TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - JUNE 10, 2014

Tue Jun 10 13:57:28 MST 2014

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

Tuesday Morning Notes 

June 10, 2014

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

Following the recent Cooperative Extension (CE) Administrative Retreat, the
Extension Administration Team (EAT) has evaluated and further refined the
Strategic Hiring Plan (SHP) in response to the productive discussions at the
retreat.  As a result, we are now prepared to begin the implementation of
the new positions that will provide for program development across many
areas in CE.  The emphasis will be placed on application of funds that have
the capacity to develop and conduct productive programs that are capable of
providing direct impact.  We also recognize that we have an important need
for the application of some resources to building good administrative and
business function infrastructure in many of our units across the college, on
campus, at the centers, and in the county offices.

In terms of process, the EAT group is identifying sets of positions to
initiate over the next several months in stages or in a stepwise fashion.
When positions are identified for initiation, we will contact the
responsible unit head and communicate the approval of the position and the
capacity for them to initiate the search and screen process.  I have asked
the associate directors responsible for programs in CE to provide the direct
contact on behalf of the EAT group and to work directly with the unit heads
to help facilitate the search and screen process.  The associate directors
will provide regular contacts with the unit head to help them with the
process as necessary and then to provide reports and updates to the CE
Director and the EAT group on a weekly basis.  The first sets of positions
have been identified, unit heads are being contacted, and the process for
the search and screen procedures are being initiated.  The new funding will
provide the support for these new programs and positions will come in the
Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) budget that will begin in July 2014.

This represents a tremendous opportunity for CE and the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences to build programs that can serve to transfer
and better connect the UA to all parts of the state of Arizona and to
effectively bring science to bear on the practical problems that we face.  I
look forward to working with people across the college, CE, and communities
across the state as we work through this process and these exciting times.  

TMN IS GOING "ON VACATION:

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxkhMU27lEExWBD6dMeCJL
Zg33dz6HUis9P_iuHXC9rqzD8XycSince several of us here at the State Office
will be on vacation during the latter half of June and the early half of
July, there will be no issues of Tuesday Morning Notes for June 17, June 24
or July 1.  The next issue will appear on July 8.

FOCUS ON FACULTY:

WRRC Associate Director Dr. Jean McLain was featured in the June 2014 issue
of CSA News, a monthly publication for members of the American Society of
Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of
America. Dr. McLain spoke with writer Ken Doyle about her research at the
University of Arizona, which focuses on antibiotic resistance in recycled
municipal wastewater used to recharge groundwater throughout the United
States. According to McLain, a number of studies have detected the presence
of antibiotic resistance genes in recycled wastewater.  "This has raised
enormous alarm about the use of recycled water," she said, but cautioned
that most studies do not take into account the levels of antibiotic
resistance genes naturally present in soil and water. In the article, McLain
discusses the results of her recently published study with USDA's Arid Land
Agricultural Research Center, which examined antibiotic resistance patterns
of a particular group of bacteria - Enterococcus - isolated from sediments
in water storage containers used for groundwater or reclaimed water. Her
study found that multiple antibiotic resistance, or resistance of single
Enterococcus to two or more antibiotics, was markedly lower in isolates from
recycled water sediments.  The entire article is available on the CSA News
website <https://www.crops.org/publications/csa/articles/59/6/4> .  

CONDOLENCES:

Our condolences go out to the family, friends and former colleagues of Dr.
L. W. "Pete" Dewhirst, former Vice Dean and Director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station from 1976-1989.  Pete passed away on Saturday, May 31 at
Casa de la Luz at the age of 89.  He had a positive impact on us
individually and on the agricultural and academic communities as well.  A
memorial/celebration will be held later in the summer, probably in August.
For additional information, go to the Arizona Daily Star obituary website
<http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tucson/obituary.aspx?n=leonard-w-dewhirst-
pete&pid=171269913> .

CALSMART INVENTORY CLOSURE:

CALSMart will be closed for inventory June 23 through June 27 and will
reopen on June 30.  Orders must be received by 3:00pm on June 20 to be
processed.  Any orders received after 3:00pm and during the closure will be
processed starting July 1.  Contact CALSMart
<mailto:calsmart at cals.arizona.edu>  if you have any questions.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

July 20-23 - The Realities of Growing Plants Indoors, Short Course, Westward
Look Resort, Tucson, presented by the UA Controlled Environment Agriculture
Center (CEAC).  The course will present the background for the most current
and innovative strategies used in successfully growing plants indoors
(growth rooms and greenhouses).  For more information, visit the short
course website or contact Aaron Tevik <mailto:atevik at cals.arizona.edu> .

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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