The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
(Vol. 20 No. 35)
IN THIS ISSUE...
WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
Becoming the Best-Not-Kept-Secret in Kansas. Whenever I look at the various social media, newsletters and
press releases that describe our Extension exploits, I am pleased with how far we have
come with regard to telling our story. Thank you for working diligently to tell the story of Extension's impact. It helps us to reach out to and help more people. It provides those unfamiliar with us to know more about our focus and work within communities. It also helps to make stakeholders understand us better and provide the needed resources to continue doing this Extension work that we love so much!
As we further refine our publicity and marketing skills,
I ask that you keep the following in mind:
1.
Make our local, area and state Extension
professionals look like the rock stars! Inform the public about their
knowledge, skills and program specialization. Let the public know how participating in their educational programs is making a difference.
2. Always communicate the real “Why?” behind
our existence, programming and activities.
3. Promote both our “on demand” services and
our proactive programming endeavors.
4.
Advertise upcoming Extension activities. 5. Tell the public about programs that have just happened, making them wish they had been there.
6.
Demonstrate the impact of our work.
It may be difficult and perhaps ill-advised to address all
six of these points in a single message, but I encourage you to address all six in your comprehensive communication plan. By regularly communicating these
points, we will become the Best-Not-Kept-Secret in Kansas.
Have a great week! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
PLANNING SUCCESSFUL FARM & RANCH SUCCESSIONS PROGRAM
Succession – the process that transfers farm and ranch
ownership, management and leadership from one generation to another – is an
important issue on farms & ranches and in rural communities across Kansas.
Very few topics in agriculture take such an emotional toll on farm and ranch
families as succession. Unfortunately, there are very few entities positioned to
help farm and ranch families learn about and develop a comprehensive
succession plan. K-State Research & Extension can fill this void.
Recently a multidisciplinary team of K-State Research &
Extension professionals (led by Forrest Buhler and Char Henton of our Kansas
Agricultural Mediation Services unit and me) were awarded a North Central Risk
Management Education Grant to develop and implement a comprehensive succession
education and service program. The program will enable K-State Research &
Extension to:
- offer four regional one-day farm and ranch
succession conferences across Kansas in 2014-2015 to build knowledge about farm
& ranch succession issues
- develop and maintain a website dedicated to
providing archived succession planning webinars, videos and other educational
resources
- provide succession planning facilitation
services to farm and ranch families
- train Extension professionals and other
interested parties to be succession planning facilitators
For more information, please contact:
Forrest Buhler at 785-532-6958 or fbuhler@ksu.edu
Char Henton at 785-532-6958 or char@ksu.edu
Gregg Hadley at 785-532-5838 or ghadley@ksu.edu
--Gregg Hadley
WORKSHOPS FOR THE KANSAS YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM
It is time to recruit workshop
instructors/presenters for the 15th Annual Kansas Youth Leadership Forum to be
held in November at Rock Springs 4-H Center. This event for youth, ages 14-18, will have workshop opportunities on Saturday, November 22. Topics should center on leadership. Some ideas might
include, but are not limited to, community service, citizenship,
communications, conflict management, ethics, motivation, decision making,
leading by example, time management, international citizenship, multi-cultural studies,
diversity, business etiquette and getting involved after high school. The
Kansas State 4-H Youth Council members hope that you will be interested in
sharing your expertise or talent with this opportunity.
The letter and proposal submission information are both on the State 4-H website, on the KYLF page. Proposals
are due by July 15, and will be submitted online.
Questions can be directed to Beth Hinshaw, bhinshaw@ksu.edu. --Beth Hinshaw or Sarah Keatley Keatley@ksu.edu
RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR PHIL SLODERBECK
Phil Sloderbeck is rafting down the river of retirement! Let's celebrate years spent and a job well done.
WHEN: Friday, August 1, 2014WHERE: Southwest Research-Extension Center, 4500 E. Mary Street, Garden City KS TIME: 12:30 p.m. for sandwiches and refreshments. Program to follow.
RSVP to Lynn Harshbarger by email: harshbar@ksu.edu or call 620-275-9164. --Lynn Harshbarger
DIVERSITY PROGRAMS OFFICE SUMMER UPDATE
Our summer programs are officially in full swing in the Diversity Programs Office (DPO). Having the students on campus motivates our staff every day to work hard for them to have a great experience!
Here is a look into how our summer programs are progressing:
• K-State Research & Extension (KSRE) Multicultural Undergraduate & Graduate Summer Research Fellows have hit the one month mark of working here at K-State. In addition, they only have a month left working on their research projects until the program comes to a close for this summer. The fellows had an opportunity to visit an extension office on July 8. Thank you to Riley County Extension Office for hosting the fellows for their informational visit. Reminder that their research presentations will be given on Wednesday, July 23, at 10 a.m. in Waters Hall, Room 137.
• Transfer BRIDGE (Building Relationships to Internships and Diverse Group Experiences) Program students have been working with their faculty research mentors for a month now. With only a month left for this program we wanted to remind you that their research presentations will be given on Tuesday, July 22, at 1:30 p.m. in Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Room 2002.
• MAPS: The Project IMPACT Summer Bridge Program students are halfway done, having finished three weeks of the six-week program. For our first College Night, our College of Agriculture (COA) students had the privilege of touring the USDA Center for Grain & Animal Health Research hosted by Tom Shanower, Center Director. Our Second COA College Night we had a presentation given by Dr. Choma, Interim Assistant Dean of Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention and previously he worked at K-State College of Veterinary Medicine where he had been the director of undergraduate public health programs for Pathways to Public Health and the Master of Public Health field experience facilitator. On Wednesday, July 9, the students will attend an Expert Panel Discussion for their Bio-Fuels project. In addition, on Friday, July 11, the MAPS students will be in Bartlesville, OK to tour Phillips 66. The MAPS students will have their poster presentation on Wednesday, July 23, at 1:30 p.m. in the Student Union.
Please continue to look for more diversity events as we continue to advertise. We appreciate your support. For more information about upcoming events or to collaborate with the DPO, please call 785-532-5793 or contact Dr. Zelia Wiley, Assistant Dean of Diversity, zwiley@ksu.edu. --Zelia Wiley
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