The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
(Vol. 17 No. 33)
IN THIS ISSUE...
WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
My thanks to Cheryl Boyer, HFRR, for making the opportunity
to bring Dr. Ed Gilman, University of Florida Extension/Research professor,
to K-State and having him give a special ADVANCE lecture on scholarship of
Extension. To paraphrase one of his keys
to success, Gilman emphasized the importance of getting out from behind the
desk and finding out what’s going on, seeing the challenges first hand, and getting involved with clientele and
stakeholders both professionally and socially.
You’ll build mutual understanding, trust, and confidence which are vital
to any successful Extension program.
This is great advice to Extension professionals in any stage of their
career. You never want to become too
comfortable to believe you can maintain success in your programming without
an appropriate balance of listening, learning, serving, and interacting with stakeholders and
clientele.
Dr. Gilman reviewed his career and cited numerous examples
of serving with various community-based organizations and associations on their
committees and task forces. While at
times it may have seemed inefficient, it was there that significant
opportunities for his Extension initiatives emerged because he had been
actively involved in helping those organizations fulfill their goals. A great reminder of how important it is that
we as Extension professionals commit our time to getting out from behind the
desk and finding out first hand what the real problems and concerns are that
need our attention.
So, get out from behind the desk and have a great week! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
MULTI-STATE AND INTEGRATED EXTENSION PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY
My thanks to several who have entered their estimates into the database. This is a reminder if you have not.
The
following request is for all faculty and unclassified staff, including
Extension agents and administrators, who have any Extension
appointment/responsibilities. If that fits your description, read on.
We
have need to account for any and all multi-state Extension programming,
and to identify if that multi-state programming is integrated with
research. We have set up a simple input form within the KSRE Online system.
Before going to that website, I'd ask that you map out all the work,
events, activities, planning time, conference calls, or any other
efforts that will consume your work time between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012
for the sake of multi-state Extension programming. Identify a "program
or project name" and the total number of days you will devote to that
work. You will be asked what other states are involved, or if it is
regional or national in scope. And, you will be asked for a very brief
description.
Participating on multi-state, regional or national
committees, attending a national professional meeting, or working on a
project with colleagues in another state, all such work would be deemed
multi-state Extension, and should be reported. Your days estimate
should include all the time you devote to that work in planning,
conducting, evaluating, and communicating. You will also be asked if
the work is integrated at all with a research component. If so, simply
check the box "yes".
Now, to get to that website to report such work, go to KSRE Online at https://online.ksre.ksu.edu/login.aspx, and log in. At the opening page, click the third link Record Multi-State Extension Effort.
Then, complete the form as many times as is necessary to capture all
your multi-state work. Once you've done that, you are done.
We would like to have all multi-state reports completed by July 1, 2011 for the federal fiscal year of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.
Obviously, you are predicting involvement and time for the coming year,
such that it should be your best estimate. We will treat it as such.
And,
why are we asking for this? As part of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA), we are being
required to increase accounting for a total of 25% of our Smith/Lever
3(b&c) federal funds being expended on multi-state Extension, and
25% on integrated work with research. Using your predicted multi-state
time is a fairly simple way for us to predict where the work will be
done in the coming year, and we can then adjust our budgeted funds to
use federal funds on salary of those engaged in multi-state Extension
efforts.
Questions? Let me know. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION - DR. MAHBUB ALAM
Dr.
Mahbub Alam, Extension Specialist, Irrigation Systems, will be retiring
June 30, from the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at
Kansas State University.
A reception will be held for him on
Thursday, June 23, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in 133 Seaton Hall.
Dr. Alam, a Fulbright Scholar from
Kansas State University, has maintained an advisory role to Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Council. He also
manages the EAMM International Welfare Foundation which provides agricultural
and rural health training to villagers living around the training center in
Bangladesh. In lieu of gifts, donations to
the EAMM International Welfare Foundation would be appreciated. Please make checks payable to “EAMM
International Welfare Foundation” and send them to Biological & Agricultural
Engineering, 147 Seaton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506.
Letters and cards are being collected
for Dr. Alam and can be sent to Cindy Casper, 147 Seaton Hall, Manhattan, KS
66506. If you plan to attend the
celebration, please let Cindy Casper know at 785-532-5813 or email ccasper@ksu.edu. --Cindy Casper
MARIE'S PICKS . . .
My picks this week include short- and medium-term
outcomes and success stories from Barbara Roths, Butler County; and Barbara
Ames, Montgomery County:
***Through venues such as the Second Annual "Let's
Get Healthy with Herbs" evening, TOPS #993 of El Dorado, and the Augusta
School District Health Fair, more than 200 participants learned ways to use
herbs to reduce fat, sodium, and sugar. A variety of herbs were experienced through
sight, smell and taste as well as explanations on how to grow and harvest
herbs, and many uses of each herb. The evening event was a collaboration among
the Horticulture and Family and Consumer Sciences Agents, a local herb producer,
Master Gardeners, and local 4-Hers. The afternoon prior to the event, the 4-Hers
prepared fruits, vegetables, dips, and dressings, then returned the next
evening to demonstrate the use of herbs and discuss the recipes with the evening
attendees.
***We have a husband and wife team attending our
Eight Healthy Habits class. The wife commented last class that her husband is
so excited about what he is learning that he is “telling everybody he meets”
and that he always arranges his schedule so he will not miss a class. --Marie Blythe
mblythe@ksu.edu
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