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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TMN submittal: <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html">http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday Morning Notes <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>July 17</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, 2012<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM THE DIRECTOR:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What is the best structure and organization for a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a Cooperative Extension system in a land-grant institution? In both theory and practice the answers to that question take on many forms as we review the many examples that are currently in place across the U.S. today. How an individual might respond to that question probably has a lot to do with their background, experience-base, and philosophy. I found myself considering that question recently as I traveled across the southern Great Plains on a trip back to places where I come from and had my first direct experiences with a land-grant institution. As I think most of us could do, I can re-trace my steps and see some definite symmetry in my way of thinking today regarding Cooperative Extension and a college like ours in relation to my experiences of the past, both distant and recent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My first internal exposure to a College of Agriculture and a land-grant institution came when I was an undergraduate student at Kansas State University (K-State) in Manhattan, Kansas. What I was exposed to at that level dealt primarily with resident instruction and a little bit of the research elements. Upon graduation in 1976 with a B.S. degree in agronomy I secured a job as an agronomist-crop consultant with a crop service that was owned and operated as a part of a privately owned grain company in southwestern Kansas. Having the responsibilities as a crop consultant covering over 12,000 acres of irrigated crop production on the high plains under contract with approximately 25-30 growers each season, I was faced with the need to expand my knowledge-base and seek information to address the many questions and problems that developed on a regular basis. The information and resources available through the land-grant institutions of K-State, Oklahoma State University, Colorado State University, and the University of Nebraska proved to be invaluable to me and all of my colleagues working as crop consultants in this region. The Cooperative Extension systems were our connections and conduits of information from these institutions and this served as my first real exposure to Extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I learned many things from these experiences over five seasons in southwestern Kansas. I came to better understand the full value and potential associated with a land-grant institution. I was a direct beneficiary of an excellent education that was serving me very well in the field. We were able to draw upon the information being derived from the research programs from these institutions and take these ideas to the field for implementation. I learned that this “bridging” and translation of information from the research arena to the field was facilitated by the Extension faculty. In general, our experiences demonstrated that many Extension faculty were the ones from the universities that best understood what the problems in the field were and how to best address them. However, they were restricted by their institutions from actually conducting the research. The research was conducted by faculty that usually made little or no effort to transfer the information to the field, usually being restricted from doing so by the parent institution. Quite frankly, those of us working in the field saw those restrictions and rules from the institutions serving to severely limit their function and utility. Those systems were not integrated sufficiently in our view and they lost efficiency in the process. I became a strong believer at that time that the individuals who are most effective in the transfer and application of new technology and information need to be fully engaged in the complete process from testing to application. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Having fully-engaged faculty in the development and delivery of Extension programs is essential in my view. This engagement involves the full process of information development and synthesis (research), transfer and delivery through an effective extension education program, and then follow-through at the point of application, which includes observing the results and using the feedback from the stakeholders and the other people working at the “ground level”. Conceptually, I think this engagement is relevant to every type of program that we direct in CALS Extension including child and youth development programs, health, family and community programs, agriculture, and natural resource management. The key ingredient is having people that actually want to get out and do this work. They will be self-starters, motivated, and fully engaged. That is what we want and need in CALS Extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2013 CALS LOGOS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CALS has a new set of logos! After extensive discussions between the Dean, the Administrative Cabinet, ECAT and the UA Marketing department, we now have officially approved logos which unite both the university and the college with units and programs. You can view them at <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/pubs/2013CALSlogos.pdf">http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/pubs/2013CALSlogos.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are in the process of assembling a number of CALS External Relations teams which will be building a marketing and public relations strategy for the college over the next few months. One of their first tasks will be to come up with an implementation plan for switching over to these new logos. