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Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service |
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Vol. 15, No. 49
October 13, 2009 ...Word from the
Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH Registration information is located on Employee Resources Website . The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for K-State Research and Extension Professionals Program has a strong emphasis on effectiveness in the workplace. Based on the best-selling business book by the same name, this three-day workshop experience provides the foundation to strengthen the human side of performance at the personal, managerial, and organizational levels. The content helps build a stronger organization by strengthening and exercising the character and competence of the individual employee. You will be equipped with the tools and skills to work at the highest levels of effectiveness, both with and through others. This intensive workshop is November 3 - 5, 2009 at Rock Springs Ranch, running from 9 a.m. on Tuesday to 2 p.m. on Thursday. We are covering the cost of the workshop presenters and materials centrally. Participant registration costs are only $175 which includes all meals and lodging. Past Kansas participants in the 7 Habits training are Cade Rensink, Joel DeRouchey, Stacey Warner and Margaret Phillips. Contact them to learn more. Registration is due by October 16. Have a great week! - Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
"TUESDAY LETTER"
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Emergency announcements can create the urgency to submit something later than that, and still get it into that week's Tuesday Letter. However, procrastination does not create the emergency or urgency. PLEASE send your submissions to tuesday@ksre.ksu.edu and not to Sue Robinson directly. Thank you for your cooperation. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
CLOVER
NIGHT
EPSILON SIGMA
PHI SILENT AUCTION Everyone attending Annual Conference is invited to participate in the auction. Proceeds from the auction help support ESP projects including scholarships and grants. --Jennifer Wilson jrwilson@ksu.edu
BENEFITS UPDATE
"PRACTICAL EVALUATION FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: WHAT QUESTIONS DO
I ASK NOW IN ORDER TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE(S) MY WORK MAKES?" Dr. Melissa Cater from Louisiana State University will share from her personal experiences as an agent and teaching Extension educators how to include evaluation as you create and implement your youth development efforts. Learning to ask better questions in order to retrieve useful feedback for programmatic improvement and reporting will be taught and practiced. Dr. Cater has generously offered to continue to follow up with participants, knowing that we "take one bite of the apple at a time." Dr. Cater is a 4-H Youth Development Educator with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, LSU AgCenter working in Organizational Development & Evaluation. She has 17 years experience in formal and nonformal education. For the past 10 years Dr. Cater's work has included direct services for youth with an emphasis on leadership of non-formal educational 4-H clubs and management of volunteers who work both directly and indirectly with youth. As part of her work she has led and participated in collaborations with other youth organizations. Much of her work has centered on developing youth-adult partnerships and promoting youth ownership and engagement in afterschool programming. Before joining the LSU AgCenter, she was a classroom teacher certified at the secondary level for 6.5 years. Dr. Cater holds a doctorate in Human Resource Education at Louisiana State University. We begin at 8:15 a.m. in the K-State Union Room 205 lasting through 11:30 a.m.. We return after lunch for a one hour wrap up between 1-2 p.m. with Dr. Cater. We look forward to having you join us. Please let Aliesa Woods, awoods@ksu.edu or Gary Gerhard, ggerhard@ksu.edu , know if you plan on coming so we can have an idea of our count, and also let us know of further questions you might have. --Aliesa Woods and Gary Gerhard
FEATURED EMPLOYEE
PESTICIDE SAFETY
AND IPM WEBSITE HOME ENERGY VIRTUAL CHAT The eXtension Community of Practice addressing Housing Energy Issues is hosting a virtual chat on ways to put more money in your pocket by reducing home energy consumption. The chat will be Thursday, October 29, at 10 a.m. Central time. You can access the chat at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/managingmoney . Five regional housing energy experts with expertise in renewable energy, new and existing home energy, and home health issues will lead this discussion. These chat sessions are text only; there is no audio feed. If you are unable to attend, the chat record will be posted as soon as possible following the chat. You may e-mail Michael Gutter, msgutter@ufl.edu , to be notified when the chat record is posted. The High Plains CRD/Energy team encourages extension participation in this program. It is an important contribution to our efforts addressing regional energy conservation issues. For additional information, contact Carl Pedersen at North Dakota State University, Carl.Pedersen@NDSU.edu . --Bruce Snead bsnead@ksu.edu HAPPY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH! K-State's Johnson Cancer Research Center is hosting the "Think Pink" Quilt Show throughout October. It is presented by the Konza Prairie Quilters Guild, and all the quilts (and a couple of non-quilt items) have pink highlights. It's lovely and impressive! Visit the center at 17th Street and Claflin Road (on campus) anytime 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Enter through the limestone-walled courtyard on 17th Street. There are two free guest parking spaces a few feet down from there. The center will have a special Open House to view the quilts at 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14 (to coincide with the breast cancer awareness luncheon discussed below). Parking permits are not needed (for non-24-hour-reserved spaces) in the lots after 5 p.m. The deadline for the "In The Pink" breast cancer awareness luncheon, presented by the Manhattan Cancer Awareness Committee & American Cancer Society, Wednesday, October 14, at the Family & Child Resource Center, 2101 Claflin Road, was actually Friday, October 9. If you would like to go to the lunch, you might still be able to get a reservation by calling Marcia Locke at the Johnson Cancer Research Center, 785-532-6705, or e-mailing marcia@k-state.edu. The cost is $8. The presenters will be Jeanice Janke, lead mammogram technician at Women's Imaging Center and cancer survivor, and Marcia Locke, public relations and outreach coordinator for the Johnson Cancer Research Center. All participants will receive lunch (from Planet Sub) and "goodie bags," and door prizes will be given away. You must have a reservation to attend. Information about both events is at www.cancer.k-state.edu , under "Upcoming Events". Further information is available by contacting Marcia Locke at the Johnson Cancer Research Center, 785-532-6705, or marcia@k-state.edu . --Marcia Locke
2009 LEADERSHIP FORUM WEEKEND (YOUTH AND VOLUNTEERS)
You can learn more about KYLF and the Kansas Youth Leadership Council at http://www.kansas4h.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid-48 .
