Dr. Michael Crimmins will join the faculty in January 2005 as the Assistant
Extension Specialist in Climate Science. This is a new area of operation for
the SWES Department, but that offers a tremendous degree of opportunity both
in the short and long term range of development. Michael's program in
Climate Science will provide an opportunity to interact with SWES faculty as
well as other faculty in CALS. Very importantly, Michael will have the
opportunity to develop a program that is truly interdisciplinary and will by
it's very nature be interacting with many different programs across campus
and other agencies in our region.
The annual meeting of the Arizona Pecan Growers Association took place last
Friday in Tucson. My special thanks to Michael Kilby, Extension Professor
Emeritus, for his continuing leadership. Also, thanks to FICO, Fertizona
and other groups for their support. Jim Walworth, Rick Gibson, Bill
McCloskey, and Ryan Rector, graduate assistant, gave talks. Over 60
attended, many from New Mexico.
Next week we'll be announcing the official Call for Proposals for the
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (CALS) James P. & Shirley J. O'Brien
Endowment Award. These awards are intended to further the mission that
Shirley O'Brien believed in and fulfilled in her 27 years at the University
of Arizona, that is, "a passion for diversity in people, programs and ideas"
- particularly, "the awareness of diversity, respect for the richness of
diversity that exists in CALS Cooperative Extension, and the belief that
diversity brings quality to CALS Cooperative Extension." Details for
proposal submission will be included at that time.
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 22 - "UA Discusses Diversity," the first campus-wide diversity
celebration is a day designed to demonstrate clearly, from the first moment
of the year, the importance of diversity at the UA. There will be many
events and discussions throughout the day and a complete list of activities
is available at
http://diversity.arizona.edu/pdf/Diversity%20Program_8_31_04.pdf .
October 6 - 2004 MAC Field Day, Maricopa Agricultural Center. As in past
years, there is a call for posters for the poster session. The poster
session is a unique opportunity for extensionists, researchers and companies
to showcase their programs, projects and products. This year the session
will take place under the covered parking area on the South side of the
building. Tables (3x8) will be available as well as poster boards (4x8).
Electricity is available for those who need it. For more information,
contact Ed Martin (edmartin@cals.arizona.edu / 520-568-2273) or go to
http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/meetings/2004/MACfieldday04.html .
October 18-19 - AZ Highlands Garden Conference will be held at Cliff Castle
Lodge, Camp Verde. A pre-conference garden tour will be held October 17. For
registration form and information go to
http://cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/ahgc/conference2004.html .
October 29 - 2004 Touchstone Energy AGCAT Open Golf Tournament will be
kicking off CALS Homecoming at the El Conquistador golf resort. Registration
and breakfast will be from 6:30-7:15am and the tournament will begin at
7:30. Player spots and sponsorship opportunities are available, but are
going quickly. For more information, contact Jim Davis
(jdavis@ag.arizona.edu / 520-626-7995).