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Vol. 14, No. 47
October 7, 2008 ...Word from the
Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH - the importance of each Extension agent and each local unit to be engaged in the processes necessary to design, develop, deliver, and evaluate for strong local programs. - the need to challenge each program development committee and the new executive board to process through three key questions.
- If it's difficult to get started on the first question, I'd offer a few ideas that grew out of visits I made this summer to local Extension offices and the conversations I had with agents. Following are examples of the situations, needs, issues, and opportunities that I heard in those visits: Agriculture and Natural Resources -
Family and Consumer Sciences -
4-H Youth Development -
Community Development -
Add to or alter your list of situations to encourage the ideas and creativity to begin to flow from the program development committees as they work to design a direction for success and stronger programming in each and every local Extension unit. Have a great week! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
"CREATING A RESPECTFUL
WORKPLACE" This workshop focuses on respectful working relationships as the basis for a respectful workplace. It is specifically designed to provide participants the skills necessary to choose respectful behavior when conflict occurs and thus avoid charges of discrimination and harassment. The lecture is supplemented by video scenarios showing the adverse effects of conflict on individuals who have to work together. These scenarios show acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Mr. Howard will present the K-State policies that cover workplace behavior, then lead group discussions concerning the reasons for the policies, identify resources for dispute resolution and explain the role of the Office of Affirmative Action in addressing disrespectful, harassing and discriminatory behavior. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE
FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS TOMORROW 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
SILENT AUCTION AT
EPSILON SIGMA PHI Please plan to donate an item to the auction by leaving it at the registration table for annual conference or bring it to the banquet by 5:30 p.m. --Ann Domsch adomsch@ksu.edu
EXTREME MAKEOVER - KEAA!!! Based on your input from last year, the KEAA board voted to not have a meal function with the meeting. So KEAA will meet on Monday, 4:30-5:30 p.m., in the Tadman Board Room, 2nd floor of the KSU Alumni Center. A new feature will be 10 minute round table discussions, led by Extension agents, on topics of interest to agents. These include: KSRE Marketing Ideas, Annual Meeting Ideas, and Professionalism and Decision Making. Participants will be able to choose 2 of the 3 sessions. Business meeting will include report from the board on meeting with administration, new agent dinner and election of president-elect. There will also be a drawing for door prizes and time for all participants to attend the poster session and reception. The KEAA planning committee is Aliesa Woods, Carla Nemecek, and Melinda Daily. --Jodi Besthorn besthorn@oznet.ksu.edu BRING IT, WEAR IT With the theme of the K-State Research & Extension Annual Conference being “Healthy People, Healthy Earth,” we would like to encourage your ‘movement’ towards health. If you own a pedometer, please remember to bring it to conference and strap it on each morning. There will be an opportunity for you to record your daily steps or miles and be eligible for prize drawings. If you happen to own multiple pedometers and would like to donate extras to share, there will be a basket for you to do so. --Denise Sullivan dsulliva@ksu.edu , and Susan Krumm skrumm@ksu.edu
PROMOTING A HEALTHY PLANET AND HEALTHY
KIDS THROUGH COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP: THREE KEY COMPETENCIES Participants will better understand how they are already practicing these competencies while gaining new ideas and tools for increasing their own effectiveness and confidence in enhancing community leadership and community development around health, environment, and other key issues. Fellow KSRE professionals will share their insights and experiences about how they applied these competencies in addressing real-life health and environmental issues. Participants will enhance their learning and build their personal leadership skills by applying the three core competencies to issues/scenarios that they are likely to encounter in their work with communities. Participants will also receive a notebook of tools that they can take home to assist them in practicing these competencies. Presenters include: Robert Wilson, Office of Local Government; Debra Bolton, Southwest Area Office; and Sherry Davis, PRIDE Program. Please plan to join us for this informative conference session on Wednesday, October 22 (see conference program for time and location). --Robert Wilson rmwilson@k-state.edu
THANK YOU FROM PHYLLIS KRIESEL
KANSAS EXTENSION CONFERENCE ON VOLUNTEERISM Finding Your Stage in Volunteer Management - Jim Rutledge (Follow up
to his Keynote)
KANSAS 4-H VOLUNTEER FORUM Please encourage 4-H Volunteers to attend the Forum. Registrations are due October 15. Please register online at Kansas4-H.org . --Rod Buchele rbuchele@ksu.edu
THE KANSAS 4-H MASTER VOLUNTEER
PROGRAM I hope you will consider and promote the Master 4-H Volunteer program. If you have any questions, please contact me. --Rod Buchele rbuchele@ksu.edu
PROGRAM FOCUS TEAM SURVEYS - COMPLETE BY
OCTOBER 13 Last week, Program Focus Team surveys were opened to the system. Surveys are specific to the work of the team and allows for an opportunity to review efforts since forming, as well as help determine some future direction. Each team member was sent a link for their team’s survey. If you haven’t completed the survey and need the address for your team, contact one of the team co-chairs or Margaret Phillips. The survey system closes on October 13. After that time team leaders will have access to the results. These will be part of the discussion at team meetings during Annual Conference on Wednesday, October 22. Thanks in advance for everyone completing the survey. --Margaret Phillips margaret@ksu.edu
UPCOMING FORESTRY EVENTS "Managing Eastern Kansas Woodlands" is the title of a more in-depth
2-day workshop aimed at natural resource professionals. It will be held