You can learn more about the Kansas 4-H
Volunteer Forum at
http://www.kansas4h.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=47 . --Beth Hinshaw
bhinshaw@ksu.edu and Rod Buchele
rbuchele@ksu.edu
CHANGE OF STATUS
FOR SOME FIRST QUARTER PUBLICATIONS
MARIE’S PICKS .
. . Outcomes Twenty-four hardy older adults who attended Life Enrichment at Butler Community College (despite the weather) reviewed portion control and often expressed surprise at the amount of fats and sugars in foods. They compared the number of calories in fats, sugar, and flour, then identified types of fats in foods, creating their own fats/oils display. Participants tasted a banana bread recipe that included flax seed and hard white whole wheat. They also tried Cranberry Salsa, a seasonal recipe that used the artificial sweetener, Splenda. After the workshop, one participant commented: "My husband just had by-pass surgery and this information was just what we needed!" Another participant called the next week to get more specific information on how to use the artificial sweetener in holiday baking. Success Stories
FASHION AN
EASIER LIFESTYLE WITH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AT) PROGRAM DISCUSSION
OPPORTUNITY - OCTOBER 29. 9:30 A.M. CT
Call in through INTERCALL: 1-866-620-7326
4-H
UPDATES -- DECEMBER 8 (EMPORIA) OR DECEMBER 10 (SCOTT CITY)
Just a reminder to mark you calendars for the 4-H Updates being held this year. Anyone who works with the local 4-H program is welcome. Two locations will be offered: Tuesday, December 8, in Emporia; and Thursday, December 10, in Scott City. Registration will be available in November through the 4-H online Registration system. The day will begin at 9:30 and conclude before 4 p.m.
The committee is requesting 3-4
photos from each local Extension office that represent 4-H and the
Essential Elements, Belonging, Mastery, Independence and Generosity.
For now select some photos, and make sure you have the necessary photo
release in your office for the photos that you plan to submit.
Instructions will come from Rod Buchele in the next two weeks on where
to upload those photos.
The Update Committee is looking
forward to seeing you there! Committee Members are Melinda Daily,
Diane Nielson, Bill Haney, Brian Swisher, Glenn Brunkow, Pam Van Horn,
Diane Mack, Rod Buchele, Deryl Waldren and Beth Hinshaw. --Beth
Hinshaw bhinshaw@ksu.edu
COMMUNICATION MINUTE As you look for ways to enhance programming, consider the "Kansas Garden Guide," S51. This update of the longtime favorite offers tips for garden planning and care, harvest and storage of common vegetables, as well as new vegetable varieties, many suitable for small spaces. As you plan for the upcoming year, think beyond traditional audiences, and consider using this publication in 4-H Youth Development, with seniors, or in EFNEP programs. The 84-page, full-color guide appears on the current order form at a cost of $3.50. Here’s a preview: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=1241 . The guide will be delivered in time for winter garden shows. Remember that you may be able to recoup costs for publications through program registration fees. Our Publications and Videos site has changed. To order before the pre-print deadline of October 30, use the current order form mailed to your office or visit the site at: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=16 . Select Select Draft Publications from the menu on the left, then Drafts for Employees, and finally, Draft Publications from the menu on the left, then Drafts for Employees, and finally, New Publication Order Form. For more information, contact the Distribution Center at 785-532-5830, or the publications unit at 785-532-1148. --Nancy Zimmerli-Cates nancyz@k-state.edu
KSRE MASTER
CALENDAR Please Submit Items no later than Noon on Monday to include in the following Tuesday Letter to: tuesday@ksre.ksu.edu . Put the word "Tuesday" in the subject line. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. |