The Teen Interactive Theater Educators program (TITE) of Maricopa County Cooperative Extension received an award for their contributions to youth development from the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. TITE, a program at Phoenix Regional High School, teaches young people to write, direct and perform skits about risk behaviors for younger students. This group has performed on several occasions throughout the city of Phoenix including the 12th Annual Teen Conference. Congratulations to Ruth Carter, Hilary Cummings and Rachele Golliher for implementing this successful program. Ruth and Hilary are happy to announce that this program will expand to the Salt River Indian Reservation next year.
Congratulations to Darcy Dixon and Patty Merk for the funding of up to $92,859 on their DES proposal on early brain development. Funding will begin on July 7, 2003 and has the potential to be funded for 5 years. The proposed "Mind Matters Training Institute" is scheduled for presentation in several statewide locations including Maricopa, Pinal, Mohave, Cochise, Gila, Graham and Yavapai counties from October 2003 through May 2004. Call Darcy or Patty for more details.
At the 2003 ACE/NETC meeting in Kansas City in June, Linda Ffolliott (ECAT) was honored at the annual Critiques and Awards banquet. She received the Gold Award in the class Technology Education for her online Dreamweaver training project. This class taught in the fall of 2002 had three components: materials and quizzes through WebCT, videolike tutorials done with Camtasia, and online demonstrations given over the web. In addition, Linda was given the Outstanding Professional Skill Award for the category of Information Technology. Even though the complete class materials require special logons on WebCT to see, some of the class materials can be found at the indicated address. Linda, congratulations from Extension!
A reminder to new faculty: start-up dollars should be used within two-years of your start date otherwise it will revert back to the College. The following website address (http://www.indianaffairs.state.az.us/tribes/tribes.html) is where you'll find contact information for Indian Tribes, Nations and Communities in Arizona. Joe Hiller urges that we begin including them on your mailing lists if you're not already doing so. It should be particularly useful when you are sponsoring or promoting a statewide-scale event. Additional information of this nature can be found on the links page of our CALS/Extension Native American Program website (http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/nativeamerican/).
All women who are involved in agriculture are invited to the Seventh Annual Women in Agriculture Conference. This conference is co-sponsored by CALS and the Arizona Farm Bureau. Nationally recognized and Certified Speaking Professional, Jolene Brown, will lead the lunch and afternoon session. The conference kicks off with a get acquainted activity on July 17 at 7pm and then you will spend July 18, "Getting Ready...Head to Toe." The registration form can be found at http://azfb.org/wiac.htm. Registration is $30 and includes lunch on July 18. The conference will be held at the Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa. Room reservations can be made directly with the Hilton by calling 1-800-544-5866. Room cost is $59 single or double occupancy. For further information, contact Monica Pastor (mpastor@ag.arizona.edu).
The Second Annual Arizona Weed Contest and Training Symposium will be held on August 13, 2003 at the Maricopa Agricultural Center. Six CEUs will be applied for from both Arizona and California for those attending. Sessions will include Weed Identification, Herbicide Identification, Equipment Calibration, Production Problem Solving, Weed Training, and a Tour of Weed Control Demonstration Plots. To register or obtain more information, contact Patrick Clay (602-470-8086, ext. 313) or pclay@ag.arizona.edu.