (from 1 to 2 p.m.) will be a Q/A session with questions provided from campuses around the world. Join us as your schedule permits. --Sandy Procter procter@ksu.edu
NORTHEAST AREA 4-H
SPACETECH EDUCATORS' WORKSHOP 4-H teens (12-19-years-old), parents, volunteer 4-H leaders, Extension staff, and educators working with youth who are interested in 4-H science, engineering and technology (SET) project areas. This training is being held in the Northeast Area, but it is open to any Kansas resident on a first-come, first-serve registration basis. Registration is limited to 15 per each session with a minimum of 10 required for each workshop session to be taught. No youths, 11 and younger, will be accepted to this training. Consider sending a team of youth and adults from your county/district to be trained to take home valuable information. Parents planning on assisting their children during the training need to register for the training. Registration will be hard copy only from forms downloaded from the Kansas 4-H website. Visit http://www.kansas4-h.org/Events/SpaceTech/ , or click on "What’s Hot" after September 25, 2008. Registration is due or postmarked by October 24, 2008. Payment made payable to KSU, and a current copy of your Kansas 4-H Participation Form must be sent in with your registration. Note that the workshops are priced separately based on the costs needed to present each workshop. Lunch is also a separate line item. The registration form requires a local Extension Office signature. Return the registration form, Kansas 4-H Participation form and payment to Deryl Waldren, Northwest Area Extension Office, P. O. Box 786, Colby, KS, 67701. Telephone: 785-462-6281, or e-mail, dwaldren@ksu.edu . The registration fee includes lunch, breaks, two workshops, workshop materials and training team costs. An extra late registration fee of $10 applies from October 25-31, 2008. No registration will be accepted beginning on November 1, 2008. Registration fees are non-refundable unless KSRE cancels the workshop due to low numbers. Participants will get to attend two of the following in-depth workshops: basic astronomy, basic robotics, basic rocketry and basic GPS/GIS and Community Mapping. See the posted flyer for a complete listing of each workshop. Schedule: Saturday, November 8, Jackson County Fair Building, Holton, KS 8:15 a.m. Check-in and refreshments --Deryl Waldren dwaldren@ksu.edu OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAM IDEA CONFERENCE - OCTOBER 27, 2008 - SEDGWICK COUNTY Do you partner with teachers, after-school program providers, or recreation directors? You’re invited to come participate in the first annual “Out-of-School Program Idea Conference.” This conference is open to anyone: teachers, after-school/summer program providers, community or faith-based organizations, recreation programs and extension staff and volunteers. This one-day conference sponsored by K-State Research and Extension 4-H highlights hands-on, ready to use curricula that adapt easily for out-of-school settings. Kansas 4-H youth development professionals will share favorite hands-on educational activities and resource ideas that are sure to keep youth excited. The breakout sessions include: Environmental Education; Health Rocks; Walk Kansas for Kids; Kids-A-Cookin’; Science Engineering and Technology; Math Tessellations; Junior Master Gardener; Leadership Initiatives; Programming for 5 and 6 year olds; and “how to” make learning activity kits. Registration is available at http://www.kansas4h.org/ . The cost is $10 which includes lunch and activity materials. Send completed registrations to Sedgwick County Extension 4-H, 7001 W. 21st. Street N, Wichita, KS 67205. Further questions may be directed to Pam Van Horn, pvanhorn@ksu.edu ; or Beth Drescher, drescher@ksu.edu . --Pam Van Horn
GREAT NW AGRICULTURE TOUR - NOVEMBER 21 AND 22 The tour is intended to provide producers with ideas to add value to their product as well as give them the opportunity to visit important industry establishments. It will also be a great chance to meet others from around northwest Kansas involved in agriculture. For complete information on tour stops, etc., go to www.Ellis.ksu.edu . This tour is open to anyone with an interest in agriculture and their spouses. There must be a minimum of 40 pre-registered participants for the tour to take place. A maximum of 55 registrations will be accepted due to bus space. The tour will be from November 21st to the 22nd. The bus will leave from Colby on November 21st and make pick-up stops in Quinter, Hays, and Ellsworth. Cost for the tour is $170. This includes single occupancy hotel room with a full continental breakfast and transportation; all other meals are on your own. Registration is due October 31, 2008. $85 is non-refundable. Any cancellations after November 10 are completely non-refundable. More information will be sent to you upon receipt of registration. For further information, contact the Rawlins, Gove, Trego, or Ellis County Extension Offices. --Brittany Nichepor nichepor@ksu.edu
KANSAS STATE FAIR 4-H HORSE VOLUNTEERS I would like to thank all of the agents and volunteers that helped at the 2008 Kansas State 4-H Horse Show. Without you volunteering your time the show would not be possible. Please share with all of your volunteers that I greatly appreciate all of their help and I look forward to working with all of you next year! Thanks for another great year!! --Anna Muir amuir@oznet.ksu.edu
TRUE COLORS TRAINING
IN KANSAS?
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of self and others
Acquire better communication
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How to implement True Colors
Since 1978, True Colors has been the
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taken complicated psychological methods to a format that is easy to
use.
Visit True Colors website for more
information at:
http://www.truecolors.org
.
I have visited with an Account Rep. from
True Colors program and they told me that if we had at least 30 Agents
interested in this Certification Training they could hold the training
in Kansas, probably at Manhattan. I was looking at sometime in 2009.
If you have any questions please contact Melinda Daily, Sunflower
Extension District, 785-852-4285, or e-mail me at:
mdaily@ksu.edu
. I would need to know
what date would work best for you. I would also like to remind you
that you would probably be allowed to use your professional
development money for the training. The cost of the training is
$1095.00. Note: Those Agents that need to recertify could also take
the training. --Melinda Daily
VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
To view the complete Master Schedule
online or as a pdf, go to
http://129.130.72.154/MasterSchAdd/
DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 8 THROUGH OCTOBER 14,
2008 Wednesday, 10/08/08 Thursday, 10/09/08 Thursday, 10/09/08 through Friday, 10/10/08 Thursday, 10/09/08 through Saturday, 10/11/08 Friday, 10/10/08 Saturday, 10/11/08 Please Submit Items no later than Noon on Monday to include in
the following Tuesday Letter to: K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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