Arizona had the pleasure of hosting The Bridging the Gap Between Research
and Practice: Creating Common Ground for Youth Development conference in
Tucson last week. The conference was co-sponsored by the School of Family
Consumer Sciences and the William T. Grant Foundation, hosted by the
Institute for Children, Youth and Families, and chaired by Lynne Borden.
This conference brought 150 people from across the United States to Tucson
to discuss issues relevant to the field of youth development. Participants
represented researchers, funders, practitioners, and policy makers in the
field of youth development. Dean Sander gave the opening address and
leaders in the field such as Heather Weiss from Harvard, Karen Pittman form
the Forum for Youth Investment, Karen Hein from the William T. Grant
Foundation, and Dale Blyth of the University of Minnesota delivered keynote
addresses. Together this national group discussed effective ways to
increase the quality of the research, the translation of research to
practice, and better program practices for the field of youth development.
On Wednesday morning, Lynne Borden chaired a special meeting of 30
participants from across the State of Arizona to begin a discussion
pertaining to the field of youth development. Soyeon Shim, Collin
Kaltenbach, Lynne Borden, Sherry Betts, Beth Tucker, Margaret Stone, Mari
Wilhelm, Bonnie Barber, Ruth Carter, Jan Norquest, Lisa Lauxman, Donna
Peterson, Lucinda Richmond, Dan McDonald, Roshni Menon, Denise Herrera,
DenYelle Baete Kenyon and James Roebuck represented the School of Family
Consumer Sciences, Arizona Experiment Station and Arizona Cooperative
Extension.
The Pima County Disaster Animal Response Group will be holding a press conference
on Wednesday morning regarding the attempt to halt the Exotic Newcastle Disease
(END) from encroaching further into Arizona. Peder Cuneo, Extension Veterinarian,
has posted information sheets on the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab website at http://microvet.arizona.edu/AzVDL/info.html.
ECAT is proposing to teach three classes this spring related to creating graphics
for a website: a hands-on class on Photoshop Web Basics on February 28, a demo
on Fireworks Basics on March 10, and a distance class on Photoshop for the Web
which begins April 1 and lasts for four weeks; there would be weekly assignments
for this distance class. The distance class has no face-to-face component, but
there is a small fee to pay for a CD with tutorials and sample files. For more
details on all three classes, topics covered, and a link to a registration form,
see http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/web-graphic-classes.html.
Attend the 18th Annual Arizona Agribusiness Forum, Friday, March 7, at the beautiful
New Student Union (Arizona Ballroom B) on the University of Arizona campus.
The conference theme is "Critical Issues for Arizona Agriculture." Expert speakers
will highlight the new farm bill and trade policy, new risk management insurance
tools for farmers and ranchers, public lands management, immigration reform,
and current water issues. Register soon! Use the Web, call, or email for Registration
Materials. On the Web, go to http://cals.arizona.edu/arec/dept/events.html
and click on Arizona Agribusiness Forum Registration. By phone or email, contact
Teri Lamour (520-621-2581 or tlamour@cals.arizona.edu)
or Harry Ayer (ayer@cals.arizona.edu).