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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'>May 27,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 2014<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:<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></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"'>We recently passed the 60<sup>th</sup> 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.<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 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. <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"'>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. <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 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOCUS ON FACULTY AND STAFF:<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"'>Congratulations to <b>George Frisvold</b> (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 <a href="http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2014news/05201_food_pro_secure.html">NIFA website</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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>O’BRIEN ENDOWMENT AWARD:<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"'>Our congratulations go <b>Ed Franklin</b>, 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 <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/james-p-shirley-j-obrien-endowment-award">O’Brien Endowment Award website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EXTENSION IN THE MEDIA:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/ag-meteorologist-predicts-wet-monsoon-winter-west?NL=WFP-01&Issue=WFP-01_20140521_WFP-01_668&YM_RID=pattib@ag.arizona.edu&YM_MID=1467164&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b">Ag Meteorologist Predicts Wet Monsoon, Winter in West</a> featuring Paul Brown (Western Farm Press, 16 May 2014)<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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>May 30, 8:30-10:00am - <a href="http://memo.ahsc.arizona.edu/files/35c5c/20677/npvpwXkE/FIDSeries12_Flyer.pdf">Program Evaluation: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask!</a>,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> College of Medicine, Room 3230, Tucson. For more information and how to RSVP, click on the title link above for a flyer. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>June 5 - <a href="http://link.westernfarmpress.com/u.d?b4GrIOIMMDypWQ8esoxK=101&s=pattib@ag.arizona.edu&YM_2MID=1467164&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_23">Arizona Field Crop New Technologies Workshop</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Maricopa Ag Center (MAC)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<i> <o:p></o:p></i></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-size:10.0pt;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>