I am pleased to announce that Anthony Chavez has accepted the Assistant
Agent, 4-H Youth Development, Maricopa County position. Anthony has
considerable teaching, 4-H and outreach experience from New Mexico State
University. He is currently with the Maricopa Community Colleges at the
Glendale and Estrella Mountain campuses. Anthony will join our faculty
October 29, 2001.
* Evelyn Markee, candidate for Assistant/Associate Agent, Family & Consumer
Sciences/Community Health Programs, Cochise County, will be on campus for
interviews on Friday, September 21, 2001. The Webcast seminar will be from
noon - 1:00, and can be seen at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/webcasts.html
* The Executive Council has approved a $19.900 contribution to complement a
federal allocation of $24,000 and private contributions of $10,000 to
facilitate the celebration, marketing, and programmatic efforts for 100
years of 4-H in Arizona. The Celebration of the Centennial of the 4-H
movement will occur throughout 2002.
* Due to last week's events we are extending the deadline to order College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences apparel. The new deadline will be
September 28, 2001. Please keep in mind that the orders will not by in by
Staff Development Day. We will make sure that you receive your garments.
You may go to http://cals.arizona.edu/employees/shirts/shirts.htm to see
color photos of garments.
* We just received word of another successful proposal for work in Indian
Country. Joe Hiller, Stan Farlin and additional faculty from the Maricopa
County Extension office will be working closely with Arizona State
University's School of Planning and Landscape Architecture on the Salt
River/Pima Maricopa Indian Community east of Scottsdale. Arizona
Cooperative Extension will subcontract for educational programs on a
$538,000 "Partnership for Community Development Through Organic Farming"
grant. The program will feature a 4-H program, a cooperative farmer's
market, a demonstration farm and an ASU-UA distance-learning center
tailored for learning about culturally sensitive agricultural practices.
* Science Alive Conference - CEAC cooperators, including Dr. Pat Rorabaugh,
Dr. Merle Jensen, Dr. Gene Giacomelli, and many of the students and staff,
will be involved for several days with the Science Alive Conference is
January 2 ? 5, 2001. Science Alive has been organized in cooperation with
Curt Bertleson of the Flowing Wells School Agricultural Education
Department to train teachers in the classroom and the laboratory with
CEA-based programs. Students will also be able to experience the controlled
environment through hands-on experiences within the campus CEAC facilities.
See http://cals.arizona.edu/science_alive for more details.