TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - MAY 27, 2014

Tue May 27 14:17:08 MST 2014

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

Tuesday Morning Notes 

May 27, 2014

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

We recently passed the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court
decision on the Brown v. Board of Education case declaring any state laws
supporting segregated schools as unconstitutional.  Looking back over the
past 60 years there is no doubt that this decision has had a profound effect
on the civil rights movement and the general nature of public education in
the United States.

The particular focus of this case, which was initiated in Topeka, Kansas,
was related to public school systems and K-12 education, and the unanimous
(9-0) decision made by the Earl Warren Court on 17 May 1954 was developed in
relation to the Fourteenth Amendment.  For a public institution and
operating with an educational mission in both resident instruction and
Extension, one can see the implications associated with this famous case and
our obligations in providing educational opportunities to all facets of the
public we serve at the university level.  

In Cooperative Extension (CE) we are charged with the responsibility to
bring the university to the people (all people) of the state and to bring
science to bear on practical problems for anyone.  That is a large and
challenging mission and CE endeavors to address this challenge through a
broad range of programs in 4-H Youth Development; Family, Consumer, and
Health Sciences; and Agriculture and Natural Resources and we do so in every
county of the state and on American Indian Reservations.  

The demographics among the 15 counties in Arizona vary tremendously and CE
works to modify the programs to best fit the needs of the counties by
working directly with the County Boards of Supervisors and the County
Extension Advisory Boards.  It is intended that these groups provide the
representation and input from the appropriate elements of the county
population to help us direct effective programs to the various audiences.
Nevertheless, we must always be alert to the ever-changing demographics of
our communities and to provide our programs and educational opportunities
for the benefit of all.

FOCUS ON FACULTY AND STAFF:

Congratulations to George Frisvold (Agricultural & Resource Economics
Specialist) who received $65,000 of a $0.9 million grant to the UA to
develop and facilitate adoption of strategies that manage
herbicide-resistant weeds in major crop systems.  Resulting strategies will
provide more effective herbicide-resistant weed management and improved food
security.  The project will be coordinated by Iowa State University in
cooperation with the UA and five other universities and George will be
project leader.  USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
announced the award as part of $6 million in grants to support research,
education and Extension efforts through the Agriculture and Food Research
Initiative (AFRI) Food Security challenge area.  Only seven research grants
were awarded nationally.  For more information, check out the NIFA website
<http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2014news/05201_food_pro_secure.htm
l> . 

O'BRIEN ENDOWMENT AWARD:

Our congratulations go Ed Franklin, Associate Professor in Ag Education, who
will be receiving the 2014 O'Brien Endowment Award for his proposal
submission, "CALS Agricultural Education Student Micro-Teaching Navajo
Cultural Experience," in the amount of $4,000.  In addition, we continue to
thank James & Shirley O'Brien for creating this endowment just over ten
years ago.  Since that time, nine awards have been given.  For more
information on the endowment or to view past proposals and reports, go to
the O
<https://extension.arizona.edu/james-p-shirley-j-obrien-endowment-award>
'Brien Endowment Award website.

EXTENSION IN THE MEDIA:

Ag Meteorologist Predicts Wet Monsoon, Winter in West
<http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/ag-meteorologist-predicts-wet-monsoon-wi
nter-west?NL=WFP-01&Issue=WFP-01_20140521_WFP-01_668&YM_RID=pattib at ag.arizon
a.edu&YM_MID=1467164&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b>  featuring Paul Brown
(Western Farm Press, 16 May 2014)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

May 30, 8:30-10:00am - Program Evaluation: Everything You Wanted to Know But
Were Afraid to Ask!
<http://memo.ahsc.arizona.edu/files/35c5c/20677/npvpwXkE/FIDSeries12_Flyer.p
df> , College of Medicine, Room 3230, Tucson.  For more information and how
to RSVP, click on the title link above for a flyer.  

June 5 - Arizona Field Crop New Technologies Workshop
<http://link.westernfarmpress.com/u.d?b4GrIOIMMDypWQ8esoxK=101&s=pattib@ag.a
rizona.edu&YM_2MID=1467164&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_23> , Maricopa Ag Center
(MAC)

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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