I want to acknowledge and
thank the CALS 2002 Faculty Conference committee who worked diligently on the
success of the conference. Conference Chairs: Lisa Lauxman and Ed Martin. Co-Chairs:
Lucy Bradley and Dotty Sherwood-Cooney. 2002 Conference Committee Members: Mark
Arns, Barry Bequette, Robert Call, Timothy Dennehy, Mike Hauser, David Kerns,
James Knight, William McCloskey, Scottie Misner, Barron Orr, Jeff Schalau, Ursula
Schuch, Larry Sullivan, Darcy Tessman, James Walworth and Kennith Foster. "Special
thanks" to Robert Armstrong, Sheila Merrigan and Robert Lanza. We were fortunate
to have some dynamic speakers at the conference and would like to acknowledge
the following: Author Baxter Black did a dynamic job as our guest luncheon speaker
and we appreciated his gift in entertaining us and shared excerpts from his
book; Jim Knight did a wonderful job as Master of Ceremonies for the Awards
Luncheon and served as the Keynote speaker presenting "Teaching Effectiveness:
Skill and Attitude". Thank you, Jim; Lee Weber-Koch, JoAnne Skelly, and Claudene
Wharton, University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension presented "Tools of the
Trade: Marketing Extension". During their presentation they repeatedly referred
to the UA Cooperative Extension Marketing Manual. This information can be found
at: http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/reference/marketman/.
Next week we will list the conference award winners.
We are pleased to announce that Sharon Hoelscher Day, Maricopa County, Lynn
A. Joens, Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology and Michael E.
Konkel, Washington State University, received a grant for $580,608 on the
Assessment of the Pathogenicity of Campylobacter jejuni in Broilers.
Reminder that requests for proposals for Integrated Pest Management funds are
due to Deborah Young on September 13, 2002. Each state receives federal funds
from CSREES for Cooperative Extension programs in IPM. Federal guidelines require
that IPM funds allocated to Arizona be spent solely on Extension programs. These
funds are separate from the Regional IPM funds, which are allocated for both
research and extension in a competitive process. For more information, see the
RFP at http://cals.arizona.edu/internal/programs/ipmrfp02.pdf.
Southwest Issues in Agriculture Labor will present a workshop with the
following topics: Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural
Labor (a new resource available both on-line and in print), Southwest
Labor: More Than Just Agriculture, Battling Heat Stress in Agricultural
Field Work, and Hot Topics in Labor and Employment Law. These will be
offered on September 26, 2002 at the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
office, 4341 E. Broadway, Phoenix, AZ (602) 470-8086 and September 27, 2002
at the Yuma County Cooperative Extension office, 2200 W. 28th Street, Suite
102, (928) 726-3904.
Dave Cox will be conducting the annual sabbatic leave conference call which
has been set for Thursday, September 12 at 11:00am and it is not too late to
be a part of the call. If you are interested in becoming a candidate for sabbatical
leave in 2003, you will want to be "on-line" for this discussion. The purpose
of the call is to offer suggestions for successful submissions, to discuss the
requirements for eligibility, and to share information on any new policies.
Contact Steven Crofts at 621-7145 or scrofts@cals.arizona.edu
to sign up for the call. Teleconference dial-in information and an agenda will
be sent to participants prior to the call.