The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
(Vol. 21 No. 10)
IN THIS ISSUE...
WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
Kansas Legislature is now in session. Today, Dr. Floros is meeting with the Senate and House agriculture committees, and delivering the 2015 K-State Research and Extension report to those committee members.
Next week we will be delivering the report to all Kansas Senate and House members with a personal letter that will provide each legislator with local contacts (email and phone numbers) of the Extension unit director and board chair from all the local Extension units within a given legislator's district.
We will be sending copies of the Research and Extension report to all local units and departmental offices for distribution. For local Extension units, we offer some suggestions on how you might use these reports to market Research and Extension along with the work ongoing within your local Extension unit.
- Deliver a copy of the report to people you feel are influential in the community. This could be local elected officials, board members, and civic, community, and business leaders.
- Organize
the programming work you are doing related to the five grand challenges, and present
the impact of that work to your extension council and other civic and community
groups (Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Optimists, etc.).
- Share
the legislative report with local media and write a column and/or record a
program that highlights the report and the local work you are doing related to
the challenges. Feel free to use some of the language in the report to introduce
the grand challenge and its context and then add your work that is
relevant. Also, remember to highlight
strong results from your programs.
- Share
the website information http://www.ksu.edu/challenges that ties to the legislative report in all your
meetings and communications. Also, you can draw from the website to make your
work easier – using content presented there.
- Emphasize
how K-State Research and Extension is a system within Kansas State University
that brings the relevant, vital research and information you can trust to help
people, businesses and communities solve problems, develop skills and build a
better future.
Looking forward to Partnership Meetings starting next week! Hope you have your board members signed up and ready for an interactive day. Have a great week! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
KEAFCS/NEAFCS AWARDS DUE JANUARY 15
This is a friendly reminder that KEAFCS/NEAFCS awards are due this week, January 15, 2015. There are almost 30 award categories. Applications should be submitted electronically at the NEAFCS website, http://www.neafcs.org/awards, AND to the regional committee chair person.
Submit Professional Development awards applications to Nancy Schuster, nschuste@ksu.edu. Submit Communications & Public Relation awards applications to Deanna Turner, dturner@ksu.edu. Submit Program awards applications to Rebecca McFarland, rmcfarla@ksu.edu. Go to the NEAFCS website for forms and details about each award, http://www.neafcs.org/awards.
For information or questions, contact Nozella Brown at nlbrown2@ksu.edu. --Nozella Brown, VP of KEAFCS Awards and Recognition
2015 CHANGES IN EFAP NON-APPROPRIATED FUNDS ACCOUNTING
There will be an EFAP Non-Appropriated funds accounting upgrade
and change in local unit accounting procedures for non-appropriated
receipts and expenditures beginning with the January 2015 Monthly Financial
Reports. The EFAP upgrade and explanations for the new accounting process will
be posted on the KSRE Financial Document Web Page before the end of January
2015 and in time for the completion of January financial reports.
Non-Appropriated Funds category (previously known as Educational
Services) receipts and expenditures, is replaced by CostRecovery, Gifts, Grants
and Sales categories, which will then all consolidate to the Non-Appropriated
Funds Columns of the KSU 8-7b Receipts, KSU 8-6 Expenditure reports, and
enables the activity based KSU 8-9 Non-Appropriated Funds report. As before,
there are two layers of unlimited codes below
the CostRecovery, Gifts, Grants and Sales levels. In other words, all
non-appropriated funds will now be classified into one of the four
general categories listed above and each of those classes will provide the
capability for as many sub-categories as are necessary for local accounting and
management needs. For example, in the Grants category, a local unit may have as
many sub-categories as they have different grants to administer.
Additional information about the new accounting procedures for non-appropriated funds can be found on the Employee Resources website in the Administrative Handbook, Chapter 3 - Use of Cooperative Extension Funds. -- Jim Lindquist jlindquist@ksu.edu; Robert Casey rcasey@ksu.edu
2013 WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER TO SPEAK AT K-STATE ON JANUARY 26
Robert Fraley, who led a team of Monsanto scientists that
developed plant biotechnology in 1983, has been chosen to be the first speaker
in KansasState University’s Henry C. Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture series. In
2013, Fraley and two colleagues received the prestigious World Food Prize for
their achievements in founding, developing and applying modern agricultural
biotechnology.
Fraley will speak at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 26, in McCain Auditorium. The
lecture is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public. Fraley’s
talk is titled, “2050: Agriculture’s Role In Mitigating Global
Challenges."
Information and links to a live videostream will be available online at www.k-state.edu/globalfood/.
