The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
(Vol. 18 No. 9)
IN THIS ISSUE...
DEAN/DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS COMING SOON
At this time I hope everyone has received a message regarding the four
finalists to be interviewed for the position of dean of the College of
Agriculture and director of K-State
Research and
Extension. The interview schedule, letter of application,
statement of vision and purpose, and curriculum vitae is provided for
each candidate at the following website: http://www.k-state.edu/provost/searches/.
Finalists include: Dr. John Floros, professor and
head of the
department of food science at Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Chuck Hibberd,
associate vice provost for Purdue Engagement, associate dean
of Purdue
Agriculture, and director of Purdue Extension at Purdue
University; Dr. Gary
Pierzynski, interim dean of the College of Agriculture,
and interim director of Research and
Extension at Kansas State University; and Dr.
Geoff Dahl, professor and chair of the department of animal
sciences at
the University of Florida.
The schedule of candidates will be:
- Floros, interviewing January 17-18, with a seminar Tuesday, January 17.
- Hibberd, interviewing January 19-20, with a seminar Thursday, January 19.
- Pierzynski, interviewing January 23-24, with a seminar Monday, January 23.
- Dahl, interviewing January 24-25, with a seminar Tuesday, January 24.
View a full schedule for each candidate and curricula vitae online.
Each
candidate will present an open public seminar from 2-3:45
p.m. in the
K-State Alumni Center Ballroom on the first full interview day. The public seminars will be videostreamed and archived
for viewing at
the above website for 48 hours following each seminar. In order
to received input from our
constituents, online feedback forms for each candidate will be
available beginning with the start of their individual
interview schedules
and closing at the time their seminar is removed from the
website. This is so that candidates are evaluated
based on their individual attributes and not through a
comparison to the other
candidates. K-Staters participating via
video may email questions to suzy@k-state.edu during the
question and
answer portion of the seminar and they will be asked. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ku.edu
KANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE
The 5th Annual Kansas Natural Resources Conference will be held January 26-27, at the Airport Hilton in Wichita. Although not officially a KSRE-sponsored event, many of the speakers and conference organizers are K-State employees, and the conference proceedings are produced each year by us.
The plenary session will feature speakers addressing wetlands conservation, while break-out sessions will address topics on range, forestry, water quality, fisheries and wildlife management. Early registration is just $80, if submitted by January 13.
The conference is run by a consortium of professional natural resource organizations in the state, including the societies for range management, forestry, fisheries, wildlife, soil and water conservation. The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams (KAWS) handles the funds. Go to the conference website for further details, www.kansasnrc.org, or contact Charlie Barden at cbarden@ksu.edu. --Charlie Barden
KEAFCS AWARD APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 17
This year the KEAFCS
Webpage, http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/agent_association/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=117,
has been updated to include all award information.
The Scholarships,
Friend of FCS, First Timer, DSA, Continued Excellence, Program and
Communication Awards must be postmarked by January 17, 2012. Details for each of these awards and the
process for applying is on the website. The lists of members eligible for DSA, Continued Excellence and New Professional are available on the website.
We encourage you
to consider applying or nominating a peer for an award this year. If you
need help as you go through this process, please let us know. We are
willing to review and make suggestions on any applications.
Contact Christine
McPheter, VP of Member Resources, cmcphete@ksu.edu,
for the Scholarships, Friend of FCS, and First Timer Awards. Contact Robin Eubank, VP of Awards, reubank@ksu.edu, for all other
awards. --Christine McPheter and Robin Eubank
ADVANCING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (AYD) TRAINING-OF-TRAINERS
Advancing Youth
Development (AYD): Training-of-Trainers Curriculum Snapshot will be held on February 9 in Manhattan, as part of Agent Update.
Advancing Youth Development (AYD) is a national curriculum
from Cornell University designed to train youth development leaders and
stakeholders in principles, processes and practices necessary for quality youth
work. The full training of trainers is comprised of 8 modules which can be
covered in a 6-10 hour training experience. This 4 hour session provides a 'snapshot' of the training which can be scheduled for your local unit. A cadre of Kansans have already been trained by Cornell University in AYD and
are ready to help train others to support positive youth development.
Register now to attend the February 9 (Thursday - 8 a.m.-12 p.m.) 4-hour AYD curriculum 'snapshot" held during Agent Update in Manhattan. See Agenda and Registration information at www.ksre.ksu.edu/employee_resources/p.aspx?tabid=206.
For a fee of $15 receive training from Cornell's approved AYD trainers (Elaine Johannes, Marcia Dvorak and Kansas Enrichment Network staff), materials and refreshment break.
AYD snapshot training participants will:
- Gain familiarity with the AYD content and how use this content to work with young people.
- Strengthen their ability to
communicate their youth development ideas, expertise and experience to their constituencies: board
members, families, co-workers, community leaders, and youth.
- Plan how to become
part of an informal AYD network throughout Kansas.
For more information contact Elaine Johannes, ejohanne@ksu.edu, or 785-532-7720. --Elaine Johannes
MARIE'S PICKS . . .
This week my picks are outcomes
and success stories from the Soil Fertility and the Community Development Program
Focus Teams:
Outcomes:
Improved nutrient use efficiency by increase in yields while
minimizing environmental impact; Increased number of producers implementing
nutrient management plans; and
Increase in the number of producers and acres involved in
soil testing programs.
Success Stories:
**From an
email received from one producer in Lebo, KS following the KSRE fertility
workshops held in Emporia:
. . . it was a very informative meeting on how to manage fertilizer
costs for our area. Our fertilizer inputs are among the highest bills we have
each year, so we try to be as efficient as possible without sacrificing grain
yields.
. . . In my farm operation for the 2012 season, I will save $6,000 over
500 acres of corn and sorghum in fertilizer costs due to K-State's Extension
program. Thanks for your support of Kansas Agriculture!
**Following the 2011 Annual Conference presentation
on Community Matters - What is Your Role?, the Community Development PFT was
approached directly by three extension agents to learn more about how they can
engage their Community Development Program Development Committee in Community
Development programming efforts. One made plans to host the April Board
Leadership Training, one adopted the Board Leadership Action Plan, and one
contacted all of the CD PFT members for ideas on how to engage the CD PFT. In
addition, an Extension Specialist who deals with irrigation was quoted as
saying "water is not just an issue that can be addressed through producer
irrigation best practices; it is a complex community
issue today." That is Community Development programming! –-Marie Blythe mblythe@ksu.edu
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