Tuesday Morning Notes, January 7, 2014
Jeff Silvertooth
silver at ag.arizona.edu
Tue Jan 7 13:56:03 MST 2014
TMN
submittal:
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Tuesday Morning Notes
January 7, 2014
FROM THE DIRECTOR:
AZ Cooperative Extension is hosting a Yuma Ag
Field Tour in conjunction with the 2014 Southwest
Ag Summit (February 26-27, 2014) to celebrate the
CE Centennial. Transportation from Tucson to
Yuma, one night stay and box lunch will be
provided by Cooperative Extension. Registration
to the Summit, one dinner and lunch will be included in your registration fee.
Please register for the Summit @ http://swagsummit.com/
Tentative Schedule:
February 26 - Leave 7:00 am on a bus from Tucson
arriving in Yuma around noon. Box lunch provided and afternoon Field Tour.
5:30 Reception at the Arizona Western College
(included in your paid registration).
Return to hotel after reception (paid by CALS and Cooperative Extension).
February 27 – Transportation to the Southwest Ag
Summit for breakfast, morning Keynote Speaker,
Exhibitor Show, Sessions and lunch (included in
your paid registration). Upon end of afternoon
sessions end, return to Tucson by bus arriving approximately 9:00 pm.
Once you have registered for the Southwest Ag
Summit, please contact Steve Crofts @
scrofts at cals.arizona.edu by January 31, 2014 if
you plan to attend the additional Ag Tour.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ANR POSITION UPDATE
The Extension Administrative Team (EAT) consists
of myself and the following Assistant and
Associate Directors (ADs) and Program Leaders and
their areas of responsibility: Kirk Astroth, 4-H;
Linda Houtkooper, FCHS; and Trent Teegerstrom,
American Indian Programs. Last fall Ed Martin
accepted the position as the Director for
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension and vacated
the AD position for Agriculture and Natural
Resources (ANR). In my work with the EAT group I
have recognized the value that these positions
provide to the effective management and
leadership needed for Cooperative Extension (CE),
which includes Extension programs with faculty
and staff in the counties, on reservations, in
departments/schools, and at Research and
Extension Centers. Recognizing the need to fill
this AD ANR position, we have been conducting an
internal search process for the position with
several excellent candidates having submitted applications.
Through this review process two candidates have
been identified for the final review and
selection for the AD ANR position. In an effort
to allow both of the final candidates to openly
discuss their perspectives on this position we
are scheduling open seminars in the next few
weeks and I will be soliciting input and
recommendations from all CALS CE faculty and
staff before making the final selection. We will
communicate the dates, times and locations for
these seminars as they are scheduled. I
encourage all CALS CE personnel to engage the
candidates through these public seminars and to
provide input regarding the final selection process.
FOCUS ON FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS:
S. Peder Cuneo was one of two honored recipients
of the University Distinguished Outreach Faculty
award on Saturday, December 21 during the UA's
149th commencement ceremony. The award is given
to recognize scholarship-based outreach to the
state, nation and the world that has demonstrated
sustained excellence in the University’s outreach
mission. The award carries a $5,000 increase to
each faculty member's base salary. For more
information and the full article, go to
<http://uanews.org/story/two-faculty-earn-distinguished-outreach-awards>UA
News, December 17 issue.
Faculty and students from the School of Plant
Sciences & the Soil, Water, and Environmental
Science Department (Corin Hammond, Shannon
Heuberger, Raina Maier, Robert Orpet, Ian Pepper,
Dennis Ray, Ursula Schuch, Tim Vandervoet, Jim
Walworth, Kara Welch), along with congressional
representatives (Bob Brubaker, Raúl Grijalva)
were featured in the December 2013 issue of CSA
News in the Science Policy News section with an
article titled
“<http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/download/CSANews-CALS_scientists.pdf>Grassroots
Taking Hold.” The article includes photos and
quotes from some of the team members. To access
the file, click on the article title above and
enter the username of “cals” and the password of “ua".
An Early Childhood Programs statewide In-service
was held December 19-20th in Tucson at the John
and Doris Norton School for Family and Consumer
Sciences (JDNSFCS). The 19 In-service
participants focused on strategic planning to
advance the development of CE Programs targeting
early childhood education and health promotion.