October 29 and 30, at Camp Alexander, outside Emporia. Whether forestry
or wildlife is your interest, this workshop is for you. A number of KDWP
biologists will be participating. The National Wild Turkey Federation is
sponsoring this event, along with KDWP, KFS, and KSRE. A key topic being
discussed will be the use of prescribed fire in oak woodlands. A field
trip to the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge will occur on the
second day. Cost for the workshop is $30, and includes 2 catered lunches
and materials. For questions, or a registration brochure, contact
Charles Barden at cbarden@ksu.edu
CORRECTION: GREAT NW AGRICULTURE TOUR - NOVEMBER 20
AND 21 After The Tuesday Letter went out last week we realized that the dates were in the press release wrong. The dates for the NW Area Ag Tour are November 20 and 21, not 21 and 22 as printed. For complete information on tour stops, etc., go to www.Ellis.ksu.edu . For further information, contact the Rawlins, Gove, Trego, or Ellis County Extension Offices. --Brittany Nichepor nichepor@ksu.edu
DONATIONS FOR HERO PACKS The items that we put into the packs include a camera, journal, scrapbook, frisbee, 4-H scarf, cap, coloring books, any small toy, yo-yo, stuffed animals, ruler, crayons, jump rope, piggy bank, pencils, bracelets just to name a few. We would also take monetary donations and the checks could be made out to the 4-H Foundation and sent to me. Thanks for your consideration of this project. --Ann Domsch adomsch@ksu.edu
DIVERSITY PROGRAMS OFFICE UPDATE The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) has announced a unique opportunity for undergraduate multicultural students. They will be offering full travel awards for underrepresented students to attend the annual SWS meeting and participate in the SWS Mentoring Program. The meeting will be held June 22 – 26, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Mentoring Program will give students the chance to receive career guidance, participate in activities that introduce the students to postgraduate opportunities, and receive an opportunity to present research in areas ranging from freshwater to marine and involving a wide variety of organisms. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. Spring 2009 graduates are eligible. For the purpose of these awards underrepresented groups are defined as: African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, Native Americans and Alaskans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities. Application materials and additional information are available from Dr. Frank P. Day, Old Dominion University, fday@odu.edu . Application deadline is November 28, 2008. If you know any interested or worthy candidates, please pass along this great opportunity. In the spirit of inclusiveness, this month is National Coming Out Month so please seek to understand those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex, or questioning as they celebrate their liberation. If you are interested in any of the aforementioned events or activities you may get more information from your Diversity Programs Office or by contacting Dr. Zelia Z. Wiley, Assistant Dean for Diversity, zwh@ksu.edu or 785-532-5793. Please do not hesitate to use us as your diversity resource center. --Zelia Z. Wiley
MARKETING MINUTE: LOGO USAGE, OUTSIDE VENDORS 1 - Check prices of items in K-State Research and Extension's inventory. We are able to buy items in bulk and usually provide them at a lower cost than available at the local level. Plus, you can buy them with your publications allocations funds, which makes it convenient for your office. 2 - We do not keep apparel items in our marketing inventory, due to variations in sizes and logo needs. If you don't have a local vendor from which to purchase K-State Research and Extension apparel, we tend to go to retailers in Manhattan for our apparel, as they already have our artwork on file and give us good deals. We do not have a contract that requires us to use any particular company, however, so feel free to shop around. 3 - If you are using a local vendor, make sure they are aware of recent policy changes and enforcement from K-State's Division of Licensing, http://www.k-state.edu/logos/ . Since our logo includes the powercat, we must be sure to follow all guidelines regarding the powercat usage. Vendors who do not follow the policy could risk forfeiture of their inventory. The policy states, "The program requires producers of products displaying the University's name and/or marks to be licensed through CLC or the University. The licensing royalty is 10 percent of the wholesale value of the product(s) being produced. All artwork must be approved by K-State's main licensing office. The artwork approval forms are located on the Web at http://www.k-state.edu/logos ." 4 - What about our PowerPoints, Web pages, brochures, etc? If you are a member of K-State Research and Extension's faculty or staff, you are generally allowed to use Kansas State University's name and marks for professional presentations. If you are not affiliated with Kansas State University as a current faculty or staff member, you must request permission before using logos or items owned by the University. 5 - When it comes to using the logo, it might be lot easier to ask permission than forgiveness. For questions about logo usage or to get permission to use it, contact K-State's Division of Intellectual Property, http://www.k-state.edu/academicpersonnel/intprop/ . For other marketing questions, contact the K-State Research and Extension marketing unit or go to our blog at http://ksremarketingminute.blogspot.com/ . --Linda Sleichter lsleicht@oznet.ksu.edu
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER EXTENSION AGENT PERSONNEL
CHANGES Ann Sparke, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent in Morris County, retired on September 1, 2008. Keri Liddeke, 4-H Youth Development Agent in Grant County, resigned on September 5, 2008. Thomas Roberts, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent in Stevens County, resigned on September 6, 2008. Karla Hightower, 4-H and Youth Development Agent in Miami County, transferred from Cowley County on September 7, 2008. Trudy Rice, County Extension Director in Douglas County, resigned on September 20, 2008. Stephanie Einspahr, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent in Kearny
County, resigned on September 29, 2008.
WOMEN INVITED
TO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS LUNCHEON OCTOBER
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