In 1983, Fraley and three other Monsanto scientists were the first to
genetically modify plants, and 13 years later, he helped to lead the successful
commercial launch of Roundup Ready soybeans and Bollgard insect-protected
cotton in the United States.
By 2013, Fraley’s work in this area contributed to crops growing on more than
175 million hectares (more than 430 million acres) around the world by 18
million farmers. More than 90 percent of the farmers are small, resource-poor
farmers in developing countries.
The new lecture series has been endowed by the Gardiner family and is created
by K-State Research and Extension/College of Agriculture.
More information on Fraley's January 26 talk at K-State is available at www.k-state.edu/globalfood/lecture-series/.
--Pat Melgares melgares@ksu.edu
WEBINAR FOR KSRE PROFESSIONALS ON KS FARMERS MARKET REGULATIONS
With
the growing interest in farmers markets, KSRE professionals across the state may
be getting an increasing number of questions regarding what products can and
can't be sold at a farmers market without a license or how vendors can sell
things as safely as possible. In response to this, the food safety sub-group of
the Nutrition, Food Safety and Health PFT will be hosting a free zoom webinar
for KSRE professionals from 11 a.m. - noon on Tuesday, January 27. Londa Nwadike,
KSU and MU State Extension Food Safety Specialist, will present on “Selling at
Farmers Markets- regulations and food safety best practices” and will also
provide information on the updated KS Farmers Market regulations and best
practices publication, which was done jointly with KDA. She can also answer
questions at that time regarding the upcoming regional farmers market vendor
workshops and the state Farmers Market conference.
The
power point slides and webinar recording will be made available after the
webinar. To
join the webinar, use the following information on the day of the webinar:
Join
from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/878118682
Or
join by phone:
+1
(415) 762-9988 or +1 (646) 568-7788 US Toll
Meeting ID: 878 118 682
International numbers available: https://ksu.zoom.us/zoomconference
Or join from a H.323/SIP room system:
Dial:
162.255.36.11 (US East) or 162.255.37.11 (US West)
Meeting ID: 878 118 682
--Londa Nwadike lnwadike@ksu.edu
PFT TRAINING ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT
A professional development training
has been scheduled on February 10-11, 2015, at K-State-Salina and is being hosted by the Youth Development PFT. The session will
begin with lunch at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 10, and conclude early
afternoon on Wednesday, February 11. The session is open to all PFT teams.
The purpose of the training is to increase our understanding
and confidence in program development and measuring impact. Training topics include:
- a program development refresher led by Dr. Gregg
Hadley, KSRE, Assistant Director;
- a tutorial on the 4-H Common Measures (led by
Dr. Jill Walahoski, University of NE);
- how to use Qualtrics and K-Pics more
effectively, and;
- how to translate the data generated in Qualtrics
and K-Pics into an effective report for stakeholders.
This training is limited to 20 people. There is
NO registration fee for Youth Development PFT members. Other PFT team members
will be charged a $30 registration fee. Travel and one night’s lodging would be
the responsibility of all participants. Registration is due February 4.
Register at this link: Youth
Development PFT Professional Development Training Registration.
A block of rooms have been booked for February 10 (one night) at:
Country Inn and Suites
2760 S 9th Street
Salina, KS
785-827-1271
Registrants should call the hotel directly (no online
reservations) and request a room under K-State Research & Extension. Room rates are $83 until February 4.
If you have questions, please contact one of the
subcommittee members. YD PFT Professional Development Subcommittee: Diane Mack,
Beth Hinshaw, Aliesa Woods, Sarah Maass, Charlene Miller and Barbara Stone. --Barbara Stone bjstone@ksu.edu
PRESERVING THE FAMILY WITH ESTATE PLANNING: NW AREA WORKSHOPS
Preserving the Family with Estate Planning will be held in two locations in the NW area this year, first in Stockton on February 19, and then in Colby on February 20. Both workshops will be held from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Attorneys and K-State Experts will be speakers at this event and will cover several topics including Getting Motivated to Plan, Estate Planning 101: Asset Protection, Family Communication in Estate Planning, Long Term Health Care Planning, and Farm Succession. There will also be a Q & A session at the end of the day with all of the speakers.
Early Registration is $20 and is due by February 11. For more information or to register, go to http://northwest.ksu.edu/p.aspx?tabid=106.
We would appreciate everyone's help spreading the word about this event in the northwest area, whether it's by word of mouth, Facebook, in your newsletter, or in your local paper. Everything is appreciated! --Estate Planning Workshop Team
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