Faculty and staff shared updates on 16 CE early
childhood programs currently being conducted in
counties and on Indian Reservations throughout
the state. In-Service speakers included Jeff
Silvertooth, Stephen Russell (Interim Director,
JDNSFCS), Linda Houtkooper, Lorinda Mills and
Glenda Thompson (CALS Grants and Contracts
Office), Lee Peters (UA Office of Research
Contracts and Analysis), Michelle Katona (Chief
Regional Officer, First Things First), Karen
Woodhouse (Chief Program Officer, FTF). Ann
Mastergeorge, Dan McDonald, Michele Walsh, Evelyn
Whitmer and Linda Houtkooper were the In-service
planning team and Allison Titcomb facilitated the
strategic planning sessions. The outcomes and
action items from the In-service will be used to
continue advancing the impacts of CE Early
Childhood programs throughout the state to
improve people's lives, their communities and the economy.
UA VITAE ANNUAL REPORTING SYSTEM:
A new year reminder that the
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/>UA
Vitae<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/> Annual
Reporting System is ready for use by faculty to
complete their annual reviews. We are one of
several colleges piloting the system (SBS, Fine
Arts, CALS, Public Health, and the College of
Medicine, Phoenix). As detailed on the
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/help/questions>FAQs
page, the UA Vitae system will replace the PETS
and APROL systems. The UA Vitae website also
includes information pages
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/about>about the
system and
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/system-benefits>on
the benefits of the system. Faculty can log into
the system by going to the
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/>college pages on the
UA <http://uavitae.arizona.edu/>Vitae
website. To save faculty time, information is
currently in the process of being loaded on
courses, sponsored research and prior annual
reviews from the APROL and PETS systems. There
will inevitably be questions about this
information. For example, faculty may not be
familiar with how independent studies and
dissertation hours are listed in our information
systems of record. Faculty will be provided with
opportunities to offer feedback on this
information if they believe it is
incorrect. Workshops on these points are being
offered. Faculty may wish to start entering
their annual report information and rely on the
on-screen help icons. The system is quite
intuitive and comparatively easy to use. The
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/resources>Resources
page includes a
<http://uavitae.arizona.edu/sites/uavitae/files/uavitae_quickstartguide_11_18_final_3.pdf>Quick
Start Guide and a
<https://www.faculty180.com/help/videos/Faculty180_for_faculty/index.html>Getting
Started video. The due date of February 17 has
been set for CALS faculty to submit their annual reviews.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – NEW YEAR REMINDER:
As you return from the UA campus closure, I
wanted to remind everyone of the opportunity to
recognize our faculty, staff and strong
contributors to CALS Extension with the Extension
Faculty of the Year Award, the Outstanding Staff
in Cooperative Extension Award, and the
Extensionist of the Year Award. It is time to
make nominations for 2013 and I encourage you to submit your recommendations:
The Faculty of the Year award recipient will
receive $1,000 and an
award.
<http://ag.arizona.edu/awards/extfacultyawd.html>Click
here for Extension Faculty of the Year Award criteria and nomination form.
* The Outstanding Staff in Cooperative
Extension award recipient will receive $500 and
an
award.
<http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/extstaffawd.html>Click
here for award nomination criteria.
* The Extensionist of the Year award
recognizes and honors a resident of the State of
Arizona who has demonstrated extraordinary
contributions, through UACE, to improving the
lives of people in their community and
state. The award will be presented at an
appropriate college-wide event. Letters of
nomination from UACE or non-UACE faculty and
staff and/or peers should focus on the following
criteria: 1) the nature and extent of the
contribution provided by the individual (35%), 2)
how this contribution has benefitted people in
the community (15%) and the state (15%), 3)
leadership qualities (25%), and 4) support for UACE (10%).
All awards will be presented at an appropriate
Extension or CALS event. Please read the
criteria carefully, submitting only the materials
noted (no vitas). Submit your nominations and
support letters c/o Steven Crofts, University of
Arizona Cooperative Extension, PO Box 210036,
Tucson, AZ, 85721 or
<mailto:scrofts at cals.arizona.edu>scrofts at cals.arizona.edu
by Friday, January 31, 2014. If you have any
questions, contact <mailto:scrofts at ag.arizona.edu>Steve (520.621.7145).
EXTENSION IN MEDIA:
<http://www.joe.org/joe/2013december/tt10.php>Straw
Bales as a Planting Medium by Darcy Tessman, Kim
Gressley & Rick Gibson (Journal of Extension,
December issue) on the childhood obesity epidemic in America.
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean
Director for Extension & Economic Development and
Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036
520.621.7205
520.621.1314 (fax)
To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes
and anything that could help us be more
effective, use the
“<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box>Director’s
Suggestion Box” – all submissions are anonymous.
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