Last week's Annual Faculty Conference was a great success. A Special
Thanks to Carol Willis and Russ Tronstad who co-Chaired this year's event,
and to the entire Planning Committee for putting this program together.
Congratulations to Paul W. Brown from Soil, Water, and Environmental
Sciences for being named the 1999 Extension Faculty of the Year. He
received a check for $1,000 and an engraved plaque celebrating this honor.
Congratulations to the following Poster Awards Winners. Monetary awards
will be transferred into appropriate program accounts.
Outreach Education Category
First Place: "Tobacco Use Prevention Education", $275. Submitted by
Marifloyd Hamil and Juanita O'Campo Waits.
Second Place: "Profit and Risk Management Analysis for Today's Rancher",
$200. Submitted by Bob Kattnig, Jim Sprinkle, Trent Teegerstrom and Russ
Tronstad.
Third Place: "National 4-H Impact Assessment Project", $150. Submitted by
Allyson Baehr, Lisa Lauxman, Bill Peterson and Allison Titcomb.
Fourth Place: "Bone Builders - Osteoporosis Prevention Education", $100.
Submitted by Sharon Hoelscher Day, Pam Davison and Linda Larkey.
Research Category
First Place: "Resistance of Elms (and Hybrids) to Elm Leaf Beetle", $275.
Submitted by Steve Campbell, Mike Wagner (NAU), and Frederick Miller
(University of Illinois Coop. Ext.)
Second Place: "Arthropod Diversity of Exotic vs. Native Robinia Species in
Northern Arizona", $200. Submitted by Tom DeGomez and Mike Wagner (NAU).
* Four candidates for the Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development,
Yuma County will be presenting campus seminars on Wednesday, December 22,
1999 in Forbes 307. Seminar Announcements have been distributed noting
appropriate times for each candidate. The title of these seminars is:
"Developing and Implementing Innovative 4-H Youth Development Programs in
Yuma County."
* Congratulations to Beth Tucker, Coconino County Extension, who also
received approval for Sabbatic leave.
* Take a minute or two and check out the new feature on the Extension Home
Page: Cochise County Master Gardener's Website.
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension
James A. Christenson, Ph.D.
(jimc@cals.arizona.edu)
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/director/
Associate Dean and Director
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Forbes, Room 301
Tucson, Arizona 85721
520/621-7209
520/621-1314 FAX