* We are very pleased to announce that Elizabeth Didier from Logan, Utah
has accepted the Assistant Agent, Agriculture/Natural Resources and 4-H
Youth Development, Hualapai/Havasupai Indian Tribes in Mohave County. Her
start date will be August 5, 2002.
* My sincere congratulations go to Steve Campbell, the faculty and staff of
Navajo County whose cooperation and efforts with the fire reflect very well
on the College and Cooperative Extension. Prior work by Steve and his
colleagues on forest issues were cited in the national news. We thank
Lynne Borden for her quick response in preparing packets for each of the 15
counties on Family and Youth issues that evolve because of such crisis like
the fire. In all, a good effort by a lot of good people.
* Congratulations to the Community Health Advancement Partnerships Team!
Team members include: Linda Larkey, Sharon Hoelscher-Day, Vickie Steinfelt,
Ralph Renger, Linda Block, Robin Harris, Marilynn Johnson, Joel Meister,
Linda Houtkouper and Stuart Cohen. We have been selected as the Western
Regional winner of the 2002 National Extension Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences Awards Program for the Florence Hall Award! The
presentation will be given at annual conference regional meeting brunch on
October 6 in Kansas City. Please notify Marilynn Johnson
jmarilyn@cals.arizona.edu
by July 15 if you will be attending the awards
presentation.
* Congratulations to Maria-del-Carmen Aranguren, graphic designer; Robert
Armstrong, database development; and Andrea Zechman, coordinator, for their
contributions with the NACAA Website Award.
* Congratulations to Cathy Cromell, Editor of Arizona Master Gardener
Press; Cathy Rymer and Terry Mikel, who each co-authored a chapter; and the
Maricopa County Master Gardeners for their efforts with the Learning Module
Award.
* WATCHING A DEMO CLASS WHILE IN YOUR OFFICE: ECAT is experimenting with
different ways to provide training and classes other than a face-to-face
mode, and will be offering four classes this summer using a
web-conferencing system from the University of Illinois. The class topics
and dates are: An Overview to Dreamweaver 4.0, July 17, 10-11:30; Web
Basics in Photoshop 6, July 31, 9-10:15; Web Basics in Fireworks 4, August
8, 9-10:15; Using the Rotating Script on the AgServer, August 13, 1-2:15.
What is different about these classes is that you take them while in your
office, using a phone (a conference phone call) so you can hear and ask
questions, and AT THE SAME TIME use the browser on your computer to connect
to a special website which will let you see the instructor's computer
screen. The cost of the system is $13 per hour. Following a class each
participant will be billed for the number of minutes the class lasted.
More details about the coverage of each class and its prerequisites are at
http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/.
There is also a link on this page for
the registration form. If you are interested in taking a class using this
system, but the dates are not good for you, send a private email to
ffolinda@cals.arizona.edu.
The recent, two-day Bone Builders volunteer training was held in three
sites simultaneously using the UA Health Sciences videoconferencing system
in Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff. Special thanks to Extension faculty
involved in the training - Sharon Hoelscher Day, Linda Block, Lynne
Durrant, Marilynn Johnson; Bone Builders staff - Eva Paz-Ono, Liz Scholl,
Diane Katz, Miriam Nichols; and Bone Builders volunteer, Christine Henry,
with the Flagstaff Medical Center who worked with 43 new volunteers or
staff. Outside speakers included Dr. Jeff Lisse, UA Arthritis Center;
Vanessa Standford and Dr. Scott Going, UA Dept. of Nutritional Sciences;
and Dr. Tim Lohman, UA Dept. of Physiology. The new volunteers represented
seven counties.
Sherry Betts, Karen Tepper, Dan McDonald, James Roebuck and Roshni Menon in
the School of Family and Consumer Sciences are pleased to announce the
launch of the Building Partnerships for Youth web site! The web site,
developed in partnership with National 4-H Council and The University of
California-Davis, can be located at http://www.bpy.n4h.org/.
It provides professionals with a database of youth development program options to help
youth ages 9-13 develop the motivation to make healthy choices and thus
delay the onset of sexual intercourse. Detailed information is provided
for each program listed on the site. Additionally the Building
Partnerships for Youth web site provides other resources relating to
positive youth development and an opportunity to interact with colleagues
across the country. We invite you to please visit us often at
http://www.bpy.n4h.org/ as we are
constantly updating our site.
CALS 2002 Faculty Conference will be August 27-29, 2002. Please be sure to
register on-line at:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/ac2002registration.html
and Don't Forget to register for the Poster Session at:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/poster.html.
How about a round of
golf before the conference with Ken Foster? He has reserved a starting
time for 16 players at the Omni Golf Resort, August 27, 2002 at 7:00 a.m.
The cost is $45 per person plus tax ($47.52 total). This includes green
fees and cart. Anyone interested in participating should contact Ken
Foster at kfoster@cals.arizona.edu. The goal is 4 foursomes. If we need
more, we can get them.