TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - MARCH 25, 2014

Tue Mar 25 11:48:51 MST 2014

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

Tuesday Morning Notes 

March 25, 2014

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the formation of
Cooperative Extension based on the signing of the Smith-Lever Act on 8 May
1914.  Following the passage of the Smith-Lever Act, the Legislature of the
State of Arizona in 1915 authorized the Board of Regents of the University
of Arizona, the Land Grant University in Arizona, to "organize and conduct
agricultural Extension work which shall be carried on in connection with the
College of Agriculture of the University of Arizona in accordance with the
terms and conditions expressed in the Act of Congress aforesaid".  

The College of Agriculture of course was the original name of what we now
refer to as the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences or CALS.  It is
also interesting to note that the State legislation in 1915 also provided
the capacity for county governments to appropriate funds for their county
Extension programs.  Collectively, the cooperative funding of federal, state
and county governments led to the name "Cooperative Extension".

CALS has a strong historical, as well as legal, connection with Cooperative
Extension (CE) and I fully understand and support this relationship.  CE
serves the college as the linkage or bridging element between the University
of Arizona main campus in Tucson and all parts of Arizona, which is
fundamental to the mission of the college.  The fact that there is a
separate funding line for CE in our state budget simply means that we must
exercise fiscal responsibility with respect to the management of these CE
state funds, which is also a benefit to CALS.  Thus, it needs to be very
clear that CE has been and will continue to be a strong and integral part of
CALS.

APR APPEALS PROCESS FOR PEER REVIEW SCORES OR COMMENTS:

Extension Agents, if after you receive Peer Review feedback, you disagree
with a Peer Review score or comment, you may appeal to the APR Guidance
Committee for a review of the score or comment. To do this, a formal request
must be made to your County Director and Jeff Silvertooth no later than May
1, specifying the comment or score in question.  The APR Guidance Committee
will make a decision based on other scores and comments within the section.
You, your County Director, and Jeff Silvertooth will be notified of the APR
Guidance Committee's decision prior to June 1.

SUBMITTING INSECT SAMPLES & PHOTOS FOR IDENTIFICATION:

One goal of the Arizona Pest Management Center (APMC) and Cooperative
Extension is to support effective integrated pest management decisions of
end users in communities and agricultural industries throughout the state by
providing accurate pest diagnostics. The APMC currently funds graduate
student Christopher Bibbs on an Extension Assistantship to help provide
these services. He is housed in the UA Insect Collection Diagnostics Lab
with Gene Hall, Manager of the UA Insect Collection, which is directed by
Dr. Wendy Moore.  Sample submission instructions are changing in an attempt
to streamline inquiries. A new submission form and submission instructions
(for specimens and digital photos) are available on the UA Insect Collection
website <http://www.uainsectcollection.com/insect-identification.html> .
Contact information for all samples is:  UAIC Insect Diagnostics, University
of Arizona, Department of Entomology, Forbes 410, 1140 E. South Campus,
Tucson, AZ 85721, insectid at cals.arizona.edu, 520.252.1527.  Hours of
operation are 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday through Friday (otherwise leave detailed
messages).  Please share this updated information with all interested
stakeholders.

FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:  

The Extension Natural Resources Webinar featuring Dr. George Frisvold was
held March 13.  For those of you who weren't able to participate, you can go
to the webcast link
<https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-03-13.1040.M.D152B085A3F8C9DDA5
9538791F27BA.vcr&sid=2009207>  to review.  The next webinar will be
announced in May with guest speaker, Dr. Paul Brown.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Thursday, March 27, 3:30-5:00pm, UA Koffler Building, Room 216 - WSP
Distinguished Speaker Series:  Shared Waters - Spirituality, Cooperation and
Conflict <https://wrrc.arizona.edu/node/12743>  with guest speaker Aaron
Wolf, Professor of Geography, Oregon State University (Water Sustainability
Program Distinguished Speaker).  

Friday, March 28, 3:30-4:45pm, UA Harvill Building, Room 404 - Water and the
Arab-Israeli Peace Process <https://wrrc.arizona.edu/node/12754>  with guest
speaker Aaron Wolf, Professor of Geography, Oregon State University (Water
Sustainability Program Distinguished Speaker).  

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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