FACULTY AND EXTENSIONIST OF THE YEAR AWARDS:
Each year we recognize both our faculty and our strong contributors to Extension programs with the Extension Faculty of the Year Award and the Extensionist of the Year Award. It is time to make a call for nominations and I strongly encourage you to submit a recommendation for the Faculty of the Year and/or the Extensionist of the Year awards. This year we are requesting nominations for both 2007 and 2008 since we did not have a Faculty Conference last year. The Faculty of the Year awards will be presented at the 2008 Faculty Conference in August where the recipients will receive $1,000 and a plaque. The Extensionist of the Year awards will be presented at an appropriate college-wide event to recognize residents of the State of Arizona who have contributed time and talent, through Cooperative Extension, to citizens of their community and state. Letters of nomination from faculty and staff in Extension should state the nature and extent of the service that the individual has performed and how it has benefited the community, the state and its citizens. Please submit your nominations to the Cooperative Extension office by May 1 . Extension Faculty of the Year Award nomination forms and criteria are located at http://ag.arizona.edu/awards/extfacultyawd.html. A nomination for the Extensionist of the Year Award is located at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/download/2007-08_Nomination_Form.pdf. If you have any questions, please contact my office (520.621.7205).
WEB FORM TRAINING VIDEOS:
Linda Ffolliott with ECAT has posted videos on their website showing how to create an online form using Dreamweaver. Several videos have been added recently, including videos which show how to create an email template, create a data template and log file, reference the files needed by FormHandler, and import data from a datafile into Excel. These videos can be found at http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/forms/.
FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:
Over 700 people, including 150 students, participated in the 2nd Annual Southwest Ag Summit in Yuma last Wednesday and Thursday. President Shelton gave the welcome and bragged on our Extension / Research program in Yuma, the 900+ students in 4-H clubs and 16,000 other types of 4-H Youth Development Enrichment Programs. Hugh Grant, President and CEO of Monsanto, discussed the future of agriculture in the US and the world. Baxter Black gave his humorous interpretation of life as a cowboy in urban America. Kurt Nolte , CED of Yuma County, played a key role as emcee. Charles Sanchez , Jorge Fonseca , Russ Tronstad , Pedro Andrade-Sanchez , Gene Giacomelli , Mike Matheron , and John Palumbo along with several department heads and a strong contingent from the teaching program for student recruitment made this an outstanding experience.
UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES:
-2008 Arizona Dairy Day - This years Dairy Day will be held at the Caballero Dairy Farms in Eloy on Thursday, April 3. The Dairy Day Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, April 4 at Club West, in Phoenix. For more information and registration forms, go to http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/dairy/index.html.