The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
(Vol. 20 No. 28)
IN THIS ISSUE...
WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
As Extension celebrated the centennial signing of the Smith-Lever Act on May 8, the celebration continues. Archived speeches from the Centennial Convocation in Washington DC are now available through the following website: http://www.windrosemedia.com/windstream/ext100years/. Here are some additional resources available that were highlighted recently in the weekly newsletter that comes from Dr. Jane Schuchardt, Executive Director for the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP).
Virtual Centennial Festivities – Cooperative Extension’s Centennial is an eXtension featured
event this month in the online virtual world Second Life. Access to the event is at http://secondlife.com/destination/extension-centennial-celebration.
The celebration includes a Virtual State Fair decorated with a
Centennial theme, live musical performances, educational exhibits, live
stream of the Centennial Convocation on May 8th, and a fun video
recorded entirely on eXtension’s Morrill regions, where 86,000
unique visitors enjoyed a variety of virtual learning environments in
2013. View the four-minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadsygNwc48.
USDA Celebrates Extension – USDA honored the 100th anniversary of Cooperative
Extension with highlights at This
Week at USDA (2nd part of news clip) http://youtu.be/CTG_hE5_MYI.
Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at the May 8th convocation, along with USDA
Chief Scientist Catherine Woteki and USDA-NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy,
all of whom challenged Cooperative Extension to be innovative in the
next 100 years.
Congratulations from President Carter – Watch the two-minute video message
from President Jimmy Carter first aired at the centennial convocation on May 8th http://youtu.be/rfBkuMFaZ3o.
The 89-year-old is a 4-H'er, peanut farmer, public servant and
statesman. He comments on the importance of Cooperative Extension in his
family and his life as well as the important role Extension will play
in the future to feed the world. The video, made possible
by the University of Georgia, is view only. There is an additional
charge to use anything other than the produced piece shown at the
Convocation.
APLU Celebrates Centennial – President Peter McPherson wrote an essay, http://www.aplu.org/page.aspx?pid=2962,
and spoke at the May 8th convocation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsE5Fudyb7Y&list=UUjNa4QiDEehsw74V0pMfQMQ.
APLU staff posed with Smith, Lever and Knapp, cut-outs made available by the University of Florida Extension http://aplublog.blogspot.com/2014/05/slideshow-aplu-hangs-out-smith-lever.html. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
DAY OF PRIDE 2014 DOLLARS FOR DREAMS - DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION JUNE 1
Are communities in your area struggling to answer the question of whether or not to apply for a 501 (c) 3? Are your communities looking for funding sources or need a new idea for fundraising? Day of PRIDE 2014 will cover that! The theme for the day is “Dollars for Dreams,” which will give examples of fundraising, and will feature Julie Roller of the Kansas Rural Communities Foundation! In addition, as a part of the Day of PRIDE 2014 theme of “Dollars for Dreams," each site (Humboldt, Larned and Rossville) will be hosting a fundraiser to illustrate innovative ways to raise funds for your community projects, in a fun, simple way! The day will start at 9 a.m. and will adjourn around 3 p.m.
Registration is $30 per person, and includes break snacks and lunch. Day of PRIDE will provide an opportunity to learn about the host community PRIDE's success in funding projects, will feature our keynote speaker Julie Roller of the Kansas Rural Communities Foundation, round table discussions to learn from other PRIDE communities, award recognition, and a presentation on financial resources.
For more information, visit our website at kansasprideprogram.ksu.edu.
Or follow us on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/KansasPRIDE. --Jaime Menon jmenon@ksu.edu
4-H VOLUNTEER SCREENING Q AND A
What is a “new 4-H leader” for the purpose of the CBC cost being covered by the state?
A new 4-H leader is a person who has not, within the last two years, provided leadership in any 4-H role which requires volunteer screening.
How often do 4-H Volunteers need rescreening? Volunteers are to be rescreened every three years. For Volunteers who are registered (appointed) by July 31, 2014, their first required screening will be between August 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. This is three years from the August 1, 2014 start of the new process. Their next following rescreening would be between August 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
Can we start the screening earlier than August 1, 2017 to spread out the costs?
Yes you may. You may start any time after January 1, 2015. Volunteers will need to be rescreened every three years between August and December of the year they are due for rescreening, three years from the date of their last screening.
Under the current process, what constitutes a fully screened volunteer?
A fully screened volunteer is one for whom all the steps in the VIP/Volunteer Screening process have been completed.
What are those steps?
Complete Application, Reference check completed and passed, Orientation completed, Online background checks completed and passed (Kansas Registered Offenders site and KASPER site), their file has been reviewed (either by the Board as a whole, a subcommittee of the board or the VIP Review Committee), recommended for appointment and the Extension Council/Governing Board has appointed the Volunteer and the volunteer’s name is shown in the minutes. --Rod Buchele rbuchele@ksu.edu
KSRE TECH SUPPORT AND THE SUMMER BREAK
During the summer break, the Technology unit and KSRE Tech Support will have two technical support students. The IT Help Desk on campus has agreed to help us with questions regarding Office 365 (Email, Calendar, and Contacts), questions regarding Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Outlook), and questions regarding your eID. For those questions you can contact the IT Help Desk by phone at 785-532-7722 (800-865-6143 toll free) or email at helpdesk@k-state.edu. Summer hour availability for the IT Help Desk is provided here: http://www.k-state.edu/its/helpdesk/.
You will still be able to call 785-532-6270 or email ksresupport@ksu.edu for support, but we would encourage you to use the help desk during the summer break as needed to make sure your calls are handled as quickly as possible. Any questions that require additional assistance to be resolved will be forwarded to our team. When contacting the help desk, please make sure to identify yourself as part of KSRE to insure that tickets that require our attention can be sent to us as quickly as possible.
We would also like to mention that staff from the KSRE Technology unit and Information Technology Service at Kansas State will be hosting and attending the National Extension Technology Community Conference in Manhattan, May 20-22. Our technical support students and the Help Desk will be available to help answer your questions and contact us if there is an emergency.
We ask for your patience as we work to handle all your support requests during the summer months.
If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact the Technology unit at 785-532-6270 or email us at ksresupport@ksu.edu. --Joe Lear learj@ksu.edu
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