TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - JULY 15, 2014

[Jeff Silvertooth]

TMN submittal:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html 

Tuesday Morning Notes 

July 15, 2014

 

 

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

 

Following the recent decision by the Arizona Legislature to direct an
additional $3.5M of permanent funding specifically to Cooperative Extension
(CE), there are several interesting and notable points that have become
clearly evident.  However, there is one principle element that we should all
be very clear about in our understanding.  

 

The forces stimulating and supporting the effort to secure these additional
funds for CE were driven by the recognition of what CE can and should do in
terms of connecting the university to communities, families, and industries
in the state.  The expectation is that CE will respond by further developing
and delivering strong programs and by managing this important element of the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the University of
Arizona (UA) in a responsible and effective manner.  Basically, we are
expected to deliver on our basic and fundamental mission and we have every
intention to manage and utilize all of our appropriated funding to adhere to
that directive.  I am confident that CE will do this effectively and
productively.

 

FCHS CANDIDATES PRESENT SEMINARS TOMORROW:

 

Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 16, there will be two candidates presenting
seminars for the Area Assistant Agent - Family, Consumer & Health Sciences
(Yavapai/Gila Counties) position.  Lynn Harris will be presenting from
9:30-11:00am and Hope Wilson will be presenting from 3:00-4:30pm in Marley
230.  Seminar title: My Vision and Priorities for Family, Consumer & Health
Sciences in Yavapai and Gila Counties. Both seminars will be webcast and
recorded and seminar times include a half hour for Q&A.  Candidate resumes
are available at the following links:  Lynn Harris
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/R
esumeOnly-LynnHarris.pdf>  - Hope Wilson
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/R
esumeOnly-HopeWilson.pdf> .  

 

To register and participate in the webinar, go to the Area Assistant Agent
webinar registration page
<https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8102967848746574337>  and after
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the webinar.

 

FOCUS ON FACULTY:

 

Effective July 7, Barry Tickes stepped up into the position of La Paz County
Extension Director and will also retain his current appointment as Area
Agent, Agriculture for Yuma, La Paz and Mohave counties.  Congratulations,
Barry!

 

FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:

 

AZ Public Media offers view of Lunar Greenhouse Documentary of Space
applications available for Earth on YouTube <http://youtu.be/VoNPkAR1evQ>
in preparation for the debut of  <http://cals.arizona.edu/earthlight/>
"Earthlight," a new documentary produced by the CALS at the UA.
"Earthlight" explores the challenges facing the human race and how the
technology we are designing to return to the Moon (from the CEAC programs)
might be extremely useful here on Earth as well.

 

IMPORTANT CALS EMAIL UPGRADE REMINDER:

 

As you will have read in an email sent out last Friday, CALS will be
retiring our aging email servers and move our CALS email services
(@cals.arizona.edu and @ag.arizona.edu accounts) onto new servers at UITS.
These servers will still support @ag or @cals email accounts.  

 

To enable CALS CCT to orchestrate this change, action must be taken on your
part to provide feedback via a survey.  If you do not fill out the survey,
there may be an interruption in mail delivery to your account after the
update, including any email forwarded to that account.  To complete the
survey, go to the survey link
<https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bjXrfMSvvOHII0R&Preview=Surve
y&_=1> .  If you have questions or need more information, contact CALS CCT
at 520.621.2489.  

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

September 11-12 - 2nd Annual Sonoran Desert Master Gardener Conference,
Casino del Sol Conference Center, Tucson.  The conference is open to
everyone, and incorporates both tours and lectures.  Topics include trees,
gardening techniques, econ-design, and the good and bad insects that live in
backyards and gardens.  For more information, go to the conference website
<http://uacals.org/29l> . 

 

 

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development 

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 "Director
<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box> 's Suggestion
Box" - all submissions are anonymous.  

 

 

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