Change brings opportunities!! The State 4-H Office is in the process of
undergoing changes in its personnel configuration. Lisa Lauxman will be
starting October 1st as interim Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth
Development. Curt Peters will be joining the State Staff as Interim
Curriculum Coordinator at 50% time as of October providing a special
emphasis on science and technology. Lisa and Curt are in their respective
positions until July 1, 2001. Sandra Saad is serving as interim State 4-H
Events and Activities Coordinator. Linda Roth is in a one year temporary
position as secretary/receptionist. Margaret Gallegos is working 75% time
as accounting specialist providing major support for the Character
Education and Assessment projects. Alexandria Romero is the office
specialist supporting the curriculum process. Joanie Craig is in her same
position as Administrative Associate. Most importantly, Bill Peterson
still serves as Assistant Director 4-H Youth Development. Good Luck to ALL.
* Watch the Interviews for LaPaz County on Video Streaming. A couple of
URL notes... On Wednesday, September 27, 2000 the Area Assistant/Associate
Extension Agent seminars for La Paz and Mohave Counties should be broadcast
from the following URL: rtsp://128.196.152.6/g2/forbes-studio.rm We'll
give the seminars a different broadcast address so that RealServer can
simultaneously serve the Marley video if we need to. The archives will be
in several different files:
rtsp://128.196.152.6/archive/galadima-seminar.rm
rtsp://128.196.152.6/archive/walser-seminar.rm They will also be available
over the web at: http://128.196.152.6/video-archives We learned yesterday
that Alan Henn has withdrawn his name from consideration. He accepted a
position with the University of Missouri.
* The Distributed Learning Team, with funds provided by College
Administration, is soliciting proposals to enhance our distributed learning
capacity in the college. A total of $20,000 will be awarded. College
faculty and academic professionals may submit proposals, with a deadline of
November 1. The RFP is found
at: http://cals.arizona.edu/distributed_learning/rfp.htm, and copies are
being sent to each department head and county director. For more
information, contact James Knight at 520/621-1523 or by e-mail:
jknight@cals.arizona.edu
* Corky Poster, his students in the College of Architecture, Planning and
Landscape Architecture program, and the Drachman Institute have announced
their List of Projects for the upcoming year. Two of the projects
are: A) a request for assistance from Mohave County to develop a long
term development plan for the Mohave County Fairgrounds. The project will
be developed in the Fall of 2000 and the Spring of 2001 as either a
Capstone project for a 5th year Architecture student or a group project in
the Interdisciplinary Community Design Studio. B) The Town of Parker is in
the midst of a very difficult decision regarding the direction of its
future growth. They have requested assistance in the preparation of a
vision plan to guide the future development and planning of a large area to
the south of the Town. This project will be done in 2000-01 either as a
Planning Master Student Report or a project in the 611 Projects course in
the School of Planning. In either case it will be done under the direction
of the Director of the School of Planning, Professor Barbara
Becker. Congratulations!
* Western Regional Master Gardener Conference, October 14-16,
2000. Information and materials can be found at:
http://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/calendar/mg2000.htm
* The 10th Annual Desert Vegetable Workshop and EXPO will be November 1 in
Yuma. More details to follow.