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are also in the early stages of building a digital asset management system for CALS. Once complete, it will include all of these logos, making them available to CALS units whenever they are needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FACULTY:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A reminder that faculty with 100% Extension appointments are eligible for a maximum of $1,000 per fiscal year (the amount adjusted based on the Extension appointment percentage). These funds are to support professional career development through attendance or training for specific educational experiences or materials or professional meetings/events. All requests must be submitted in writing in advance. Faculty must include with submission a 3-5 year professional development career plan with yearly updated goals and plan of actions. The plan must include dates of travel and estimated expenses. All requests must have the approval of the appropriate Unit Head prior to being sent to the Extension Programs Office in Forbes 301. There is no carryover of funding from one fiscal year to the next. Final approval is by Extension Administration. More information, examples and forms are available below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/exampleplanofactionform.pdf">Examples of Professional Development Career Plan of Action Form</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/careerplanofactionform.doc">Professional Development Career Plan of Action Form</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/travform.html">Submit Professional Travel Funding Request</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact <a href="mailto:pattib@cals.arizona.edu">pattiB</a> with any further questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TECH TIP OF THE WEEK:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Do you want to present data in an instantly understandable, visually appealing way? Infographics, while not new, are gaining in popularity as a means of doing so. Infographics combine simple yet creative graphics, pleasing colors and fonts, and concise data. Infographs can also be linked to databases, and created directly from social media sites such as Facebook. Sites such as <a href="http://visual.ly/donations-pay-down-national-debt">Visual.ly</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/infographics/">Mashable</a> are good resource example.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FREE RESOURCES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We have subscriptions to two “tools” that anyone in Extension can use:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="animationfactory.com">Animation Factory</a> - a collection of animated clipart, templates, backgrounds & video for presentations, websites, and video production<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="surveymonkey.com">Survey Monkey</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact <a href="mailto:pattib@cals.arizona.edu">pattiB</a> for appropriate logins and passwords.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NONDISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The University’s <a href="http://policy.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Nondiscrimination.pdf">Nondiscrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy</a> has been revised to consolidate the University’s former Sexual Harassment Policy and Interim Nondiscrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy, and to provide consistent definitions and policies for all forms of harassment and discrimination. The policy has also been updated to reflect changes in federal and state law. Major changes include: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the inclusion of genetic information as a protected category;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>an updated definition of retaliation; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the inclusion of a reasonable person standard in the definition of harassment; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>language to clarify that enforcement of the policy is subject to First Amendment protections <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Question can be directed to the <a href="mailto:equity@email.arizona.edu">Office of Institutional Equity</a> (520.621.9449). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UPCOMING EVENTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A three-part webinar series introducing a range of skills for managing and resolving conflict will be presented by <a href="http://ruckelshauscenter.wsu.edu/about/documents/MurphyResume.2.27.12.pdf">Amanda Murphy</a> from the <a href="http://ruckelshauscenter.wsu.edu/about/">William D. Ruckelshaus Center</a> on the following dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>July 18 - Understanding and Responding to Conflict<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>July 25 - Effective Communication: The Basis of Conflict Resolution<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>August 1 - A Framework for Problem Solving<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Each webinar is from 9:00-10:00a.m. Pacific Time and will be located at the <a href="http://breeze.wsu.edu/ext_skills/">Washington State University Adobe Connect site</a>. If you have questions or other topics you would find of interest, email <a href="mailto:jlindstr@wsu.edu">Jim Lindstrom</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The July 18 session description is: Conflict is a fact of life. It occurs whenever people disagree over perceptions, values, and ways of working. While often considered negative, by itself conflict is neither good nor bad; it is our reactions to conflict that determine if it is constructive. The ability to create positive outcomes from conflict begins with understanding what conflict really is, where it comes from, and our own responses to it. This session will introduce general types and causes of conflict, look at why responding to and managing conflict is important, explore styles of conflict management, and introduce tools to successfully manage an encounter with an angry or emotional person and ways to defuse the situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director for Economic Development & Extension<br>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help us be more effective, use the “<a href="http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box">Director’s Suggestion Box</a>” – all submissions are anonymous. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>